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All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
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low tariffs
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By 1890, the majority of Americans:
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worked for wages.
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The second industrial revolution was marked by:
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the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.
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The ____________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America.
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railroads
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Which mode of transportation is usually associated with the second industrial revolution
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Railroads |
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Thomas Edison:
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invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.
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In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were
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ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace.
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Between 1897 and 1904, a wave of financial mergers led to the creation of the following corporations, all of which dominated major parts of the economy EXCEPT:
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Quaker Oats.
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One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:
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frequent and prolonged economic depressions.
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How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?
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The black family became more like the typical white family,with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers.
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The two maps of the Barrow Plantation demonstrate:
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the AfricanAmerican commitment to education.
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How did the Civil War affect planter families?
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For the first time, some of them had to do physical labor.
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The Northern vision of the Reconstructionera southern economy included all of the following EXCEPT:
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the labor system would be as close to slavery as possible, thereby assuring high productivity
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The Freedmen’s Bureau:
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made notable achievements in improving AfricanAmerican education and health care.*
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Sharecropping
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was preferred byAfricanAmericans to gang labor(because they were less subject to supervision
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In the “Petition of Committee in Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson” (1865), what are the freedmen requesting?
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the right to purchase a homestead
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Andrew Johnson:
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lacked Lincoln’s political skills and keen sense of public opinion.
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The most ambitious, but least successful, of the Radical Republicans’ aims was:
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Land reform |
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The People's Party |
Evolved from the Farmer's Alliance |
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The southern Black Codes: |
allowed the arrest on vagrancy charges of former slaves who failed to sign yearly labor contracts.
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In 1883, ____________ divided the nation into the four time zones still used today. |
the major railroad companies |
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Thomas Edison: |
invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity. |
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In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were: |
ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace. |
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Between 1897 and 1904, a wave of financial mergers led to the creation of the following corporations, all of which dominated major parts of the economy EXCEPT: |
Quaker Oats. |
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One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was: |
frequent and prolonged economic depressions. |
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the people's party |
evolved out of the Farmers’ Alliance. |
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Which statement about the People’s Party is FALSE? |
It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform. |
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The Populist platform: |
called for government control of business. |
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Which was NOT part of the Populist platform? |
higher tarrifs |
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The severe depression of 1893: |
was marked by high and long-term unemployment, exemplified by Coxey’s Army. |
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The word “Progressivism” came into common use around 1910 |
as a way of describing abroad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups. |
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The Progressive movement drew its strength from: |
middle-class reformers. |
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During the Progressive era: |
commercial farming grew. |
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Newspaper and magazine writers, who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the progressive movement, were known as: |
muckrakers. |
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Muckrakers: |
exposed the problems of industrial and urban life. |
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The People’s Party |
evolved out of the Farmers’ Alliance. |
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Which statement about the People’s Party is FALSE? |
It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform. |
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The Populist platform |
called for government control of business. |
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Which was NOT part of the Populist platform? |
higher tariffs |
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The severe depression of 1893: |
was marked by high and long-term unemployment, exemplified by Coxey’s Army. |
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the word “Progressivism” came into common use around 1910 |
as a way of describing abroad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups. |
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The Progressive movement drew its strength from: |
middle-class reformers. |
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During the Progressive era: |
commercial farming grew. |
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Newspaper and magazine writers, who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the progressive movement, were known as: |
muckrakers. |
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Muckrakers: |
exposed the problems of industrial and urban life. |
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was more active in international diplomacy than most of his predecessors. |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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Some Progressives viewed the war as an opportunity to |
Some Progressives viewed the war as an opportunity to disseminate Progressive values around the globe. |
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emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks, rather than direct military intervention, in what was called "Dollar Diplomacy." |
William Taft emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks, rather than direct military intervention, in what was called "Dollar Diplomacy." |
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Patriotism during World War I meant |
Patriotism during World War I meant support for the government, the war, and the American economic system. |
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Through his program of "moral imperialism," |
Through his program of "moral imperialism," President Wilson produced more military intervention in Latin American than any president before or since. |
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Progressive Income Tax |
At the height of World War I, income taxes rose to 60 percent on the wealthiest Americans. |
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During the war, in what way did Americans react to German-Americans? |
In Iowa, the governor required that all oral communication take place in English."Hamburger" was changed to "Liberty Sandwich."The teaching of foreign languages was restricted in many states |
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Espionage Act |
What restricted the freedom of speech by authorizing the arrest of anyone who made "false statements" that might impede military success? |
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The Treaty of Versailles |
Required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations |
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What was principle of the Fourteen Points? |
Self determination for all nations Open diplomacy Freedom of the Seas |
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After World War I, American corporations ceased to pursue overseas investments.Question options: True or False |
False |
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Twenty thousand unemployed World War I veterans descended on Washington in the spring of 1932 to |
Twenty thousand unemployed World War I veterans descended on Washington in the spring of 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus due in 1945.Question options: |
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The Great Depression was |
The Great Depression was global, affecting almost every country in the world. |
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The stock market crash Great Depression. |
The stock market crash did not cause the Great Depression. |
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The image of big business, carefully cultivated during the 1920s, collapsed |
The image of big business, carefully cultivated during the 1920s, collapsed as congressional investigations revealed massive irregularities among bankers and stockbrokers. |
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During the 1920s, American multinational corporations: |
extended their reach throughout the world. |
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During the 1920s: |
an estimated 40 percent of the population remained in poverty. |
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The flapper: |
epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior. |
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The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between: |
modernism and fundamentalism. |
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation: |
made loans to failing businesses. |
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why was andrew johnson against freedmens bureau |
Johnson opposed the Freedmen’s Bureaubecause he felt that targeting former slaves for special assistance would be detrimental to the South. He also believed the bureau was an example of the federal government assuming political power reserved to the states, which went against his pro–states’ rights ideology. |
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was reconstruction a success ? |
Reconstruction was a mixed success. By the end of the era, the North and South were once again reunited, and all southern state legislatures had abolished slavery in their constitutions. Ultimately, the rights promised to blacks during Reconstruction would not be granted fully for almost another century. |
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3 goals of reconstruction |
restoration of the Union, transformation of southern society, and enactment of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves |