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What is Scientific Management?

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A management theory developed in the 1880s-1920s aimed at improving economic efficiency and labor productivity.

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What were Muckrakers?

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Journalists in the 1890s-1920s who exposed corruption and social injustices.

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What reforms were introduced in the 1880s-1920s?

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Australian/secret ballot, direct primaries, initiative, referendum, and recall.

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What was the Square Deal?

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A domestic program by President Theodore Roosevelt from 1901-1909 focused on consumer protection, natural resource conservation, and curbing corporate excess.

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What did the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) accomplish?

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It aimed to eliminate misleading labels and ensure the safety of food and pharmaceuticals.

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What was the Meat Inspection Act (1906)?

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Legislation that mandated sanitary conditions in meatpacking plants.

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What was significant about the Election of 1912?

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It featured a split in the Republican Party and the emergence of the Progressive Party.

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What did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) establish?

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It created the Federal Reserve System to regulate the U.S. monetary policy.

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What is the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)?

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A law that strengthened antitrust protections for consumers.

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What is the Federal Trade Commission (1914)?

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An agency established to prevent unfair business practices.

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What was the Atlanta Compromise?

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A speech by Booker T. Washington in 1895 advocating for vocational education for African Americans.

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What was the Niagara Movement?

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A civil rights organization founded in 1905 that called for equal rights for African Americans.

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What was the Great Migration?

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The movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North from the 1910s to the 1940s.

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What did the Seventeenth Amendment (1913) change?

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It established the direct election of U.S. Senators.

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What did the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) (1919) enact?

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It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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What did the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) achieve?

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It granted women the right to vote.

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What was the Annexation of Hawaii?

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The U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898, making it a territory.

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What was the Spanish-American War?

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A conflict in 1898 that resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

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What was the Philippine-American War?

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A conflict from 1899-1902 between the U.S. and Filipino revolutionaries.

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What was the Open Door Policy?

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A U.S. policy established in 1899 to ensure equal trading rights in China.

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What was the Panama Canal?

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A canal opened in 1914 that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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What is the Roosevelt Corollary?

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A 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting U.S. intervention in Latin America.

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What was Dollar Diplomacy?

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A foreign policy under President Taft (1909-1913) that aimed to use economic power to achieve U.S. goals.

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What is Moral Diplomacy?

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A foreign policy by President Wilson (1913-1921) promoting human rights and democracy.

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What was the Lusitania?
A British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, influencing U.S. public opinion on World War I.
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What was the Zimmermann telegram?
A secret communication from Germany to Mexico in 1917 proposing a military alliance.
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What was Schenck v. United States (1919)?
A Supreme Court case that upheld the Espionage Act, limiting free speech during wartime.
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What was the American Expeditionary Force?
The U.S. military force sent to Europe during World War I (1917-1918).
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What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The 1919 peace treaty that ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
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What was the First Red Scare?
A period of intense anti-communist sentiment in the U.S. following World War I (1919).
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What was the Jazz Age?
A cultural movement in the 1920s-1930s characterized by jazz music and a flourishing of arts.
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What was the Scopes Trial?
A 1925 legal case about the teaching of evolution in schools.
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What was the Lost Generation?
A group of American writers in the 1920s disillusioned by World War I.
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A cultural movement in the 1920s-1930s celebrating African American culture and arts.
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What did the Emergency Quota Act (1921) establish?
It limited immigration to the U.S. based on national origins.
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What did the National Origins Act (1924) do?
It further restricted immigration, favoring Northern and Western Europeans.
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What was the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial?
A controversial trial in 1921 that resulted in the execution of two Italian immigrants.
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What was the Ku Klux Klan?
A white supremacist group that gained prominence in the 1920s.
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What was the Washington Conference?
A 1921-1922 meeting of world powers to discuss naval disarmament.
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What was the Kellogg-Briand Treaty?
A 1928 international agreement to renounce war as a means of resolving disputes.
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What was the Dawes Plan?
A 1924 plan to stabilize the German economy post-World War I.
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What was the Good-Neighbor Policy?
A U.S. foreign policy from 1933-1945 aimed at improving relations with Latin America.
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What was the Wall Street Crash?
The 1929 stock market crash that led to the Great Depression.
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What was the Bonus March?
A 1932 protest by World War I veterans demanding early payment of bonuses.
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What was significant about the Election of 1932?
It resulted in Franklin D. Roosevelt's election and the New Deal.
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What was the CCC?
The Civilian Conservation Corps, established in 1933 to provide jobs in natural resource conservation.
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What was the TVA?
The Tennessee Valley Authority, created in 1933 to provide electricity and economic development.
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What was the NRA?
The National Recovery Administration, established in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery.
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What was the AAA?
The Agricultural Adjustment Act, enacted in 1933 to boost agricultural prices.
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What was the WPA?
The Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 to provide jobs during the Great Depression.
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What was the Wagner Act?
A 1935 law that protected workers' rights to unionize.
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What did the Social Security Act (1935) establish?
A system of old-age benefits and unemployment insurance.
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What was the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)?
Legislation that established minimum wage and maximum working hours.
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What was the court reorganization plan (1937)?
A proposal by FDR to expand the Supreme Court, aimed at securing support for New Deal legislation.
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What was the Recession of 1937-1938?
An economic downturn that interrupted the recovery from the Great Depression.
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What was the Dust Bowl?
A severe drought in the 1930s that devastated agriculture in the Great Plains.
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What were the Neutrality Acts?
Laws passed from 1935-1939 to prevent U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.
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What are the Four Freedoms?
A set of principles articulated by FDR in 1941: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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What happened at Pearl Harbor?
A surprise military attack by Japan on December 7, 1941, leading to U.S. entry into World War II.
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What was the Double V Campaign?
A World War II campaign advocating for victory against fascism abroad and racial discrimination at home (1942-1945).
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What was Korematsu v. United States (1944)?
A Supreme Court case that upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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What were braceros?
Mexican laborers who were allowed to work in the U.S. from 1942-1964.
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What was D-Day?
The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
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What is island-hopping?
A military strategy used by the Allies in the Pacific during World War II (1943-1945).
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What was the Manhattan Project?
A secret U.S. project during World War II to develop atomic bombs (1942-1946).
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What happened in Hiroshima?
The first city targeted by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
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What happened in Nagasaki?
The second city targeted by an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945.
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What was Yalta?
A 1945 conference where Allied leaders discussed post-war reorganization.
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What was Potsdam?
A 1945 conference where Allied leaders issued an ultimatum to Japan.
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What is the United Nations?
An international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation among countries.

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