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#1 George Washington
First President of the United States. -
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Owned most of North East railroads
Captain of Industry or Robber Barron?
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#2 John Adams
He added E Pluribus Unum: "Out of Many, One" to American coins. The Adams' were the first residents of the White House. -
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#3 Thomas Jefferson
He sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition. -
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#4 James Madison
War declared on England on June 18 after England continued to attack U.S. ships headed to France. War of 1812. -
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#5 James Monroe
He was the first president to have been a U.S. senator. In the election of 1820 Monroe received every electoral vote except for one. -
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#6 John Quincy Adams
Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of the arts and sciences through the establishment of a national university. -
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#7 Andrew Jackson
Did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command. Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff. -
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Andrew Carnegie
U.S. Steel Company, revolutionized steel production in the United States
Captain of Industry or Robber Barron?
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#8 Martin Van Buren
Van Buren's remedy to the depression deepened and prolonged the depression.Inclined more and more to oppose the expansion of slavery, Van Buren blocked the annexation of Texas because it assuredly would add to slave territory--and it might bring war with Mexico. -
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J.P. Morgan
helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations
Bought U.S Steel of Cash
Captain of Industry or Robber Barron?
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John D. Rockefeller
founder of the Standard Oil Company
became one of the world’s wealthiest men and a major philanthropist.
Captain of Industry or Robber Barron?
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Suffrage Movement
The fight for women's right to vote in America. -
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#9 William Henry Harrison
9th President of the United States
Delivered the longest inaugural address on March 4. It was an extremely cold day and Harrison did not wear a hat while delivering the 105 minute speech. He contracted pneumonia and died in the White House one month later. -
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#10 John Tyler
He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor. -
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#11 James K. Polk
President Polk added a vast area to the United States
Last strong president before the Civil War. -
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#12 Zachary Taylor
Was a general and a national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812. -
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#13 Millard Fillmore
Not affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties. -
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#14 Franklin Pierce
hoped to ease the divisions that led eventually to Civil War
President at time of tranquility. -
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#15 James Buchanan
served immediately prior to the American Civil War
the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. -
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Gilded Age
An era in which reform and industrialization took place; robber-barons were a key aspect to this era, placing more control in businesses than in the government. -
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#16 Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. -
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#17 Andrew Johnson
old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views -
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#18 Ulysses S. Grant
commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War -
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#19 Rutherford B. Hayes
oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War -
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#20 James Garfield
Presidency was impactful, but cut short after 200 days when he was assassinated -
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#21 Chester A. Arthur
Arthur Administration enacted the first general Federal immigration law. -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, diplomat and activist.
Married to Franklin D. Roosevelt
wrote a newspaper column
served at the United Nations, focusing on human rights and women's issues.
spoke out for human rights, children's causes and women's issues, working on behalf of the League of Women Voters. -
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#22 Grover Cleveland
President Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later -
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#23 Benjamin Harrison
conducted one of the first "front-porch" campaigns by delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him in Indianapolis -
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Adolf Hitler
Became the dictator, Fuhrer over Germany, caused WWII. Wanted to create an Aryan society, and kill everyone who did´t fit his standards of perfect. Killed himself at the end of the war.
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Progressive Era
A time in which social issues were beginning to be worked upon and solved: women's, worker's, immigrant's, African American's and children's rights. Heavy industrialization occurred during this time span. -
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Imperialism
When America was establishing itself as a world power by helping various other countries. -
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#24 Grover Cleveland
only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later -
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Babe Ruth
broke baseball's most important slugging records, including most years leading a league in home runs, most total bases in a season, and highest slugging percentage for a season. In all, Ruth hit 714 home runs
Incredibly well known in that time and eras to come -
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#25 William McKinley
lead the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and raising protective tariffs to promote American industry. -
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Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment.
Disappeared July 2, 1937 while trying to fly around the world from the equator and were on the most challenging leg of their trip -
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Spanish American War
Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba
Yellow Journalism was created
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USS Maine Explosion
February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace.
