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Side A ------ Side B
COMSTOCK LODE ------ 1ST MAJOR DISCOVERY OF SILVER ORE
HOMESTEAD ACT ------ GAVE 160 ACRES TO ANYONE WHO CULTIVATED/LIVED ON LAND FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS
DAWS ACT ------ "AMERICANIZE": N.AM. BY DISTIBUTING RESERVATION LAND TO INDIVIDUAL OWNERS
LAISSEZ FAIRE ------ POLICY OF NON-INTERFEARENCE IN TRADE
VERTICAL INTEGRATION (BUSINESS) ------ COMPANYS TAKE OVER SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS TO GAIN CONTROL
GOSPEL OF WEALTH ------ ESSAY WRITTEN BY ANDREW CARNIGIE, HIS BELIFE THAT THE WEALTHY SHOULD HELP THE POOR
ELLIS ISLAND ------ NEW YORK IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING WHO COMES IN OR NOT. (EAST COAST)
ANGEL ISLAND ------ CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING IMMIGRANTS. (WEST COAST) ASIANS
NATIVISTS ------ FAVORING NATIVE BORN PEOPLE OVER FOREIGN BORN PEOPLE
INDIVIDUALISM  ------ ON THEIR OWN, OWN IDEAS
PENDLETON ACT ------ STOPPED PATRONAGE
POPULIST PARTY ------ PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN GOVERNMENT
BLACKLIST ------ LIST OF 500 ACTORS, WRITERS, PROUCERS...THAT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON FILMS B/C COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY ------ U.S. POLICY USING ECONOMIC POWER TO EXERT INFLUENCE OVER OTHER COUNTRIES (TAFT)
PLATT AMENDMENT ------ ALLOWED U.S. TO INTERVEAR IN CUBAN AFFAIRS WITH MILITARY. OWN GOVERNMENT BUT MUST HAVE PERMISSON FROM U.S.
"BIG STICK" POLICY ------ BIG ARMY BUT PEACEFULL: BE READY TO FIGHT BUT DON'T START ANYTHING
OPEN DOOR POLICY  ------ GRANTED EQUAL TRADE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL COUNTRIES
MUCKRAKERS ------ MAGAZINE JOURNALIST WHO EXPOSE THE CORRUPT SIDE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC LIFE
NAACP ------ PROMOTE FULL RACIAL EQUALITY(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE)
DIRECT PRIMARY ------ VOTERS WHO DIRECTLY SELECTED CANIDATES WHO WILL RUN FOR OFFICE
16TH AMENDMENT ------ FEDERAL INCOME TAX: PROVIDED REVENUE
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES ------ UPHEALD ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917 AND DEFENDEDET DIDNT HAVE 1ST AMEND...RIGHT TO EXPRESS FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN WWI 
GREAT MIGRATION ------ LARGE MOVEMENT OF AF.AM. FROM SOUTH TO NORTH CITIES
ALLIED POWERS ------ GREAT BRITIAN, FRANCE, ITALY, RUSSIA, U.S.
