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On April 8th, 1904, ______ a series of agreements was signed between Britain and France in the concerns of their colonial expansions in Eastern Africa (Egypt)
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Entente Cordiale
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During the American Industrial Revolution, the country experienced an immigration wave mainly from which continent?
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Europe
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Which of the following is NOT one of the unions' goals in the late 19th century
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establish union-run factories
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Due to the collapse of agriculture prices in the late 1800s, _____ was founded in Lampasas, TX to promote higher prices through collective action by groups of farmers; it later turned into a political party called ________
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Farmer's Alliance, populist party
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Around 1890 a Native American prophet, Wovoka, introduced _______, a religious movement which preaches messages of clean living, an honest life, and cross cultural cooperation
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Ghost Dance Movement
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Each of these countries is correctly matched with its "blunder" before WWI except?
a) Russia-Russo-Japanese b) Britain-Boer War c)Italy-Battle of Adwa d) France-Alfred Dreyfuss affair |
c)Italy-Battle of Adwa
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Which of the following was a goal of farmer's unions?
a) teach scientific farming b) direct election of senators c. making the word 'cowboy' more politically correct d. both a & b |
both a && b
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What is the main idea of corporate law
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no one is directly responsible in a corporation
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What did the South do after the Civil War that angered the North?
a. passed the "black codes" b. attempted to industrialize c. formed organizations such as the KKK d. both a and c |
both a && c
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Many Northern Congressman just wanted to punish the South after the Civil War. Their view was been termed:
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radical reconstruction
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how does a Nationalist feel about their country?
a. love it or leave it b. we're better than everyone else c. god is on our side d. a, b, and c |
a, b, and c
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What was the one thing immigrants were asked to change during the industrialization
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language
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What was "bad" about Napoleonic Codes?
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debt is inherited and there is a mandatory dowry
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Chapter 7 of the outside reading (the Good Days they were terrible) tells us that in the 1880's Saloons outnumbered churches 1 to 735 because of the widespread of what in American society
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alcoholism
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What war was taken place in South Africa from 1880 to 1881 where settlers successfully resisted the British attempt to re-establish an independent republic?
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First Boer War
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Before the Russian Revolution of 1905, Russia was engaged in a war against which country where its great Baltic Fleet was destroyed?
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Japan
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Which 3 states complied with the 10% plan presented by Lincoln?
a. Colorado, Texas, Tennessee b. Tennessee, Colorado, Arkansas c. Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky d. Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee |
d. Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee
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Karl Marx came up with...
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Dialectic Materialism
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What did the Compromise of 1877 accomplish?
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officially ended reconstruction
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What did President Hayes do during his presidency?
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Withdrew troops from the South
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Which is not needed to industrialize?
a. nationalism b. new view of money c. legal structure d. strong but not too big military |
strong but not too big military
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The first wave of immigrants came from where?
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Northern Europe
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What was the only thing immigrants had to change after arriving to America?
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language
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In 1866 the first union was created, what was it?
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National Labor Union
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By the end of the century, what had workers accomplished?
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8 hour workday
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What group of countries made up the triple alliance?
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Germany, Austria, and Italy
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"Yellow journalism" played a crucial role in the Spanish-American war in 1889, please define the term yellow journalism
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the kind of journalism which downplays facts to sell more newspapers
took facts and changed them |
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on April 20, 1898, the U.S. congress passed ____, which declares that U.S. will not annex Cuba but only establish its independence from Spain
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The Teller Amendment
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Failed to be nominated by the Republican Party for precedence in 1912, ______ created _____ party which split the Republican vote.
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Theodore Roosevelt, progressive party
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Under whose presidency was the Food and Drug Act inacted?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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In December of 1890, when the Indians abundant their reserves, while on their way out the US army caught them, and this is the last battle between Indians and the Americans?
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Wounded Knee
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The main achievements of president ______ was making the panama canal
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What Queen ruled England from 1837-1901 and is to this day still associated with her late husband Albert?
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Queen Victoria
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What significance did Wounded Knee have in the United States and Native American relationship?
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ended the native American resistance
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Which countries make up the triple entente
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france, russia, britain
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Who caused the Indians to Dance?
