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women known for her work with the poor; founder of Hull House, America’s most famous settlement house

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jane addams

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alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, Romania, Japan, Portugal, Montenegro, Greece, and Italy

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allies

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a psychological theory that considers a person’s environment responsible for their behavior

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behaviorism

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wrote the Pledge of Allegiance

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Francis Bellamy

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Democrat candidate in 1896; gave the “Cross of Gold “ Speech; known for settling international disputes

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William Jennings Bryan

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provided for a yearly budget for the federal government

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budget and accounting act

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navy admiral who flew over the South Pole while making valuable explorations in the Antarctic region

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richard byrd

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american freedman botanist and professor at tuskegee institute

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george washington carver

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democratic presidential candidate who won the 1884 election

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grover cleveland

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hardings vice president; 13th president

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calvin coolidge

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payment plan that temporarily reduced germany’s payments to help with her economic hard times

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dawes plan

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commanded the US pacific fleet stationed in Hong Kong

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george dewey

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influential professor who advocated progressive education

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john dewey

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greatest inventor in history ; referred to as the wizard of menlo park

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thomas edison

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prohibited the manufacture sale and distribution of liquor in the united states

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eighteenth amendment

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created the Federal Reserve Bank

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federal reserve act

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heir to the austrian throne who was assassinated in 1914

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franz ferdinand

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by its terms puerto rico became an unorganized territory

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foraker act

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author of the great gatsby

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scott fitzgerald

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revolutionized transportation introduced the assembly line

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henry ford

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key leader in the communist movement who organized the violent steelworkers strike of 1919

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william foster

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formulated a system known as psychoanalysis

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sigmund freud

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became president in 1881 second president to be assassinated

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james garfield

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agreement that the japanese government would withhold passports from japanese laborers seeking to come to the US

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gentlemen’s agreement

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appointed the leader of the Panama Canal project
george goethals
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29th president; 1920
warren harding
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provided funds for the state agricultural colleges to establish experiment stations and begin researching better farming methods
hatch act
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became 19th of the US in 1876
rutherford hayes
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owner of the new york journal
william hearst
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created and led the food adminstration during WW1 secretary of commerce under harding and coolidge
herbert hoover
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american home missionary to alaska responsible for the introduction of reindeer
sheldon jackson
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methodist evangelist from georgia who is remember as the moody of the south
sam jones
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american employee of the department of agriculture who founded the grange
oliver kelley
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1927 pact between france and the US which outlawed war between the two nations
kellogg-briand pact
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a region of alaska where gold was discovered in 1896
klondike
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president wilson's proposal for peace after WW1 established the permanent court of international justice
league of nations
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leader of the bolsheviks (majority) of the communist party in russia
vladimir lenin
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large british luxury liner sunk by the germans
lusitania
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notable presbyterian professor from princeton who combated theological liberalism and modernism
john machen
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increased the federal governments power to regulate business in 1910; strengthened interstate commerce commission
mann-elkins act
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the belief that matter is the only reality of the universe and that thought, will, and feeling can be explained in terms of matter
materialism
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sponsored the McKinley Tariff as a congressman from Ohio; 25th president
william mckinley
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american foreign policy proclaiming american noninterference in european affairs
monroe doctrine
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prominent investor and banker who organized the US steel corporation
jp Morgan
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provided for an increase in the size of the regular army and the organizing of a national guard subject to be called into action by the president
national defense act
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created in 1918 as a court of arbitration to settle labor disputes
national war labor board
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granted women the right to vote
19th amendment
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remembered as the father of atheistic existentialism
friedrich nietzsche
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wilson's attorney general who established the general intelligence division
mitchell palmer
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president arthur's most fomous bill the basis for the modern civil service program
pendleton act
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commander of the troops sent by wilson to capture pancho villa appointed commander of the american troops in france during WW1
john pershing
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philosophy that an idea or action should be judged solely by its results
pragmatism
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the wing of the republican party that split off to support Roosevelt's bid for president in 1912 (bull moose party)
progressive party
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headed commission to cure the island of cuba of yellow fever
walter reed
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the most famous american ace who destroyed over twenty enemy aircraft
eddie rickenbacker
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assistant secretary of the navy and leader of the rough riders; 26th president
theodore roosevelt
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case in which two italian immigrants were convicted of murdering during a robbery in MA and were excuted; painted them as martyrs
sacco- vanzetti case
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the trial that gained national exposure as a media sensation
scopes monkey trial
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law which required all men from age 21-30 to register with the local draft board
selective service act
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changed the way that senators are elected from being elected by the state to being elected by popular vote
17th amendment
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scottish professor of philosophy who advocated for capitalism international free trade, and laissez faire economic policy in his book wealth of nations
adam smith
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the idea that government should control all resources in a society
socialism
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oil magnate who financed the publication of the fundamentals
lyman stewart
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former baseball player who became one of the most influential evangelist in the 20th century
billy sunday
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became to first civil governor of the philippines; 27th president; headed to national war labor board during WW1
william taft
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outlined the Americans' intent to occupy cuba solely for the purpose of freeing her at an appropriate time
teller amendment
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american inventor who pioneered alternating current
nikola tesla
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organization dedicated to worldwide communist revolution
third communist international
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preacher and educator at moody bible institute and the bible institute of los angeles
RA Torrey
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made the peace between germany and russia official in march 1918
treaty of brest-litovsk
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a series of compromises with wilson's 14 points which influenced the terms of the treaty
treaty of versailles
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alliance between germany austria-hungary and italy
triple alliance
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agreement between great britian france and russia
triple entente
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one of the most significant tariff acts in american history
underwood-simmons act
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the law that put the 18th amendment into effect
volstead act
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introduced the air brake
george westinghouse
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the leader of germany during WW1
wilhelm II
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dates of WW1
1914-1918
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credited with making the first successful powered flight
wright brothers

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