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| What was a hull house and who developed it? |
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| Hull house is a settlement house and Jane Adams developed it. |
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| Who wrote the book How the Other half Live? |
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| What was life like for urban Immigrants After coming through Ellis Island? |
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| Life for the immigrants after coming through Ellis Island was families often lived all in one room and sometimes shared a room with another family. |
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| What did the Chinese Exclusion Act Do? |
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| The Chinese exclusion act prohibited the immigration of Chinese Laborers or ten years. |
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| Describe the concept of social Darwinism? |
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| Social Darwinism is the Philosophy justified the fact that immigrants and minorities failed inequality and numerous hardships as the difference between the wealthy and the poor increased |
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| What did the Gospel of wealth state and who was responsible for it? |
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| Encouraged wealthy businessmen to use their fortunes in ways that would benefit society and Carnegie |
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| Bussiness owners who engaged in unfair or anti- competitive business practices. |
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| Why did the Pullman Strike occur? |
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| Because Pullman decided to cut the salaries by 25% and kept food prices high so workers basically couldnt live |
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| He founded the American Federation of Jabon. |
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| What is Thomas Nast known for? |
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| For his Political cartoons |
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| What was the Haymarket Riot? |
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| Where police came and broke up a group and a bomb was being thrown at the police that killed seven. |
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| Describe the Homestead Strike? |
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| The last strike of the 1800's occured in 1894. Workers at the Pullman palace car company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. |
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| What did the Pendleton Act accomplish? |
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Reformed the Civil service system.
Ex.Required that people be hired for federal jobs based on thier qualifications instead of their political ties. |
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| Republican supporters of cleveland |
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| Political machines dominated local politics in many cities throughout the 19th century |
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| What were the arguments given for imperialism? |
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| Northerners were opposed to acquiring more territory in the west bc of salvery. |
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| What was the "White Man's Burden?' |
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| Justification for American Imperialism. |
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| What was the direct cause of the Spanish-American war? |
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| Yellow Journalism was the major casue including the sinking of the Maine ship. |
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| Who were the rough riders? |
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| U.S volunteer canary regiment under Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American war |
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| What did the Roosevelt Corollary state? |
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| It was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, and it said the the U.S. would intervene in the finances of smaller countries in the western hemisphere. |
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| What was the Boxer Rebellion? |
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| A Chinese uprise against foreign nation's supporters of the rebellion believe foreign nations had been exploiting the country. |
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| Define " Open Door Policy" |
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| Great Britain, France, and Germany controlled trade in a certain section of China. |
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| What was the Platt Amendement? |
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1)Cuba couldn't make any treaty with another nation that would weaken its independence
2) Cuba had to allow the U.S. to buy or lease naval stations in Cuba
3)Cuba's debts had to be kept low to prevent foreign countries from landing troops to enforce payment
4) The U.S. would have the right to intervene to protect Cuban independence and keep order |
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| Describe Big stick diplomacy? |
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| Roosevelt foreign policy was called the "big stick: diplomacy. He especially used this policy when dealing with Europe and Latin America. |
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| What was dollar diplomacy? |
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| a policy of joining the business interest of a country with its diplomatic interest aboard. |
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| an officer in the U.S. Navy War College, 1890 he published the book "The Influence of Sea Power upon History." |
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| the transaction in 1867 where the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia. |
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| How did yellow journalism affect the Spanish-American war? |
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| type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers |
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| What was the Treaty of Paris,1898? |
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| signed on December 10, 1898, and it gained Cuba's independence from Spain, the U.S. obtained the Philippines for $20 million and Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to he U.S. |
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| What were muckrakers? Name one famous muckraker and what they wrote. |
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| a journalist who undercover abuses and corruption in a society. Jacob Reis was on and he worte " How the Other Half Lives." |
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| What were the basic beliefs of the progressives? |
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1) Protecting Social Welfare
2) Fostering efficiency
3) Moral improvement
4) Economic Reform |
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| What was the effect of the fire at the triangle shirtwaist factory? |
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| New York City created a Factory Investigating Commission and the state passed 36 new laws reforming the labor code |
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| Who was the creator of the Federal Reserve System and what is its purpose? |
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| central banks of the U.S. it includes 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state- chartered commercial banks and some trust companies |
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| What did the following amendements of the progressive era do-15th, 16th, 17th, 18th? |
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15th: the right of citizens of the U.S. to vote should not be denied by the U.S. bases on color, race ,or previous condition of servitude. Congress should have power to enforce article by appropriate legislation
16th: Congress should have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any source
17th: Direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote
18th: Excludes alcohol (repealed by the 21th Amendment) |
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| What was the major difference in beliefs between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois? |
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| The had different philosophies regarding education, work, and politics (civil rights) |
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| W.E.B DuBois was a major contributor to the creation of what organization in 1905? |
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| NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) |
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| What was the effect of the assembly line on American life? |
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| loss of trade skills among workers, potential for the decreased in pay among workers, Less energy goes into training and therefore less value can be placed on the worker |
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| What was the purpose of the Mann-Elkins Act |
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| regulated railroads and communications. It was a law that is extended the authority if the Interstate Commerce Commission to include communications |
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| Name 2 ways in which African Americans were disenfranchised in the early to mid-20th century? |
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Poll taxes
Economic intimidation
Grandfather clauses |
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| What were the 4 major reasons for the occurrence of ww1? |
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| Four main reasons for ww1 Militarism, Alliances, Impeerialism, and Nationalism. |
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| Who was included in the Triple Entente/ Triple Alliance? |
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TE- Britain, France, Russia
TA- Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary |
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| What did the Zimmerman Telegram propose? |
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| A message from the German foreign secretary to the President of Mexico proposing an alliance in 1917 |
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| Who was jeannette Rankin? |
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| A social worker and an active member of the women suffrage movement. Elected to the US House of Representatives in 1916, She introduced in the first bill to give women the vote. |
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| Who made up the allied powers? Central Powers? |
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AP-England, France, and Russia
CP-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
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| Who was Henry Cabot Lodge< and what was his belief about Americans position in WW1? |
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| Used his powerful position to oppose Wilson's plans for the US participationin the League of Nations. |
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| Field of battle between the lines of two opposing entrenched armies. |
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| Who made up the Big Four and where did they meet? |
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| U.S, Britain, italy, France |
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| What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Acts? |
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| The purpose was to make sure that nobody direspected the government or the efforts of war. |
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| What did the 14th point of the 14 points call for? |
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| A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial intergrity to grate and small states alike. Which pretty much means: The league of Nations should be formed. |
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| What is the name of the treaty for WW1? |
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| What was the decision in the Supreme Court case of Schenck v. U.S.? |
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| Schenck's criminal conviction was constitutional. |
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| What event is seen as the direct cause of WW1? |
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| National Alliances and yellow journalism was invloved and the sinking of the lustaina. |
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| Who were Sacco and Vanzetti and what was the importance of thier case? |
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| Plain courier robbery, not a sedition case it came to be treated by flaks and partisans for both sides. |
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| What were the Palmer Raids? |
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| Involved mass arrest and depravation of radicals at the height of the post. |
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