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A war between the union and the confederate

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civil war

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an act that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.

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fugitive slave act

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California become a free state

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compromise of 1850

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a book that opend the norths eyes to see what slavery was really like

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Uncle Toms Cabin

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a speech that freed slaves under the confederate states

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Emancipation proclamation

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the idea that the north and south should be separated

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sectionalism

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building civilizationout west

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turners thesis

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founder o the sierra club

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john muir

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she led an anti lynching cursade

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ida b wells

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thought blacks should wait and the fight for rights

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booker t washington

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thought they should fight now to fight for equal rights

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WEB Dubois

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steel monopolist help build the steel industry

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andrew carnige

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funded the standard oil company

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rockefeller

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took control over bankruptsin railroad

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JP morgan

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combined the railroad

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Vanderbilt

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He was the American railroad union leader, directed railroad workers not to handle any trains with pullmans cars

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Eugene Debs

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these immergrants were protestants mostly english speaking

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old immergrants

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these immergrants were poor job seekers illiterate

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new immergrants

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she is a politcal machenie who brought social clubs to the cities

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Tammy Hall

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she taught immergrants to speak english

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Jane addams

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profited a large percent of public building funds

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boss tweed

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she helped found tge National American Womens sufferege Association

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Susan B Anthony

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23
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enable settlers to acquire free public land

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homestead act

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indiansbreak up tribes, if they stay on land for 25 years they become citizen

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Dawes act

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banned all new immigration from China

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Chinese exclusion act

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a fued between colored and white people,that stated equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.

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plessy vs fergusion

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mandated racial segregation in all public facilities

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jim crow

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28
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power that interfere with trade and reduce economic competition

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sherman anti trust act

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abolished slavery

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13admen

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30
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stated if you were born in the united stateds you have citizenship

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14 admend

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gave african american men the right to vote

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15 admend

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prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce

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pure food and drug act

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Hawaiian Monarch

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Queen Lilioukalani

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belived that a strong navy and control over the sea is nessisary

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Alfred Mahans sea power

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35
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against annexation of the Philippians

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anti imperialists league

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36
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president belived that the government should be used to solve the nations pressing problems

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teddy Roosevelt

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37
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president help found the league of nations

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Woodrow Wilson

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38
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cheif justice and 27th presidnet

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William Taft

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a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics

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muckracker

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40
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author of the book the jungle, and a muckracker

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Uptown sinclair

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one of the first photo journalist wrote muckraking articles

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jacob riis

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42
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shes a muckracker who wrote muckracking articles

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ida tarbell

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43
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introduced a newsystem for bypassing politictions

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robert lafollette

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44
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an organization that wanted to abolish all forms of segregation

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naacp

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45
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formed national conservitive commistion

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gifford pinchot

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46
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leader of the national womens party

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alice paul

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47
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organized the league of women voters

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carrie catt

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48
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created birth control

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margaret sanger

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49
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group formed to stop womans sufferage

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nawsa

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50
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religious organization whose primary purpose was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society.

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wctu

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51
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gave the cross of gold speech

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william jennings bryan

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52
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believed that the government ownership of railroads would reduce shipping rates, making it easier to have profitable harvests.

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populist

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53
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wanted improve the economic conditions for farmers

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farmers alliance

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54
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He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba

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William McKinley

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55
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organize workers of all kinds into a union to improve working hours and conditions for laborers.

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knights of labor

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fought for better working conditions, higher wages, collective bargaining rights, and shorter work days

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AFL american federation of labor

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57
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Indian spiritual movement,

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ghost dance

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58
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indians vs americans bloody battle

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wounded knee

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59
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a violent labour dispute between

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homestead strike

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60
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bloody fight over labor

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hay market bombing

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61
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railroads crashed into bankruptcy.

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panic of 1873

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62
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banks closing, and businesses and manufacturers not being able to open because they had not cash to pay workers or buy materials.

