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| What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau? |
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| Provided food, clothing, shelter, and education for freed slaves |
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What was the goal of the laws passed by Radical Republicans?
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| Help provided Civil Rights of African Americans |
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| What was President Lincoln's goal for reconstruction? |
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| Bring the country back together |
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| Why did many slaves become sharecroppers? |
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| They did not have money to buy land or start a business |
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| What did Plessy v. Ferguson decide? |
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| The rights provided by the 14th and 15th Amendments were limited in the south by what various things? |
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| KKK, Poll Tax, Literacy Tests, Black Codes, Jim Crowe Laws |
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| How did Rutherford B. Hayes become president? |
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| How did the Compromise of 1877 help the southern Democrats? |
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| Gained back control of southern politics |
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| What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and who did they benefit the most? |
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| Freed slaves gave them to civil rights, and right to vote. Benefitted African Americans |
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| After Reconstruction, how was life for African Americans in the south? |
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| Limited by Jim Crowe Laws, KKK, Poll Tax, Literacy Tests, etc. |
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| What two black educators believed that blacks should get an education? |
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| Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois |
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| In the late 1800s, railroads led to increased settlement of what part of the country? |
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| How did railroad companies contribute to the financial problems of the Midwestern farmers during the 1870s and 1880s? |
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| Charged them with high prices to move their goods |
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| Why was there a decline in buffalo population? |
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| Western settlers and railroads |
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| What did the Plains Indians use buffalo for? |
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| Food, shelter, clothing, etc. |
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| Wanted to change indians into farmers |
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| How did the railroad lead to industrial growth? |
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| Helped the growth of the industries |
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| What does the policy of laissez-faire mean? |
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| Hands off- no government intervention |
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| Controlling the ownership and distribution of a product |
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| How did industrialists like Rockefeller andCarnegie help society? |
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| Gave money to various causes Rockefeller Foundation |
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| Immigrants were attracted to cities because of what? |
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| How did the political machines increase their power in large cities? |
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| Promised jobs and things to immigrants |
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| What is meant by secret ballot? |
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| you can remove someone from office |
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| what is meant by referendum? |
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| you can have public vote on an issue or item |
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| what was the purpose of secret ballot, recall, and referendum? |
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| to get rid of political corruption |
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| how were workers treated in the late 1800s? |
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| very poorly low pay poor working conditions could be fined for joining unions |
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| why did workers form unions? |
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| strength in numbers. less chance of getting fired for speaking out |
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| what were working conditions like in the late 1800s? |
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| very unsafe with no regulations to protect workers |
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| What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? |
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| Discriminated against and resctricted immigration to U.S. |
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| What was the goal of the progressives? |
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| to improve working conditions and assist in social problems |
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| who was albert beveridge and what idd he belive? |
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| Imperalist who wanted to establish more trade and new markets worldwide |
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| What were the causes of the spanish american war? |
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| yellow journalism de lome letter expansionism assisting the cubans |
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| what aws yellow journalism? |
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| exaggerating reporting that led to support of the public for the spanish american war |
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| What were the results of the spanish american war? |
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| u.s. gained more land and naval bases |
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| what was dollar diplomacy? |
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| lending money to American businesses in other countries and controlling economy of other countries |
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| What was meant by Big Stick Diplomacy? |
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| protected business interests in latin america |
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| what was president teddy roosevelt's foreign policy toward latin america? |
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| monroe doctrine provides we protect interests in latin america |
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| what as the policy of the united states at the beginning of world war 1? |
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| what were the reasons for the u.s. entering world war 1? |
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| what group found job opportunities in the north during world war 1? |
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| what was the sedition acts? |
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| could not speak out against war |
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| what was the role of women during world war 1? |
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| working to support families and the war |
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| how did president wilson purpose to create lasting peace in the world? |
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| 14 points and league of nations |
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| how did the U.S. senate feel about the treaty of versailles? |
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| did not accept, did not want to be tied up to other nations |
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| the united states emerged from world war 1 as a what? |
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| what were some of the problems farmers faced in the 1920s? |
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| what right did the women's movement hep to get passed? |
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| what led to economic growth in the 1920s? |
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| more products and more corruption |
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| Immigration was limited during the 1920s for what reason? |
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| wanted to provide jobs for americans |
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| whad did the harlem renaissance symbolize? |
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| pride to african americans poetry, literature, and music etc. |
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| what were the palmer raids? |
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| to find communists who might try to destroy u.s. government |
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| favor those born in one's country |
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| what were the causes of the great depression? |
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| too much credit available over production buying stocks on margin etc. |
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| what was the scopes trial? |
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| pitted evolution the ory against beliefs of bible. conflicted with traditional values |
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| women of the 1920s who also went against tradition |
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| how did the american public feel about president hoover? |
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| did not like him; blamed him for depression |
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| what was a major difference between hoover and roosevelt's approach to the great depression? |
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| level of government involvement |
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