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Wovoka, the holy man and watch doctor
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The last battle that killed the Oglala Lakota Indians was the battle of...
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Wounded Knee
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The knights of labor was a labor organization union created form
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women, blacks, and whites
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The effects of joining a union were knowing that management had
a. yellow dog, black list b. company spy, injunction c. replacement labor d. all of the above |
all of the above
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Workers who joined a union had
a. strikes b. picket line marches c. boycotts d. get ride of everyone who is not a union worker e. all of the above |
all of the above
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Karl Marx, the German philosopher and professor of Economics wrote a "workers of the world" article in 1858 called
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communist manifesto
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A socialist part has
a. free education b. free health care c. give everything you have in exchange of receiving everything you need d. all of the above |
all the above
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Why did big business owners support Theodore Roosevelt in his bid for presidency in 1904, even if he was not a supporter of a big business?
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because they were afraid the working class would vote for another party.
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According to T. Roosevelt, what is the greatest thing that he was able to accomplish during his presidency years?
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creation of the panama canal
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What is the reason why Filipinos welcomed American troops and fought with them against Spain?
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They wanted to create their own nation
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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons of the collapse of the US economy during 1890s
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economic depression in Europe
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What is the significance of the years 1861-1865
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the civil war
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Which is an option for the poor in the Industrial Revolution?
a. join a political party b. join a union c. wait it out d. all of the above |
all of the above
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Corporate Law means that WHO is responsible for a business' actions?
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no one
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What is NOT something that management has against the workers?
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long hours
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Who was the leader of Russia going into World War I
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Nicholas II
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What was Germany's master plan for attacking France called
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Schlieffen
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What was the first union formed and when was it formed?
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1866-National Labor Union
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When did the Native Americans get the idea to dance for protection from the United States government?
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a holy man/ witch doctor
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The Battle of Wounded Knee is significant because..
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It;s said to be the end of Indian resistance
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Which leading lady is to this day often associated with her husband Albert?
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Queen Victoria
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Even though Russia took longer to mobilize they were still considered a threat because...
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they could produce many millions of men
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Lincoln saw the failure of the Southern States coming and devised a plan for their recovery, what was this called?
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10% plan
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Which of the following led the U.S. into WW1?
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Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare
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Which one of the following is not an example of muckraking
a. "How the Other Half lives" by Jacob Rice b. "Progress and Poverty" by Henry George c. "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair d. "Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman |
"Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman
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What is the book "terrible way to die" about?
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poison gas
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What was the last dynasty of Russia?
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Romanov
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The term "Melting Pot" to describe American society comes from:
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WWI
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Knives, forks, and spoons made of artillery shells are examples of
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trench art
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In Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court decision was based on "separated but ___"
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equal
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President Hayes
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took troops out of the South
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President Mckinley
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Spanish American War
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President Roosevelt
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Panama Canal
National Parks Busted Trusts |
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Families in England
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Hanover (Victoria) everyone related to her
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Families in France
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Bourban
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Families in Russia
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Romanov
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Families in Germany (Prussia)
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Hohenzollern
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Families in Austria
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Hapsburgs
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Leaders in England
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Queen Victoria-died in 1901
King George V |
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Leaders in France
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Clemenceau-Prime Minister died
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Leaders in Russia
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Nicholas II, Alexandria
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Leaders in America
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Wilson
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Leaders in Germany
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Wilhelm II, flees to Holland after war
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Leaders in Austria-Hungary
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Franz Joseph
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Leaders in Italy
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Victor Emmanuel III (switches sides)
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Leaders of the Ottoman Empire
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Mehmed V (after WWI when they split up)
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Switz, Vadican City, Uraguay
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only 3 NOT in war
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1st Union
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National Labor Union-1866 skilled laborers
-lower work hours -abolish foreigners -labor union department in government |
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2nd union
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Knights of Labor 1869
Stevens (skilled && unskilled) -lower work hours -higher wages -FAILED because they couldn't figure out the goal |
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3rd Union
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American Federation Labor-1886 (mixed still)
-8 hour work day |
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Farmers
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National Grange-1867
Oliver Kelly -Representation -Scientific farming |
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Farmer's Alliance
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1880s
North vs. South Populists |
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What treaty ended the war
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Treaty of Versailles
November 11, 11, 11 |
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What did Italy want from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
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land
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What did America want from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
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Democracy, league of Nations
(Democat) |
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What did France want from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
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$$, small army, lower navy-6 ships, no industry
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Germany
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Weimar Republic, print tons of $$$=inflation
U.S. sends best bankers, help economy |
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1929
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stock market crash
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1919
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women vote
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essay one
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AFL
-8 hour day -mixed workers -long hours -child labor -monopoly (broken by Antitrust), cheap foreign labor (laws restricting immigration) |
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essay 2
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-RR, Hawaii, spanish-American War, Phillipines
-slaughter of Indians |
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essay 3
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Flaws of Schlieffen
-didnt think Belgium would revolt when Germany mobilize -by the time they got to France, they were prepared -Western Front -Russia Mobilized -American Came underneath |
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the sacred way
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got everyone off the streets--
took the sacred way to the battle of the marne |
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the 1st war in modern history t be fought for total sovereignty
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the civil war
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What plan did abe lincoln pass?
