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THE MUCKRAKERS
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CRUSADING JOURNALISTS WHO DIRECTED PUBLIC ATTENTION TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL INJUSTICES. ORIGINALLY TARGETED TRUSTS AND RAILROADS
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HOOVERVILLES
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THE SHANTYTOWNS WHERE THE HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED LIVED. THEIR PRESENCE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE LARGE CITIES BECAME A COMMON SIGHT AS THE DEPRESSION DEEPENED
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THE DUST BOWL
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DROUGHT & OTHER CONDITIONS LED TO THE "DUST BOWL" IN THE GREAT PLAINS. DROUGHT, HEAT, AND WIND CARRIED AWAY TOPSOIL FROM TEXAS TO THE DAKOTAS. "BLACK BLIZZARDS" CROPS FAILED, LIVESTOCK AND PEOPLE SUFFOCATED. CONDITIONS CONTINUED UNTIL 1936.
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JANE ADAMS
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FOUNDED HULL HOUSE. USED EDUCATION TO HELP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ADAPT TO LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS OF NEW COUNTRY
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THE 18TH AMENDMENT
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1920 PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL
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THE BONUS ARMY
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CONGRESS PROMISED EVERY WWI VET A BONUS OF 1000$ BY 1945. BETS MARCHED ON WASHINGTON IN 1932 DEMANDING PAYMENTS. SOME 20,000 VETS CAMPED AROUND WASHINGTON. CONGRESS TURNED DOWN A BILL TO PAY THE BONUSES. HOOVER CALLED OUT THE ARMY TO EVICT PROTESTORS. LED TO SOME VIOLENCE AND DEATHS.
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ANNA HOWARD SHAW
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FOUNDED THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. ARGUED THAT SUFFRAGE WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH A WOMAN'S WORK AT HOME
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THE 19TH AMENDMENT
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1920 AMENDMENT GIVING FULL VOTING RIGHTS
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THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
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1870'S MOVEMENT AGAINST ALCOHOL, BELIEVED IT WAS DETRIMENTAL TO WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, WORKERS SPEND ALL MONEY ON BOOZE AND WERE VIOLENT TOWARDS FAMILIES. FACTORY OWNERS WERE ANTI-ALCOHOL. [WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION 1873] [ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE 1893] [18TH AMENDMENT 1920]
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THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT
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1914 HELPED BUSINESSES DETERMINE IF ACTIONS WERE LEGAL OR NOT
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THE KEATING OWN ACT
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1916 PROHIBITED SHIPMENT OF GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILDREN ACROSS STATE LINES
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HERBERT HOOVER
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ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS. DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF THE DEPRESSION. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPS TO HELP FAILING BUSINESSES AND BANKS. ALL MEASURES WERE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.
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THE SALVATION ARMY
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FOUNDED IN ENGLAND IN THE 1860'S, CAME TO AMERICA IN THE 1880'S. A SOCIAL GOSPEL ORGANIZATIONS. A CHRISTIAN SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. HAD VAGUE MILITARY STRUCTURE WITH OFFICERS &PRIVATES. OFFERED MATERIAL AID & SPIRITUAL SERVICE TO URBAN POOR
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THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
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NATURAL EXTENSION OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE (1824) U.S. COULD OPPOSE EUROPEAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND INTERVENE IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN ORDER & STABILITY. THE COROLLARY WAS USED FOR US INTERVENTION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN 1904 AND CUBA IN 1906
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THE PANAMA CANAL
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A FRENCH COMPANY TRIED TO BUILD A CANAL IN PANAMA TO CONNECT THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC OCEANS. THE FRENCH RAN OUT OF MONEY. ROOSEVELT WANTED TO TAKE OVER WHERE THE FRENCH LEFT OFF BECAUSE THE CANAL WAS 40% FINISHED FOR $40 MILLION. ROOSEVELT PROMISED TO SUPPORT PANAMANIAN REBELS IF THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO BUILD CANAL. PANAMANIANS WON INDEPENDENCE FROM COLOMBIA AND THE US BUILT THE CANAL. CANAL OPENED IN 1914
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DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
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PRES. TAFT USED IN LATIN AMERICA IN 1909. A REVOLT ERUPTED IN NICARAGUA, TAFT ENCOURAGED US BANKS TO PROVIDE LOANS GIVING US FINANCIAL LEVERAGE OVER NICARAGUA, ALLOWED US TO INTERVENE TO "PROTECT ITS INVESTMENTS"
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PANCHO VILLA
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THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
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1882 GERMANY, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE& ITALY
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THE TRIPLE ENTENTE
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1907 BRITAIN, FRANCE& RUSSIA
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FRANZ FERDINAND
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1914 THE SPARK OF WWI. ARCHDUKE (HEIR TO THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN THRONE) AND WIFE ASSASSINATED BY SERBIAN NATIONALISTS. FALL OUT ACTIVATED THE ALLIANCE SYSTEMS IN EUROPE
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THE LUSITANIA
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1915 UNABLE TO CHALLENGE BRITISH SEA POWER, GERMANS RESORTED TO SUBMARINE WARFARE. GERMAN U-BOATS SANK THE LUSITANIA, A BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP (128 AMERICANS ON BOARD KILLED) GERMANY AGREED WITH US TO END SUBMARINE WARFARE
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THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
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1917 BRITISH INTEL INTERCEPTED TELEGRAM TO MEXICO FROM GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN. IF MEXICO ATACKED THE US, GERMANY WOULD HELP THEM REGAIN TX& THE SW. NEWS OF THIS MADE AMERICANS READY FOR WAR.
