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citizenship & due process
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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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voting for all male citizens
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1.Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)
2.Philanthropy-Good work in all
3.Monopoly-exclusive control of an item
4.Jane Addams-American activist
5.Laissez-Faire-a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. -
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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gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively
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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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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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1.Theodore Roosevelt- president of the US
2.Rough Riders- famous units under Roosevelt's command fighting in cuba
3.Foreign Policy- a governments strategy in dealing with other nations
4.Immigration Quotas- limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
5.Yellow Journalism- journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. -
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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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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- soldier in WW1 that received a medal of honor for his bravery
2.Homefront- people who stay in a country while the soldiers are fighting a war.
3.M.A.I.N. (Causes of WWI)- militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism.
4.Sussex Pledge- promise made the German soldiers to not attack US ships.
5.American Expeditionary Forces-American troops serving in Europe. -
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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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1.Social Darwinism- law of natural selection
2.The Red Scare- wide spread fear of communist invasion
3.Assembly Line- a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
4.Return to Normalcy- return to the way of life before World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic
5.Harlem Renaissance- intellectual revival of African American art and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, -
women are given the right to vote
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: granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States
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1.Hoovervilles- a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early
2.The New Deal- series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulation
3.Causes of the Great Depression (5)- Overproduction, executive inaction, ill-timed tariffs, and inexperienced Federal Reserve
4.Court Packing- practice of changing the number or composition of judges on a court to be favorable
5.Eleanor Roosevelt-was an American political figure, diplomat and activist -
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repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends
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adjusted the dates of the presidential terms
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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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1.Island Hopping- capturing islands to use for airstrips
2.Liberation of Concentration Camps- places where Germans had people who they captured
3.Dwight Eisenhower- 34th president of US
4.Douglas MacArthur- General of army
5.Chester W. Nimitz- fleet admiral of the United States Navy
6.Navajo Code Talkers- person with secret comms
7.Tuskegee Airmen- african-American military pilots
8.Flying Tigers- American Volunteer Group
9.The Manhattan Project-nuclear weapons
10.Rosie the Riveter-Women worker -
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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-prevent the spread of communism
2.Arms Race/Space Race- race for nuclear weapons
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- Russia or soviet union
4.Communism- political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society
5.Domino Theory- the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
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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 World War II
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authorized the building of a national highway system
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