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When strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories
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Imperialism
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Three reasons the United States was drawn into World War I
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Germany's invasion of Belgium, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmermann note
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a country that owes less money than it is owed
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Creditor nation
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Name at least three industries that benefited from the auto indsutry
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the steel, glass, rubber, asphalt, wood, gasoline, insurance, and road-construction industries
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A group of WWI vets who marched on Washington for early payment of their promised bonus
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the Bonus Army
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Agency set up by FDR to supervise all banking, credits and investments in order to help stabilize American currency and the economy
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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What New Deal Act required farmers to stop planting part of their land and to kill off excess livestock?
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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When several different companies give their stock to a board, and the stocks are gathered to form a new organization it is called a
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Trust
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The Act that outlawed monopolies
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Two reasons immigrants were pushed from their home countries
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religious persecution and military service
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Susan B. Anthony led the fight for the rights of
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Women
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The political party that members of the Farmers' Alliance formed to improve conditions for farmers
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Populist party
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The author and name of the novel that revealed the unsanitary conditions found in Chicago's stockyards
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
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The name of the movement that encourage people to follow the teachings of the bible to improve society
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Social Gospel Movement
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Name of the organization that helped poor African American families send their children to school
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The Urban League
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Why did the United States Navy attack ships in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War
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The ships were part of the Spanish navy
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a volunteer unit led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War
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the Rough Riders
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President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels because the United States
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wanted to build a canal in Panama at a lower price
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When a country does not colonize another territory but controls all of its trade that is called
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a sphere of influence
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The three Central Powers in WWI were
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
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A build up of of military material in preparation for possible war is called
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militarism
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The person responsible for rules affecting farm products in the United States during World War I
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Herbert Hoover
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The group that was created to increase public relations support for the war among the American people during WWI
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the Committee on Public Information
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One reason for the German surrender in 1918
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many German soldiers were no longer willing to fight.
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A tyerm used to describe how the navy prevented submarine attacks on ships
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Convoy
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The League of Nations can best be described as a
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a mutual defense agreement
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Congress repealed Prohibition with what amendment?
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21st Amendment
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What group of American workers faced the greatest financial difficulty during the 1920s
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Farmers
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The term used to describe the phase of the business cycle during the 1920s
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Expansion
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Why did the stock market crash
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Investors panicked and started to sell.
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One reason why the Great Depression spread overseas
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a decline in investment from the United States
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How did New Deal programs change life in the West?
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built dams to supply power and to stop flooding
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What two groups sought to lower shipping and storage rates.
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The Grange and the Farmers' Alliance
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Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations?
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Woodrow Wilson and his opponents refused to compromise on the wording of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Term used to describe farmers that farm land that was owned by someone else
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tenant farming
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What New Deal program built a series of dams to control floods and generate electricity in Tennessee
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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legislation that encouraged Native Americans to be absorbed into the main culture of American society
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Dawes Act
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crowded, rundown building divided into apartments that housed several families
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Tenement
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businessman who sold his steel business to become one of the richest men in the world
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Andrew Carnegie
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businessman who gained control of the oil industry through his company, Standard Oil
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John D. Rockefeller
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organization formed to improve wages and working hours
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American Federation of Labor
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the idea that those who were very rich should share their riches for society's benefit
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Gospel of Wealth
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an African American leader who urged hard work and patience in the pursuit of full citizenship rights
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Booker T Washington
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a group that used the courts to challenge laws that were unfair to African Americans
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NAACP
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an Amendment to the Constitution that gave Congress power to create an income tax
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Sixteenth Amendment
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a social activist and suffrage leader who formed the National Woman's Party
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Alice Paul
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legislation passed to control the safety of foods and medicines
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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a movement that arose in the 1890s to address social problems through reform
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Progressivism
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head of the War Industries Board
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Bernard Baruch
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This Act banned certain printed materials
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Espionage Act
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This Act created a military draft
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Selective Service Act
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a foreign policy that relies on military strength to achieve goals advocated by Teddy Roosevelt
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Big Stick Policy
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owner of the New York Journal who supported the Spanish-American War
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William Randolph Hearst
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payment for war damages
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reparations
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a foreign policy that relies on human rights, equality, honor and understanding persued by Woodrow Wilson
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Moral Diplomacy
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One reason for the rapid industrial expansion in the United States after the Civil War was
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the development of natural resources used in manufacturing
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What did NAWSA (led by Carrie Chapman Catt) in her \"winning plan,\" urge women to do?
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work for a constitutional amendment giving women the vote, while urging states to allow women's suffrage
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after what war did the US become a world power and have a new role in world affairs
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Spanish American War
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During Prohibition, the \"wets\" argued for
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the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
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With its original sound created from a variety of musical styles, what became a demonstration of the depth and richness of African American culture
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Jazz
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As the Great Depression spread across the country, farmers struggled with
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Falling crop prices and drought
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President Herbert Hoover's emphasis on localism failed because states and towns
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did not have the resources to combat the depression
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What did the forceful measures that the military used to remove the Bonus Army from Washington, D.C. do to Hoover's reelection campaign?
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He was doomed
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During Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, the executive branch grew in power because of the __________ role of government
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Expanding
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What two factors pushed immigrants from their home countries
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religious persecution & forced military service
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Members of the Farmers' Alliance formed which political party to improve conditions for farmers?
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Populist
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Name the central powers of WWI
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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One reason for the German surrender in 1918 was that
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many German soldiers were no longer willing to fight
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The League of Nations can best be described as a
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mutual defense agreement
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In 1933, Congress repealed Prohibition with the
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21st Amendment
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Both African Americans and Mexican Americans had an especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they
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faced discrimination when competing for jobs.
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The _____ provided jobs for men, replanted forests, and fought fires
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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True or False Eleanor Roosevelt showed her deep political involvement in government when she offered FDR advice on policy issues
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True
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How did New Deal programs change life in the West? (Hint: think about water)
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built dams to supply power and to stop flooding
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At issue in the Scopes Trial of 1925 was whether a public school teacher could teach what controversial theory?
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Darwin's theory of evolution
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Charles Lindbergh became the greatest hero of his time when he
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flew across the Atlantic Ocean alone
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What political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930's?
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Nazi Party
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Give two reasons why The League of Nations did not prevent German and Italian aggression against other nations
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It had no standing army and no power to enforce its decrees
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Which of the following was perceived as being equivalent to declaring economic war against the Axis Powers?
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the lend lease act
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Roosevelt delivered his \"Four Freedoms\" speech that encouraged congress to do what?
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declare war
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Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to
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destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts
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After the US declared war on the Axis Powers the economy
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improved
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What was the agreement to settle international debts from World War I called?
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Dawes plan
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psychologist who stressed the unconscious mind
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Sigmund Freud
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theory of government which a single party or leader maintains strict control
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totalitarianism