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THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
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UNDER THE COMMAND OF JOHN J. PERSHING. DID NOT USE COMBAT UNTIL 1918. WANTED INDEPENDENT COMMAND FROM FRENCH AND BRITISH.
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JOHN J PERSHING
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COMMANDER OF AEF
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THE GREAT MIGRATION
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BLACKS BEGAN LEAVING THE SOUTH FOR CITIES INT HE NORTH DUE TO SUCH TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. STARTED SLOWLY IN 1910 AND ACCELERATED IN 1914 AND 1920 WHEN MORE THAN 600,000 LEFT THE SOUTH.
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THE 14 POINT PLAN
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WILSON'S PLAN FOR PEACE. SELF DETERMINATION FOR ALL, FREE TRADE, FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, END OF SECRET TREATIES, ARMS REDUCTIONS, AND A LEAGUE OF NATIONS. MANY AMERICANS APPLAUDED THE PLAN, EUROPEAN LEADERS DISMISSED IT AS "IDEALISM"
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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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AN ASSEMBLY OF NATIONS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES AMONG NATIONS. A 9 MEMBER SECURITY COUNCIL: US, BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY, & JAPAN WOULD BE PERMANENT MEMBERS. THE ALLIES SUPPORTED THE PLAN.
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HENRY CABOT LODGE
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SENATOR FROM MASS, LED OPPOSITION TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
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1918; SOLDIERS FROM FT. RILEY, KANSAS CAME DOWN WITH THE FLU. IT SPREAD ACROSS THE US & INTO EUROPE AND AFRICA. AKA THE SPANISH INFLUENZA. SPREAD BECAUSE OF WWI AND KILLED BETWEEN 50-100 MILLION PEOPLE.
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SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
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FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
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ANTI SALOON LEAGUE
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1893 LOBBIED FOR THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF ALCOHOL
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PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
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EFFORT TO CONTROL HARMFUL AND POORLY MANUFACTURED MEDICINES. REQUIRED MANUFACTURERS TO LIST INGREDIENTS ON PRODUCTS.
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BULL MOOSE PARTY
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3RD PARTY IN THE 1912 ELECTION FORMED BY ROOSEVELT. AKA THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. SUPPORTED THE "NEW NATIONALISM" PLATFORM
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
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PRES FROM 1904 ELECTION.
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BLACK TUESDAY
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THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929
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THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT
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PROHIBITION
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SPEAKEASIES
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CATERED TO MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS
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BLIND PIGS
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SERVED WORKING CLASS AMERICANS
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AL CAPONE
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BUILT AN EMPIRE BRINGING ILLEGAL BOOZE INTO US. HIS EMPIRE ENDED IN 1931 WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED FOR TAX EVASION
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WARREN G. HARDING
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REP ELECTED IN 1920, RETURNED TO "LAISSEZ FAIRE" ATTITUDE IN POLITICS . PROMOTED BUSINESS GROWTH AND APPOINTED BUSINESSMEN TO HIS CABINET. DIED IN 1923.
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CALVIN COOLIDGE
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VP TO HARDING, TOOK PRESIDENCY UPON HARDING'S DEATH. ALSO SUPPORTED "LAISSAZ-FAIRE". ELECTED IN OWN RIGHT IN 1924. DID AND SAID LITTLE AS PRESIDENT.
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GAVRILO PRINCIPE
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ASSASSINATED ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND WIFE
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THE CENTRAL POWERS
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1914 ITALY REFUSED TO HONOR ITS COMMITMENT TO THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE JOINED GERMANY & AUSTRIA.
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V.I. LENIN
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LED A COMMUNIST REV. THAT OVERTHREW RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT. HE ENDED RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN WWI.
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LEON CZOLGOSZ
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ASSASSIN OF PRES. MCKINLEY 1901
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WHAT WAS THE KEY TO HENRY FORD'S SUCCESS IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY?
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USE OF MASS-PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID AFRICAN AMERICANS EXPERIENCE AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY?
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THEY OFTEN WORKED IN THE SOUTH UNDER CONDITIONS OF SERVITUDE
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THE NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY CASE INVOLVED A MERGER IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES?
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RAILROADS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BECAME THE FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY?
