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61 Cards in this Set
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What amendment prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol?
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18th
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Who was a skyscraper architect?
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Louis Sullivan
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What was the first state to grant women voting rights? |
Wyoming |
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Who was one of the earliest progressive leader?
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Robert M. La Follette
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What city was destroyed by a fire in 1871 that led to the architecture of the modern skyscraper? |
Chicago
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Who is known as the Hoosier poet?
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James Whitcomb Riley
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What Union general led the March to the Sea from Atlanta? |
William Sherman |
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Who is considered the Father of Progressive Education? |
John Dewy |
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What President proposed the League of Nations??
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Woodrow Wilson
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What is Elisha Otis remembered for inventing? |
safety elevator |
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_____ tells a story using the scenery, customs, and dialect of a particular region of the country. |
Local color |
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____ built the largest steel manufacturer in the world. |
Andrew Carnegie |
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____ founded the Hull House to help improve living conditions for women. |
Jane Addams |
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In the Zimmermann note ____ promised land from the United States to Mexico. |
Germany |
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The Teller Resolution stated that the United States intended only to free ____. |
Cuba |
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The first major battle of the Civil War was at ____. |
Bull Run |
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President McKinley passed an act that made ____ the only standard for monetary value. |
gold |
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The ____ Amendment gave Congress the power to tax personal incomes. |
16th |
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_____ was the first commercial broadcasting station. |
KDKA |
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The ____ Party was the first to express that the government could solve practically all problems. |
Populist |
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Who was the first U.S. Vice President to sit in on cabinet meetings? |
Calvin Coolidge |
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Who defended the Bible and won the Scopes trial? |
Williams Jennings Bryan |
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Who is remembered as the March King? |
John Philip Sousa |
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Who was the baseball evangelist from 1900's? |
Billy Sunday |
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What country pulled out of World War I with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? |
Russia |
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Why is the Age of Industry also called the Gilded Age? |
Although modern conveniences of industry were enjoyed,corruption plagued society and politics. |
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According to Booker T. Washington, what is the best way to be successful? |
Hard work provides the avenue for success. |
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set a precedent for government regulation of business |
Sherman Antitrust Act |
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balanced the upset between slave and free states |
Compromise of 1850 |
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offered land and citizenship to the had of an Indian family |
Dawes Act |
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controlled immigration of Japanese laborers to the United States |
Gentleman's Agreement |
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provided for Cuban independence |
Platt Amendment |
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Number the following events in order they occurred.
end the Civil War sinking of the Titanic completion of the first transcontinental railroad Spanish-American War the United States enters World War I |
1 - end the Civil War -1865
4 - sinking of the Titanic -1912 2 - completion of the first transcontinental railroad - 1869 3 - Spanish-American War - 1898 5 - the United States enters World War I - 1917 |
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Number the following events in order they occurred. beginning of the Civil War compromise to end Reconstruction end of World War I Emancipation Proclamation |
1 - beginning of the Civil War -1861
3 - compromise to end Reconstruction - 1877 4 - end of World War I - 1918 2 - Emancipation Proclamation - 1863 |
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greatest war hero from Word War I |
Alvin York |
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one of the first men to reach the North Pole |
Robert Peary |
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formed the Standard Oil Company |
John D. Rockefeller |
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found the NAACP |
W.E.B. Du Bois |
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established the first successful labor union |
Samuel Gompers |
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founder of the Grange |
Oliver Kelley
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represented South Carolina |
John C. Calhoun |
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proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Stephen Douglas |
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Why did the United States hold onto several Pacific islands after the Spanish-American War? |
To prepare them for self-government |
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Why did the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact fail to prevent war? |
They ignored the sin nature. |
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How did false philosophies such as Modernism and evolution affect the United States? |
Although many Americans rejected false philosophies during the 19th century, many began to accept them in the 20th century. |
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first to be impeached |
Andrew Johnson |
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served as President during the Civil War |
Abraham Lincoln |
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supported Dollar Diplomacy |
William Taft |
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popularized the progressive movement |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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served two terms nonconsecutively |
Grover Cleveland |
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What state was admitted to the Union during the Civil War? |
West Virginia |
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Who made the first nonstop transatlantic flight? |
Charles Lindbergh |
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Who was the greatest inventor America has ever produced? |
Thomas Edison
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What U.S. amendment outlawed slavery? |
13th Amendment |
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Who was the Union commanding officer at the end of the Civil War? |
Ulysses Grant |
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What senator declared his loyalty to the Union in the Seventh of March Speech? |
Daniel Webster |
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What economic system successfully affected the Age of Industry in the United States? |
capitalism or free enterprise |
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What act created a privately controlled central banking system under the sponsorship of the government? |
Federal Reserve Act |
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What organization was created by leaders of Communism that met Moscow? |
Third International |
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What act required men of specific ages to register with local drafts boards? |
Selective Service Act |
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Belize Gulf of Panama Lake Nicaragua Panama Canal Gulf of Honduras Guatemala Honduras Costa Rica |
6 - Belize
1 - Gulf of Panama 4 - Lake Nicaragua 5 - Panama Canal 2 - Gulf of Honduras 7 - Guatemala 8 - Honduras 11 - Costa Rica |