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| laws that restricted freedmens rights. |
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| What was the main goal of the KKK during reconstruction? |
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| To keep African Americans in the role of submissive labors. |
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| What was Lincoln's hope for reconstruction? |
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| What was the goal of the freedmen's Bureau? |
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| Help black southerners adjust to freedom. |
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| What were the main characteristics of agriculture in the South after the Civil War? |
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| Share cropping, and tennant farming |
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| How did Reconstruction end? |
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| Corruption, economy, violence, and the democrats returned. |
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| What prevented many poor white southern laborers from finding work? |
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| Immigrants, and African americans |
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| Afican American males could vote. |
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| Reconstruction succeeded in rebuilding many of the south's what? |
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| In what goals did reconstruction succeed? |
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| What made possible American industrial growth of the late 1800's? |
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| What revolutionized American communication in the late 1800's? |
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| the telegraph and the telephone. |
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| Promotes fair industrial competition. |
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| How did the Gov. respond to the pullmen strike? |
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| How did John D. Rockefeller gain control over much of the oil industry? |
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| Managing a trust made up of Standard oil and allied companies. |
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| What was the buisness cycle? |
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| Expansion followed by recession. |
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| Why did children work in factories during the late 1800's? |
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| Families needed the income to survive. |
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| Less of a cost on steel and iron. |
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| What is the theory of social Darwinism? |
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| What tactics did employers use to crush labor strikes? |
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| What was a major complaint of farmers in the late 1800s? |
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| Regulated prices railroads charged to move goods. |
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| Why did many African American Exodusters migrate west? |
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| What were the requirements an American had to meet to take advantage of the aHomestead act? |
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| 21 years old, citizen, build a house, and live in the house for 6 months out of the year. |
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| What was the major incentive in setteling in the west? |
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| What happened to many Native american nations as white settlers moved west? |
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| There land was being taken over and they had to move to reservations. |
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| Native americans were forced to adopt our culture. |
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| How did new technology help farmers on the Great Plains? |
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| less effort and more crops. |
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| What created the mining boom that started the cal. gold rush? |
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| The idea to get rich quick. |
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| In the 1800s, what was most often protected by American Presidents? |
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| What was the port of entry for most immigrants during the late 1800s |
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| What attracted many asians to the u.s. in the late 1800s? |
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| What resulted from immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs? |
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| Expansion of urban areas. |
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| Why did many immigrants support political machines? |
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| Because those people protected them. |
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| Pendleton Civil Service act: |
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| What immigrant group was the target of discrimination laws? |
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| What was the goal of both prohibitionists and pruity crusaders? |
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| to rid society of behavior they thought was immoral. |
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| What attracted many immigrants to the U.S.? |
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| A chance at a better life. |
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| Describe urban areas by the early 1900's |
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| Most of them were slums and tenements. |
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| By 1910 why did student attendence in school increase? |
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| Because by law they had to go to school. |
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| During the late 1800's and early 1900's what segment of American society was most likely to attend college? |
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| What was W.E.B. DuBois's view on African American education? |
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| Provide leadership in the fight for civil rights. |
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| Why did many women participate in volunteer organizations? |
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| To take steps to a public life. |
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| What was Booker T. Washington's view on African American Education? |
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| Economic security and vocational skills. |
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| How did minstrel shows portray African Americans? |
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| Used them as stereo types. |
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| Why was the NAACP formed? |
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| To fight discrimination through the courts. |
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| Gave U.S. equal access to china's consumers. |
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| Denied that the US wanted any more territory. |
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| How did the US aquire the panama canal zone? |
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| Why did European and American Imperialism grow? |
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| Stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations. |
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| A central American nation dominated by US business interests. |
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| What territories did the US aquire from Spain after the Spanish American war? |
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| Phillipeans, Puerto Rico, and Guam. |
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| Why did the US annex Hawaii? |
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| The US needed naval stations to protect its world trade. |
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| US navy sailed around the world to show how powerful their navy was. |
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| What did progressives believe was the rule of the federal goverment? |
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| Protect workers and help the poor. |
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| Regonized the federal banking system |
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| What issue sparked controversy between the Republican party and the President Taft? |
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| His handeling of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair. |
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| How did Wilson's reform platform during the 1912 election differ from that of Teddy Roosevelt's? |
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| Wilson promised to preserve free economic competition. |
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| A novel by Upton Sinclair |
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| Exposed political and business corruption. |
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| What role did the Federal government play in the economy during the war? |
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| Regulated the production of war goods. |
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| What were the long term causes of WWI? |
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| European nations created for their defense. |
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| German u-boats would warn ships before attacting. |
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| Why did the US enter the war? |
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| Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare. |
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| Drafting of young men for the military forces. |
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| What was the spark that started WWI? |
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| The assination of the arch Duke. |
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| Describe the death toll of WWI? |
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| Describe how Germany was treated as a result of the peace treaty |
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| They had to pay all repairations to the allies. |
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| What happened to Wilsons 14 points after he presented it to the US senate? |
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| Congress wanted to make some changes. |
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| Why was the development of mass media important? |
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| It helped sell more consumer goods. |
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| What were some of the results of prohibition? |
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| Violence and organized crime. |
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| What did Marcus Garvey do? |
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| He provided early inspiration for black pride movement. |
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| What did many Americans become fasinated with heros during the 1920's? |
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| They served them as role models. |
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| What was the Harlem renaissance? |
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| African American literacy movement centered in Harlem. |
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| What legal right was at issue during the scopes trial? |
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| Who were the main targets of the KKK terror? |
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| Catholics,Jews,Gays,and African Americans. |
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| What group of people suffered economically during the 1920's? |
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| Why didn't women vote at first? |
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| They weren't used to voting. |
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| Why did African Americans move North during the 1920's? |
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| What helped Americans purchase goods in the 1920's? |
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| Depends on a large amount of spending by consumers. |
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| Why did worker productivity increase during the 1920's? |
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| What industry did the most to boost other industries during the 1920's? |
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| What were the warning signs of an unsound economy? |
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| So many people were in debt from purchasing consumer goods by credit. |
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| What did Harding and Coolidge base their foreign policy on? |
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| 15 nations pledged not to use the threat of war in their dealings with each other. |
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