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| Love of country and the desire to have one's county free from the control of another. | nationalism
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| Protection and careful use of natural resources. | conservation
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| Writer or journalist of the early 1900's who uncovered shameful conditions in business and other areas of American life. | muckraker
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| Policy in which a nation prefers to remain neutral and let other countries handle their oun affairs. | isolationism
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| Agreement among nations to defend one another. | alliance
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| Large companies with the power to drive out competition in an industry. | trust
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| False or exaggerated reporting | yellow journalism
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| A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas. | isthmus
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| Who was Liliuokalani? | the first Queen of Hawaii
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| What kinds of poeple joined the Rough Riders? | Native Americans and wealthy New Yorkers
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| What is one thing Progressives worked to do? | to improve the way in which government worked
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| What was a shortcut for ships traveling from the Altantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean? | Panama Canal
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| Where was Hawaii annexed too? | the United States
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| What was one reason the Americans were willing to go to war against the Spanish? | They were upset with how the Cubans were treated
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| What is an example of one of the social problems Blue Laws were designed to solve? | the abuse of alcohol
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| Who won World War I? | the Allied Powers
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| What angered U.S. to declare war on Germany? | German subs sank 3 American trade ships
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| William Seward thought the U.S. should purchase Alaska from what country? | Russia
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| Who was the person responible for oranizing the Rough Riders? | Theodore Roosevelt
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| The Buffalo Soldiers were made up of what kind of soldier? | African American
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| Walter Reed discovered that the diseases that were slowing down the construction of Panana Canal were being carried by? | mosquitoes
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| Who was appointed chief engineer for the building of the Panama Canal? | John Stevens
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| Who was the naturalist that had a great impact on the conservation of some of our country's most beautiful areas? | John Muir
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| What country did President Woodrow Wilson write a letter to after the sinking of the Lusitania? | Germany
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| Ida Tarbell wrote about the dangers of trusts in a series of magazine articles about what company? | Standard Oil
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| Which of the following countries was not a member of the Allied Powers? | Turkey
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| What did the Treaty of Versailles do? | It ended World War I
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| Upton Sinclair wrote a novel called ____________, which told about conditions in the meat packing plants of Chicago? | The Jungle
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| The purchase of Alaska was also known as? | Seward's Folly
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| What was the name of the battleship that exploded while in Cuba, prompting the U.S. to declare war on Spain? | U.S.S. Maine
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| Name the 2 disease that initially hampered (slowed down) the building of the Panama Canal? | Yellow Fever, Malaria
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| When did World War I end? | Nov. 11, 1918
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| The League of Nations was formed to prevent what? | prevent wars
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| Name 3 new technologies that affected fighting during World War I? | Possible answers: poison gas, airplanes, tanks, submarines
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