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How did big businesses and state governments obtain huge grants of land
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Morrill Land Grant Act of 1863 that gave state governments millions of acres of land to sell |
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Why did many Americans and Europeans want to settle in the west
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cheap land, private property, land new jobs attracted settlers and investores
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TO whom did the state governments sell their land?
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The state gov gave away land to settlers who were 21 or older of the head of their families who claimed that land
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Who were the most sucessful homesteaders
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Miners cattle ranchers, farmers were the most sucessful
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What challenges did most homesteaders face in obtaining life's necessities
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There was a lack of water, wood, and crops. Also farmers had bug problems
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In what ways did western settlers support one another
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cooperated in raising houses and barns, husking corn, and welcoming newcomers
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What aspects of homesteading life enhanced women's sense of independence
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Women were able to help financially support the family by growing crops, milking cows, and spinning wool
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What oart if the country supported woman suffrage before other regions
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Towns in Kansas and the state of Wyoming
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What group owned most of the land in the west
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big businesses
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How did many companies lure European immigrants to the western U.S
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Sent sales agents to Europe
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How did big businesses and state governments obtain huge grants of land
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The
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1863 that gave state governments millions of acres of land to sell |
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Why did many Americans and Europeans want to settle in the west
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cheap land, private property, land new jobs attracted settlers and investores
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TO whom did the state governments sell their land?
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The state gov gave away land to settlers who were 21 or older of the head of their families who claimed that land
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Who were the most sucessful homesteaders
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Miners cattle ranchers, farmers were the most sucessful
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What challenges did most homesteaders face in obtaining life's necessities
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There was a lack of water, wood, and crops. Also farmers had bug problems
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In what ways did western settlers support one another
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cooperated in raising houses and barns, husking corn, and welcoming newcomers
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What aspects of homesteading life enhanced women's sense of independence
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Women were able to help financially support the family by growing crops, milking cows, and spinning wool
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What oart if the country supported woman suffrage before other regions
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Towns in Kansas and the state of Wyoming
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What group owned most of the land in the west
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big businesses
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How did many companies lure European immigrants to the western U.S
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Sent sales agents to Europe
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How did the federal government transfer land to settlers
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through big businesses, state government, and direct grants
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Who were the most sucessful homesteaders
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settlers with farming skills
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Which of the following made possible the building of new communites
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independence
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What effect did homesteading tend to have on women
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increased their oppurtunites outside the home
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As Americans settlers moved west in search of land, many Native American nations
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were destroyed
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Many land agreements between Native Americans and settlers fell apart because of differing concepts of
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land ownership
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The United States Army was the means by which Native American
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lands were taken
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The massacre at Wounded Knee resulted in the death of
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over 200 unarmed Sioux
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An Indian Rights movements grew out of outrage over
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government treatment of native Americans
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Many white reformers believed that Native Americans should
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be civilized and adopt white culture
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Americans who pressured Congress to open Indian Territory for white settlement were called
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boomers
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Why did Great Plains farms need to be larger than eastern farms?
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The dry climate reduced crop yield
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How did mechanization help Great Plains farmers?
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It made large farms workable
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What role did the Department of Agriculture play in western farming
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it provided useful information about farming
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What was one negative result of farm mechanization
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overproduction and falling prices
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Overseas expansion was partly a result of manufaacturers need for
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natural resources
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Closely linked to economic motives for expansion
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political and military issues
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Critics charged that colonialization was
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a tool of the rich
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One advantage European countries had in their imperialization expansion was
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powerful armies and navies
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The goal of French colonization was to
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impose French culture on their colonies
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In the early 1800s the Ottoman Empire ruled much of
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North Africa
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Why did Christian missionary groups follow explorers to Africa
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to convert Africans to Christianity
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Why was the Berlin Conference held in 1884
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to avoid bloodshed between rival European powers
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Which European country gained holdings in Africa that were the size of the continental United States
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France
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Why was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence when attacked by Italy
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It has been modernized
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Foregin Entanglements
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Foreign Entanglements
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The US confirmed the authority of the Monroe Doctrine when
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Britain agreed to withdraw from Venezuela
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Americans sided with the Cuban rebels against Spain as a result of
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yellow journalism
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The Spanish-American WAr began when Admiral George Dewey attacked the Spanish Fleet
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The Phillippines
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As a result of the peace treaty with Spain, the U. S gained
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The Phillipines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
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In China, the US competed with ohter nations for
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equal access to Chinese consumers
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What personal beliefs influenced Pres Roosevelt's approach to foreign affairs
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Roosevelt beleived in aggressive foreign tactics, saying Speak softly but carry a big stick"
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How did the US gain control of the Panama Canal Zone
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by buying the Zone for $40 million and protectorated Panama after a rebellion
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How did Pres Roosevelt prevent European intervention in Santo Domingo
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by assuming the bankrupt countries finances from previous wars
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How did Tafts foreign policy goals differ from thos of Roosevlets
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Taft wanted to grow investements in other Areas such as Latin America
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Why was Tafts foreign policy frequently unsuccessful
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leadership changes and antiamerican feelings prohibited sucessful dollar diplomacy
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The anti imperialist organizers were mostly
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upper middle class professionals
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Anti Imperialist argued that imperialism rejected the principle of
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liberty for all
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Anti-Imperialists advocated giving people of American territories
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rights guaranteeed by the constitution
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Imperialists believed that the PAcific and Carribbean islanderse
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were not ready for democracy
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Imperialists and anti imperialists alike believed in the superiority of
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the Anglo Saxon RAce
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Many anti imperialists worried that expansions would lead to
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excessive costs and job losses
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Imperialism appealed to the American ideal of
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conquering a new frontier
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American peroccupation with physical fitness reflected the desire to
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seek out and conquer challenges
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Americans thought German submarine warfare was
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uncivilized
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Anti-German feeling in the US was encouraged
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Great Britain
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William Jennings Bryan resigned as secretary of state rather than
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send a note of protest to Germany
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After the Russian Revolution, Americans were
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more willing to join the allies
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Wilson urged Congress to delcare war on Germany when teh Germans
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samk two US ships
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Most American businesses with overseas commercial interests
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wanted to go to war against Germany
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In 1916 Wilson campaigned on a program of
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keeping the U.S out of war
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Why did Congress pass a selective service act
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to authorize enough men to fight
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How did the convoy system work
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a group of unarmed ships was surronded with destroyer boats while traveling
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What two kinds of segregation were ordered by American military leaders in Europe
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American military leaders ordered Segregation between allie and American forces, as well as between lack and white regiments
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Why did some people criticize REd Cross volunteers in overseas medical units
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for prolonging the war by curing soldiers to fight
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How did Lenin's takeover in Russia affect German war strategy
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It created another enemy of the Germans in the Russians which caused the US to join th cause
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What factors led to the Germans surrender
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the uses of tanks, aeriel bombing and an assault force of over 1000 AEF troops enabled the Allies to overwhelm the Germans
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Why did the Allies continue to attack the Germans, even after the Germans had agreed to stop fighting in exchange for terms
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the allies wanted unconditionnal surrender as well as revenge
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The purpose of the war industries board was to
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increase production of war goods
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Hoovers program of voluntary restrictions on food consumption
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was very sucessful
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Many Americans regarded criticism of government as a sign of
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disloyalty
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Passage of a literacy test for immigrants resulted from an increase in
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nativism
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Some people noted the irony of fighting for liberty abroad while
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suffering suppression of civil rights at home
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Antiwar activists such as Eugene Debs were
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hounded by authorities or imprisoned
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One reason that Congress proposed prohibition in 1917 was to
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increase grain available for making bread
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