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10% plan
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Frees the Slaves-only in the south (only if they join union army)
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emancipation proclamation
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what year were all of the slaves free?
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1865
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What 2 things were passed that made the North mad?
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KKK (started out as vandals), black codes
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Which president said "Vote for me? Ill end radical reconstruction!" in 1877
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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What ended Radical Reconstruction
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Compromise of 1877
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What 4 things do you have to have in order to industrialize?
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-nationalism
-a new view of money -legal structure(allows to make $) -CHEAP LABOR |
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What 2 things does the napoleonic code require
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-debt is inherited
-dowry |
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who does corporate law say is important
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NOBODY
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At first immigrants came from _____, later on they came from ______
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Northern Europe
Southern Europe |
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Made millions writing books that would bring in more Immigrants
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Horatio Alger
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Social Darwinism
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Charles Darwin
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applied social darwinism to the society- people who have $$$ are more important!
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Herbert Spencer
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Applies Spencers theory to the US
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William Grahm Sumner
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Vanderbilt
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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The largest percent of the public was ________
-what book shows this |
poor
'The Jungle' |
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Options that the working class has
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-unions
-do nothing -join a political party |
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Came up with dialectic materialism
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Karl Marx
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Dialectic Materialism
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things should operate on natural law---god plays NO part
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options that business owners had
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-yellowdog contracts
-black list -injunction -company police -scab-labor |
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workers did:
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-strike
-picket -boycott -close shop |
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who started the National Labor Union, && in what year?
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William Sylvus
1866 |
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Who Started the Knights of Labor, what year?
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Yuriah Stephens
1869 |
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Why did the Knights of Labor fail?
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unsure of wants
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Who started the American Federation of Labor
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Samuel Gompers
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Why was AFL successful?
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worked on one thing at a time
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against the steel company && Andrew Carnegie
GOT 11 HOUR DAY |
Homestead Strike
1892 |
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against the train cars
Grover Cleveland sent in troops GOT 8 HOUR WORK DAY |
Pullman Strike
1894 |
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which groups immigration was banned in 1892
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chinese
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what happened with the chinese were banned?
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economics flourished
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GOT THE 12 HOUR WORKDAY FOR WOMEN
Muller v. Oregon provides for mediation |
Erdman Act
1892 |
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Gives free land to people going West
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Homestead Act 1862
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1st union for farmers
who created it? |
The National Grange
Oliver Kelly |
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What did the National Grange want?
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-scientific farming
-representatives in government |
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what union replaced the national grange?
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Farmers Alliance
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What did the Farmers Alliance turn into?
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the populous party
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designed to protect the buffalo
wanted to treat Native Americans as we thought they should become took 30 years |
Dawes Act
1887 |
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who told the Native Americans to dance?
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Wovoka
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Wovoka thought the only way to end the war was to ________ the __________
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dance
ghost dance |
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What is the book about the last battle with the native americans?
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Bury my heart at wounded knee
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where did the last battle with the native americans take place?
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wounded knee creek
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who is the ruling family of Russia?
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Romonov
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Who is the ruling family of Austria?
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Hapsburgg
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Who is the ruling family of Prussia?
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Hohenzoller
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Who is the ruling family of France?
