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| 8827414950 | Progressive Era | A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to 1920s. |  | 0 |
| 8827414951 | Prohibition | A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. |  | 1 |
| 8827414952 | Women's suffrage | The women's right to vote, granted by the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920). |  | 2 |
| 8827414953 | preservationists | Those who attempt to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. |  | 3 |
| 8827414954 | conservationists | Those who advocate for the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits, both -- renewable and non-renewable. | | 4 |
| 8827414955 | Welfare State | A system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |  | 5 |
| 8827414958 | The Great Migration | The movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. |  | 6 |
| 8827414959 | imperialist | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |  | 7 |
| 8827414960 | isolationism | A category of foreign policies institutionalized by leaders who asserted that their nations' best interests were best served by keeping the affairs of other countries at a distance. |  | 8 |
| 8827414961 | Spanish-American War | A conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor leading to American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. |  | 9 |
| 8827414962 | Treaty of Versailles | One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |  | 10 |
| 8827414963 | League of Nations | An intergovernmental organization founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It lacked an armed force to enforce policy and was not joined by the United States. |  | 11 |
| 8827414974 | americanization | The process of assimilating American character, manner, ideals, culture, and so on. |  | 12 |
| 8827414975 | sphere of influence | The territory of weaker states where a powerful state exercises the dominant control. |  | 13 |
| 8827414979 | progressive | In politics, one who believes in continuing progress, improvement, or reform. |  | 14 |
| 8827414981 | direct primary | In politics, the nomination of a party's candidates for office through a special election of that party's voters. |  | 15 |
| 8827414982 | initiative | In politics, the procedure whereby voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate. |  | 16 |
| 8827414983 | referendum | The submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate. |  | 17 |
| 8827414984 | recall | In politics, a procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means. |  | 18 |
| 8827414987 | self-determination | In politics, the right of a people (usually based on ethnicity) to shape its own national identity and form a government, without outside coercion of influence. |  | 19 |
| 8827414988 | graduated income tax | A tax on income in which the taxation rates are progressively higher for those whit higher income. |  | 20 |
| 8827414993 | Muller v. Oregon (1908) | First case to use the "Brandeis brief"; recognized a 10-hour work day for women laundry workers on the grounds of health and community concerns. |  | 21 |
| 8827414994 | Schenck v. U. S. (1919) | Unanimously upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 which declared that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment; declared that the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech was not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger." |  | 22 |
| 8827414997 | Open Door Policy | The policy that China should be open to trade with all of the major powers, and that all, including the United States, should have equal right to trade there. This was the official American position toward China as announced by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899. |  | 23 |
| 8827414998 | socialism | An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange. |  | 24 |
| 8827414999 | Eugene Debs | Prominent socialist leader (and five time presidential candidate) who founded the American Railroad Union and led the 1894 Pullman Strike |  | 25 |
| 8827415000 | Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force. |  | 26 |
| 8827415001 | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | Founded in 1905, this radical union, also known as the Wobblies aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor's interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers, advocated social revolution, and led several major strikes. Stressed solidarity. |  | 27 |
| 8827415002 | Pure Food and Drug Act | Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA. |  | 28 |
| 8827415003 | Teddy Roosevelt | Twenty-sixth president of the United States; he focused his efforts on trust busting, environment conservation, and strong foreign policy. |  | 29 |
| 8827415004 | William Taft | 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term. |  | 30 |
| 8827415005 | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; nearly 50 ended up jumping to their death; while 100 died inside the factory; led to the establishment of many factory reforms, including increasing safety precautions for workers |  | 31 |
| 8827415008 | Fourteen Points | The war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations. |  | 32 |
| 8827415010 | Sedition Act | A law passed by Congress in 1918 (during World War I) to make it illegal to say anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort in WWI. Seen as a military necessity by some for effectively fighting in WWI. |  | 33 |
| 8827415017 | Platt Amendment | This amendment to the new Cuban constitution authorized U.S. intervention in Cuba to protect its interests. Cuba pledged not to make treates with other countries that might compromise its independence, and it granted naval bases to the United States, most notable being Guantanamo Bay. |  | 34 |
| 8827415021 | William Jennings Bryan | United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925). |  | 35 |
| 8827415022 | Woodrow Wilson | (1856-1924) President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. |  | 36 |
| 9047467420 | muckraker | 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business | 37 | |
| 9047468922 | 18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages | 38 | |
| 9047468923 | 19th Amendment | Women's suffrage | 39 | |
| 9047471876 | National Parks | land set aside by the government for conservation | 40 | |
| 9047471877 | American Expeditionary Force | The name given to the American military force that fought in World War I | 41 |
