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American History
chapters 18-25
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12th Grade
03/16/2017

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Sigmund Freud
Definition
Austrian pyscharist who formulated a system known as psychoanalysis
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JOHN DEWEY
Definition
PROFESSOR WHO STARTED PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
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FREIDRICH NIETZCHE
Definition
GERMAN PHILOSOPHERS CALLED THE "FATHER OF ATHESTIC EXISTENTALISM" CLAIMED "GOD IS DEAD"
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ARNO C. GAEBELIEN
Definition
CAME TO AMERICA FROM GERMANY AND BEGAN AN EFFECTIVE MINISTRY TO HTE JEWS THROUGH HIS MAGAZINE OUR HOPE
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SOREN KIERKEGAARD
Definition
SAID THAT ONE MUST TAKE "A LEAP OF FAITH" INTO DARKENESS TO BELIEVE IN GOD; EXISTENTIALISM
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H.L. MENCKEN
Definition
JOURNALIST SCOPES TRIAL
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HARRY RIMMER
Definition
REFUTED THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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ROBERT WILSON
Definition
EXPOSED MODERNISM IN THE CHURCH
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R.A. TORREY
Definition
APOSTLE TO THE SKEPTICS
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JOHN R. RICE
Definition
HELD GREAT CITY-WIDE REVIVAL CAMPAIGNS AND STARTED HTE REVIVAL WEEKLY, THE SWORD OF THE LORD
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BOB JONES
Definition
METHODIST EVANGELIST "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH"
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RODNEY "GISPY" SMITH
Definition
EVANGELIST BORN IN A GISPY WAGON
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BILLY SUNDAY
Definition
BASEBALL EVANGELIST
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G. CAMPBELL MORGAN
Definition
BRITISH MINISTER AND BIBLE SCHOLAR CALLED THE "PRINCE OF EXPOSITORS"
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SAM JONES
Definition
MOODY OF THE SOUTH
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J. GRESHAM MACHEN
Definition
BRILLIANTLY ANALYZED LIBERALISM AS ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND ANTI-INTELLECTUAL, GIVING MANY PEOPLE FIRM BELIEF IN THE BIBLE
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F.B. MEYER
Definition
BRITISH MAN NOTED FOR HIS DEVOTIONAL STUDIES
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ALBERT FALL
Definition
INVOLVED IN THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL
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RICHARD BYRD
Definition
FLEW OVER THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLE
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CLARENCE DARROW
Definition
A CHICHAGO LAWYER, PROMINENT NEW YORK LIBERAL, VOLUNTEERED TO DEFEND SCOPES
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Definition
SCOPES TRIAL PROSECUTOR; CAMPAIGNED AGAINST MCKINLEY 1896; GREAT COMMONER
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W.E.B. DUBOIS
Definition
FOUNDED NAACP
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FOSTER
Definition
AMERICAN COMMUNIST PLANNED AND LED VIOLENT STEEL-WORKERS STRIKE
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SAMUEL GOMPERS
Definition
FOUNDED THE FIRST SUCESSFUL NATIONAL LABOR UNION, ORGANIZED THE A.F. OF L.
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JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
Definition
BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS "UNCLE REMUS" TALES
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A. MITCHELL PALMER
Definition
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOOK ACTION AGAINST COMMUNIST VIOLENCE; THE G.I.D.
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JAY GOULD
Definition
LEADER OF THE RAILROADS IN THE SOUTH; BOUGHT UP MOST OF THE GOLD IN THE COUNTRY AND CAUSED "BLACK FRIDAY"
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OLIVER KELLEY
Definition
FOUNDED A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS CALLED THE GRANGE
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KARL MARX
Definition
MAN MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE OF MODERN SOCIALISM; FATHER OF COMMUNISM
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VLADIMIR LENIN
Definition
SIGNED PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY TO FOCUS ON MAKING RUSSIA COMMUNIST; BOLSEVIK LEADER
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EDDIE RICKENBACKER
Definition
MOST FAMOUS ACE OF WWI
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JOHN "BLACKJACK" PERSHING
Definition
SENT BY WILSON INTO MEXICO TO CONQUER PANCHO VILLA; AND TO BE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITARY FORCE IN FRANCE DURING WWI
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ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND
Definition
HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE; HIS MURDER SPARKED WWI
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KAISER WILHELM II
Definition
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP GERMANY WAS EAGER TO FLEX ITS MUSCLES, EXPAND AND DEMONSTRATE ITS STRENGTH TO OLDER NATIONS OF EUROPE
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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Definition

BEST REMEMBERED AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST; HAD "GOD'S LITTLE WORKSHOP"

