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Christopher Sholes

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Invented the type writer

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Bessemer Process

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A cheap and efficient process for making steel

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Thomas Edison

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Lightbulb

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Telephone

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Socialism

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An economic and political system based on government ownership of business and property and on equal equal distribution of wealth

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Thomas Nast

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Political cartoonist

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Urbanization

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The growth of cities

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Angel Island

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Asian and Chinese immigrants entered here

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Ellis Island

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European immigrants entered here

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Patronage

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An officeholder’s power to appoint people

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Social Gospel Movement

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A 19th century reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and poverty

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Pendleton Act

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Law that established a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to government jobs by means of the merit system

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- promote full racial equality

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Bunting vs. Oregon

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10 hour workday for men

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Muller vs. Oregon

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Limit working hours of women

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Florence Kelly

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Advocate for improving the lives of women and children

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Robert La Follelte

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Leader of Wisconsin who led way in regulating big business

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Josephine Goldmark

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Persuasively argued that poor working women were much more economically insecure that large corporations

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Progressive Movement

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Sought to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life

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Great White Fleet

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Painted ships white and sailed around the world to show American power

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Queen Liliuokalani

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Queen of Hawaii that was overthrown

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Valeriano Wyler

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Spanish General sent to Cuba to restore order

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Jose Marti

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Cuban poet and journalist

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George Pullman

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Built factory for manufacturing railroad stuff

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Interstate Commerce Act

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Right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities

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Edwin Drake

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steam engine

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Scab

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Strikebreaker

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Linked Atlantic and Pacific coasts

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Banned normal Chinese citizens

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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Japan’s government limit emigration to the US

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Dumbbell Tenement

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Five or six story building shaped like a barbell

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Political Machine

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Controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for political and financial support

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Civil Services

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The nonmilitary branches of government administration

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Row House

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Single family dwelling that shares sidewalk with other similar houses

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Suffrage

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Right to vote

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Initiative

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People have say

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17th Amendment

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Provided election of senators by the people

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Susan B. Anthony

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Leader in the women suffrage movement

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Prohibition

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The banning of alcohol

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Illinois Factory Act

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Ended child labor and limited working hours for women

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Muckrakers

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Magazine journalists who exposed corrupt side of business and public life

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De Lome Letter

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Letter leaked into the newspaper that criticized McKinley

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Yellow Journalism

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Reporting that exaggerates the news to lure more readers

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USS Maine

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Ordered to Cuba to protect American lives and property; exploded

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Imperialism

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The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

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Sanford Dole

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President of the provisional government of Hawaii

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Upton Sinclair

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Muckraking journalist and author of The Jungle

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Vertical Integration

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Company taking over it’s suppliers and distributors to gain total control

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Horizontal consolidation

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The merging of companies that make similar products

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Cartel

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Association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a higher level and restricting competition

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Import

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Bringing in materials

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Export

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Sending out materials

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CPI

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Nations first propaganda agency, headed by George Creel

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Convoy System

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The protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups

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Reparations

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The compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war

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Red Baron

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Mandated von Richthofen; famous German fighter pilot

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Lusitania

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A British passenger shop that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing Americans

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Allies (WWI)

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Triple Entente; France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy

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Central Powers (WWI)

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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Sedition Act

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Harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US in war

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Jane Addams

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An anti war activist, a spokesperson for racial injustice, and an advocate for quality of life issues

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Square Deal

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President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business

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Woodrow Wilson

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Democratic, endorsed a progressive platform, New Freedom, stronger anti trust legislation, banking reform, and reduced tariffs

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Clayton Antitrust Act

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Strengthen the Sherman Antitrust act declaring certain business practices illegal

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WCTU

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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union; promoted the goal of prohibition

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Tariff

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An official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports

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Berlin Airlift

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327 day operation in the US and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city

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Containment

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The blocking of another nation’s attempts to spread it’s influence- especially the efforts of the US to block the spread of Soviet influence

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NATO

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Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization- defensive military alliance formed by ten Western European countries, the US, and Canada

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Truman Doctrine

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US policy providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents

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Hollywood 10

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10 witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood

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Alger Hiss

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Accused of spying for the Soviet Union

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Rosenbergs

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Minor activists in the American communist party

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Atlantic Charter

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Declaration of principles in which the US and GB set forth their goals in opposing the axis powers

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Battle of the Bulge

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Month long battle of WWII in which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war

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D-Day

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Day on which the allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during the WWII

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Satellite Nation

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Country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation

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Cold War

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State of hostility after WWII without military conflict between the US and SU

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Marshall Plan

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Program under which the US supplied economic aid to European nations to help rebuild after WWII

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Blacklist

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A list of about 500 actors, writers, producers, and directors not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections

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McCarthyism

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The attacks by Joseph McCarthy and others on people suspected of being communists

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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One of the most celebrated heroes of WWII; shot down most planes “American Ace of Aces”

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Bernard Baruch

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Head of the WIB

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Great Migration

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The large scale movement of blacks from the south to northern cities; blacks were trying to escape the Jim Crow south

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Head of the conservative senators who were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression

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Navitism

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The political position demanding favoring status “opposing immigration”

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Collective Bargaining

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Negotiations between workers and employers to reach agreement

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Traditional Economy

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Basic economic questions are answered by custom and tradition (Native American)

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Market Economy

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Individuals make own economic decisions (USA)

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Mixed Economy

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Blends features of all three economic systems (Canada)

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Command Economy

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Government or leader decides economy (Cuba)

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Theocracy

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Political leaders are also religious leaders (Iran)

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Dictatorship

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Dictator has unlimited power over everything (Cuba and North Korea)

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Absolute Monarchy

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King/Queen has total power (French Revolution)

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Constitutional Monarchy

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King/Queen and parliament (Great Britain)

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Parliamentary Democracy

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Executive branch headed by Prime Minister; Parliament (Baltic regions)

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Presidential Democracy

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President leads executive branch (USA)

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Progressive Movement

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1. Promoting Social Welfare
    Florence Kelly
2. Promoting Moral Improvement
    Prohibition
3. Creating Economic Reform
    Trust busting 
4. Fostering Efficiency
    Assembly line
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Blacks during WWI

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Shouldn’t fight; don’t want to support their white leaders that discriminate against them
Should fight hard in the war; prove themselves to all the whites who looked down on them

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Navitism

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The political position demanding favoring status “opposing immigration”

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Collective Bargaining

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Negotiations between workers and employers to reach agreement

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Traditional Economy

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Basic economic questions are answered by custom and tradition (Native American)

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Market Economy

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Individuals make own economic decisions (USA)

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Mixed Economy

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Blends features of all three economic systems (Canada)

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Command Economy

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Government or leader decides economy (Cuba)

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Theocracy

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Political leaders are also religious leaders (Iran)

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Dictatorship

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Dictator has unlimited power over everything (Cuba and North Korea)

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Absolute Monarchy

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King/Queen has total power (French Revolution)

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Constitutional Monarchy

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King/Queen and parliament (Great Britain)

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Parliamentary Democracy

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Executive branch headed by Prime Minister; Parliament (Baltic regions)

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Presidential Democracy

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President leads executive branch (USA)

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Progressive Movement

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1. Promoting Social Welfare
    Florence Kelly
2. Promoting Moral Improvement
    Prohibition
3. Creating Economic Reform
    Trust busting 
4. Fostering Efficiency
    Assembly line

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