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Imperialism?
Idea that caused countries to desire to form an empire.
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What is the purpose of sending the Maine?
Because americans were expecting Mckinley to do something.
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The Primary cause of the Spanish American war?
Bad luck and Yellow press.
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According to Edmund Morris, what are the traits thatmade TR him?
Agression, righteousness, pride, and militarism.
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Progressivism?
Idea advocating change and refomation.
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TR's accomplishments according to Mr. Cook?
Laid foundation for Federal Government.
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What were the Progressives hoping to achieve?
Sought to fix the problem of big businesses with big Government.
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Progressivism is defined by conflict between what 2 American traditions?
The complete ability to acheive and the ability to do it.
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What were the causes of WWI?
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
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Why was US important to the Allied victory in the WWI?
US provided with morale, military weight and raw materials.
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How important was the US to Allied victory according to Mr. Cook?
Very!
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Wilson's purpose in fighting WWI?
To make the world safe for democracy.
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What was the essence of Wilson's 14 points?
Self determination.
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Why did the Great Depression last so long?
Poor Government policies, crappy leadership, balanced budget, refusal to lend money.
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According to Mr. Cook, Hoover should be remembered as?
More than the president that failed to deal with the depression. He was the Quintessential American!
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According to Mr. Cook, FDR by his New Deal...
Saved our system, not ruin it!
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New Deal's philosophy?
There is no philosophy! Just action.
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What was the cornerstone of the New Deal?
FDR himself.
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New Deal's 3 Rs?
Relief, recovery, and reform.
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Conclusion of the New Deal?
Return to slow recovery.
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According to TR, 'the object of government' is?
The welfare of the people.
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What two ideas greatly influenced the Progressive movement?
Darwinism and Christianity.
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Many Progressives believed that the cure for the problems in democracy could be solved best by...
Making America even more democratic.
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The 'robber barron' who suffered most at the literary hand of Ida Tarbell when she demonized his character in McClure's magazine was named?
John D. Rockefeller
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The leader of the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party in 1900 was?
William Jennings Bryan.
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The Supreme Court Case Plessey v Ferguson was important because it set what policy in regards to black access to public facilities?
'Separate but equal'.
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What was the name of the book by Upton Sinclair which portrayed the filthy conditions of Chicago's meat packing industry?
The Jungle.
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What was Roosevelt Corollary?
A restating of the Monroe Doctrine.
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TR won the Nobel Peace Prize for?
Brokering peace between Japan and Russia.
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Woodrow Wilson won the presidency when...
The Republican vote was split between TR and Taft.
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The most famous educator of the Progressive era?
John Dewey.
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Who revolutionized industry with the assembly line?
Ford.
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Harding ran for president hoping for...
'A return to normalcy'.
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Isolationism?
U.S. not interfering in world politics.
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In the 1920s, agriculture suffered because?
Falling markets in Europe and more efficient farming technology.
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The Washington Naval Conference sought to...
Limit the growth of naval power.
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US government actively intervened throughout the decade in?
International finanace and reparations.
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The Harding administration is most rememberd for?
Its scandals.
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Who became a hero because of: he was seen as modest, handsome daredevil; he made a solo flight across the Atlantic; he embodied American traditional values in the new industrialized society; his success incorporated elements of technology and individualism?
Charles Lindberg.
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The Sigmund Freud is most significant because...
He developed psychoanalysis.
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Ideas that greatly influenced the 1920s?
Darwinism, Marxism, Theory of Relativity and fundamentalism.
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Leading Democrat that defended fundamentalism in the Scopes trial was...
William Jennings Bryan.
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Word that best describes the youth in the 1920s?
Materialistic.
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State hit worst by the drought in the 1930s?
Oklahoma.
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Factors that contributed to the Great Depression?
Heavy debts of Americans, the growth of pessimism, and unpaid European debts to the US.
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Americans blamed who for the Great Depression?
Hoover.
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One of Hoover's most harmful actions?
Hawley-Smoot tariff.
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A major difference between Hoover and FDR?
Hoover's support of balanced budget.
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FDR's first action to end the banking crisis?
Bank Holiday.
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The political right opposed FDR because of?
His failure to balance the budget.
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What swept the nation at the end of Hoover's administration, threatening economic crisis?
The Banking Crisis.
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The informal talks FDR broadcasted over the radio to inspire public confidence?
Fireside chats.
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The first transcontinental railroad was built by...
Immigrants from China and Ireland.
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The significance of Promontory Point, Utah?
Junction of Transcontinental Railroad.
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Open-range cattle industry came to an end because...
Fencing on farms, overgrazing that ruined the land, and expansion of the railroads
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What was the main crop of the Great Plains?
Wheat.
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Key Culture of Plains Indians?
Buffalo.
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Official gal during Indian wars?
Intended to move Indians to reservations.
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Foreign policy during last half of 1800s?
Defending western hemisphere against European intervention, extending US territory, and creating new trade opportunity
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Who were rough riders?
Volunteer unit during Spanish-American War.
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Custer defeated by Indians. Victory was described as an...
Anomaly.
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As the results of Spanish American war, Americans gained:
Cuba, Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
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Invention that enabled farmers to fence their land?
Barbed Wire.
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Sensationalized news reporter?
Yellow Journal.
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What sparked the Great War?
Murder or Archduke Ferdinand.
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Who said: "Idealism is going to save world', "Teach South American republics to elect good men", and "World must be made safe for democracy"
Woodrow Wilson.
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Important factor of Americas entrance into WWI:
Submarine warfare in Atlantic.
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Wilson ran with what slogan?
He Kept Us Out of War.
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Wilson's 14 points included...
League of Nations.
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Main provision of Espionage and Sedition Acts:
Ban on criticism of war effort.
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Popular term for American soldiers:
Dough boys.
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An American General fighting in Europe was named?
John J. Pershing.
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Senator that disagreed with the League of Nations and opposed Wilson was?
Henry Cabot Lodge.
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