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what 3 nations did the US join by the end of the 19th century and why?
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england, france, and germany because there was a great imperial drive for control over the underdeveloped world
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what closed in the 1890s that caused fears in the US that it might run out of natural resources?
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the frontier
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senetor beveridge wanted to find new ...
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work
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Henry cabot lodge
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leading imperialist senetor from mass.
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john fiske
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believed that english speaking peoples would eventually dominate the world
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alfred thayer mahan
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a naval captain who was the most effective apostle of imperialism - favored in constructing a canal across the isthmus in central america
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1900, the US became the 3rd largest ...
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military power
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richard olney
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willing to go to war to enforce the monroe doctrine during the british guiana-venezuela dispute
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pearl harbor
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on oahu where the US navy was looking to buy it
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battles and bombs in hawaii
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killed more that half of the hawaiian people
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annexation of hawaii
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1893
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hawaii became a state
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1898
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pago pago
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in samoa
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the "butcher"
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general valeriano weyler, he was spanish, he "butchered" the cubans
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joseph pulitzer
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owned the NY world
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william randolph hearst
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owned the NY journal
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yellow journalism
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the fusing of the sensationalism of the old penny press and the much more aggressive style and broader ambitions
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hearst said, "you furnish the pictures and ...
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i'll furnish the war"
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goal of cuban emigres in florida in 1898
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to give extensive support to the cuban revolutionary party and to help publicize the leader, jose marti, who was killed in cuba in 1895
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pres. cleveland and intervention in cuba
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believed in american neutrality and did not agree with cuban intervention - he urged authorities to stop agitation of cuban refugees in NYC
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de lome
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a spanish minister in washington - characterized mckinley as a weak man and a "bidder for the administration of the crowd"
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americans deaths of the USS maine
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260 sailors
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"remember the maine...
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and to hell with spain"
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mckinley asked congress for ... on 4/25/1898
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a congressional declaration of war
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who called the spanish-american war a "splendid little war"?
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secretary of state john hay
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americans killed in battle
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460
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americans killed by disease
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5,200
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african americans felt a sense of injustice of their own position when...
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they saw the black cuban soldiers fighting alongside them as equals
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assistant sec. of navy during spanish-cuban war
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t. roosevelt
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t.roosevelt told commodore dewey to attack...
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spanish naval forces in manila, the philippines
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leader of the rough riders
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colonel t. roosevelt
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armistice
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terms to be followed to end a war
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august 12th armistice
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spain recognize independence of cuba - spain cede puerto rice and pacific island of guam to the US - spain accept american occupation of manila
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jones act of 1917
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declared puerto rico US territory and made all puerto ricans american citizens
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debate over annexing the philippines
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densely populated and 1000s of miles away
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mckinely stated about philippines
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the only solution was to educate the filippinos and to uplift and christianize them
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anti-imperialists who urged the US senate not to ratify the treaty fo paris 1898
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andrew carnegie, mark twain, samuel gompers, and senator john sherman
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mckinleys running mate in 1900
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william jennings bryan
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platt amendment
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barred cuba from making treaties with other nations - gave US the right to intervene in cuba to preserve independence, life, and poverty - required cuba to permit american naval stations on its territory
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americans occupied cuba from... to ....
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1906 to 1909
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more americans died in the ... war
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philippine
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filipino leader
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emilio aguinaldo
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5 countried carving up china in 1900
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england, france, germany, russia, and japan
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"open door" policy
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devised by john hay to allow US entry into trade with china
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goal of the boxers
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to get rid of foreigners in china
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US gain from putting down the boxer rebellion
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hay gained support for open door policy from england and germany
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antimonopoly progressives feared concentrated power and desired to limit and disperse...
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authority and wealth
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preogressives wanted to help...
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women, children, industrial workers, immigrants, and sometimes african americans
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who gave the muckrakers their name
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t. roosevelt
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why were muckrakers called muckrakers
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they exposed scandal, corruption, and imjustice
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ida tarbell
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wrote about the standard oil trust
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lincoln steffens
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wrote shame of cities where he exposed the corruption of machine government and boss rule
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upton sinclair
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wrote the jungle where he exposed the conditions of machine politics
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salvation army
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carried out the work of the social gospel
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jane addams
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former settlement house worker
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hull house maintained working relationship with...
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university of chicago
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progressives rejected...
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social darwinism
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american medical association
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formed in 1901
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john hopkins is in ...
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baltimore
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boston marriage
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women living together somtimes having secret relationships
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divorce rate in 1880 and 1916
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1880 - 1:21 divorces, 1916 - 1:9 divorces
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mothers pensions
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pensions to widowed of abandoned mothers with small children
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most celebrated state level reformer
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robert la follette
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TR as president
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cautious man
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pinchot
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founded the sierra club, t.roosevelts friend
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payne aldrich tariff
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reduced tariffs in some places and increased them in other places
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new nationalism
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TR called for social justice
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woodrow wilson
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president of princeton
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federal reserve act
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created 12 national banks
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federal reserve act
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created 12 regional banks
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federal trade commission
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helped businesses in determining if their actions would be acceptable to the government
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first jewish supreme court justice
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luis brandeis
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philippe buneau-varilla
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cheif engineer of french canal project
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TR said, "i took the canal zone and let...
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congress debate"
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dominican republic became US protectorate in...
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1915
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pure food and drug act
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T. roosevelt
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dollar diplomacy
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taft
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teller amendment
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mckinley
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big stick policy
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roosevelt
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trust buster
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roosevelt
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open door policy (who)
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roosevelt
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new nationalism (who)
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roosevelt
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clayton anti-trust act (who)
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wilson
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platt amendment (who)
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mckinley
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federal reserve act (who)
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wilson
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hay buneau varilla treaty
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roosevelt
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mann elkins act
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taft
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16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments
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wilson
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