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Bourbon
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Who is the ruling family of England
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Queen Victoria
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Last of the German monarchs?
-withered left arm, overcomp |
William II
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Who took us into WWI
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Old Franz Joseph-austria
Nicholas II Bertie |
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To earn peace you need:
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-big armies but not to big that they scare everyone
-alliances |
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Who was a part of the triple alliance?
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germany, austria, italy
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who was a part of the "entente cordiale"
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france, britain, russia
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What was Germany's plan of war called
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the Schlieffen plan
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Where all the battles of WWI were fought
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western front
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who fueled the war?
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muckrackers
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who is a famous muckraker?
what book was written? |
upton sinclair
'harpers weekly' && 'the jungle' |
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muckrackers
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tabloid version of story
try to show the underside of socielty |
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plessy v. ferguson
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separate but equal facilities
STRUCK DOWN IN 1954 |
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what made separate but equal unconstitiutional
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brown vs. board of education
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When william Mckinley is shot who takes over
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Teddy Roosevelt was an _______ abroad and a _________ at home
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expansionist
progressive |
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who is known as the trust buster?
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teddy roosevelt
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teddy roosevelts accomplishment?
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panama canal!
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Teddy Roosevelt is only elected by a landslide because?
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big businesses supported him even though he took the union side because they were afraid that the working class would join a different political party and they would lose their votes
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Who passed the espionage and the sabotage acts>?
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Woodrow wilson
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lowers tariff by 25%
initiates the income tax creates federal reserve bank |
woodrow wilson
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ABC CONFERENCE consisted of?
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Argentina
Brazil Chile |
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June 28, 1914
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WWI BEGINS
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started WWI
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Gavrillo Princip
shot Franz Ferdinand |
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two big battles that last the entire war!
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piave
izonzo |
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by 1918 how many countries were in the war?
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every country but 3
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stops germans on the western front?
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Battle of the Marne
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floating holy man
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rasputin
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why is rasputin now running the government?
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Nicholas II takes control of army at front lines
LOSING FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT |
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when did woodrow wilson demand to get a declaration of war
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April 1917
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armistice day
11 month day hour min |
war stops
12 was to late-the end of |
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What did Clemenceau want?
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1. reduce army to 100,000
2. navy down to 6 ships 3. $32 billion of reparations to winner 4. have to give up industry |
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Who established the League of Nations
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Woodrow wilson
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What was Frances embarrassment
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french maid found plans in the trash can
Dreyfus tried for treason |
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What was Britains embarrassment
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the Boer War
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What was Russias embarrassment
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Russo-Japanese war
destroy baltic fleet |
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Who wins the nobel peace prize for getting the Russions from the Japs
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Where does Hitler's antisemitism com from?
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seeing Russian Jews in Vienna
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forerunner for federal reserve act
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hepburn act
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what brings roosevelt home from africa?
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hears rumors of taft being a bad progressive
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Why does wilson win in 1912
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voters for republicans had been split
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1st movie and what was it about?
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birth of a nation-segregation, blacks attacking white women
wilson was a history teacher and said video was awesome |
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What is the purpose of a yellow dog contract?
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focused towards immigrants where the owner gets their works to sign contract saying they'll never join a union
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who was oliver kelly and what group did he found
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oliver kelly founded the nation grange with farmers in mind
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in what 2 different ways did businesses grown during the industrial revolution
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vertical integration and horizontal integration
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90% of business leaders practiced what religion?
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protestant
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Why did rural farming children want to move into the city?
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because it was lonely on the farm and the city seemed ilk a better option
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The family dynamics changed during this time drastically. How did industrialization change them.?
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the families broke up from the glamour of the city as well as the pride of the head of the house
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how did native americans feel they could protect themselves?
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dance
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what was the first labor union
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the national labor union
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what is corporate law?
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where no one is responsible and it's designed to make money fast
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How did the theory of social Darwinism evolve?
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spencer applied darwins theory to people
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Why was the dowry a problem fro business men with daughters?
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they had to keep some money separate until their daughters were married that they could not use for investments
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Whay disadvantages did the south have compared to the north during the civil war?