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panic of 1893

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63
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he faced off against wilson and his need to ratify

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Henry lodge

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64
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propaganda lead by creel

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CPI committee on public information

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65
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organized an office to gather information on radicals

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Mithcel Palmer

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66
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a group of American writers who criticized modern cuture

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lost generation

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67
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central figure in the Harlem Renaissance

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langston hughes

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68
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29th president promsied return to normalcy

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warren harding

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69
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vice president of harding a man of few words

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cal coolidge

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69
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belived that amercas economy was fundementaly sound

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herbert hoover

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69
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created the new deal to help america out of the great deppresion

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FDR

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69
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white” migratory agriculture worker

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okies

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founded The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,

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john keynes

70
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armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government

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cuban revolt

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federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States

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cio

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conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.

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spanish american war

71
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it was the catalyst that led to the American declaration of war against Spain.

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sinking of the uss maine

72
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that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.

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teller amendment

73
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people fled to the banks to retrive their money and then the banks went bankrupt during the

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great depression

74
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big oil comanies bribed their way to drilling

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teapot dome scandal

75
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germany wanted to allies with meixco are neighbors the reason we entered ww1

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zimmerman note

76
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an ocean liner that was torpetoed by germans

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lusitania

77
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began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand

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WW1

78
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an abrupt drop in stock prices

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stock market crash

79
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Veterans were upset that they didnt get there bounsus so the march at the capitol

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bounus march

80
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severve drought in the west

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dust bowl

81
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the rise of fascism in Europe, the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, and tensions in the aftermath of World War I

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ww2

82
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Japan bombed pearl harbor that lead the US to join ww2

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pearl harbor

83
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to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists

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palmer raids

84
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The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government

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red scare

85
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Black people moved from the American South to Northern,

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great migration

86
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warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

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monroe docterine

87
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was to protect the interests of the United States in establishing trade with China.

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open door policy

88
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tated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers

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roosevelt corrilary

89
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a foreign policy in which the United States lent money to foreign countries in return for the ability to make decisions for the governments of those countries.

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dollor diplomacy

90
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to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

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meat inspection act

91
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prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce

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food and drug act

92
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defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing and monopolies,

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clayton antitrust

93
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grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.

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16th admendement

94
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all American women the right to vote

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19th admendment

94
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authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription.

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selective service act

95
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Prohibited spying, interfering with the draft and statements that could aid America’s enemies or interfere with its military operations.

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espionage act

96
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anyone who spoke against the war or the government would be put in jail.

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sedition act

97
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the Supreme Court invented the famous “clear and present danger” test to determine when a state could constitutionally limit an individual’s free speech rights under the First Amendment.

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schenck act

98
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declared the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal

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18th admendment

99
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prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

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volstead act

100
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limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States

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imm act of 1924

101
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enacted to protect U.S. farmers from foreign competition by increasing tariffs on certain foreign goods.

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hawley smoot tarriff

102
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employed young men on projects on federal lands

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ccc

103
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hired thousands of unemployed of people

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tva

104
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authorized the government to examine the finaces of banks that are closed

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emergency banking act

105
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limited how banks invest their money

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glass steagalll act

106
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placed to regulate the stock market places strict limits

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sec

107
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a railroad line that connected the United States from the east coast to the west coast

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transcontinental railroad

108
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an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit.

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cash crop

109
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An invention helping cowboys keep their animals put

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barbered wire

110
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a social organization in the United States that encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture.

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grange managment

111
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abolition of national banks, a graduated income tax,

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ocala platform

112
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the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

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assimilation

113
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After the Civil War, southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation.

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new south

114
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s a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land

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sharecropping

115
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restrict the total number of immigrants while not offending the large element of ethnic voters.

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literary test

116
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the tax or tribute levied on individuals,

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poll tax

117
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limits how changes will be applied to legal relations

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grandfather clause

118
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Washington asked whites to trust Blacks and provide them with opportunities so that both races could advance in industry and agriculture.

