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Originally desiring that the United States remain "neutral in fact as well as name," this Progressive President asked Congress for a Declaration of War on April 2, 1917.
Who was President (Woodrow) Wilson?
The right to vote in an election
What is suffrage?
This product, one of the first challenged under the 1906 Food and Drug Act, originally contained minute portions of cocaine.
What is Coca-Cola?
These countries made up "The Triple Entente" or "Allies" at the beginning of World War I.
Who were Great Britain, France, and Russia?
Started by Margaret Sanger, a radical feminist, this organization was originally called by another name, but still had the goal of family planning, or birth control with population control, particularly among the unfit. It is one of the leading proponents of abortion today.
Successfully produced machine-powered, human-controlled flight for 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in December of 1903 and later received a contract from the army for $30,000 each for their aircraft.
Who were Wilbur and Orville Wright (the Wright Brothers)?
A socio-economical organization in which the major means of production are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government, with the belief that the free market will determine prices and competition will drive improvements.
What is capitalism?
This new “wonder weapon” gained more ground in a single day than in months of fighting in previous battles and doomed trench warfare once and for all.
These countries became known as the Central Powers in the Great War (WWI).
Who were Germany and Austria-Hungary?
Created by President Wilson, this international group was established as part of the Fourteen Points to help create worldwide peace after World War I.
What was the League of Nations?
In October 1917, this man and a tiny core of radical Bolshevik communists overtook the Russian government, communications, and legislature.
Who was (Vladimir) Lenin?
A societal organization in which the government owns the major means of production and transport (land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property. The goal is to create a classless society. It usually reports the failure of capitalism.
What is communism?
This substance, previously used on farms, made barriers and protected American doughboys (soldiers) from German soldiers and their barrages of more than half a million gas shells.
What is barbed wire?
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Created in 1913 by President Wilson to prevent the formation of monopolistic combinations (either vertical or horizontal)
What is the Federal Trade Commission?
She formed the National Women Suffrage Association, which wanted a constitutional amendment for female suffrage.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader. Involves severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of any opposing the government
What is fascism?
Although not new, these submarines were first used in warfare by the Germans during WWI.
What are U-boats?
This was the original cause of the Great War (or World War I)
A corporation owned by the commercial banks in its region and funded by their required deposits. In return, the member banks could borrow from the one in their region. It was run by a selected board of governors and originally would have set up 12 locations across the country.
What is the Federal Reserve Bank?
Directed the raids against the suspected communists in the United States and later became the 1st Director of the FBI (the FBI building in Washington D.C. is named after him).
Who was J. Edgar Hoover?
The study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurance of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable.
What is eugenics?
A practical and affordable automobile, also called Model T, built by the Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1927.
What is Tin Lizzy?
This was pushed through Congress in order to raise troops for the Great War and resulted in three million men joining the army.
What was the Selective Service Act (or draft)?
A group created in 1902 by a leader of the Food and Drug Administration to test the toxicity of borax on 12 young male clerks.
What was the "Poison Squad"?