Led to Spanish American war
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#26 Theodore Roosevelt
youngest President in the Nation's history
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The Jungle was written
by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair= muckraker portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. led to food and drug act -
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#27 William Howard Taft
later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
in New York City
the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history
led to many labor codes and fire regulations
working women unintentionally locked in burning work building -
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World War I
Also known as the great War
Trench and chemical warfare introduced and banned
Ended in a stalemate because of all the trench warfare
War expanded so much because of all the alliances that had been created
Blame placed on Germany -
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Trench Warfare
The type of warfare used during WWI
Caused the stalemate
months/Years of war fought over mere feet of land
People fought in trenches
Resulted in more deaths than ever before -
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Jazz Age
a period in the 1920s, ending with the Great Depression, in which jazz music and dance styles became popular, mainly in the United States, but also in Britain, France and elsewhere
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18th Ammendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal -
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Prohibition
18th Amendment
Banning of the production, consumption, and sale of alcohol
Led to rise in crime through speakeasies
Corrupt government
Appealed -
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#28 Woodrow Wilson
a leader of the Progressive Movement
Wilson led America into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy." -
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the Roaring Twenties
an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms.
People from coast to coast bought the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores), listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang -
The League of Nations
an intergovernmental organization
result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
Placed blame on Germany -
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Temperance Movement/ Prohibition
It was originally known as the Volstead Act. When the making, storage, and consumption of alcoholic beverages became illegal. -
The Treaty of Versailles
one of the most important of the peace treaties
brought World War I to an end.
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
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Nazi Party
The National Socialist German Workers' Party, commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945 and practiced the ideology of Nazism. Lead by Hitler -
19th Ammendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
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Invention of the Radio
The radio provided hope to the many people during the great Depression
Allowed people to escape their poverty for a moment
People would gather to listen to the radio -
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#29 Warren G. Harding
Teapot Dome
Harding embraced technology and was sensitive to the plights of minorities and women. -
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#30 Calvin Coolidge
preserve the old moral and economic precepts of frugality amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying during the 1920s era. -
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#31 Herbert Hoover
mining engineer and worldwide gratitude as "The Great Humanitarian" who fed war-torn Europe during and after World War I -
Black Tuesday
the Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history -
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Great Depression
An economic depression in the U.S and around the world that mainly lasted until WWII. This sparked a huge change in banking systems and how we invest our money. -
Hoovervilles
Shabby towns during the Great Depression
Homeless people lived in these
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Hollywood’s Golden Age
The era in which the film industry became widely popular. Many of the most famous movies came from this time for example, Grapes of Wrath, Gone with the Wind, Snow White, Shirley Temple -
Bonus Army
A group of WWI veterans that wanted to redeem their $1000 certificates during the Great Depression.
They set up a town outside the capital when their request was denied. (some had gone home though)
July 28, Washington police began to clear the demonstrators out of the capital. Two men were killed as tear gas and bayonets assailed the Bonus Marchers. -
Concentration Camps built
Concentration camps were torture and murder camps the Nazis used to kill Jewish and people who didn't fit the Aryan standard. -
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Killing Centers
The Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder. Unlike concentration camps, which served primarily as detention and labor centers, killing centers (also referred to as "extermination camps" or "death camps") were almost exclusively "death factories." -
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Holocaust
a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews
Coined word genocide
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#32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression
Helped America out of the Great Depression
helped the American people regain faith in themselves. -
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Sea Biscuit
Seabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. A small horse, Seabiscuit had an inauspicious start to his racing career, but became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression.
The shortest race horse at 5´2¨ -
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War Admiral
War Admiral was an American thoroughbred racehorse, best known as the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1937, and rival of Seabiscuit in the 'Match Race of the Century' in 1938. -
Nuremburg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany. They were introduced on 15 September 1935 by the Reichstag at a special meeting convened at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party -
Kristallnacht
Night when Nazis went and destroyed the homes, shops, and lives of many Jewish residents -
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Cold War- Red Scare
hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare
The cold war was between the Soviet Union and the U.S
rivalry between the two superpowers raised concerns in the United States that Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America might actively work as Soviet spies and pose a threat to U.S. security. -
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World War II (Pacific and European)
huge area of heavy fighting across Europe, from Germany's and the Soviet Union's joint invasion of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the war with the Soviet Union conquering much of Europe along with the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 (Victory in Europe Day). The Allied forces fought the Axis powers
Massive air war
Nazis
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Wizard of Oz released
allegory or metaphor for the political, economic, and social events of America in the 1890
allegory on the Populist movement, the agrarian revolt that swept across the Midwest in the 1890
Dorothy represents an individualized ideal of the American people
The Witch of the East represents eastern financial-industrial interests and their gold-standard political allies
The witch of the west represents forces of nature that plagued farmers in the Midwest and the power brokers of that region -
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The Red Scare
promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism.
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Allied Powers
Side during WWI
Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union.
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Central Powers
consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
also known as the Quadruple Alliance
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Nuremburg Trials
Germany, was chosen as a site for trials that took place in 1945 and 1946. Judges from the Allied powers—Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States—presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death.