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What did Theodore Roosevelt do to earn the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?
successfully negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth
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What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the war between the United States and Spain in 1898?
Treaty of Paris
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sent artist Frederick Remington to Cuba with the instructions, "you furnish the pictures and i'll furnish the war"
Hearst
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published the New York World, one of the nation's leading yellow journalism newspapers
Joseph Pulitzer
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added to the Monroe Doctrine by President Theodore Roosevelt, giving the U.S. the power of an innternatinoal police officer in Latin America
Roosevelt Corollary
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**yellow journalism: what role did it play in the U.S. decision to enter the Spanish-American War?
- -style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure & enrage readers.
- -It shaped the public opinion, turning readers against spaniards
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became a popular rallying cry for US intervention in Cuba in 1898
"Remember the Maine"
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Panama was controlled by what nation?
Columbia
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How much money did the US pay to Columbia to compensate it for its lost territory?
25 million
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Who was the last monarch of an independent Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani
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Where did the US attempted to protect its trading interests?
Who was the Secretary of State who issued the Open Door Notes?
China; John Hay
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Why did President Theodore Roosevelt feel the US needed a canal cutting across Central America?
It would reduce travel time for commercial and military ships by providing a shortcut between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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4 major goals of the Progressive Movement?
- -protecting social welfare
- -promoting moral improvement
- -creating economic reform
- -fostering efficiency
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What 1911 tragedy in NYC led to improved factory safety laws and fire codes?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory/Fire
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**Who were the muckrakers, and how did they contribute to the Progressive Movement?
journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business & public life
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The sickening conditions in the meatpacking industry were exposed in what famous book written by Upton Sinclair? &
& What law did it inspire?
The Jungle; Meat Inspection Act
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Who described John D. Rockefeller's cutthroat methods of eliminating the competition in her book History of the Standard Oil Company?
Ida M. Tarbell
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Lincoln Steffens exposed business and government corruption in books such as The Struggle for Self Government and _____.
The Shame of the Cities
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Which of the 4 candidates in the 1912 election was NOT considered a reform candidate?
Taft- conservative- not a lot of progressive change
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What 3 approaches did women use to achieve their objective of gaining voting rights?
- -convinced state legislatures
- -challenged 14th amendment
- - pushed for constitutional ammendment
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Alice Paul helped form the National Women's Party, which pressured the US government to do what?
pass a suffrage amendment (19th amendment)
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Although he was known as a trustbutter, Teddy Roosevelt didn't believe all trusts were hamful. What trusts did he want to curb the actions of?
those that hurt the public interest
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What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
banned entry to all Chinese except (students,teachers,merchants,tourists, & gov. officials)
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A bill that's originated by the people rather than lawmakers is known as an: A vote on this is:
initiative; referendum
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What enables voters to remove public officials from office?
Recall
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What did Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom reform program do?
It included stronger anti-trust laws & reduced tariffs and banking reform
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President Taft angered Progressives by...
signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
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What did the Pure Food & Drug Act do?
halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.
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What was the main US immigration station on the East Coast?
Ellis Island, NY
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Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, triggering the start of WW1?
Sarajevo
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What were the 3 "isms" that are considered backround causes of WW1?
nationalism, imperialism, & militarism
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devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation?
nationalism
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extending a nation's authority over other countires by economic, political, or military means
imperialism
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the development of the armed forces, their use as a tool of diplomacy
militarism
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Why did some US Senators oppose US membership in the League of Nations?
some believed it was too harsh, sell out of imperialism, eco. consequences will pull down Europe & injure US
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The advantage of Germany's Schlieffen Plan
it would allow germany to drive quickly toward Paris by taking a shortcut through Belgium
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** What events led to the US decision of entering WW1?
- -germany breaking sussex pledge
- -zimmerman note
- -sinking of 4 unarmed american merchant ships
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What side did the US join when entering WW1?
allies
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Why did Russia drop out of the war?
result of Communist revolution
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Espionage & Sedition Acts
silenced any ideas that challenged gov. authority and threated freedom of speech
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how did the US use propaganda to popularize WW1?
set up the nation's first propoganda agency, the Committee on Public Info
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The Treaty of Versailles did not attempt to treat all nations justly. explain.
humiliated germany=blamed for ww1
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What position did US have in the 1st 3 years of WW1?
neutrality
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Selective Service Act
requred american men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service
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What were some of the new mechanized weapons used in WW1?
tank & airplane
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Great Migration
population shift of african americans from the south to cities in the north during WW1.
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Big Four
WW1 leaders-wilson,george,orlando,& clemenceau- came together to negotiate treaty that ended the war
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14 Points
president wilson's plan for peace
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zimmerman ntote
an alliance between mexico and germany, promised that if war with the US broke out, Germany would support mexico in recovering "lost territory"
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What scandal of the 20's centered on leasing oil-rick public land to private oil companies?
teapot dome scandal
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Warren G. Harding
scandals tainted his presidency
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Charles Lindbergh
1st nonstop solo transatlantic flight
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speakeasies
hidden saloons and nightclubs of the prohibition era
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18th amendment
prohibition era launched by it
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bootleggers
americans legally purchased liquor from them
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fundamentalism
literal interpretation of the bible
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John T. Scopes
struggle between science and religion, trial for teaching darwin's thory of evolution
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Harlem Renaissance
literary and artistic movement celebrating african-american culture
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what were some of the primary causes of the Great depression?
- -tariffs and war debt policies
- -farm crisis
- -availability of easy credit
- -unequal distribution of wealth
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**What factors led to the Stock Market Crash of '29?
- -stock prices peaked & fell
- -confidence fell
- -investors sold stocks
- -market took plunge
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buying on margin
paying a small % of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
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Black Tuesday
the bottom fell out of the market and the nation's confidence
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President Hoover rejected the Idea of...
direct relief
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Okies
derogatory nickname for migrant workers who went to CA to find work as farmhands after being victimized by the dust bowl
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AAA-agricultural adjustment act
raised crop prices by lowering production, gov. payed farmers to leave some acres unseeded
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Who encouraged FDR to provide relief to americans by reminding him about the suffering of the nation's people?
eleanor roosevelt
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What author described the hardshps that Oklahomans who left the dust bowl experienced in CA in his classic novel The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
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What was FDRs first major step as president?
to carry out reforms in banking and finance
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CCC- civilian conservation corps
provided jobs for single males on conservation projects
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WPA- works progress administration
quickly created as many jobs as possible
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FDIC
protected bank depostis up to 5,000
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fireside chats
FDR communicated with the American people through radio talks
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