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alanta compromise

119
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the standard approach used to consolidate financial statements.

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consolidation

120
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to manage and preserve property (typically money) for the benefit of one or more persons.

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trust

121
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the strategy of acquiring other companies that reside along a similar area of the supply chain.

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horizantal intergation

122
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an expansion strategy where a company takes control over one or more stages in the production or distribution of its products.

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vertical intergration

123
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a lazy government style

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laissez-faire

124
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the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

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socail darwinism

125
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negitive factor people are leaving

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push factor

126
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people are coming

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pull factor

127
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single-family buildings divided into multiple living spaces.

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tenement

128
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a stoping place for immigrants coming in on the east side of the US

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ellis island

129
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attempt to gaurentee reasonable profits for buissness and fair wages

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NRA

130
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created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement.

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social securties act

131
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guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions and organizers

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wagner act

132
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abolished the allotment program detailed in the Dawes Act and made funds available to Native American groups for the purchase of lost tribal lands.

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indian new deal

133
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a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts

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yellow journalism

134
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symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary.

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big stick policy

135
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made inporting goods easier gave jobs to the unemployed

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panama canal

136
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an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration.

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gentlemens agreement

137
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sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet.

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great white fleet

138
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remove an elected official from office

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recall

139
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allow citizens of many U.S. states to place new legislation

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refendum

140
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is the power of the People to directly propose and enact state laws and amendments

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initive

141
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began in the early 1800s as a movement to limit drinking in the United States.

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temperance

142
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breaking up the monopolies

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trust busting

143
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we decides to stay this way because we werent ready for war

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neutrallity

144
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Germany retaliated by using its submarines to destroy neutral ships that were supplying the Allies.

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submarine warfare

145
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a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I.

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14 points

146
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the ceasefire that ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany

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armistice

146
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he armed forces that the United States sent to Europe during World War I.

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american expeditinoary force

147
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to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security

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league of nations

148
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limited the German Army and Navy in size, and allowed for the trial of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a number of other high-ranking German officials as war criminals.

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tready of versailes

149
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an idea that includes people choosing and setting their own goals

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self determination

150
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An outbreak of racial violence

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red summer

151
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fear of foreginers.

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xenophobia

152
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product being moved down a line as the individual parts are added until it reaches the end of the line as a finished product.

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assembly line

153
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provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants

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settlement house

154
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an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government.

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political machine

155
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an intent improperly to influence official action need not be alleged or proved as it must be in briber

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graft

156
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Carnegie argued that extremely wealthy Americans like himself had a responsibility to spend their money in order to benefit the greater good.

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gospel of wealth

157
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promote the welfare of others

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philanthropy

158
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a monetary system where a country’s currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold

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gold standard

159
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a monetary system in which a government recognizes coins composed of both gold or silver as legal tender.

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bimetallism

160
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The one-party (Democratic) political system that dominated the South

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solid south

161
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the belif that society should move on

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modernism

162
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The belif that socety should keep its older veiws

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fundementalism

163
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state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state.

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scopes trail

164
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a period of U.S. history marked by a burst of creativity within the African American community in the areas of art, music and literature.

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harlem renisance

165
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the theory that individuals who consume goods and services in large quantities will be better off.

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consumerism

166
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occurs when an investor buys an asset by borrowing the balance from a bank or broker.

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buying on margin

167
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when you purchase goods or services now and pay for them in full later or by instalments over a short period of time.

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buying on credit

168
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was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States

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new deal

169
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relief recovery reform

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3 Rs

170
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series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States

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fireside chats

171
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the government is responsible for the individual and social welfare of its citizens.

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welfare states

172
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a period of geopolitical tension marked by competition and confrontation between communist nations led by the Soviet Union and Western democracies including the United States.

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cold war

173
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the u.s didnt want to stop communism the just wanted to-

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containment

174
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Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

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truman doctrine

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