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America Land I Love Chapter 17 Growing Into Greatness Review
Review of Chapter 17
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History
8th Grade
03/25/2010

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Commodore George Dewey
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He was in command of the U.S. Pacific fleet stationed on the coast of China at Hong Kong
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Dr. Walterr Reed
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A U.S. army doctor who worked with Dr. Carlos Finlay to prove that mosquitoes spread malaria and yellow fever
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Dr. Carlos Finlay
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Workedwith Dr. Walter Reed to prove that mosquitoes spread malaria and yellow fever
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Robert M. La Follette
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One of the earliest progressive leaders. A.K.A. Battlin' Bob
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Henry Ford
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Revolutionized the automobile more than any other man. Started Ford Motor Company. He was determined to male an automobile the average American could afford.In 1913 he egineered and automobile assembly line.
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Wilbur And Orville Wright
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Built an airplaneand flew it at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their flights at Kitty Hawk were the first ever controlled flights of an airplane
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John Muir
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A famous naturalist and explorer who founded the Sierra Club
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Colonel William Gorgas
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He was sent to rid the Canal Zone of tropical fevers.
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William H. Taft
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Won the Presidential election of 1908
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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Won the election of 1912

 

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General John Pershing
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General sent with 6000 American troops to capture Pancho Villa
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Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson
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First men to reach the North Pole
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Charles Darwin
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Proposed his philosophy of evolution and survival of the fittest
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Karl Marx
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The father of mondern socailism
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John Dewey
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The father of progressive education in America
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Sigmund Freud
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Father of mordern psychology
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San Juan Hill
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Place the Rough Riders took control ofon July 1, 1898
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Canal Zone
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Zone in Panama that the Panamanian government granted the U.S. for the Panama Canal
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Monroe Doctrine
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U.S. would oppose European interference in the affairs of independent Latin American Nations
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Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
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Venezuela and Guiana had a boundary dispute and the U.S. decided to enforce the Monroe Doctrine without the help of the British Navy
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Yellow journalism
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The printing of sensational stories intended to excite the reader
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Delome Letter
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Letter in which Spanish ambassador Dupuy Delome made insulting remarks about President McKinley
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Teller Resolution
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Stated that the U.S. only wanted to free Cuba from tyranny and did not want  control of the island for itself
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Rough Riders
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Calavary volunteers who were led by Colonel Leonard Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
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Treaty of Paris
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Ended the Spanish-American War. It recognized Cuban independence from Spain, confirmedd America's acquisition of Puerto Rico and Guam, and agreed Spain should cede the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million
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imperialist
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Person who want to control government and resources of another country
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Platt Admendment
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Provided for Cuban independence under these conditions: Cuba must never give up its independence,can't run up a foreign debt that can't be paid,U.S. can intervene to maintain law and order or protect cuba from invasion, and Cuba must lease or sell naval bases to the U.S.
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Trust
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A business combination of several companies the eliminate competion by fixing prices
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Muckrakers
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Yellow journalists who grossly distorted facts
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Hepburn Act
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allowed the government to decide fair and reasonable shipping rates to be charged by railroads
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Department of Commerce and Labor
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investigates companies suspected of violating federal laws
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Meat Inspecting Act
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allows the government to inspect all meat shippeed interstate
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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requires all foods and medicines be properly labeled
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assembly line
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workeres remained in 1 place as conveyor belts brouhgt the auto parts to them
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Newlands Reclamation Act
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money from the sale of public land in 16 western states must be used for irragation projects
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Open Door Policy
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Japan and other European nations not interfere with the trade rights of countries within their sphere of influence
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Boxer Rebellion
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rebelliom against western influence in China
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Russo-Japanese War
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War between Japan and Russia that began in 1904 in which President Roosevelt stepped in as arbitrator
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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compromise with Japan in which Japan agreed to regulate immigration of japanese laborers to the U.S.
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Great White Fleece
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!4 month world cruise of the U.S. Navy to demonstrate military power
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Hay-Pauncefoote Treaty
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gave the U.S. the right to build and police a canal
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Roosevelt Corollary
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made it clear the U.S. could keep other nations from intervening by stepping in itself
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Mann-Elkins Act
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icreased the governments power to regulate business
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Dollar Diplomacy
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incouragement of American businessmen to invest in LAtin American nations ande the far east
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Bull Moose Party
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the progressive party calle bull moose cuz roosevelt their canidate said he feltas strong as a bull moose
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16th Admendment
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gave congress the power to tax personal income
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17th admendment
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direct election of U.S. senators by voters
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Federal Reserve Act
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created a central banking system
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Federal Trade Commision
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agency that used courts to punish businesses accused of unfair trading practicea
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Titanic
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On Apri 14, 1912 it hit an iceberg and sank 1,522 people died many deaths could have been prevented but there wern't enough lifeboats cuz it was unsinkable
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