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59 Cards in this Set
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What did Muckrakers do?
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They used the media to expose corruptions in America
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What did Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle expose?
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The unsanitary condition of the meatpacking industry
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What did the Panama Canal do?
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Shortened the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Why was America interested in imperialism?
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They wanted to become a world power
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What countries did America imperialize?
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Hawaii
China Japan Cuba Panama |
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Spark that caused World War I in Europe?
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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Why did America join the World War?
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The Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegraph
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Clauses in the Treaty of Versailles for Germany
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Disarm and reduce military forces
Pay for war reparation Blame for the war |
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What caused the Spanish American war?
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Yellow Journalism
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What did the grandfather clause and poll taxes do?
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Kept African American from using their rights (to vote)
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The 13th Amendment
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Ended Slavery
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The 14th Amendment
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Gave citizenship to all those born in the USA
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The 15th Amendment
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Gave African Americans the right to vote
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Plessy v Ferguson Case(1896) lead to what?
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The spread of racially segregated public facilities.
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Examples of jim crow laws
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Segregated restaurants and graveyards
Laws created by state governments to separate races |
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Benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Supplies and mail moved more quickly and cheaply
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What is another word for trade?
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Commerce
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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
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To make Indians become farmers and educate their children
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Why did Texas cattle increase in value?
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Railroads now allowed for the shipment of cattle to the North and East
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What caused the boost in urbanization in the late 1800s
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Industrialization
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The 13th Amendment
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Ended Slavery
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The 14th Amendment
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Gave citizenship to all those born in the USA
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The 15th Amendment
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Gave African Americans the right to vote
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Plessy v Ferguson Case(1896) lead to what?
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The spread of racially segregated public facilities.
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Examples of jim crow laws
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Segregated restaurants and graveyards
Laws created by state governments to separate races |
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Benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Supplies and mail moved more quickly and cheaply
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What is another word for trade?
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Commerce
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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
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To make Indians become farmers and educate their children
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Why did Texas cattle increase in value?
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Railroads now allowed for the shipment of cattle to the North and East
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What caused the boost in urbanization in the late 1800s
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Industrialization
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What was the free enterprise system?
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It meant the government was hands off of businesses meaning businesses had to battle for consumer dollars
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What did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire lead to?
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safer working conditions
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Why were monopolies unfair?
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Limited competition for smaller businesses
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What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act do?
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It made monopolies illegal
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What was the result of the mass production technique in American factories?
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It reduced the cost of goods
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John D. Rockefeller
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Owned a monopoly in the oil industry
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Why was the New Colossus written at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty?
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To welcome new immigrants to American
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League of Nations
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Peace keeping nation created after World War I to keep world peace
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Why didn't the U.S join the League of Nations
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They wanted to keep isolation
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19th Amendment
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Gave women right the to vote
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Andrew Carnegie
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Owned a monopoly in the steel industry
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Define a nativist
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did not like that immigrants were coming to America, stay out of America
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Homestead Act
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granted 160 acres of land for free in the West if you took kept it for 5 years
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Ku Klux Klan
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terrorist group that used violence and terror so they weren't able to use their rights
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Literacy Test
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test about the Constitution , you had to pass it before being able to vote
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Poll tax
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tax or fee you had to pay before voting
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Grandfather Clause
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meaning you could vote if you ancestors voted before the 1867
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Problems with the Panama Canal
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Disease(mosquitoes), trouble cutting through rock
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What happened when people wanted to imperialize the same place
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It led to war
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What did Trench Warfare cause?
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Stalemate, meaning both sides aren't strong enough to defeat each other
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Why do nations imperialize?
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to become a world power
gain trading rights get natural resources for the land(gold) |
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What are a few immigration push and pull factors?
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Push- War and Famine
Pull- Jobs and freedom of religion |
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What was Wilson's 14 point plain?
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The League of Nations
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What were disadvantages for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
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got the blame
lost territories and colonies pay for war reduce militaries |
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What is a strike
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When people stop working due to bad conditions and pay
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Labor Unions demanded what?
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Better work conditions
Shorter hours Higher pay |
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What did Thomas Nast do?
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Exposed Boss Tweed, first person to draw Uncle Sam
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What did Jacob Riis do?
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Took pictures of the bad city living conditions for immigrants
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Order of events in World War I
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Archduke Assassination
Lusitania Sinking America Enters the war |