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US STEEL
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THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY WAS AN EXTENSION OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POLICIES AND/OR DOCTRINES?
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MONROE DOCTRINE
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WHAT WAS THE LABEL APPLIED TO JOURNALISTS WHO INVESTIGATED AMERICAN LIFE SEEKING TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION AND QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES?
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MUCKRAKERS
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THE SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT PROVIDED FOR?
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DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS
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WHAT UPTON SINCLAIR NOVEL DESCRIBES IN GRAPHIC DETAIL THE FILTHY CONDITIONS IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY MEATPACKING HOUSES?
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THE JUNGLE
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T/F: W.E.B. DEBOIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IN HIS BOOK, THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
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FALSE
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T/F: THE HEPBURN ACT PUT CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY'S RAILROADS IN THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT
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FALSE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBES TAFT AS PRESIDENT?
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HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE PRESS AND TENDED TO WRITE HIS SPEECHES AT THE LAST MINUTE
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THE PAYNE-ALDRICH TARIFF CALLED FOR LOWING DUTIES ON
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GLOVES AND LUMBER
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ROOSEVELT'S NEW NATIONALISM SUPPORTED AND/OR OPPOSED
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WORKMEN' COMPENSATION LAWS AN INCOME TAX LAWS TO PROTECT CHILD LABOR
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO ADOPT PROHIBITION
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OKLAHOMA
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WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF PROGRESSIVES IN TRYING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN?
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THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CHILD LABOR
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IN 1912, THEODORE ROOSEVELT RAN AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE BULL MOOSE PARTY, WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE
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PROGRESSIVE PARTY
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THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT AUTHORIZED
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ALL INCOME TAX
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T/F: THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE WAS A TRAGEDY THAT MOVED NEW YORK POLITICIANS TOWARD REFORM IN INDUSTRY
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TRUE
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T/F: DOLLAR DIPLOMACY WAS APPLIED TO LATIN AMERICA BUT NOT TO ASIA
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FALSE
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T/F: ALTHOUGH LABELED A PROGRESSIVE, WILSON WOULD NOT LEND HIS SUPPORT TO THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
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TRUE
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WHAT WAS PRESIDENT WILSON'S INITIAL REACTION TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN EUROPE IN 1914
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TO DECLARE U.S. NEUTRALITY
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GERMANY'S SINKING OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHIPS IN 1915 COST 128 U.S. LIVES AND ENRAGED THE U.S. PUBLIC?
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LUSITANIA
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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF MEXICAN FORCES THAT RAIDED U.S. BORDERS IN THE YEARS BEFORE WORLD WAR I?
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PANCHO VILLA
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IN WHAT YEAR DID THE UNITED STATES FORMALLY ENTER WORLD WAR I?
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1917
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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DURING WORLD WAR I?
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JOHN J PERSHING
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THE NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD, HEADED BY FORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, ESTABLISHED
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MINIMUM WAGE IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS MAXIMUM WORK HOURS
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THE FOURTEEN POINTS INCLUDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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TOTAL DISARMAMENT DID INCLUDE: FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, NATIONAL SELF DETERMINATION, AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS TO KEEP THE PEACE
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T/F: EARLY IN WORLD WAR I, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORTED THE GERMANS AGAINST THE BRITISH
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TRUE
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T/F: IN AN ATTEMPT TO END THE WAR IN EUROPE IN 1915, WILSON SENT FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT TO DISCUSS TERMS WITH BRITISH, FRENCH, AND GERMANS
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FALSE
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T/F: ONE OF THE REASONS THE U.S. ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I WAS GERMANY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WAS RESUMING UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
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TRUE
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THE LARGEST GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER 1924 CAME FROM
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MEXICO
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WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING'S SECRETARY OF STATE?
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CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST RADIO NETWORK IN THE UNITED STATES?
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NBC
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BILLBOARDS AND RADIOS WERE USED TO ADVERTISE
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS LEFT BEHIND DURING THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1920S, DUE MOSTLY TO THE PROBLEM OF ABUNDANCE?
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FARMERS
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WHO WAS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE 1924 ELECTION?
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JOHN W. DAVIS
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THE SCOPES TRIAL BROUGHT WHAT ORGANIZATION TO PROMINENCE?
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THE ACLU
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T/F: THE PRESIDENT WHO ANNOUNCED THAT "THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA IS BUSINESS" WAS WARREN G. HARDING
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FALSE CALVIN COOLIDGE
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T/F: CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS FACED WITH OVERSEEING BOTH THE NEW AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND THE NATION'S RADIO AIRWAVES
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TRUE
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T/F: AN IMPROVING ECONOMY LED TO SUBSTANTIAL REPUBLICAN GAINS IN THE 1922 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
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FALSE THE POOR ECONOMY DID NOT AID REPUBLICANS
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MAJOR CAUSES OF WWI:
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NATIONALISM, MILITARISM, IMPERIALISM, COMPETING ALLIANCE SYSTEMS
