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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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1.Rockefeller/Carnegie-Rockefeller creates an interstate pipeline,Two railroad partners, Tom Scott and Andrew Carnegie, attempt to build their own pipeline.
2.Philanthropy-desire to promote the welfare of others,
3.Monopoly-a single company/individual owns all of the market for product or service.
4.Jane Addams-American settlement activist,reformer,social worker, sociologist,public administrator & author.
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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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outlawed business monopolies
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1.Muckrakers-someone searches for & tries to expose corruption.
2.Initiative,Referendum,Recall-voters can adopt change in law, disapprove law passed by Legislature, remove elected official from office
3.The Great Migration-movement of 6 million African Americans out of rural Southern US to urban areas.
4.NAACP-National Association for Advancement of Colored People
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legalized segregation, established “separate but equal”
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1.Theodore Roosevelt-served as the 26th president of the United States.
2.Rough Riders-First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
3.Foreign Policy-avoid becoming emotionally or ideologically involved in the conflict.
4.Immigration Quotas-limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota..
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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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regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines
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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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established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry
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1.Alvin York-Sergeant York, was a United States Army soldier of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest,
2.Homefront-the activities of the civilians in a nation at war.
3.M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)-alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism
4.Sussex Pledge-pledged not to attack a merchant ship without warning.
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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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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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prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal
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women are given the right to vote
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1.Social Darwinism-theory that individuals,groups, & peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection.
2.The Red Scare-period of anti-Communist fervor in the US.
3.Assembly Line-series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
4.Return to Normalcy-was US presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920.
5.Harlem Renaissance-intellectual revival of African American art & literature -
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granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States.
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1.Hoovervilles-shanty town built by homeless.
2.The New Deal-public work projects, financial reforms, & regulations enacted by Roosevelt.
3.Causes of Great Depression-stock market crash(1929)
Banking panics, monetary contraction,The gold standard,Decreased international lending & tariffs.
4.Court Packing-The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
5.Eleanor Roosevelt-advocated for expanded roles for women in workplace, civil rights of African Americans, & rights of World War II refugees. -
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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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1Island Hopping-military strategy employed by Allies in Pacific War
2Liberation of Concentration Camps-Soviets liberated Auschwitz
3Dwight Eisenhower-34th president
4Douglas MacArthur-General of the Army
5Chester W. Nimitz-fleet admiral of the US Navy
6Navajo Code Talkers-code based on Navajo language
7Tuskegee Airmen-1st black military aviators
8Flying Tigers-1st AVG of China Air Force
9Manhattan Project-produced 1st nuclear weapons
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incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII
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gives military veterans financial and educational benefits
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1.Containment-US policy to prevent spread of communism abroad
2.Arms Race/Space Race-competition between USSR & US, to achieve first in spaceflight capability
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-(USSR) comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation
4.Communism-all property is publicly owned & each person works & is paid according to their abilities and needs
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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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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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation.
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authorized the building of a national highway system.
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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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 an equal opportunity basis
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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defined the First Amendment rights for students 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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1.Barack Obama-44th president of US. Part of Democratic Party, first African-American president of US.
2.al-Qaeda- a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists
3.No Child Left Behind-authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states
4.President Clinton’s Impeachment- impeached by House of Representatives on 12-19-1998, on grounds of perjury to a grand jury
5.Presidential Election of 2000-considered the closest election in US history. -
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tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
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