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| Teller Amendment: where and year | Cuba, 1898
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| Teller Amendment: what was it? | - An amendment which promised Cubans independence after Spanish were overthrown- Later, the Platt Amendment cancels this, which allows the US to have control over Cuba
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| Muckrakers: era? | Progressive Era
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| Famous Muckrakers? | 1.) Upton Sinclair "The Jungler" (meat industry)2.) Ida Tarbell (standard oil company- Rockefeller)
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| Who commonized the term "Muckraker?" and how did he/she feel about them? | Teddy Roosevelt: didn't like the Muckrakers
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| Muckrakers: what were they? | - Investigative journalists- exploited corporations, individuals, etc which lead to public support and demand for change.
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| What were the Muckrakers' effect on Americans? | Increased support of progressive movement among Americans
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| Muller vs. Oregon: what was being debated? | - limited women's working hours
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| Muller v. Oregon who was sueing who for what? | - Muller (male, owner of a laundry matt which mostly employed women) sued, saying the state law of limited women's working hours violated "liverty to contract"
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| Lawyer for Oregon state in Muller v. Oregon? what did he argue? | Louis Brandeis argued that state had an interest to uphold limited women's working hours to protect women
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| Outcome of Muller v. Oregon? | Supreme Court upholds the law of limited working hours for women
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| William Howard Taft was what number president? | #27
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| Taft's relations with TR? | - William Howard Taft was close friends with Roosevelt, but after successing him in the presidency and not carrying on TR's legacy, TR and Taft became political enemies
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| Famous Aschan School People | 1.) George Bellows2.) John Sloan3.) Robert Henri
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| Aschan School what was it? | - Realistic Art movement in the progressive era where the artists painted things like smokestacks spewing pollution and poverty-stricken children
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| Another name for "Ashcan School?" | New York Realists
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| Watchful Waiting: year(s)? | 1913-1914
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| What was Watchful Waiting? | - Policy by Woodrow Wilson of rejecting alliances with leaders who took control through force until a determination of their interests could be made
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| How was "Watchful Waiting" implemented? | - Wilson did so by refusing to accept the leadership of Victorian Huerta when he took control of Mexico
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| What ended "Watchful Waiting?" | When Mexicans attacked American sailors and US was sent into Mexico in attempt to capture Pancho Villa
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| William McKinley: years of presidency? | 1896-1902
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| William McKinley: | -assasinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist (1902)- Teddy Roosevelt succeeded him
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| What political scheme is McKinley famous for? | "Front Porch" campaign (he gave speeches from his front porch in Ohio)
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| 17th Amendment: year ratified? | 1912
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| 17th Amendment? | direct election of U.S. senators (by white males).*senators used to be elected by the state legislature
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| Years of the "Great Migration?" | 1900-1945 roughly
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| what was the "Great Migration?" | movement of millions of Afro-Americans from South to North/Midwest
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| The "Great Migration" was a result of: | 1.) decrease in cotton production in South2.) Increased job opportunities (in North) due to limits placed on migration
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| The Great Migration led to | higher wages in North and a somewhat better life for Afro-americans
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| Unrestricted/Unlimited Submarine Warfare: year? | 1917
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| What was Unrestricted Sub. Warfare? | - proclamation by Germany that it would sink all ships, without warning, that entered warn zone off the coasts of allied nations
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| Why did Germany think that Unrestricted Submarine Warfare would help them win the great war? | by cutting allied supplies (from America), it would allow Germany to win the war before a big response from America
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| What did U.S. do in response to Unrestricted Warfare? | Cut diplomatic relations with Germany
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| Why was Unrestricted Sub. Warfare absurd in these times? | Germany violate rules of war because they sunk ships without notifying them (i.e. Lithuianna)
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