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alice paul
who formed the national women's party?
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child labor
DBQ what social issue did Mother Jones fight for?
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the filth and crime of urban society
Progressives generally believed that industrialization and urbanization had created many social problems, including working - class poverty and ...
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united states forest service
to manage timber resources in the west, president roosevelt established the ...
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direct primacy
all party members vote for a candidate to run in the general election
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the monopoly power of some trusts hurt the public interest
president roosevelt thought that large business organizations were part of the reason for american prosperity, but he also believed that ...
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the newlands reclamation act
which law authorized the use of federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land development projects?
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was published at a critical moment in american history
DBQ WEB Du Bois
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african americans responding to race riots in Springfield, Illinois and other incidents
the national association of colored people was founded in 1910 by ...
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Muckraker
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
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child labor
The Keating-Owen Act was passed in order to regulate ...
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building codes requiring fire escapes
tragedy at the triangle shirtwaist company led to ...
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conservation
in what area did taft's contributions equal or surpass roosevelt's?
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divide the republican party
roosevelt warned taft that tariff reform would ...
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use protest to force suffrage
alice paul was arrested after picketing the white house, an example of her attempts to ...
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the government
what did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society's problems?
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federal reserve system
what did wilson support to create confidence in the banking system?
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socialism
A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
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tariffs, the banking system, trusts, and worker's rights
what areas did wilson reform as president?
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tax the wealthy at a higher percentage than the poor
what were the conditions of the graduated income tax?
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to give voters more control over government
DBQ what was the main goal of progressive government reforms, according to the chart?
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Economic depressions destroy small banks and wipes out customers' life savings
what happened to banks before that made Wilson support banking reforms?
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Mayor Council Form of City Government
The elected city council makes the laws and the elected mayor carries out the law
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navy
early in 1917, what division of the military authorized the enlistment of women?
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gas masks
DBQ what was used to defend soldiers against mustard gas and chlorine bombs?
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fourteen points
what was the name of wilson's peace plan?
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germany, austria-hungary, and italy
Who was in the Triple Alliance?
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nursing and clerical work
what were 2 jobs women performed in the armed services during wwi?
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doughboys
what was the nickname for american soldiers in wwi?
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the committee on public information
selling support for wwi, to the american people was the task of who?
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to observe enemy activities
what were airplanes first used for in wwi?
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digging trenches
wwi troops began ... to protect themselves from artillery fire?
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the convoy system
why were no american troop ships sunk on their way to europe?
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
the first declaration of war in wwi came after ...
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germany
what county made an offer to the mexican government proposing that mexico become its ally if the us etered the european army?
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vladimer lenin
who overthrew the russian government in November 1917 and established a communist government there?
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laboratory for democracy
what nickname was given to wilson?
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the espionage and sedition acts
what silenced the criticism of war?
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remain neutral
leaders of the women's suffrage movement such as Jane Adams urged wilson to ...
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great migration
African Americans moved from the South to the North
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britain, france, and russia
The Triple Entente included ...
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sold liberty bonds
to help pay for the costs of war, congress ...
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selective service
congress created a new system of conscription called ...
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daylight savings time
to conserve energy, the Fuel Administration shortened workweeks for factories that did not make war materials and introduced ...
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german submarine attacks have killed innocent people
according to president wilson, why should war be declared
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers?
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a fear of foreigners
DBQ according to the quote, one of the reasons that Vanzetti gives for his murder conviction is ...
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harlem renaissance
african american arts flourished in the 1920s in what became known as the ...
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assembly line
Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
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they were only used to listening to 6 radio stations
DBQ amateur listeners only listen to a small number of radio stations
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Emergency Quota Act
A government legislation that limited the number of immigrants from Europe which was set at 3% of the nationality currently in the U.S. It greatly limited the number of immigrants who could move to the U.S. And it reflected the isolationist and anti-foreign feeling in America as well as the departure from traditional American ideals.
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national origins act
made immigration restriction a permanent policy, set quotas at 2 percent of each national group, and new quotas deliberately favored immigrants from northwestern Europe.
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Hispanic Immigration
The immigration laws passed created a labor shortage and exempted people from the Western Hemisphere from the quota system. Mexicans immigrants helped fill the labor shortage, especially the demand for farm labor in California.
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people could live farther from their places of work
what effect did the automobile industry of the 1920s have on american society?
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Greenwich Village
what place was a center of creativity and freedom for many artists?
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natives of the western hemisphere
what group of people was exempt from restrictions placed by the national origins act?
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harlem renaissance
claude mckay, langston hughes, and the cotton club were all part of ...
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air commerce act
provided federal aid for building airports
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manufacturers turned to advertising
what do businesses do to create consumers for their new products?
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talking motion picture
The golden age of Hollywood began in 1927 with the release of the first ...
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europe
american modern artists were greatly influenced by the art movements of ...
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mass media
what helped create a sense of a shared experience that helped unify the nation?
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personal freedom
the new morality of the 1920s placed a high value on ...
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nativism
A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
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the wright brothers
who made the first successful flight in history?
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they were Italian immigrants and anarchists
many people viewed sacco and vanzetti with suspicion because ...
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fundamentalism
believed that the Bible was literally true and without error
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cotton club
harlem nightspot where many african american entertainers got their start
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enforce prohibition
what was the purpose of the volstead act?
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authorized postal officials to hire private pilots
congress passed the kelly act which ...
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babe ruth
who was the baseball star who became a national hero due to mass media?
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jazz
what style of music was influenced by dixieland blues and ragtime?Q
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depositors lost their savings
During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed ...
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investors selling stock at a frenzied pace
during the stock market crash of october 1929, prices were driven down by ...
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bull market
a long period of rising stock prices
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investors continued putting new money into the market
the bull market of the 1920s lasted only as long as ...
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continue lending money to their communities
The National Credit Corporation tried to rescue troubled banks by allowing them to ...
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overproduction
in addition to the stock market crash in 1929, a key cause to the great depression was ...
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a decline in us exports
As stock prices declined in 1929, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff led to ...
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life
what weekly photojournalism magazine was introduced by TIME magazine publisher Henry Luce to instant success?
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banks that held their mortgages
During the Great Depression, many farmers were forced to turn their farms over to ...
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pass legislation giving veterans their promised bonus early
thousands of wwi veterans came to washington dc in 1932 to lobby congress to ...
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the great plains
what was the dust bowl's location?
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relief
president hoover wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide money directly to impoverished families known as ...
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bonus army
in 1932, the press began calling the wwi veterans who were marching to dc to demand early payment what?
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loans for states for direct relief
what did the emergency relief and construction act provide?
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soup kitchens
during the depression, charities set up .. to give poor people meals
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hoovervilles
during the depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks that they called ...
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snow white
the first feature-length animated film was ...
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were forced to close
As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses than they could absorb and ..
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black tuesday
the stock market took its steepest dive on october 29, 1929, the day known as ...
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the uneven distribution of income, overproduction, high tariffs, and missteps by the federal reserve
list the things that happened in the 1920s that were the roots of the great depression
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direct tax
a tax imposed directly on a person or their property
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income tax
a tax based on the net income of a person or business
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indirect tax
a tax that someone pays, but the tax burden falls on someone else
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initiative
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
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prohibition
laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
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recall
the right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office
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referendum
The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
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social darwinism
a philosophy based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection, asserting that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving