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Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by...
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social reformers
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All of the following countries came under some form of U.S. control as a result of the Spanish-American War except...
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Hawii
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The Roosevelt Corollary built upon the...
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Monroe Doctrine
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All of the following stimulated U.S. imprerialism except...
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a need for a new source of cheap labor
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While Cuba was in rebellion, Americans were angered bby a letter (delome) from the Spanish minister to the United States that accused McKinley of being...
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weak
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The Open Door policy was designed by President Theodore Roosevelt as a way fot the United States to further...
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its trade interests
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The United States gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by...
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encouraging and supporting Panamanian independence
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When cultures come together in America this is considered...
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a melting pot
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The Roosevelt Corollary was meant to...
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discourage European interference in the western hemisphere
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Which of the follwing is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
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it decreased Chinese immgration`
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The United States first instituted the Open Door Policy in...
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China
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What did Hawaii, Cuba, PUerto Rico and the Phillipines have in common?
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They were all forced to submit to U.S. authority
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He asked Congress to declare war on Spain
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William McKinley
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Soon after it was destroyedm the United States declared war on Spain.
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U.S.S. Maine
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It criticized the American president, causing American public opinion to turn against Spain
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De Lome Letter
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This natin gained its independence in thie Spanish-American-Cuban War
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Cuba
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Printing sensational exaggerated stories designed to sell newspapers
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Yellow journalism
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Invented the typewriter
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Christopher Sholes
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Invented the telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into sttel
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Henry Bessemer
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Introduced an efficient means of retieving oil from beneath the earth's surface
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Edwin Drake
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Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his reseach laboatory in Menlo Park, New Jersey
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Thomas Edison
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Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation
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Thomas Edison
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Who was a labor union organizer? (may be more than one answer)
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Eugene V. Debs, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
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At which place did a tragedy occur that led new York authorities to establish strict rules about fire codes, working hours, child labor, and other worker-related issues
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Triangle Shitwaist Factory
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Which was a technique used by labor unions in the lat 19th century to win workers' rights? (may be more than one answer)
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arbitration, collective bargaining
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Which of the following most freed manyfacturers from restrictions on where factories could be built?
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electricity
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Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?
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Government regulation
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Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except...
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Cutting the quality of his products
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In which of the following places did 150 female workers die in a fire?
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The triangle shirtwaist factory
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In the late 1800s collective bargaining was a technique used to
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win worker's rights
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During the latee 1800s, scabs were unpopular with other workers because scabs were
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part of management
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The use of standardized time that utilized time zones was introduced in order to benefit
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railroad companies and train travelers
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The term scabs is used to describe workers who
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pledge not to join unions
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How did the Sherman Antitrust Act affect labor unions?
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it restricted the types of actions that they could take
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John D. Rockefeller made his millions in
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oil
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The obber barons of the late 1800s were
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powerful industrialists
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A leader of the miners union
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Mother Jones
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Negotiation between groups
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collective bargaining
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Head of Standard Oil Company
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Rockefeller
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Situations in shich one company controlled an entire industry
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monopoly
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Theory that taught only the strong survive
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Social Darwinism
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Immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry
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Carnegie
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Railroad that crosses the entire country
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Transcontinental
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Sleeping car inventor
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George Pullman
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Banker who bought out Carnegie Steel
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Morgan
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Laws that oulaws trusts
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Sherman Anti-trust act
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Created time zones
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railroad times
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System based on government control of buisiness and property
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Socialism
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Corporation formed by seperate
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companies
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Goals of Progressive Reformers
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Protecting social warefare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, fosforing efficiency
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Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
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about poor working conditions in the meat packing industry led to the Meat Inspection Act
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Roosevelt mediated between labor and business leaders
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collective bargaining
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Federal Reserve Act
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national banking system established 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and availability of credit in the country
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Sixteenth Amendment authorizes income tax
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proviede revenue by taxing individual earnings and corporate profits
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First Flight
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Wright Brothers make first heavier than air flight
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Scientific Management
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The application of scientific methods to increase efficiency in the workplace
*this is one of the inspirations for the creation of assembly lines at the Ford Motor Company |
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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WWI Allies
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a group of nations orginally consisting of Great Britain, France and Russia and later joined by the United States, Italy and others that opposed the central powers
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Central Powers
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the group of nations led by Germany ,Austria-Hungary and the Otooman Empire that opposed the Allies in WWI
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"No Man's Land"
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an unoccupied region between opposing armies
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Trench Warefare
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military operations in which the opposing froces attack the counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield
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Zimmerman Note
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a message sent in 1917 by the German forign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico and Arizona if the United States entered WWI
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Militarism
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the develpment of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomace
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Heir to the Austrian throne, assasinated by teenage working for the serb "black hand"
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Lustinia
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A british Passenger ship that was sunk by German U-Boat in 1915
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Causes of WWI
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Militarism, system of Alliance, Imperialism, nationalism
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How long did WWI last
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four years, from 1914-1918
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How many nations were involved in WWI?
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30 from six different continents
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How many deaths were there in WWI?
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about 15 million
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How much did WWI cost?
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$350 billion
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Nationalism (cause of WWI)
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desire for freedom and self determination, ethnic groups banded together
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Imperialism (cause of WWI)
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The major Powers of the world (Germany, Japan, Great Britain, France and Russia) were competing for colonies to add to their empires
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System of alliances (cause of WWI)
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All of these mutual hostilities, jealousies, fears and desires led the nations of Europe to sign traties of assistance with one another
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Triple Entente (WWI)
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allies - France, Great Britain, Russia
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Triple Alliance (WWI)
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Central Powere came about (WWI)
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Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey
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Militarism
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Each nation wanted to keep its armed forces stronger than those of any potential enemy
*competition for international trade led to a naval arms race *Major countries strengthened their navies to protect their shipping routes |
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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obstructing the sale of government bonds, or saying disloyal, profane or abusive about the government or the war effort
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Neutrality in WWI
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Americans had sympathy for Great Britain and France byt still wanted to remain neutral
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German U-boats and convoy system
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German u-boat attacks decreased due to the change in tactic where ships gathered together for protection
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Selective Service act
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required men to register with boards
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Propaganda
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used to motivate the public to support the war effort
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Women in WWI
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took jobs that men drafted had left behind
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The Great Migration
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describes the mass migration of African Americans from the southern United States to the industrial centers of the Northeast and Midwest
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President During WWI
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Woodrow Wilson
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Prohibition
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manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal
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Prohibition- changes in American Society (name three)
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generated disrespect for the law, organized crime, speakeasies
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Isolationism
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Public was determined to avoid taking sides
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Flappers
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Free thinking woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920's
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Harlem Renaissance
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black cultural movenment music, literature and stage
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Scopes Trial
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Scope taught evolution in his biology class which led to his arrest with the rolw of science and religion in public schools
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1928 Presidential Election
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Herbert Hoover vs. Alfred E Smith
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