101 History Facts 46-60

Question 0

Henry Bessemer

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Invented less expensive process to turn iron into steel

Question 1

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Passed by Congress gave Johnson power to use the military in defending South Vietnam against the North without a formal war declaration

Question 2

Carnegie

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Had monopoly over steel industry and used vertical integration

Question 3

Bryan

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1896 Democratic nominee who gave the cross of gold speech adopting Populist ideas; lawyer of Scopes trial supporting Fundamentalism

Question 4

Jane Addams

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Supported women’s suffrage and opened the Hull House in Chicago

Question 5

Mahan

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Argued for a strong navy and said controlling the sea was key to world dominance

Question 6

Teddy Roosevelt

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First progressive president from 1901-1909; he used big stick diplomacy and built Great White Fleet

Question 7

Taft

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President after Teddy Roosevelt; used dollar diplomacy

Question 8

Lodge

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Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee and opposed the League of Nations

Question 9

Dubose

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Sought full rights for blacks and cofounded NAACP

Question 10

Wilson

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Used moral diplomacy; brought America into WWI and proposed the 14 Points

Question 11

Pershing

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American commander in France during WWI and led attempt to capture Pancho Villa

Question 12

York

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Won Medal of Honor for capturing a group of Germans during WWI

Question 13

Garvey

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Inspired black pride and called blacks to return to Africa during the 1920’s

Question 14

Ford

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Built the Model T which pioneered the use of the assembly line