Semester 1 Exam Flashcards
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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
Right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities
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Edwin Drake
steam engine
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Scab
Strikebreaker
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Transcontinental Railroad
Linked Atlantic and Pacific coasts
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned normal Chinese citizens
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Gentlemen's Agreement
Japan's government limit emigration to the US
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Dumbbell Tenement
Five or six story building shaped like a barbell
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Political Machine
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
The nonmilitary branches of government administration
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Row House
Single family dwelling that shares sidewalk with other similar houses
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Suffrage
Right to vote
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Initiative
People have say
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17th Amendment
Provided election of senators by the people
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Susan B. Anthony
Leader in the women suffrage movement
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Prohibition
The banning of alcohol
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Illinois Factory Act
Ended child labor and limited working hours for women
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Muckrakers
Magazine journalists who exposed corrupt side of business and public life
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De Lome Letter
Letter leaked into the newspaper that criticized McKinley
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Yellow Journalism
Reporting that exaggerates the news to lure more readers
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USS Maine
Ordered to Cuba to protect American lives and property; exploded
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Imperialism
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
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Sanford Dole
President of the provisional government of Hawaii
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Upton Sinclair
Muckraking journalist and author of The Jungle
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Vertical Integration
Company taking over it's suppliers and distributors to gain total control
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Horizontal consolidation
The merging of companies that make similar products
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Cartel
Association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a higher level and restricting competition
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Import
Bringing in materials
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Export
Sending out materials
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CPI
Nations first propaganda agency, headed by George Creel
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Convoy System
The protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups
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Reparations
The compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war
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Red Baron
Mandated von Richthofen; famous German fighter pilot
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Lusitania
A British passenger shop that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing Americans
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Allies (WWI)
Triple Entente; France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy
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Central Powers (WWI)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Sedition Act
Harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US in war
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Jane Addams
An anti war activist, a spokesperson for racial injustice, and an advocate for quality of life issues
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Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic, endorsed a progressive platform, New Freedom, stronger anti trust legislation, banking reform, and reduced tariffs
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Clayton Antitrust Act
Strengthen the Sherman Antitrust act declaring certain business practices illegal
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WCTU
Woman's Christian Temperance Union; promoted the goal of prohibition
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Tariff
An official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports
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Berlin Airlift
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
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
Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization- defensive military alliance formed by ten Western European countries, the US, and Canada
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Truman Doctrine
US policy providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
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Hollywood 10
10 witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood
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Alger Hiss
Accused of spying for the Soviet Union
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Rosenbergs
Minor activists in the American communist party
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Atlantic Charter
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
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
Day on which the allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during the WWII
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Satellite Nation
Country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation
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Cold War
State of hostility after WWII without military conflict between the US and SU
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Marshall Plan
Program under which the US supplied economic aid to European nations to help rebuild after WWII
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Blacklist
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
The attacks by Joseph McCarthy and others on people suspected of being communists
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Eddie Rickenbacker
One of the most celebrated heroes of WWII; shot down most planes "American Ace of Aces"
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Bernard Baruch
Head of the WIB
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Great Migration
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
Head of the conservative senators who were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression
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Navitism
The political position demanding favoring status "opposing immigration"
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Collective Bargaining
Negotiations between workers and employers to reach agreement
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Traditional Economy
Basic economic questions are answered by custom and tradition (Native American)
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Market Economy
Individuals make own economic decisions (USA)
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Mixed Economy
Blends features of all three economic systems (Canada)
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Command Economy
Government or leader decides economy (Cuba)
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Theocracy
Political leaders are also religious leaders (Iran)
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Dictatorship
Dictator has unlimited power over everything (Cuba and North Korea)
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Absolute Monarchy
King/Queen has total power (French Revolution)
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Constitutional Monarchy
King/Queen and parliament (Great Britain)
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Parliamentary Democracy
Executive branch headed by Prime Minister; Parliament (Baltic regions)
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Presidential Democracy
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
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
The political position demanding favoring status "opposing immigration"
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Collective Bargaining
Negotiations between workers and employers to reach agreement
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Traditional Economy
Basic economic questions are answered by custom and tradition (Native American)
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Market Economy
Individuals make own economic decisions (USA)
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Mixed Economy
Blends features of all three economic systems (Canada)
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Command Economy
Government or leader decides economy (Cuba)
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Theocracy
Political leaders are also religious leaders (Iran)
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Dictatorship
Dictator has unlimited power over everything (Cuba and North Korea)
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Absolute Monarchy
King/Queen has total power (French Revolution)
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Constitutional Monarchy
King/Queen and parliament (Great Britain)
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Parliamentary Democracy
Executive branch headed by Prime Minister; Parliament (Baltic regions)
110
Presidential Democracy
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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