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Imperialist/Progressives
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11th Grade
10/04/2011

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Progressives
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A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.

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Florence Kelly
Definition
She wanted to contorl the child labor in the working areas.
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Prohibition
Definition
A law that forbids something.
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Muckraker
Definition
People to mix up bad information and expose it to everyone.
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Robert LaFollette
Definition
Made the earliest success for progressivism in the midwest. Made the Wisconsin Idea.
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Initiative
Definition
Ability to act before others. Make decisions independently.
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Referedum
Definition
Allows voters to accept or reject the law already proposed or passed by the government.
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Recall
Definition
Voters can removed a person from office through vote.
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17th Amendment
Definition
Each state gets 2 sentors.
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18th Amendment
Definition
Prohibitation of alcohol.
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19th Amendment
Definition
Gave women the right to vote.
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Maria Mitchell
Definition
One of the first female astronomers, and she discovered a comet in 1847. She went on to become the first female to become a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote.
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Susan B. Anthony
Definition
Helped lead the womens sufferage movement.
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NAWSA
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(National American Womens Sufferage Association): One of the main leaders was Susan B. Anthony.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
He was best known for his personality.
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Square Deal
Definition
Created by Teddy, it was his acccomplishments. (Meat, no rebates, bad trust and good trust)
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The Jungle
Definition
Written by Upton Sinchair; About meat packing.
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Upton Sinclair
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Wrote "The Jungle"
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Meat Inspection Act
Definition
A act making sure that there is nothing wrong with the meat you eat.
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Pure Food & Drug Act
Definition
No person could label something medicane. It really has to do what it states it does.
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NAACP
Definition
(National Assoociate for the Advancement of Colored People) political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
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Gifford Pinchot
Definition
Helped the National park, made the parks free for everyone.
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William Howard Taft
Definition
Became president a disappointed everyone.
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Definition
A act of lowering taxes.
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Designed to strengthen the sherman anti-trust act by declaring illegal certain corporate practices not included in the sherman anti-trust act.
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Federal Trade Comm.
Definition
Prevents unfair competition methods and unfair or deceptive acts that may affect business commerce.
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Federal Reserve System
Definition
The sum of all efforts to give the nation a central bank.
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Queen Liliukalani
Definition
The last monarch, and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of the hawaii's.
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Imperialism
Definition
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through dioplmacy and military force.
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Alfred Mahan
Definition
A naval officer and a historian. Believed that the key to a great nation was a strong military.
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
A story that streches the truth to get more readers.
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Uss Maine
Definition
A ship that sank by a mysterious blow at the harbor.
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Platt Amendment
Definition
Amendment to Cuba saying that the US was allowed certain concessions, including the right to indefinitely maintain Guantanamo naval base in Cuba.
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Protectorate
Definition
A state that is contolled and protected by another.
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Open Door Notes
Definition
Concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy. Allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country.
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Boxer Rebellion
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Panama Canal
Definition
Made for trade.
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Roosevelt Corollary
Definition
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
A term used to describe the efforts of the government.
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Militarism
Definition
Belief that they country should maintain a strong military.
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Allies
Definition
A state cooperating with another state for military purposes.
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Central Powers
Definition
Working together.
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Lusitania
Definition
A ship sunk by a German U-Boat.
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Zimmerman Note
Definition
The Germans ask Mexico to join thier alliences.
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Selective Service Act
Definition
wanted Wilsons attention.
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Conscientious Objector
Definition
People who didn't want to fight in the war.
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Espionage & Sedition Act
Definition
responsible for 1,500 american arrests.
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14 Points
Definition
A speech given by President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session.
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League of Nations
Definition
International organization, established by the peace treaties that ended WWI.
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Versailles Treaty
Definition
One of the peace treaties that ended WWI.
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Reparations
Definition
Paying someone back fro wrongdoings. 
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