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Chapter 18- 20 Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
Q

Buying something with the hope of selling it later at a profit

A

Speculation

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2
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Small monthly payments until item is paid for

A

Installment plans

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3
Q

Christians who fought to remove modernists from their Christians

A

Fundamentalists

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4
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Chicago psychopath, eventually jailed for tax evasion

A

Al Capone

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5
Q

1921 american idol- sports in America begins

A

Babe Ruth

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6
Q

Begins the science of psychology

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Sigmund Freud

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7
Q

Develops the theory of relativity

A

Albert Einstein

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8
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The federal law making liquor illegal

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Prohibition

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9
Q

Reduced German reparations of WWII only slightly

A

Dawes Plan

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10
Q

Fear of communism in America

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Red scare

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11
Q

Club where liquor was served during prohibition

A

Speak easy

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12
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Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vitorio Orlando, David Lloyd George

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Big four

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13
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German nation was responsible for the war and all damages therein

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War-guilt

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14
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WWI- truce

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Armistice

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15
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WWI American soldier- nickname

A

Doughboy

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16
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Revealed that Germany asked Mexico to invade the U.S.A

A

Zimmerman telegram

17
Q

Wilson stated America would declare war if another passenger ship was attacked

A

Sussex pledge

18
Q

German leader during WWI

A

Kaiser Wilhelm II

19
Q

Chased back into Mexico by John J. “Black Jack” Pershing

20
Q

Submarine

21
Q

6-Apr-17

22
Q

Ideals for peace written by Woodrow Wilson

23
Q

Later becomes the United Nations, designed by Woodrow Wilson

A

League of Nations

24
Q

Adapted learning so to relate to the children’s interest

A

Progressive education

25
Create the airlines
Wright brothers
26
Create the model T and assembly line
Henry Ford
27
Defined and halted unfair business practices
Federal trade commission
28
Peace between Russia and Japan
Root- takahira agreement
29
TR non-violent show of power
Great white fleet
30
Policemen of Latin American
Roosevelt corollary
31
Assisted people of color in the early 1900s
NAACP
32
Outlawed impure foods
Pure food and drug act
33
TR's promise to Americans
Square deal
34
Journalists who exposed abuse and corruption
Muckrakers
35
Mrs. Martins favorite
Teddy Roosevelt
36
Investors paid only a percentage of the cost of the stock
On the margin