WORKED WITH PEANUTS AND SWEET POTATOES

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GEORGE PULLMAN
Definition
INVENTED THE SLEEPING CAR
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WALTER REED
Definition
ARMY DOCTOR WHO HEADED THE COMMISSION FOR THE CURE OF YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA
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GEORGE GOETHELS
Definition
ARMY ENGINEER WHO TOOK CHARGE OF THE PANAMA CANAL
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GEORGE DEWEY
Definition
LEADER OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET IN HONG KONG
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WRIGHT BROTHERS
Definition
MADE THE FIRST SUCESSFUL FLIGHT IN KITTY HAWK IN 1903
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JOHN ROCKEFELLER
Definition
AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN WHO SAW THE POTENTIAL OF THE OIL BUSINESS
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ANDREW CARNEGIE
Definition
DONATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY; HAD A STEEL COMPANY
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J.P. MORGAN
Definition
WEALTHIEST FINANCIER FO THE 19TH CENTURY; ORGANIZED THE U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
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ADAM SMITH
Definition
ONE OF THE EARLIEST ADVOCATES OF CAPITALISM; RESPONSIBLE FOR RISE AND TRIUMPH OF CAPTITALISM; WROTE WEALTH OF NATIONS
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HENRY FORD
Definition
REVOLUTIONIZED TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAN; INVENTED THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND MODEL T
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GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE
Definition
INTRODUCED THE AIR BRAKE
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Definition
PATENTED THE 1ST TELEPHONE
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THOMAS EDISON
Definition
THE GREATEST INVENTOR IN HISTORY; HAD THE MOST PROFOUND EFFECT UPON THE 20TH CENTURY
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JANE ADDAMS
Definition
SHOWED GREAT CONCERN FOR THE POOR SO SHE OPENED THE HULL HOUSE
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MARK TWAIN
Definition
MOST FAMOUS COLOR WRITER
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SHELDON JACKSON
Definition
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY, INTRODUCED REINDEERS TO ALASKA
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LEW WALLACE
Definition
BEN HUR: TALE OF CHRIST
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CHARLES SOONG
Definition
INFLUENTIAL MISSIONARY IN HIS HOME COUNTRY CHINA
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DAVID LIVINGSTONE
Definition
MOST FAMOUS MISSIONARY EXPLORER TO AFRICA
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FRANCIS BELLAMY
Definition
PLEDGE OF ALLIGANCE
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CARL SCHURZ
Definition
GERMAN IMMIGRANT STRONG ADVOCATE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DURING HAYES PRESIDENCY
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"LEMONADE" LUCY
Definition
MRS. HAYES NICKNAME FOR REFUSING TO SERVE ALCHOL
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HERBERT HOOVER
Definition
LEADER OF FOOD ADMINSTRATION
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CALVIN COOLIDGE
Definition
1923; TOOK PLACE FO HARDING; PRESIDENT FOR MOST OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
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WILLIAM HARDING

REPUBLICAN

Definition
1920-1923; CALLED FOR A RETURN TO NORMALLCY; DIED IN OFFICE
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WOODROW WILSON

DEMOCRAT

Definition
WON ELECTION OF 1896 AGAINST; NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM; FEDERAL RESERVE ACT; UNDERWOOD SIMMONS ACT; WWI PRESIDENT; FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE JOHN ADAMS TO MAEK PRESIDENT APPERANCE IN CONGRESS
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WILLIAM TAFT

REPUBLICAN

Definition
BIG BILL TAFT; "DOLLAR DIPLOMACY" FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR OF PHILIPINES 1908
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT

