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10th Grade
05/23/2010

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Laissez-Faire
Definition
RELIES ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND TO REGULATE PRICES not Government
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Vertical Integration
Definition
CONTROLS ALL ASPECTS OF PRODUCTION
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Horizontal Integration
Definition
CONTROLS ALL THE SAME INDUSTRY
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TRIPLE ENTENTE
Definition
BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA (KNOW MAP) WWI & ALLIANCE: GERMANY AUSTRIA HUNGARY ITALY
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ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
Definition
MEXICO WOULD ALLY W/ GERMANY IN RETURN FOR REGAINING TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA (WWI - WHY U.S. GOV INVOLVED)
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ESPIONAGE
Definition
SPYING, ESPECIALLY DURING A WAR
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BLACK HAND
Definition
SERBIAN TERRORISTS GROUP; ASSASSINATION OF ARCH DUKE FERDINAND
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DOUGHBOYS
Definition
AMERICAN SOLDIERS DURING WWI
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SUSSEX PLEDGE
Definition
PROMISE TO STOP SINKING SHIPS W/O WARNING
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BOLSHEVIKS
Definition
COMMUNIST PARTY THAT TOOK OVER RUSSIA (UNDER LENIN)
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EUGENICS
Definition
SCIENCE THAT CREATED RACISTS THEORIES AND REINVIGORATED STRICT IMMIGRATION CONTROLS
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JOHN T. SCOPES
Definition
PUT ON TRIAL FOR TEACHING EVOLUTION
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Definition
REBIRTH OR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS IN THE 1920'S
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SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Definition
REGULATES STOCK MARKET TO AVOID DISHONEST PRACTICES
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AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION
Definition
BOUGHT FARMING SURPLUSES TO CUT DOWN ON SUPPLY (INCREASE PRICE)
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NYE COMMITTEE
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ARGUED THAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES / ARMS MANUFACTURERS INFLUENCED THE COUNTRIES ENTRY INTO Wig
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AXIS POWERS
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GERMANY ITALY JAPAN
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FINAL SOLUTION
Definition
EXTERMINATE EUROPES JEWS
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NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1935
Definition
MADE ILLEGAL TO SELL ARMS TO COUNTRIES AT WAR
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BATTLE OF BRITIAN
Definition
ROYAL AIR FORCE SAVED BRITIAN FROM INVASION (OPERATION SEA LION)
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KRISTALLNACHT
Definition
NIGHT OF ANTI-JEW VIOLENCE
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LEND-LEASE ACT
Definition
ROOSEVELT SENT ARMS TO BRITIAN W/O BRITIAN PAYING CASH
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MUNICH CONFERENCE
Definition
GAVE SWITZERLAND (REST OF CZECH) TO GERMANS AS FORM OF APPEASEMENT
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NATIVISM
Definition
HOSTILITY TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS
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EVOLUTION
Definition
HUMAN AND OTHER LIFE EVOLVED OVER TIME
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LIBERTY SHIP
Definition
CARGO SHIP DURING WWII, HARD TO SINK B/C IT WAS WELDED NOT RIVETED
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ANDREW CARNEGIE
Definition
STEEL INDUSTRY TYCOON
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EDWIN DRAKE
Definition
DRILLED FIRST OIL WELL NEAR TITUSVILLE PA
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SAMUEL GOMPERS
Definition
FIRST LEADER OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL)
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JAY GOULD
Definition
POOR REPUTATION FOR USING INSIDER TRADING TO MONOPOLIZE STOCK PRICE
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Definition
ORGANIZED COMPANY AT&T; INVENTED TELEPHONE
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THOMAS EDISON
Definition
LIGHT BULB, PHONOGRAPH, STARTED COMPANY THAT SUPPLIED ELECTRICITY TO NYC CONSUMER
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ROCKEFELLER
Definition
OPERATED STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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WANAMAKER
Definition
FIRST DEPARTMENT STORE
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LENIN
Definition
LEADER OF BOLSHEVIKS
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16TH AMENDMENT
Definition
INCOME TAX
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17TH AMENDMENT
Definition
DIRECT ELECTIONS OF SENATORS BY VOTERS
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18TH AMENDMENT
Definition
PROHIBITION - SALE AND PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL
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19TH AMENDMENT
Definition
WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO VOTE (SUFFRAGE)
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21ST AMENDMENT
Definition
REPEALED 18TH AMENDMENT - PROHIBITION
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NAACP
Definition
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. GREATEST POLITICAL TRIUMPH - DEFEATED RACIST JUDGE NOMINATED FOR SUPREME COURT
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LOUISIANA SENATOR HUEY LONG
Definition
DEPRESSION ERA, BELIEVED THE WEALTH OF THE RICH SHOULD BE SHARED (TAX THEM) are we sure this is not OBAMA
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NAZI SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION TREATY
Definition
GERMANY AND RUSSIA WOULD DIVIDE POLAND
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KOREMATSU vs. U.S.
Definition
SUPREME COURT RULED RELOCATION OF JAPANESE WAS CONSTITUTIONAL B/C BASED ON MILITARY URGENCY
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VOLSTEAD ACT
Definition
ENFORCE PROHIBITION
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NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT OF 1924
Definition
DEVELOPED QUOTA SYSTEM; RESULTED IN A LARGE WAVE OF IMMIGRATION FROM MEXICO (EXEMPTED NATIVES FROM WEST HEMISPHERE)
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FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Definition
GOAL: CONSERVE ENERGY DURING WWI; INTRODUCED DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
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ALICE PAUL
Definition
WOMEN'S RIGHT ACTIVIST, USED PROTESTS TO FORCE SUFFRAGE
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ALFRED E. SMITH
Definition
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VERSUS HOOVER (CRITICIZED FOR BEING CATHOLIC)
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PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT
Definition
CALLED FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD; BEGAN RAILROAD BOOM
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PAYNE-ALDRICH TARIFF
Definition
AIMED TO CUT TARIFFS BUT VERY INEFFECTIVE; PRESIDENT TAFT
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UNDERWOOD TARIFF ACT
Definition
REDUCED TARIFFS AND IMPOSED INCOME TAX
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