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| was originally known as railroad time that set up four time zones (east, central, mountain, and pacific) in our country one hour apart. |
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| wrote an article on the effects of the closing of the frontier in America |
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| the Settlement House in London visited by Jane Adams |
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| restricted Japanese immigration |
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| a Scottish immigrant and responsible for the American library system |
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| helped organize National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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| organized the Niagara Movement |
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| established land-grant colleges |
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| As President of the Women's Temperance Union, ____________ worked for women's suffrage |
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| responsible for the "Gentlemen's Agreement" |
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| The English railroad inventor of Standard Guage |
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| founder of Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co |
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| known as a giant of finance |
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| University of Chicago was established by generous donation from _______________ |
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| founded the Tuskegee institute in Alabama |
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| Pools, Trusts, Price Fixing |
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| _______, ________, ________, were all techniques that were used in organizing business to restrict |
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| granted lands to the states from the public domain to support new state colleges |
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| famous Yale professor of chemistry, hired by George Bissell to find out what else rock oil might be good for |
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| The first and most famous trust company was Rockefeller's ___________ |
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| Nicknamed the wizard, _______________ was a great inventor, and also developed electric light |
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| built the St. Louis Bridge |
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| Built the Brooklyn Bridge |
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| In 1842 the Supreme Court ruling in _______________ legalized trade unions |
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| Abstinence from alcohol to protect the home and Chrstian life was known as the ____________ |
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| pioneer in the meat-packing industry |
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| Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the ___________ industry |
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| J.P. Morgan made his fortune in the _____________ industry |
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All of the followin were forms of business consolidation exept:
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| Who was most responsible for the spread of the free public library? |
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| Sometimes called a pirate, the following person was considered a giant of finance. |
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| The new time system adopted in 1883 was called |
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| The first transcontinental railroad was completed in |
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(Remember: "Only a SILLY MAN would teach chemistry at Yale") |
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| The Yale professor of chemistry who found valuable uses for the newly found oil |
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| John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Andrew Carnegie all made fortunes because of their skill in _______ |
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| the book Hitler wrote while in prison that became the Nazi bible |
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| Signed in 1938 between Great Britain, Germany, and france, _____________ gave part of Czechoslovakia to Germany. Neville Chamberlain (P.M. of Britain) said it guaranteed "peace in our time" |
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| When the British Government falls ______________ is appointed Prime Minister in 1940 |
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| Fought May 7-8, 1942, _________________ caused heavy losses on both sides. However both sides also claimed victoryas the japanese won a tactical victory because they sank U.S. carrier Lexington. While the American claimed a strategic victory by stopping Japans drive towards America |
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| In the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, the 101st Airborne Division, under the command of General ___________, made its heroic stand. Although surrounded by Germans they held them off long enough to be relieved by the Third Army |
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| Italian leader, who on April 28, 1945 was captured, tortured, and hung upside down in Italy |
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| Franklin Roosevelt passed away due to a stroke while on vacation on April 12, 1945 and ____________ was sworn in as President of the United States |
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| General _____________ led American ground troops in the Pacific |
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| Fought on December 16, 1944, ___________ was the Germans final desperate bid to break the Allies. The Germans attacked with two armies hoping to take Antwerp (the main Allied base) |
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| Republican Senator from Wisconsin, who in a speech given on February 9, 1950 in West Virginia claimed that the U.S. State department was infested with Communism |
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| The struggle between Communism and the Capitalist nations |
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| had eleven (later fifteen) members. Of these the Big Five (U.S., Britain, The Soviet Union, France, and China) had permanent seats and the right to a Veto. The other six members were elected to two year terms and had no veto. |
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| the U.S. minister-counselor in Moscow that warned about Russian Communist intentions to take over the world |
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| stated that it must be the policy of the U.S. to support free peoples who are resisting subjection or outside pressure to let them work out their problems in their own way. This also becomes a guide to foreign policy for generations |
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| created a monopoly for the Federal government's control of fissionable materials (uranium and plutonium) |
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| created a monopoly for the Federal government's control of fissionable materials (uranium and plutonium) |
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| Aimed to achieve a better balance between labor and management |
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| During 1947-1948 Truman sent bills to congress for his __________. Most were extensions of the New Deal and for better civil rights laws |
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| Signed into law on April 3, 1948, ___________ was the idea to help Europe with substantial gifts to prevent economic, social, and political problems and to provide monetary aid to prevent hunger, poverty, and chaos |
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| On June 2, 1048, Russia banned all traffic between the western zone and Berlin |
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| former U.S. ally driven from power in China and banished to Taiwan |
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| Chinese communist that took over after U.S. ally was driven out of power |
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| Passed in 1950, the _____________ stated that all communist organizations had to register with the Attorney General |
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| imprisoned by Japanese, then came to America and studied at Harvard and Princeton. Struggled for Korean freedom for 50 years and was elected president of South Korea |
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| When Russia retained its hold over the Baltic republics (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania) Winston Churchill warned that a ____________ has descended across the continent |
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| Born an Austrian, would rise from army corporal to the most destructive dictator of modern times. Creator of the NAZI party |
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| (lighting war) Hitler's war strategy |
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| intercepted German message by radar and helped British prepare for air attacks |
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| German and Italian forces in North Africa were led by the "Desert Fox" General _____________ |
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| Allied forces in North Africa were led by General ________ |
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| led Allied forces in Western Europe |
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| In the _________ 500,000 German soldiers were punished for war crimes. |
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| In 1928 a renunciation of war was signed in Paris in the ___________ |
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| In the 1930's duties were boosted on a thousand items by the _________ |
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C. low-income housingThe Social Security Act provided all of the following except:
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Which of the following is an accomplishment of the New Deal?
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B. Balanced federal budget
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| ...national concern shifted to overseas aggression |
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| The New Deal came to an end in 1938 because... |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| To regulate the stock market and to prevent abuses by sellers of stocks and bonds, Congress in 1934 set up the ___________________ |
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| The Glass-Steagall Act reformed the ___________ |
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| The 21st Amendment ended ____________ |
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| National Recovery Administration (NRA) was unconstitutional |
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| In Schechter v. U.S., the Supreme Court declared that the... |
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