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EOC Review
EOC Review
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History
11th Grade
02/08/2011

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Chinese Exclusionary Act
Definition
Limited Chinese immigration into the US.
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Haymarket Square Incident
Definition
(1886) Began as a public rally for striking workers. A bomb was thrown when cops began dispersing the crowd.
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Nativism
Definition

Native-Born citizens who were opposed to immigrants.

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Guilded Age
Definition
A term used to describe this era where everything looked progressive, but there was really a lot of corruption (Gold coated on the outside, Rotten on the inside).
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Political Machine
Definition
Used rewards as an incentive to gain votes (ex: Tammany Hall run by Boss Tweed)
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
26 President of the US, noted for his leadership of the Progressive Movement, Trustbusting(kill monopolies), Pure Food and Drug Act, and Conservation(national parks). Was a rough Rider during the Spanish American War.
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Muckrakers
Definition
A reporter or writer who publishes truthful information about crime and corruption.
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Women's Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote given by the 19th Amendment.
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Progressive Movement
Definition
Abolitionists, Progressives, and Suffragettes all fought to extend political and social rights to groups previously denied them.
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Temperance Movement
Definition
Urged the reduced use of alcohol (Women would rush local bars with axes and smash the bar's counters to prevent drinking)
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Social Gospel Movement
Definition
The church should help the poor and unfortunate to improve their lives.
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Progressive Legislation
Definition
Government regulation to protect consumers and workers (Pure Food and Drug Act, Sherman Anti-trust Act)
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
Definition
Controlled and prevented the formation of monopolies.
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Direct Primary
Definition
Voters choose candidates for political parties.
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Prohibition
Definition
Made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. The 18th Amendment.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Definition
(1896) Supreme Court said that "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional (segregation = legal).
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Great Migration
Definition
African Americans move north for more freedom (2 million).
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W.E.B Du Bois
Definition
During the Harlem Renaissance he spread the belief that African Americans should fight for immediate social and political equality.
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Booker T. Washington
Definition
Believed that African Americans could gain equality if they worked and excelled in "blue collar" jobs.
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The NAACP
Definition
An association whose purpose is to promote racial and economic equality.
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Imperialism
Definition
The act of extending a nation's power over foreign territories and controlling them.
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Social Darwinism
Definition
Used to justify imperialism - Survival of the Fittest
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Open Door Policy
Definition
Policy to keep China's trade open to all foreign countries, but still controlled by China.
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Boxer Rebellion
Definition
Failed Chinese rebellion against western influence (imperialism, missionaries). Beijing was occupied for over a year.
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Spanish American War
Definition
War in which we fought Spain. Began as a direct result to the sinking of the USS Maine. Theodore Roosevelt rose as war hero. Spain lost and as a result was no longer a major world power. The US got several territories.
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Journalist would write sensational stories to evoke feelings instead of focusing on facts. William Randolf Hearst was champion of this technique.
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Platt Amendment
Definition
Made Cuba recognize that they were a a protectorate of the US.
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Teller Amendment
Definition
US guaranteed not to annex Cuba
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Big Stick Diplomacy
Definition
"walk Softly and carry a big stick" The idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the "big stick", or the military.
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Roosevelt Corollary
Definition
Added on to the Monroe Doctrine. Says the US will protect economic interest in Latin America
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
President Taft's use of economic power to remain a dominant force in Latin America.
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Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
FDR's policy to Latin America. Intended to halt American intervention in Latin America.
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Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Definition
Designed to regulate banking industry and control money supply
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Causes of WWI
Definition
Nationalism - countries wanted to be their own country
Imperialism - Scramble for Africa
Alliance System - alliances secret and public
Catalyst- Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
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Isolationism
Definition
US Policy of neutrality.
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Lusitania
Definition
British Ship sank by German U-boats. 128 Americans died.
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Propaganda
Definition
Used by US to promote War
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Selective Service Act
Definition
Draft - Passed by congress
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
Definition
Made it illegal for the US people to say anything disloyal or abusive language against the US gov't.
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Schenck vs. US (1919)
Definition
"Clear and Present Danger"
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WWI Technology
Definition
Trench Warfare, gas, planes,tanks, machine guns.
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Armistice
Definition
cease fire
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Wilson's 14 points
Definition
Wilson's Plan for world Peace.
The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe
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League of Nations
Definition
US DID NOT JOIN -instead they went back to isolationism.
Wanted to prevent war through collective security.
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Blamed Germany for the war. forced them to pay reparations.
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Red Scare
Definition
Fear of Communism- Rise of Nativism.
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Flappers
Definition
Women who challenged the accepted social order of 1920s.
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Scopes Monkey Trial
Definition
Religious Fundamentalism vs. evolution
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