REPUBLICAN

Definition
ELECTION OF 1900; VP OF MCKINLEY; YOUNGEST MAN EVER PRESIDENT; MOST POPULAR PRESIDENT FO EARLY 1900S; ROUGH RIDERS LEADER; "TRUSTBUSTER"; PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT; 1901-1909
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Definition
WON ELECTION FO 1886 AGAINST BRYAN; "FRONT PORCH CAMPAIGN" ASSISSINATED BY ANARCHIST
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BENJAMIN HARRISON
Definition
WON ELECTION OF 1888 AGAINST CLEVELAND; MCKINLEY TARIFF; SHERMAN SILVER PURCHASE ACT
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GROVER CLEVELAND
Definition
1884; FIRST DEMOCRATIC TO WIN THE PRESIDENT AFTER CIVIL WAR; WON 1892, ONLY PRESIDENT TO SERVE 2 TERMS NONCONSEQUTIVELY; MARRIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE; INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
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CHESTER ARTHUR
Definition
1881; GARFIELDS VP; BROUGH TO PRESIDENCY BY GARFIELDS DEATH; PENDLETON ACT
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JAMES GARFIELD
Definition
WON ELECTION OF 1880; LAST PRESIDENT TO BE BORN IN A LOG CABIN; STALWARTS AND HALFBREEDS
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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
Definition
WON THE DISPUTED ELECTION OF 1876 AGAINST TILDEN; BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS ATTEMPTS TO REFORM THE CIVIL SERVICE PROGRAM
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YELLOW JOURNALISM
Definition
SENSATIONAL AND SOMETIMES UNFOUNDED STORIES
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PENDLETON ACT
Definition
THE BASIS FOR THE MODERN CIVIL SERVICE PROGRAM; PRESIDENT ARTHURS BEST REMEMBERED ACHIEVEMENT
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SHERMAN ACT
Definition
BROKE UP MONOPOLIES  DURING HARRISON ADMINISTRATION
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TELLER AMENDMENT
Definition
STATED THAT THE U.S. DISCLAIMS ANY INTENTION OF CONTROL OVER CUBA EXCEPT FOR PACIFICATION
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FORAKER ACT
Definition
MADE PUERTO RICO AN UNORGANIZED TERRITORY
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FORAKER ACT
Definition
MADE PUERTO RICO AN UNORGANIZED TERRITORY
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KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
Definition
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN ALASKA
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GREENBACKS
Definition
THIS PARTY ADVOCATED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASE TH ENUMBER OF GREENBACKS IN CIRCULATION
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POPULIST PARTY
Definition
PLATFORM WAS "OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT"
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BOXER REBELLION
Definition
WHEN CHINESE NATIONALIST KILLED MISSIONARIES
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BOOMERS
Definition
PEOPLE THAT SETTLED IN OKLAHOMA
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PANAMA CANAL
Definition
CONNECTED THE CARRIBEAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN
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USS MAINE
Definition
SUNK IN THE HARBOR OF HAVANNA PROMOTED WAR WITH SPAIN ALONG WITH THE DE LOME LETTER
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PAN-AMERICAN UNION
Definition
PROMOTED UNDERSTANDING FRIENDLY RELATION AND COOPERATION AMONG THE AMERICAN REPUBLCS; BLAINE
Term
HAY-BANAU-VARILLA
Definition
GRANTED A ZONE TEN MILES WIDE THROUGH THE ISTHMUS ON BASICALLY THE SAME TERMS COLOMBIA REJECTED
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
Definition
THE NATIONS FIRST FEDERAL REGALTORY AGENCY
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MONROE DOCTRINE
Definition
WENT VIRTUALLY UNCHALLENGED UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR DIVIDED THE STATES
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NATIONIAL DEFENSE ACT
Definition
PROVIDED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE REGULAR ARMY AND ORGANIZING OF NATIONAL GUARDMEN
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HULL HOUSE
Definition
AN OLD MANSION IN THE CENTER OF CHICAGO'S SLUM
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HATCH ACT
Definition
MADE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO STATES TO ESTABLISH AGRICULTRAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
Term
MORILL ACT
Definition
GRANTED EACH STATE 300,000 ACRES FOR EACH OF ITS SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Term
SMITH LEVER ACT
Definition
ADOPTED IN 1914 AND AUTHORIZED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXTENSION SERVICE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Term
SQUARE DEAL
Definition
ROOSEVELTS DEAL FOR FAIRNESS BETWEEN EVERYONE
Term
"TRUSTBUSTER"
Definition
ROOSEVELT'S NICKNAME FOR BREAKING UP LARGE MONOPOLIES
Term
WEALTH OF NATIONS
Definition
WRITTEN BY JOHN ADAMS
Term
SOCIALISM
Definition
ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE MUST BE PLANNED AND REGULATED TO INSURE "THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER"; FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS OWN
Term
MATERIALISM
Definition
NATURALISM OR DETERIMISM; THE IDEA THAT MATTER IS THE ONLY REALITY AND THAT EVERYTHING CAN EXPLAINED IN TERMS OF MATTER
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MODERNISM
Definition
EXALTING THEIR OWN REASON ABOVE GOD'S WORD; RELIGIOUS LIBERALISM
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EVOLUTION
