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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 and due process
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Voting for all male citizens
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- Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs Robber Barons):
- John D. Rockefeller: Standard Oil Company (Robber Baron:anti-competitive or unfair business practices)
- Andrew Carnegie: Carnegie Steel Corporation (Captain of Industry: contributes positively to the country)
- Philanthropy: Charity
- Monopoly: A market structure in which there is only one supplier of a product
- Jane Addams: Settlement House Movement, Hull House
- Laissez Faire: No government interference in business
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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 railroads 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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Outlawed business monopolies
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Outlawed trusts to promote economic fairness
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- Muckrakers: exposed corporate crime and political corruption
- Initiative: people can propose a new law Referendum: laws passed by legislature -> people approve/veto Recall: people can petition to have an official removed
- The Great Migration: migration of African Americans in the south
- NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Immigration Issues
- Assimilation: absorption into the culture of a population
- Nativism: favors native inhabitants, not immigrants
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Legalize segregation, establishes "separate but equal"
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Theodore Roosevelt - 26th president; Safe food regulations, Panama Canal, Negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War
Rough Riders - Teddy Roosevelt's troop during the Spanish-American War
Foreign Policy - a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations designed to achieve national objectives
Immigration Quotas - A quota (necessity) in order to immigrate to a country
Yellow Journalism - Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers -
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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Alvin York - American war hero
Homefront - the endeavors done in a a country to support the war effort
M.A.I.N - Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, Nationalism
Sussex Pledge - pledge by the German government to have submarines warn ships before attacking
American Expeditionary Forces - the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J. Pershing -
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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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Social Darwinism - the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle
The Red Scare - period of anti communist hysteria; fear that bolshevik revolution would erupt in the US
Assembly Line - a manufacturing process invented by Henry Ford with interchangeable parts
Return to Normalcy - A return to the way of life before World War I, (Warren G. Harding: campaign promise)
Harlem Renaissance - an African American cultural movement -
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 - Named after Herbert Hoover (president), they were a shanty town built by the homeless
The New Deal - A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration
Causes of the Great Depression - Buying on credit, Stock Market Crash, Dust Bowl, Overconsumption/Overproduction, Margin Buying
Court Packing - a legislative initiative proposed by Franklin Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court
Eleanor Roosevelt - Wife of Franklin Roosevelt, social reformer -
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adjusted 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 unemployed insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions and insurance for families
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Island Hopping - capture some islands and going around others
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Dwight Eisenhower - President; D-day attack
Douglas MacArthur - General; Philippines, Japan, North Korea Chester W. Nimitz - allied pacific ocean victory
Navajo Code Talkers - Native Americans, US Marine Corps
Tuskegee Airmen - African American pilots
Flying Tigers - American Volunteers of Chinese Air Force
The Manhattan Project - secret project, atomic bomb
Rosie the Riveter - propaganda campaign -
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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 - the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile ideology
Arms Race/Space Race - the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - "The Soviet Union', Communist
Communism - A economic system where all the property and businesses are owned and controlled by the state
Domino Theory - A belief that if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then surrounding countries would follow -
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US 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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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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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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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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Abolished the poll tax
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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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moving 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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