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Chapter 18- 20 Flashcards

1
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Buying something with the hope of selling it later at a profit

A

Speculation

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2
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Small monthly payments until item is paid for

A

Installment plans

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3
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Christians who fought to remove modernists from their Christians

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Fundamentalists

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4
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Chicago psychopath, eventually jailed for tax evasion

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Al Capone

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5
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1921 american idol- sports in America begins

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Babe Ruth

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6
Q

Begins the science of psychology

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Sigmund Freud

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7
Q

Develops the theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein

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8
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The federal law making liquor illegal

A

Prohibition

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9
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Reduced German reparations of WWII only slightly

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Dawes Plan

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10
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Fear of communism in America

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Red scare

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11
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Club where liquor was served during prohibition

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Speak easy

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12
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Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vitorio Orlando, David Lloyd George

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Big four

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13
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German nation was responsible for the war and all damages therein

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War-guilt

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14
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WWI- truce

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Armistice

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15
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WWI American soldier- nickname

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Doughboy

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16
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Revealed that Germany asked Mexico to invade the U.S.A

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Zimmerman telegram

17
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Wilson stated America would declare war if another passenger ship was attacked

A

Sussex pledge

18
Q

German leader during WWI

A

Kaiser Wilhelm II

19
Q

Chased back into Mexico by John J. “Black Jack” Pershing

A

Pancho villa

20
Q

Submarine

21
Q

6-Apr-17

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USA in WWI

22
Q

Ideals for peace written by Woodrow Wilson

23
Q

Later becomes the United Nations, designed by Woodrow Wilson

A

League of Nations

24
Q

Adapted learning so to relate to the children’s interest

A

Progressive education

25
Q

Create the airlines

A

Wright brothers

26
Q

Create the model T and assembly line

A

Henry Ford

27
Q

Defined and halted unfair business practices

A

Federal trade commission

28
Q

Peace between Russia and Japan

A

Root- takahira agreement

29
Q

TR non-violent show of power

A

Great white fleet

30
Q

Policemen of Latin American

A

Roosevelt corollary

31
Q

Assisted people of color in the early 1900s

32
Q

Outlawed impure foods

A

Pure food and drug act

33
Q

TR’s promise to Americans

A

Square deal

34
Q

Journalists who exposed abuse and corruption

A

Muckrakers

35
Q

Mrs. Martins favorite

A

Teddy Roosevelt

36
Q

Investors paid only a percentage of the cost of the stock

A

On the margin

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