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Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Republican President from 1901-1909. Known for Trustbusting, Conservation of Natural Resources and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Thought equality could only be won in court so he started the NAACP.
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What is Guerilla Warfare?
Main method of fighting used by our enemy during the Vietnam War.
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What is the New Deal?
FDR's plan to end the Great Depression.
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What is Ellis Island?
Opened in 1890 to process immigrants entering America from Europe.
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Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Democratic President from 1932-1945. President during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Felt using Civil Disobedience was the most effective way to fight for equality.
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Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Led the American Army against Germany in World War II. Commanded the D-Day Invasion
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What are "Relief", "Recovery", and "Reform"?
The 3 parts of the New Deal.
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Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Dominated the steel industry by paying his workers low and eliminating competition.
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Democratic President during World War I. His 14 Points becomes the basis for the Versailles Treaty.
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Who is Malcolm X?
Encouraged African Americans do arm themselves and fight back if assaulted. Later changes his views to peaceful cooperation.
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What is the Lusitania?
Its sinking was a large reason America joins the Allies in World War I.
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What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Program that paid workers $1 a day to plant trees, build parks and improve waterways.
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What is a Tenement?
6 or 7 story inner city building without windows or running water.
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Who is Herbert Hoover?
Republican President from 1928-32. Given credit for starting the Great Depression
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Who is Booker T. Washington?
Started the Tuskegee Institute. Felt getting an education and a job was the key to equality.
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Who are the Rough Riders?
Teddy Roosevelt led these men up San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.
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What is increased factory production for World War II?
It marks the end of the Great Depression.
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Who is Jane Adams?
Gave the money to build Settlement Houses around the country for the poor including Hull House in Chicago.
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Who is Ronald Reagan?
Republican President from 1980-88. Known for cutting taxes and winning the Cold War.
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Who is Alice Paul?
Female Suffragist who was known to go on Hunger Strikes and lay down on the steps of the White House.
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Who is Saddam Hussein?
He invaded Kuwait in an attempt to control the oil reserves in the Persian Gulf.
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What are the FDIC, Social Security and Minimum Wage?
2 New Deal programs still around today.
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What is mandatory school attendance?
Was the determining factor leading to the end of Child Labor use in America.
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