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM ------ GERMANY SENT MEXICO A LETTER TO JOIN THEM AS AN ALLIE HOWEVER U.S. INTERCEPTED IT & DECODED IT, STOPPING THEM
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ------ INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE US GOV. TO INFLUENCE US PUBLIC OPINION REGUARDING AM. PARTICIPATION IN WWI
ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS ------ 2 LAWS IMPOSED HARSH PENALTIES ON ANYONE INTERFEARING OR SPEAKING AGAINST US PARTICIPATION IN WWI
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY ------ ADDED TO MONROE DOCTRINE; US HAD RIGHTS TO PROTECTION OF ECONOMY BY MILITARTY
EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT ------ RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION INTO THE STATES 1921
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ------ ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & PEACE (PRESIDENT WILSON)
21ST AMENDMENT ------ REPEALED 18TH AMENDMENT, MADE ALCOHOL LEAGAL
HARLEM RENAISSANCE ------ FLOWERING OF AF. AM. ARTISTIC CREATIVITY DURING 1920'S IN HARLEM, NEW YORK
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL ------ SECRETAY OF THE INTERIOR ALBERT B. FALLS SECRET LEASING OF OIL RICH PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES IN RETURN FOR MONEY$
RED SCARE ------ A PERIOD OF GENERAL FEAR OF COMMUNISUM
ARMISTICE ------ A TRUCE OR AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING
JAZZ ------ A STYLE OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF IMPROVISATION. LEWI ARMSTRONG & JOE "KING" OLIVER
WILLIAM TWEED ------ BOSS TWEED...HEAD OF TAMMY HALL. CORRUPT POLITIANS 
BROOKER T. WASHINGTON ------ BELIEVED RACISM WOULDD END ONCE BLACKS AQUIRED USEFUL SKILLS & ECONOMIC VALUE
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ------ USED A TRUST TO GAIN CONTROL OF OIL INDUSTRY IN AMERICA
SUSAN B. ANTHONY ------ LEADER OF WOMANS SUFFERAGE
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN ------ ELECTION OF 1896: PROSECUTER
"BIG FOUR" AT VERSAILLES ------ WILSON (US), CLEMENCEAU (FRANCE), LLOYDE GEORGE (BRITAIN), ORLANDO (ITALY)
SACCO & VANZETTI ------ CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND MURDER OF FACTORY; JURY HAD NO EVIDENCE
JOHN T. SCOPES ------ BIOLOGY TEACHER WANTED TO TEACH EVOLUTION, FOUND GUILT; CHARGED $100
BABE RUTH ------ NEW YORK YANKEES SLUGGER: GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYER
HENRY FORD ------ OPENED AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLLY LINE TO BLACK WORKERS
HENRY BESSEMER ------ INVENTED STEEL: REMOVED CARBON FROM IRON WHICH MADE IT LIGHTER AND FLEXIBLE
WARREN G. HARDING ------ KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT (RENOUNCED WAR AS A MEANS OF NATIONAL POLICY) DAWES PLAN (SOLVED POST WAR DEBT: US PAID ITS SELF) HIS EMPLOYEES WERE ILLIGALY SELLING GOV SUPPLIES
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT ------ MADE TRUSTS ILLEGAL
GRAFT ------ THE ILLIGAL USE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE FOR PERSONAL GAIN
PATRONAGE ------ THE GIVING OF GOVERNMENT JOBS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD HELPED A CANDIDATE GET ELECTED
JIM CROW LAWS ------ SOUTHERN STATES PASSED RACIAL SEGREGATION LAWS TO SEPERATE WHITE & BLACK PEOPLE IN PUBLIC & PRIVATE PLACES
