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Miranda Berishaj 1st hour Smith 1/10/15 U.S History midterm review
Unit 1 1. Clayton antitrust act sought to prevent anti­competitive practices.
2. urban­rural population shift­ people moved from rural areas to urban areas, urbanization.
3. Jane Addams – a pioneer for women's rights and a leader of suffrage.
4. Sherman antitrust act – broke up trust and prevented monopolies.
5. women's Christian temperance union – first organization devoted to social reform for women. 6. Child labor – using children as a cheap means of employment.
7. tenements­ small, cheap housing complex.
8. NAACP­ ensure equality among citizens and eliminate racism.
9. meat inspection act – all meat had to be quality control.
10. pure food and drug act – all substances consumed by the public had to be quality control.
11. The jungle Upton Sinclair – a novel written about the poor conditions of the meatpacking industry. 12. Henry Ford – created Ford Motor Company and the assembly line.
13.Poor working conditions – became controlled by unions and laws.
14. Assembly line – a system of production that was very efficient and fast.
15. triangle shirtwaist factory fire – fire the maid people rethink work safety and everyone was locked inside. ­ pollution, overpopulation, and a lack of jobs. ­ it made the cost of vehicles go down in the amount go up. Unit 2 1. imperialism – imposing on a territory and taking it over.
2. Spanish American war – a war started because of the border dispute.
3. Panama Canal – ache now through Central America.
4. Open door policy – no international country would have control over the country.
5. Neutrality – staying even with both sides in a dispute. 6. Espionage act­ punished ask of spying on foreign affairs.
7. Unrestricted submarine warfare – destroying anything that goes into the war zone.
8. Lusitania­ civilian boat sunk by unrestricted submarine warfare.
9. Zimmerman note – no intercepted by Americans are

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