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Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west
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Abolished Slavery
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Citizenship & due process
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Voting for all male citizens
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Rockefeller/ Carnegie (Captains of Industry Vs. Robber Barons)- Robber Barons were business men who had questionable practices and Captains of Industry were business leaders who positively contributed to the country Philanthropy- The desire tp promote the welfare of others Monopoly- exclusive possession or control of the supply in a service Jane Addams-Founded the first settlement house in the United States Laissez-Faire- Keeping government from interfering with the free market
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prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act
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Awarded government jobs based on merit
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Ensure railroad set "reasonable and just" rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business
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Gave individual ownership of land to native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively
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first of many settlement houses
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Muckrakers- journalist who exposed corruption in government
Initiative, Referendum, Recall- Three powers reserved to the voters to enable them
The Great Migration- African Americans from rural areas to urban areas
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Outlawed business monopolies
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Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness
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Legalized segregation, established "separate but equal"
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Theodore Roosevelt- 26th president of the U.S
Rough Riders- Volunteer Cavalry for the Spanish-American War
Immigration Quota- Law limits the number of immigrants who can admitted annually
Yellow Journalism- journalism that is exaggeration -
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initiated free trade with China
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an addition to the Monroe Doctrine
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Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat
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Taft's policy of paying for peace in Latin America
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Established the federal income tax
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direct election of U.S Senators
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Alvin York- Received the medal of honor
Homefront- the people who stay in country while country's soldiers are fighting
M.A.I.N.(Causes of WWI)- Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Sussex Pledge- A promise made by Germany to the United States
American Expeditionary Forces- Unites States Army formation on the Western front of WWI -
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Established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry
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Causing Russians troops to exit the war
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Warned the U.S of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany
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Statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations
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Considered the turning point of the war
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Prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal
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Peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize
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Social Darwinism- theory that groups are subject to the same Darwin laws as natural selection
The Red Scare- Everyone in the United States was caught up with containment in communism
Assembly Line- A series of workers and machines in a factory
Return to Normalcy- Warren G. Harding campaign
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Women are given the right to vote
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uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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Granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States
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By making a nonstop solo flight New York to Paris
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Hoovervilles- a shanty town built by the homeless
The New Deal- Provide economic relief to stabilize the economy
Causes of the Great Depression- the roaring 20's, The stock market crash, the dust bowl, ensuing global crisis, and Smoot- Hawley tariff act
Eleanor Roosevelt- First lady during the Great Depression and set a new role for the fist lady -
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Adjusted the dates of the presidential terms
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Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends
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established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families
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Island Hopping- going from one island to the next
Liberation of Concentration Camps- Nazis began evacuating camps
Dwight Eisenhower- General who supervised the defeat of the Nazis
Douglas MacArther-Served as chief of the Allied forces
Chester W. Nimitz- made naval history as commander in chief
Navajo Code talkers- Marines successfully transmitted messages
Tuskegee Airmen-First black military aviators
Flying Tigers- china air force USA volunteer group
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starting WWII
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Incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII
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Invasion of Normandy
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Gives military veterans financial and educational benefits
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Containment- to stop the spread of communism
Arms Race/ Space Race- competition between nations for superiority
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- also known as the USSR
Communism-political theory that all property is publicly owned and paid is by abilities and needs
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ending WWII
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U.S policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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Program to help European countries rebuild after WWII
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Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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authorized the building of a national highway system
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Abolishes the poll tax
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Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on a equal opportunity basis
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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Eliminated literacy test for voters
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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Defined the First Amendment for student in the United States Public Schools
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Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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Barack Obama- the 44th US president
al-Qaeda- Terrorist Organization founded in 1988
No Child left Behind- States are required to test students in reading and math in 3-8 grades and high school
President Clinton's Impeachment- Impeached on two charges, one perjury and one obstruction of justice
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A military operation to expel occupying Iraq forces from Kuwait
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The Berlin Wall came down, boarders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe.
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All U.S and Mexico tariffs was eliminated except for some U.S agricultural exports to Mexico
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A series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks by terrorist , two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and a third plane hit the pentagon
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Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
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Was a large category 5 Atlantic Hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in New Orleans