PLESSY V. FERGUSON ------ SUPREME COURT CASE UPHELD SEGREGATION 1896, RULED BLACK COULD BE "SEPARATE BU EQUAL" (BLACKS LIVED AS 2ND CLASS CITIZENS FOR 100 YRS AFTER CIVIL WAR) 
"BULLY PULPIT" ------ ROOSEVELT SAW PRESIDENCY AS THAT...(HE ALSO SQUARE DEAL)
YELLOW JOURNALISM ------ A SENSATIONAL STYLE OF WRITING; WHICH EXAGGERATED THE NEWS TO LUKE & ENRAGE READERS
AMENDMENTS ------ 13TH 14TH15TH16TH17TH18TH19TH21ST
THE JUNGLE ------ EXPOSED CORRUPTION, FILTH IN FOOD INDUSTRY
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TREATY ------ TREATY OF PARIS 1898, USS MAINE WAS EXPLODED WHILE IN CUBA, HAVANA
NATIONALISM ------ DEVOTION TO THE INTERESTS AND CULTURE OF ONES NATION
IMPERIALISM ------ BUILDING OF INTERNATIONAL COLONIES/INTERESTS
MILITARISM ------ ARMIES AS A POLITICAL TOOL, STOCKPILED WEAPONS
ALLIANCE SYSTEM ------ TEAMED COUNTRIES FOR DEFENSE/WAR

Side A ------ Side B
COMSTOCK LODE ------ 1ST MAJOR DISCOVERY OF SILVER ORE
HOMESTEAD ACT ------ GAVE 160 ACRES TO ANYONE WHO CULTIVATED/LIVED ON LAND FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS
DAWS ACT ------ "AMERICANIZE": N.AM. BY DISTIBUTING RESERVATION LAND TO INDIVIDUAL OWNERS
LAISSEZ FAIRE ------ POLICY OF NON-INTERFEARENCE IN TRADE
VERTICAL INTEGRATION (BUSINESS) ------ COMPANYS TAKE OVER SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS TO GAIN CONTROL
GOSPEL OF WEALTH ------ ESSAY WRITTEN BY ANDREW CARNIGIE, HIS BELIFE THAT THE WEALTHY SHOULD HELP THE POOR
ELLIS ISLAND ------ NEW YORK IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING WHO COMES IN OR NOT. (EAST COAST)
ANGEL ISLAND ------ CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR CONTROLLING IMMIGRANTS. (WEST COAST) ASIANS
NATIVISTS ------ FAVORING NATIVE BORN PEOPLE OVER FOREIGN BORN PEOPLE
INDIVIDUALISM  ------ ON THEIR OWN, OWN IDEAS
PENDLETON ACT ------ STOPPED PATRONAGE
POPULIST PARTY ------ PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN GOVERNMENT
BLACKLIST ------ LIST OF 500 ACTORS, WRITERS, PROUCERS...THAT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON FILMS B/C COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY ------ U.S. POLICY USING ECONOMIC POWER TO EXERT INFLUENCE OVER OTHER COUNTRIES (TAFT)
PLATT AMENDMENT ------ ALLOWED U.S. TO INTERVEAR IN CUBAN AFFAIRS WITH MILITARY. OWN GOVERNMENT BUT MUST HAVE PERMISSON FROM U.S.
"BIG STICK" POLICY ------ BIG ARMY BUT PEACEFULL: BE READY TO FIGHT BUT DON'T START ANYTHING
OPEN DOOR POLICY  ------ GRANTED EQUAL TRADE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL COUNTRIES
MUCKRAKERS ------ MAGAZINE JOURNALIST WHO EXPOSE THE CORRUPT SIDE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC LIFE
NAACP ------ PROMOTE FULL RACIAL EQUALITY(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE)
DIRECT PRIMARY ------ VOTERS WHO DIRECTLY SELECTED CANIDATES WHO WILL RUN FOR OFFICE
16TH AMENDMENT ------ FEDERAL INCOME TAX: PROVIDED REVENUE
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES ------ UPHEALD ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917 AND DEFENDEDET DIDNT HAVE 1ST AMEND...RIGHT TO EXPRESS FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN WWI 
GREAT MIGRATION ------ LARGE MOVEMENT OF AF.AM. FROM SOUTH TO NORTH CITIES
ALLIED POWERS ------ GREAT BRITIAN, FRANCE, ITALY, RUSSIA, U.S.
