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What are the three branches of government created by the Constitution?
1. Legislative 2. Executive 3. Judicial
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This government act, passed in 1890, allowed government to regulate businesses that became too big by using illegal tactics and threatened to monopolize an industry:
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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What Amendment gave voters, rather than state legislatures, the power to directly elect their U.S. senators.
17th Amendment
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What term means to influence governments through economic, not military, intervention "substituting dollars for bullets"
Dollar Diplomacy
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What did Social Darwinism encourage people of industrial nations to believe?
That they were superior to people in less-developed countries
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The Articles of Confederation gave the states.....
More power than the national government.
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How did some white southerners prevent African Americans from using the right to vote?
1. Passing a literacy test 2. Forcing them to pay a poll tax
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What does it mean to have a graduated income tax?
A tax taken out of your paycheck that varies on how much money you make.
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What is an area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources of another nation or area.
Sphere of Influence
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What does the term Gilded mean when referring to the Gilded Age?
To be lightly coated in gold. Meaning that the economy looked good from the outside because big business was doing well but under the service most of the people did not benefit from the economy.
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What do the states do in a federal system of government?
The states share power with the central government.
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What was the name of the 1896 Supreme Court Case were the court legalized segregation as the law of the land and allowed for separation of the races by claiming "equal but separate"?
Plessy v Ferguson
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Describe each term when it comes to election reforms Initiative Referendum Recall
Initiative: Allows citizens to introduce new laws on ballots. Referendum: Allows citizens to vote on a proposed or existing law Recall: Allows voters to remove an elected official.
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What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
A change to the Monroe Doctrine, saying that only the U.S could intervene in the internal affaires of Latin American nations. The point was to keep European countries out of North and South America.
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What is the difference between Yellow Journalism and Muckrakers?
What is the difference between Yellow Journalism and Muckrakers? Yellow Journalism - is an exaggerated, exploitative, sensational style of newspaper reporting. Muckrakers- to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics. The Difference: Muckrakers exposed corruption whereas yellow journalism is part of corruption.
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What was the Great Compromise?
A plan to divide Congress into two parts.
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Which regions did the majority of immigrants come from between 1880-1910? (NEW IMMIGRANTS)
Southern and Eastern Europe
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What was Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign slogan? Why was it called that?
Square Deal He believed that everyone deserved no more or no less than his/her square deal. (Think a square has 4 EQUAL sides)
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Why was the Panama Canal Built?
1) For easier transporting of commercial goods and other cargo. 2) To allow military ships of the United States to have a shorter route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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What is the reasoning behind the electoral college? Why do we as a country use that system over the popular vote? What is the minimum number of electoral votes you need to win a presidential election?
What is the reasoning behind the electoral college? Why do we as a country use that system over the popular vote? What is the minimum number of electoral votes you need to win a presidential election? The electoral college gives all states and smaller areas an equal say in voting. Each state's vote go towards the candidate they choose. The larger states will have more electoral votes due to population. That will give the larger states a larger role in the voting. If there were no electoral college presidential candidates will only campaign in the largest cities in the country to win the popular vote instead of reaching out to all of the states and different types of areas in the country. Total votes to win an election: 270 Electoral Votes
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What were the points of views of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalist- A supporter of federal government and a supporter of the U.S. Constitution. Anti-Federalists- refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution until it contained a Bill of Rights.
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What is the difference between horizontal integration and vertical integration?
Horizontal Integration - The process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. Vertical Integration- Vertical integration is a strategy where a company expands its business operations into different steps on the same production path, such as when a manufacturer owns its supplier and/or distributor.
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What issues did Progressives focus on and why did they focus on those issues?
They focused on 3 Types of Reforms: 1. Workplace Reforms 2. Society (Housing) Reforms 3. Government Reforms Why: To improve living conditions for the urban poor and called for government to be more honest and responsive to people's needs. Wanted to eliminate political corruption and make government more efficient.
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What inspired the imperialist activity of the late 1800s?
1) Military 2) Economics 3) Ideological
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Why is Teddy Roosevelt Mr. Moore's favorite president? You must list a fact or an accomplishment on what he achieved to have the correct answer.
Mr. Moore will decide your fate