Definition
CHARLES DARWINS THEORY
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THE GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
Definition
BY THIS THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO WITHHOLD PASSPORTS FROM JAPANESE LABORERS SEEKING TO COME TO THE US
Term
THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
Definition
WAS USED TO DEMONSTRATE AMERICA'S INCREASING MILITARY STRENGTH TO THE WORLD ESPECIALLY JAPAN
Term
THE TITANIC
Definition
SUNK IN 1912; BIGGEST STORY IN THE NEWSPAPERS IN HTE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Term
LUSITANIA
Definition
BRITISH LUXURY LINER SUNK BY GERMANS OF HTE COAST OF IRELAND
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PARIS PEACE PACT
Definition
THE MSOT ASTOUNDING ATTEMPT OF ACHIEVING PERMNANT INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN THE 20'S; A TOTAL OF 62 NATIONS SIGNED
Term
NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD
Definition
CREATED TO ACT AS A COURT OF ABRITRATION TO SETTLE LABOR DISPUTES; HEADED BY  PRESIDENT TAFT
Term
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Definition
CREATED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HERBERT HOOVER
Term
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Definition
FIRST SUCESSFUL NATIONAL LABOR UNION FOUNDED BY SAMUEL GOMPERS
Term
ELKINS ACT
Definition
MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR A SHIPPER TO ACCEPT A REBATE FROM A RAILROAD
Term
KDKA
Definition
FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION ON AIR IN 1920
Term
TRIPLE ENTENTE
Definition
GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA
Term
TRIPLE ALLIANCE
Definition
GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, AND ITALY
Term
ALLIES
Definition
GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SERBIA, BELIGUIM, ROMANIA, JAPAN, PORTUGAL, GREECE, ITALY, AND MONTENEGRO
Term
CENTRAL POWERS
Definition
GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, BULGARIA, AND TURKEY
Term
TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK
Definition
ENDED RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN WWI
Term
TREATY OF VERSALLIES
Definition
CONVIENED IN 1919 FOR PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS; HAD 14 POINTS
Term
"BIG FOUR"
Definition
PRESIDENT WILSON, PRIME MINISTER DAVID L. GEORGE OF ENGLAND, PREIMER GEORGE CLEMENCEAU OF FRANCE, AND PRIME MINISTER VITTORIO ORLANDO OF ITALY
Term
THIRD INTERNATIONAL
Definition
AN ORGANIZTION DEDICATED TO WORLDWIDE COMMUNIST REVOULTION
Term
AMERICAN LEGION
Definition
FOUNDED BY COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR., IN PARIS IN 1919, SOON BECAME KNOWN FOR ITS PATRIOTISM, CONSERVATIVES, AND ANTI-COMMUNISM
Term
NAACP
Definition
STARTED BY DU BOIS, ENCOURAGED BLACKS TO ACTIVLEY OPPOSE DISCRIMINATION
Term
DAWES PLAN
Definition
BY WHICH THE TOTAL GERMAN DEBT REAMAINED THE SAME BUT THE PAYMENTS WERE TEMPORAILY LOWERED TO HELP GERMANY THROUGH HARD ECONOMIC TIMES
Term
SACCO-VANZETTI CASE
Definition
BECAMEA NATURALLY PROMINENT CASE BECAUSE OF THE RED SCARE BETWEEN TWO ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF MURDER
Term
17TH AMENDMENT
Definition
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS
Term
18TH AMENDMENT
Definition
PROHIBITION
Term
19TH AMENDMENT
Definition
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Term
20TH AMENDMENT
Definition
TERMS OF OFFICE
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21ST AMENDMENT
Definition
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION
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VOLSTEAD ACT
Definition
PASSED TO PUT THE 18TH AMENDMENT INTO EFFECT
Term
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Definition
CREATED BY THE NATIONAL BUDGET ACT TO AUDIT FEDERAL ACCOUNTS
Term
NATIONAL BUDGET ACT
Definition
PROVIDED FOR A UNITED YEARLY BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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PSYCHOANALYSIS
Definition
DENIES HUMAN PESONALITY AND RDUCES MAN TO A BUNDLE OF SUBCONSCIOUS DRIVES AND IRRATIONAL FEARS
Term
PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
Definition
DISTINCT TURN FROM TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, JOHN DEWEY
Term
1862
Definition
the Homestead Act
Term
1867
Definition
alaska purchase
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may 10,1869
Definition
the transcontinental railroad
Term
1871
Definition
great chicago fire
Term
1876
Definition
centennial expostition; colorado became a state
Term
1887
Definition
interstate commerce act
Term
1897
Definition
klondike gold rush
Term
1898
Definition
spanish american war
Term
1898
Definition
guam becomes a territory
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1898
Definition
hawaii annexed
Term
1903
Definition
wright brothers made 1st flight
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1908
Definition

model T

gentleman's agreement with Japan

Term
1912
Definition
titanic sunk
Term
1914
Definition

world war I starts

panama canal opens

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1914-1918
Definition
world war I
Term
april 6, 1917
Definition
us joins wwI
Term
november 11,1918
Definition
veteran's/armistice day
Term
1919
Definition

volstead act passed

versailes peace conferance

Term
1920
Definition

KDKA

19th amendment

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1925
Definition
scopes trial
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1927
Definition
first solo flight across atlantic ocean
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