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40 Cards in this Set
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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advocated building a strong navy to protect US interests
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Annexation of Hawaii
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US takes islands as territory despite Cleveland’s
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Anthracite coal strike
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Roosevelt ends labor conflict by mediation
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Big Four
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Victors of WWI: France, Britain, Italy and the US
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Big Stick diplomacy
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Roosevelt’s threat of force to influence foreign policy
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Bull Moose party
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Roosevelt’s progressive political group in 1912 election
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de Lome Letter
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Spanish ambassador ridiculed President McKinley
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Dollar diplomacy
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Foreign policy dictated by economic interests
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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laws passed during WWI to limit free speech
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Eugene Debs
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Socialist party presidential candidate, imprisoned for antiwar
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Federal Reserve Act
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Modern central banking system of the US
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Fourteen Points
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Wilson’s goals for US involvement in WWI
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Great White Fleet
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US new modern navy built in early 20th century
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Income tax
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progressive revenue source for federal gov’t, 16th Amendment
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Jane Addams, Hull House
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Voluntary attempt to help poor/immigrant families
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League of Nations
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Multinational organization formed post WWI to promote
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Lusitania
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Luxury cruise ship sunk by German submarines
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Muckrakers
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Journalists who exposed the worst in society
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Open Door policy
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US foreign policy that promoted an uncolonized independent
China |
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Boxer rebellion
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Uprising by Chinese nationalists against foreign influence
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Palmer Raids
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US Attorney General’s response to communism in the US
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Panama Canal
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Great engineering accomplishment opening more international
trade |
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Philippine insurrection
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war of independence against the US
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Platt Amendment
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Addition to Cuban constitution granting US oversight of Cuban
affairs |
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Progressive Amendments
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16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Federal gov’t attempt to get rid of patent medicine
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Queen Liluokalani
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Ruler of Hawaii dethroned by the US and Dole Fruit Co.
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Red Scare
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Anti-communist feelings in the US following WWI
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Amendment to the Monroe Doctrine advocating US
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Rough Riders
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Volunteer cavalry in the Spanish-American war
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Selective service
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The draft, forced participation in the military during WWI
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Sussex Pledge
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Germany promised to end unrestricted submarine warfare
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Teller Amendment
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Pledge by US to return Cuba to Cuban control
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The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
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Exposed unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking
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Triple Alliance
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The alliance of Central Powers during WWI: Austria, Germany
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Triple Entente
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The Allies of WWI: France, Russia, Britain
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Trustbusting
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Federal gov’t attempts to break up monopolies
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USS Maine
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US ship that mysteriously exploded off the coast of Cuba
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Versailles Treaty
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Document officially ending WWI
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Yellow journalism
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Publishing exaggerated stories in newspapers to promote sales
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