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Chapter 17b-22
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11th Grade
06/01/2009

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movement toward greater unity among nations in the western hemisphere
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pan americanism
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free trade in china
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open door policy
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antiforiegn movement in china
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boxer rebellian
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american victory over the spanish fleet in the pacific
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battle of manila bay
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what measures furthered direct democracy?
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-the secret ballot
- direct primaries
- referendums
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what was the goal of the city manager form of government?
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government efficiency
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why did progressives support prohibition
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they wanted to reduce crime and poverty
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what theme did theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign?
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squaredeal
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what was the most significant about the coal miners strike of 1902?
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the federal government acted as a mediator
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theodore Roosevelt crusaded for what?
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-conservation
- trust-busting
- panama canal
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american leaders were afraid to grant the philippines independence too quickly becasue they
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feared that another country would take over the phil
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what phrase is most closely related with the roosevelt corolary
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international poilceman
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which of the following actions was least popular in japan
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treaty of portsmith
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waht popular reform took lace during Tafts administration?
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limitaion of speaker of the house
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what progressive ran on a platform called "New Nationalism" in 1912?
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theodore Roosevelt
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what reform measure has been called the magna carta of labor?
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clayton antitrust act
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what is a correct assumption of the progressives?
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man has a duty to help the poor
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wisconson "laboratory of democracy"
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Robert la Follette
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leading socialist
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Debs
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conservative black; Up from Slvery
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Booker T Washington
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black cofounder of the NAACP
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WEB Du Bois
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dictatorial speaker of the house
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Cannon
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advocate of progessive education
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Dewey
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advocate of the social gospel
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Walter Rauschenbusch
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advocate of the social gospel
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Rauschenbusch
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defense of Orthodox Christianity
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Warfield
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Urban Evangelist
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Billy Sunday
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early 20th century movement that favored reform
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progressivism
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government ownership of utilities
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gas adn water socialism
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petition for the legislature to consider an action
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initiative
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the careful use of national resources
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conservation
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influencing foriegn affairs through investment
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dollardiplomacy
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denial of God and affirmationof mans perfectability
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secular humanism
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belief that christianity has evolved
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modernism
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belief that human reform comes throughreform of mans environment
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social gospel
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what was germanys Schlieffen plan?
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to defeat France quickly adn then attack russia
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German invasian of what country brought great britian into the war?
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Blegium
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who wrote the 14 points?
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wilson
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who was americas "ace of aces"?
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Rickenbacker
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which plank frmo the 14 points was included in the treaty of versailles?
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self dtermination
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the irreconcicilable believed that the united states should____________
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avoid all entanglement with europe.
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in what year did the US come into the War?
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1917
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on what exact date did the germans sign a truce, ending the great war?
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11/11/1918
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american secretary of state before the great war?
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bryan
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mexican dictator from 1876-1911, popular among american business men
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Diaz
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one of the most ruthless tyrannies in mexican history
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Huerta
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mexican bandit who raided NM
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Pancho Villa
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german ruler who dre England into the war
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wilhem II
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american general during ww I
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pershing
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senator who opposed the treaty odf versailles
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Lodge
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