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1
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Henry Lloyd

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Book against monopolies

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Jacob Riis

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New York Reporter, attention to poor people

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Ida Tarbell

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Muckraker, Mother of trusts blasted Standard Oil

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Robert LaFollete

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Fighting Bob, governor, Wisconsin Idea

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Hiram Johnson

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Put an end to trusts

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Charles Evans Hughes

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Investigator of malpractice by gas and insurance companies

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Upton Sinclair

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Author of the jungle, description of firing factory workers

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William Taft

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Foreign policy by leveraging wealth.

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Initiative

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People petition a legislature to introduce a bill.

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Referendum

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Citizens vote on laws instead of the government.

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Recall

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People can remove a bad leader.

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Conservation

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Preserve national resources

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Muckrakers

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Young reporters digging up dirt

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17th amendment

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Senators get elected by popular vote from citizens

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18th amendment

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Forbade alcohol

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Elkins act

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Against rebates, targeted railroad companies

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Hepburn Act

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ICC set reasonable rates, prohibited free passes

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18
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Northern Securities Case

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Holding company dissolved by TR .

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19
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Meat Inspection Case

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Preparation of meat shipped over state lines could be inspected.

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20
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Pure Food and Drug Act

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Prevented mislabeling of food and drugs

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Newlands Act

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Washington collects money from sales of public land

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Foreign policy (taft), investors get poor nations in debt, then use leverage against them

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Payne-Aldrich Act

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was meant to lower tariff rates, but ended up raising tariffs

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Ballinger-Pinchot Affair

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Ballinger, secretary of interior opens public lands, TR fires pinchot instead of him

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th President, moral diplomacy

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Eugene Debs

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Socialist jailed, got a lot of votes

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Louis D. Brandeis

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reformer/attorney in case for protecting women workers.

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28
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Venustiano Carranza

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mexican president in 1914, originally liked wilson, then not

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Pancho Villa

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mexican bandit/ robin hood. would raid and attack americans and their towns.

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John Pershing

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american general led troops against pancho villa.

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31
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Central Powers

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Germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and turkey

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32
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allies

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america, britain, france, italy

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33
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kaiser wilhelm 2

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ruler of germany during ww1

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34
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lusitania

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british ship sunk

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35
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sussex pledge

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germany won’t sink passenger ships without warning

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36
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new nationalism

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tr’s policy, government is more involved in economic and social affairs.

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37
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new freedom

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wilson’s policy that favored small businesses and un-monopolized markets

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38
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underwood tariff

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reduced import fees

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39
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16th amendment

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more you make, more taxes you pay

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federal reserve act

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created an agency for banking with 12 regional reserve districts, controlled money in circulation

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federal trade commission

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investigated industries engaging in interstate commerce, stop unfair trade practice

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42
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clayton antitrust act

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helped control monopolies, strengthened shermans antitrust act

43
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jones act

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granted territorial status to philippines

44
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george creel

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head of the committee on public information (war promotion)

45
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eugene v. debs

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eugene debs is accused of giving an anti war speech

46
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bernanrd baruch

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stock speculator, head of war industries board

47
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marshal foch

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commander of allied forces when germany attacked the western front

48
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henry cabot lodge

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literacy test bill, led a group against the league of nations

49
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warren harding

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weak president, wasn’t too great at detecting bad people

50
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james cox

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ran against harding in the 1920 election

51
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self determination

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all people can have independance and make their own government

52
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collective security

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described the league’s goal of guaranteeing political indpendance to all territories

53
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normalcy

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normal life in america

54
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zimmerman note

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german note to mexico

55
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fourteen points

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wilson’s peace plan

56
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league of nations

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assembly seat for all nations

57
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committee on public information

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get ready people on board with war

58
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espionage and sedition acts

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  • can’t incite rebellion in the armed forces

- take away free speech

59
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industrial workers of the world

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radical labor group that opposed war

60
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war industries board

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make sure the economy is running and producing enough, led by bernard baruch

61
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19th amendment

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women can vote

62
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food administration

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eat less, send more overseas, herbery hoover

63
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bolsheviks

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communists who wanted to overthrow the tsar, russiand pulled out of war due to this revolution

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doughboys

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regular soldiers, lobbied for veteran benefits

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big four

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america, italy, britain, france

66
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irreconciliables

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people who didn’t want U.S. to join the league of nations

67
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treaty of versailles

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germany is punished, solved problems caused by the war

68
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Mitchell palmer

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rounded up people thought to be socialists and non american. made red scare popular. fighting quaker, quaking fighter

69
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john dewey

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learning by doing, education for life, progressive education

70
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john scopes

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teacher in the monkey trial, tried for teaching evolution

71
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william jennings bryan

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joined the prosecution in monkey trial, was humiliated

72
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clarence darrow

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represented john scopes in the monkey trial

73
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andrew mellon

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secretary of treasury during harden’s time. wanted to invest in tax-exempt securities

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bruce barton

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new advertising, used seduction and said jesus was the greatest ad man

75
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henry ford

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car guy

76
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frederick taylor

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engineer and tennis player, wanted scientific management and less wasted movement

77
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margaret sanger

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birth control movement

78
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sigmund freud

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sexual repression caused many diseases

79
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HL Mencken

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author who criticized marriage and patriotism

80
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scott fitzgerald

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author who wrote gatsby book

81
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ernest hemingway

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wrote the sun also rises, disliked idealism, voice of the lost generation

82
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sinclair lewis

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master of satire and wrote Main Street.

83
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William Faulkner

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southern writer who wrote about lives of southerners. wrote soldier’s pay.

84
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Buying on Margun

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Buy stocks, pay for half of it, and borrow rest of the money from stockbrokers. Then sell it and keep the profit

85
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Red scare

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Americans think communists will take over

86
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Sanco and Vanzetti Case

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Foreigners executed for killing a paymaster, backed by liberals and radicals

87
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Ku Klux Klan

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Hated all non white people

88
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Emergency quota act of 1921

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3% restriction on immigration for each nationality

89
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Immigration quota act 1924

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2% limit immigration. Meant to freeze americas racial makeup and prevent japanese from coming in

90
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Volstead act

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Alcohol is illegal above .5%

91
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Fundamentalism

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Said that darwins teaching were destroying faith in the bible

92
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Modernists

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People are not sinners at heart.

93
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Flappers

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Said women were known for “risky” behavior

94
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Al Capone

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Scarface, responsible for valentines day massacre.

95
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Hayes

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Caretaker president, 19th

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Boxer Rebellion

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Chinese against open door policy

97
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Spheres of influence

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division of china

98
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Loan Act

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credit is cheaper for farmers

99
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big stick policy

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readiness to use military force (tr)

100
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Portsmouth Conference

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Ended the russo japanese war

101
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gentlemen’s agreement

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japan would limit immigration, U.S. would stop segregation (TR)

102
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bull moose campaign

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TR’s political party

103
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Tampico incident

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U.S. soldiers captured in tampico

104
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Working men’s compensation act

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help from federal civil-service employees during periods of instability