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Unit 6 Progessivism & Imperialism Flashcards

1
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What was Progressivism?

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A movement that called for the govt to take actions to solve the problems.

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Liberalism

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Govt serves the people

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3
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Welfare

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Welfare

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Muckrakers

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People who exposed the ills of society to the public (newspaper writers)

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The Jungle

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Story about industry

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Jacob Riis

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Photographer

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Upton Sinclair

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Author of the Jungle

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8
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Robert Lafollette

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Will begin in the Primary system

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Theodore Roosevelt

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President 1901-1909

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Square Deal

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TR’s plan

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Arbitration

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Used to reduce labour strikes

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12
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Trust busting

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The first president to enforce the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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13
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Conservation

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TR begins to set aside lands for National Parks

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14
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William Howard Taft

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President

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The progressive party (The bull moose party)

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TR party

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16
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Woodrow Wilson

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President

17
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The 16th Amendment

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Income Tax

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The 17th Amendment

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The direct election of senators

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The 18th Amendment

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Prohibition

20
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The Volstead Act

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The law that enforces Prohibition

21
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The 19th Amendment

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Women’s suffrage

22
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Susan B Anthony

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Writes a constitutional amendment

23
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The Anthony Amendment

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Written by Susan B Anthony

24
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The Age of Imperialism

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Starts in the 19th century

25
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Sewards Folly

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Alaska will be purchased by Sec. WM Seward

26
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Matthew Perry

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Commander of the US Navy

27
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Banana Republic

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A small Latin American country the US gets control of

28
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The Great White Fleet

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US builds a modern navy

29
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Yellow Journalism

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Writing about things that really didn’t happen

30
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Cuba

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The Spanish territory that wanted its independence

31
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Jingoism

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32
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Rough Riders

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A group fighting the Spanish American wars led by TR

33
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Buffalo soldiers

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Were the real hero’s made the victory possible

34
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A Splendid Little War

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A name for the Spanish American war

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