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CapitalismIndividuals, not governments make economic decisions
CapitalismPrivate ownership and control of property
CreditInstallment buying
CreditInstallment buying
ExecutiveEnforces laws
FrontierHomesteading, Mining, Vacqueros, and the Transcontinental Railroad
FrontierUnsettled areas of land which lasted until the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889
Great DepressionEconomic slump that began on Black Thursday, 1929 and lated until 1940
Great DepressionEconomHoovervilles and the Dust Bowl
Great MigrationResulted from the failure of Reconstruction and a booming economy in the North
Great MigrationSouth to North movement of U.S. blacks between 1900 and 1950 which produced Harlem and other “black” metropoli
Great War11:00 A.M., November 11, 1918
Great WarOriginal name for World War I
Great WarSinkng of the Lusitania
Great WarTrench Warfare
Harlem RenaissanceExpansion of black economic and artistic opportunities in the U.S. in the 1920’s
Harlem RenaissanceJazz and Poetry featured
ImmigrationCelebrated by Statue of Liberty dedication in 1886
ImmigrationChanges a culture by bringing in new ideas
ImmigrationProvides labor for an expanding economy
ImmigrationThe relocation of people into a country due to push and pull factors
InnovatorsDevelop new products and ideas
InnovatorsHenry Ford, Thomas Edison, and George Washington Carver
LaborSweatshops
LaborUnions
LaborWorkers in a factory or company
Manifest Destiny19th Century idea that God blessed and desired U.S. growth and wanted the U.S. to spread from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
Manifest DestinyUsed to justify war with Mexico in 1846
New DealCreated by Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide relief, recovery, and reform for Great Depression
New DealExpanded the role of the federal government in daily life
New DealPeriod when Social Security Program began
NormalcyActs of Intolerance
NormalcyEffort to preserve traditional American values in the face of radicalism
NormalcyIsolationism
NormalcyNativism
NormalcyProhibition
Panama CanalBenefits trade and military activities of the U.S.
Panama CanalShipping channel through Central America opened in 1914 as a result of direct U.S. intervention
ProgressivesReformers who fought against poverty and corruption and encouraged government regulations to solve social problems
ProgressivesHull House and other settlement houses
ProgressivesThe Jungle and other muckraking literature
PropagandaIncludes advertising and other efforts to guide public opinion
PropagandaOne-sided information designed to gain support for a cause
ReservationsU.S. defined areas of settlement for Native Americans
ReservationsWounded Knee, Chief Joseph, and Buffalo Soldiers
Teddy RooseveltConservation and environmentalism
Teddy RooseveltCorallary to the Monroe Doctrine
Teddy RooseveltTrustbuster
Titans of IndustryPhilanthropy
Titans of IndustryRobber Barons
Titans of IndustryWealthy owners of giant corporations
Uncle SamCharacter who depicts the U.S. during wartime
Uncle SamEspionage Act created to limit opposition
Uncle SamSelective Service created for manpower
Uncle SamTaxes and bonds used to raise money
Uncle SamVictory Gardens planted to provide support



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