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Pendleton civil service act

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Created to make only qualified individuals have positions

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Hearst and Pulitzer

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Largest names in journalism of the gilded age

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NAACP

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National association for the advancement of the colored people

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Big stick

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T ROOSEVELT

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Roosevelt corollary

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U.S. Would intervene if countries acted harmfully

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Isolationism

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Idea that U.S. Should not be involved in foreign affairs at all

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Dollar diplomacy president

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Taft

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Four factors leading to growth of imperialism

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Militarism
Economy
Nationalism
Humanitarian

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Federal reserve system

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Wilson

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Election of 1912

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Wilson

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Initiative

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Citizen propose new laws by petition

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Sixteenth amendment

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Income taxes

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17th amendment

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Senators elected by voting

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18th amendment

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Prohibition

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19th amendment

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Women can vote

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20th amendment

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Edited presidential and congressional terms

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21st amendment

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Repealed 18th amendment

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Schlieffen plan

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Germany’s plan to go through Belgium to get to France

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Sussex pledge

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Germany’s broken promise o warn before attacking passenger ships

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Zimmerman note

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Message from Germany to Mexico

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Alvin York

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Served so admirably he received the congressional Medal of Honor

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4 underlying causes of WWI

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Militarism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances

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Allied powers

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France Russia GB US

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Central powers

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Germany Austria turkey (OE)

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Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty of WWI
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Red scare
Fear of communism due to hostility toward American ideals
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Schenk v. USA
Govt could suppress freedom of speech if it posed danger to the public
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Installment plans
Pay some up front and more later
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3 factors making automobiles more cheaply
Assembly lin Economies of scale Vertical consolidation
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Lindbergh
First to ply across Atlantic
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Racketeering
Supplying protection to businesses
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Monkey scopes trial
Teacher taught evolution illegally
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Buying on the margin
Buying stock on credit
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President when market crashed
Hoover
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1932 election
FDR
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BONUS ARMY
WWI veterans who requested pension bonuses
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Causes of Great Depression
Burning stock in the margin Buying goods on credit Uneven wealth
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Assassinated gilded age presidents
McKinley and Garfield
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