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fewer generals, less infrastructure, less money, less government
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How did they United States change the Napoleonic codes and what was its effect
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They used the Napoleonic codes as a basis to create corporate law----->make money faster without responsibility which in turn aided industrialization
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Dure to the us industrializing so quickly was was a major result involving the workforce>
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immigration
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Which of the following was not a cause that led to the industrial revolution?
a.immigration b. new view of money c. capitalism d. nationalism |
capitalism
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The view of money changed with the start of industrialization. How did this affect the population?
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it encouraged them to get involved in industrialization to become wealthier thus speeding up the process
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What issues did Karl Marx not take into consideration when formulating the ideals behind communism?
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religion, lower class gaining suffrage, human greed
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Which of the following is not a flaw in Marx's theory?
a. didn't think people were selfish b. didn't think everyone would vote c. thought religion would die out e. thought society would be democratic |
thought society would be democratic
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Who said that the rate of food collection is linear and the growth of population is exponential, causing a population collapse?
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malfus
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What was the "near annihilation" in 1864 of Cheyenne's band under John Chivington's command to "kill and scalp all, big and litle?"
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sand creek massacre
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Which Indian group under Chief Joseph had to relocate several times until finally settling in washtington were joseph "died of a broken heart"
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nez perce
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when was the first and last gold rush?
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California
black hills dakota |
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What act outlawed polygamy (geared as anti-mormon)
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edmunds act 1882
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in cattle towns and mining camps many women were what profession?
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prostitutes
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what were "necktie parties" where victims were "jerked to Jesus"?
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lynchings
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this act granted 60 acres free to anyone who lived on it for 5 years and improved it
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homestead act of 1862
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the "world's bread basket" refers to what region of the us
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the great plans
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this act divided up indian tribal land
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dawes act
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business was often characterized or compared in cartoons to what animal?
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octopus
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belief that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth (poverty is a character flaw)
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gospel of wealth
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suspended chinese immigrans and forbade their naturalization
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chinese exclusion act
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union consisted of skilled and unskilled workers regardless of race or gender
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knights of labor
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a group of vandals developed after the civil war during reconstructing. means "circle of like minded individuals in greek
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kkk
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a type of residential housing built on tiny lots with 4-6 stories
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tenement houses
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the period from 1870s-1890s was coined this phrase by mark twain
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gilded age
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americans favorite pastime during this period was
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vaudeville
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What 1882 law changed the way the spills system worked to help eliminate corruption in the executive branch?
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Pendleton's Civil Sevece reform act
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what was the major third party during the 1890s
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populists
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name a farm organization (union) that developed after the civil war?
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nation grange or farmer's alliance
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leaders like susan b. anthiony and elizabeth cady stanton led the beginnings of what movement that later took speed at the turn of the century?
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women's suffrage movement
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during the end of the century the new sense of nationalism added to another "-ism" that blamed immigrants for America's problems
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nativism
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this supreme court case signaled the "separate but equal" clause
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plessy v. ferguson
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name at lease three new 'territories' gained by the us in the 1900s
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hawaii, alaska, guam, puerto rico, phillipines
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policy used by americans to get involved in foreign countries-mainly central america
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good neighbor policy
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"the splendid little war" where we gained Phillippines and Puerto Rico and Cuba was?
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Spanish American war
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Name at least one critique of the new empaire
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mark twain, andrew carnegie, william jennings bryan, and william james
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what was the book by uptown sinclair that made teddy vomit and become a vegetarian?
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the jungle
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new journalism technique for shedding light on urban atrocities
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muckraking
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name 3 new political innovations that demonstrate the new progressive methods?
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initiative
referendum recall |
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Women's christian temperance union clubs fought for?
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prohibity temperance mainly (sobriety) but also abolish prostitution and reform prizes and wage system
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what was the "social evil"?
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prostititution
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by 1908 _______ became the most popular form of cheap entertainment
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movies
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new immigrants from 1901-1920 come from:
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Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Poland Jews, and Japanese-mexicans
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Margaret Sanger in 1913 led campaign for
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birth control
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president roosevelt was nicknamed the "trustbuster after the
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sherman antitrust act
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what "cultural icon" bears its name from the famous president theodore roosevelt?
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teddy bears
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what act ensued clean beef and alcohol
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pure food and drug act
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