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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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Andrew Carnegie;he supported workers' rights,destroyed unions,and had the largest fortune in US history
Philanthropy;the desire to promote the welfare of others,usually by the kind donation of money to good causes
Monopoly;exclusive control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
Jane Addams;second woman to receive the Peace Prize.She founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Laissez-Faire;kept the governments from interfering with workings of the free market -
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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outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness
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Muckrakers;journalists who exposed institutions and leaders as corrupt.
Initiative, Referendum, Recall;Constitution that allowed for the recall of public officials in 1902,Oregon
The great migration;movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural Southern U.S to urban Northeast,Midwest and West
NAACP; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Immigration issues(assimilation and nativism);Immigrants were seen differently by natives and were treated differently. -
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legalized segregation, established "separate but equal"
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Theodore roosevelt;American statesman,conservationist,naturalist, historian,and writer,was the 26th president
Rough Riders;regiment of volunteers used during the spanish-american war, only ones to see combat.
Foreign policy;a states objective relations to another state
immigration quotas;The number of visas to immigrants a country can have per year.
Yellow journalism;journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration -
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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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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Alvin York;Killed over 20 german soldiers and captures 132 near the Argonne Forest in france.Earned medal of honor
Homefront;people who work while soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country
M.A.I.N;Militarism,Alliances,Imperialism,Nationalism,Assassination.Four long,one short term causes of WWI
Sussex Pledge;Government agreeing to warn before sinking merchant and passenger ships and providing safety for them
American Expeditionary Forces;formation of U.S army on western front of WWI -
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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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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;A theory that individuals,groups,and people are apart of the same darwin laws like plants and animals
The Red Scare;People perceived and in hysteria by threats posed by communist during the cold war
Assembly Line;series of workers/machines in a factory making lots of copies of items
Return to Normalcy;Harding nominated as presidential candidate,rejected the activism of roosevelt and idealism of wilson
Harlem Renaissance;The development of harlem as a black cultural mecca -
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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Hoovervilles;A shanty town built by homeless
The New Deal;series of programs,public work projects,financial reforms,and regulations by roosevelt
Causes of the Great Depression;Roaring 20s,Global crisis,Stock Market crash,Dust bowl,Smoot-Hawley Tariff act
Court Packing;The changing of the amount of judges on a court
Eleanor Roosevelt;First lady of the united states -
1930-1936
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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;Targeted islands to capture
Liberation of Concentration Camps;Soviets overran german camps
Dwight Eisenhower;34th president
Douglas MacArthur;A U.S 5 star general
Chester Nimitz;Was a major role in naval history in WW2
Navajo Code Talkers;Men who created an unknown code in WW2
Tuskegee Airmen;1st Black aviators in the U.S. Army Air
Flying Tigers; First AVG of the China Air Force
Manhattan Project;Research project made the first atomic bombs
Rosie the Riveter;working women icon -
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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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Containment;keeping something within limits
Space Race;The USSR and US racing to achieve first in spaceflight capability
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans;USSR,was a federal socialist state
Communism;public controlled businesses
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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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