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| How did Progressives believe the government could become more accountable to its citizens? | The government should be more accountable to the citizens. |
| How did Upton Sinclair expose dangerous workplace conditions? | The Jungle (book) about meat-packing industry. |
| How did President Theodore Roosevelt react when the United Mine Workers called a strike in 1902? | Threatened to bring in army. |
| Identify and explain TR's progressive reforms. | Nation parks, set aside land. |
| Explain the significance of the election of 1912. | Republican Party is split. |
| For what reason did more Americans become supportive of women's suffrage? | It set aside arguments about separate spheres for men and women. |
| Identify the causes of World War I and explain each. | Militarism: involved agressively building up nations' armed forces in preparation for war and giving the military more authority over the government and foreign policy |
| What event sparked World War I? | Assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand of Sarajevo, Bosnia |
| Describe the first few years of fighting during WWI. | Thousands of people died in French Warfare. |
| Explain why the U.S. entered WWI. | Friction between the U.S. and Germany increased from 1914 to 1917, especially German's use of the submarine warfare. The preparedness movement continued to gain support inthe U.S. , and the pressure to join in the war intensified. Ultimately actions by the Central Powers pushed Congress and the President into entering the war on the side of the Allies. |
| What did the Sussex Pledge state? | An agreement in which the German government promised that U-boats would warn ships before attacking them (allied ships). |
| What was the Great Migration? | The increased steady stream of African Americans that left the South to work in northern factories; some 500,000 African Americans joined this stream of migrants. |
| On the homefront, how did the government prepare for war? | The government raised money by borrowing money by selling Liberty Bonds, special war bonds to support the Allied cause; the government called on industry to switch from producing commercial goods to war goods. Congress passed the Lever Food and Fuel Control Actr to manage the production and distribution of fodds and fuels vital to the war effort. |