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM ------ GERMANY SENT MEXICO A LETTER TO JOIN THEM AS AN ALLIE HOWEVER U.S. INTERCEPTED IT & DECODED IT, STOPPING THEM
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ------ INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE US GOV. TO INFLUENCE US PUBLIC OPINION REGUARDING AM. PARTICIPATION IN WWI
ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS ------ 2 LAWS IMPOSED HARSH PENALTIES ON ANYONE INTERFEARING OR SPEAKING AGAINST US PARTICIPATION IN WWI
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY ------ ADDED TO MONROE DOCTRINE; US HAD RIGHTS TO PROTECTION OF ECONOMY BY MILITARTY
EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT ------ RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION INTO THE STATES 1921
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ------ ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & PEACE (PRESIDENT WILSON)
21ST AMENDMENT ------ REPEALED 18TH AMENDMENT, MADE ALCOHOL LEAGAL
HARLEM RENAISSANCE ------ FLOWERING OF AF. AM. ARTISTIC CREATIVITY DURING 1920'S IN HARLEM, NEW YORK
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL ------ SECRETAY OF THE INTERIOR ALBERT B. FALLS SECRET LEASING OF OIL RICH PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES IN RETURN FOR MONEY$
RED SCARE ------ A PERIOD OF GENERAL FEAR OF COMMUNISUM
ARMISTICE ------ A TRUCE OR AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING
JAZZ ------ A STYLE OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF IMPROVISATION. LEWI ARMSTRONG & JOE "KING" OLIVER
WILLIAM TWEED ------ BOSS TWEED...HEAD OF TAMMY HALL. CORRUPT POLITIANS 
BROOKER T. WASHINGTON ------ BELIEVED RACISM WOULDD END ONCE BLACKS AQUIRED USEFUL SKILLS & ECONOMIC VALUE
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ------ USED A TRUST TO GAIN CONTROL OF OIL INDUSTRY IN AMERICA
SUSAN B. ANTHONY ------ LEADER OF WOMANS SUFFERAGE
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN ------ ELECTION OF 1896: PROSECUTER
"BIG FOUR" AT VERSAILLES ------ WILSON (US), CLEMENCEAU (FRANCE), LLOYDE GEORGE (BRITAIN), ORLANDO (ITALY)
SACCO & VANZETTI ------ CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND MURDER OF FACTORY; JURY HAD NO EVIDENCE
JOHN T. SCOPES ------ BIOLOGY TEACHER WANTED TO TEACH EVOLUTION, FOUND GUILT; CHARGED $100
BABE RUTH ------ NEW YORK YANKEES SLUGGER: GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYER
HENRY FORD ------ OPENED AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLLY LINE TO BLACK WORKERS
HENRY BESSEMER ------ INVENTED STEEL: REMOVED CARBON FROM IRON WHICH MADE IT LIGHTER AND FLEXIBLE
WARREN G. HARDING ------ KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT (RENOUNCED WAR AS A MEANS OF NATIONAL POLICY) DAWES PLAN (SOLVED POST WAR DEBT: US PAID ITS SELF) HIS EMPLOYEES WERE ILLIGALY SELLING GOV SUPPLIES
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT ------ MADE TRUSTS ILLEGAL
GRAFT ------ THE ILLIGAL USE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE FOR PERSONAL GAIN
PATRONAGE ------ THE GIVING OF GOVERNMENT JOBS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD HELPED A CANDIDATE GET ELECTED
JIM CROW LAWS ------ SOUTHERN STATES PASSED RACIAL SEGREGATION LAWS TO SEPERATE WHITE & BLACK PEOPLE IN PUBLIC & PRIVATE PLACES
PLESSY V. FERGUSON ------ SUPREME COURT CASE UPHELD SEGREGATION 1896, RULED BLACK COULD BE "SEPARATE BU EQUAL" (BLACKS LIVED AS 2ND CLASS CITIZENS FOR 100 YRS AFTER CIVIL WAR) 
"BULLY PULPIT" ------ ROOSEVELT SAW PRESIDENCY AS THAT...(HE ALSO SQUARE DEAL)
YELLOW JOURNALISM ------ A SENSATIONAL STYLE OF WRITING; WHICH EXAGGERATED THE NEWS TO LUKE & ENRAGE READERS
AMENDMENTS ------ 13TH 14TH15TH16TH17TH18TH19TH21ST
THE JUNGLE ------ EXPOSED CORRUPTION, FILTH IN FOOD INDUSTRY
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TREATY ------ TREATY OF PARIS 1898, USS MAINE WAS EXPLODED WHILE IN CUBA, HAVANA
NATIONALISM ------ DEVOTION TO THE INTERESTS AND CULTURE OF ONES NATION
IMPERIALISM ------ BUILDING OF INTERNATIONAL COLONIES/INTERESTS
MILITARISM ------ ARMIES AS A POLITICAL TOOL, STOCKPILED WEAPONS
ALLIANCE SYSTEM ------ TEAMED COUNTRIES FOR DEFENSE/WAR