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| What are the Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution? |
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13th - ended slavery
14th - equal protection under the law
15th - further protection of voting rights of African Americans |
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| Discriminatory laws that limited the freedoms and rights of African Americans |
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| Supreme Court case in 1896 that set up the "separate by equal" policy for treatment of African Americans |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
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| The Supreme Court case in 1954 that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. |
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| The three main industries on the Great Plains between 1877-1899. |
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| Ranching, Farming and Mining |
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| What discoery in South Dakota gave cause for the Native Americans to be moved further west. |
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Why did farmers on the Great Plains build sod houses?
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| There was a great shortage of trees. |
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| What new technology was developed to help setle the GReat Plains of America? |
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| Barbed wire, steel plows, windmills, dry farming |
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| What two major things contributed to the end of the Open Range on the Great Plains? |
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| The increase of farmers and the use of barbed wire to mark off their land. |
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| Was the US's policy toward Native Americans between 1877 and 1899. It was an attempt to assimilate Native Americans into American life by encouraging them to to accept individual ownership of land and become farmers. |
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| Native Americans were forced to leave their tribal lands and leave on Government property called? |
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| Where was the largest concentration of Indian reservations found in the U.S.? |
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| What group of people were encouraged to come to American to help build the transcontinental railroad? |
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| In the mid 1800's what were the most common types of transportation found in the U.S.? |
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| What was the main reason for the Chinese Exclusion Act? |
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| It was to limit the number of Chinese entering the country to reduce competition for jobs and housing |
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| What was the Gilded Age in American History? |
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| It was the time period after reconstruction and refers to the corruption of politics and big buisness |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act |
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| Passed to reduce corruption in the provision of Gov't jobs |
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| The method used by govt officials to give federal govt jobs to people who help them get elected. |
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| What word means to have two metals as the basis of money |
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| What was the main form of tranpsportation that helped settle the west between 1877-1899? |
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| What political party was in favor of free coinage of silver? |
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| Which labor union was assoicated with the violence of the Haymarket Square Riot? |
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| Where were the "New Immigrants" into America between 1877-1899 vrom? |
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| Souther and Eatern Europe |
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| In what port of entry to the United States did the "New Immigrants" travel through? |
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| Ellis Island in New York City |
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| What was the title given to the political groups in the city who took advantage of the situation the immigrants found themselves in to help get elected? |
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| Who made the "Cross of Gold" speech? |
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| What is the major event which most contribue to the passing of the PendletonCivil Service Act? |
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| Assassination of President Garfield |
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| What are three very general goals of labor unions? |
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| Increase pay, improve working conditions and fewere working hours |
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| What was the battle cry for the American people during the Spanish American War? |
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| List 5 goals of the Populist party |
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| regulate railroads, lower shipping rates,free silver, set up an income tax, direct election of senators |
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| poilcy where governemnts do not get involved in the regulation of big business |
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| What three land areas did the U.S. gain as a result of the Spanish-American War? |
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| Guam, Puerto Rico, Philliippines |
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| What man believed inthe Gospel of Wealth? |
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| Theory of business that beleilves the strongest business will survive and prosper even during the hardest times |
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| List 4 abuses conducted by the railroads during the mid to late 1800's |
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| Rebates, pooling, price fixing, long-short hauls |
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| The Populist party was made up of people who were of what occupation? |
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| List four causes of the Spanish-American War |
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| Free Cuba, sinking of the Maine, yellow journalism, imperialism |
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| U.S. Policy for China in the mid to late 1800's that stated all countries should be able to trade with all parts of China |
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| How did immigrants give power to the political machines? |
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| The immigrants voted for the person who would help them the most within their areas of need. |
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| What was the first govt regulatory agency that dealt with railroad abuses? |
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| International Commerce Commission |
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| Lis the four MAIN causes of WWI |
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| militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
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| What two laws were created in the U.S. as a result of the publication of the expose novel "The Jungle" |
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| Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act |
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| What was the name for President Wilson's "plan for peace" after WWI? |
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| What amendment set up or established for the direct election of U.S. Senators? |
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| What man stressed that African AMericans be trained for skilled manual labor? |
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| What woman was credited for the settlement house in Chicago known as the "Huddle House"? |
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| What statement by Teddy Roosevelt increased U.S. Involvment in foreign affairs in Latin America by making the U.S. a sort of international police force? |
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| " SPeak Softly but carry a Big Stick" |
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| What political documentation did Teddy Roosevelt create to give U.S. "the right" to be invovled in Latin American Affairs? |
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| Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine |
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| What did Woodrow Wilson insist be past of the Treaty of Versailles after the end of WWI to help end "all future wars"? |
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| What was the main way the U.S. govt helped pay for WWI? |
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| Major female contributor in the women suffrage movement between 1900 an 1919 |
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| Shipping lane opened through strait of Panama which increased the speed of shipping and decreased cost of shipping |
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| What Supreme Court case ruled that free speech could be limited in times of war because of the"clear and present danger test"? |
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| What was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's domestic program? |
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| What was the name for Teddy Roosevelt's foreign polciy |
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| What was the name for President Taft's foreign policy? |
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| Who invented the electric light bulb and started a company to seel electricity to homes and businesses? |
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| Who was assassinated at the beginning of WWI in Europe which is thought to be the "powder keg" that caused the start of WWI |
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| name given to the mass movement of African Americans north during WWI because of the increased opportunities in the factories of the north |
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| What politicla Act created the draft used to get men into the military to fight in WWI? |
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| Why didnt the U.S. Senate ratify the Treaty of Versailes ending WWI? |
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| Did not was to join the League of Nations and lose power(soverignty) to make foreign policy decisions (Art X of Constitution) |
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| What naval strategies used by the German navy eventually drew the U.S. into WWL? |
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| unrestricted german submarine warfare |
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| What technique of fighting became prevelant during WWI? |
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| Who was the leader of the American forces sent into Mexico to capture the "guerilla fighter" known as Pancho Villa? |
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| What country was forced to pay reparation after WWI |
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| What amendment did the Temperance Movement get added to the Constitution? |
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| What was the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution called? |
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| Why were industrialists against Progressive reforms? |
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| The reforms(social programs) cost money which cut into the profit being made by the industrialists |
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