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42 Cards in this Set
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The tallest building in the U.S. is the ________ ________ in the city of ___________
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Sears Tower
Chicago |
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What is the name of the famous national park in Arizona?q
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Grand Canyon
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This is a set limit.
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Quota
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This Supreme Court case decided that segregation was o.k. as long as the facilities were equal.
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Plessy v Ferguson
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An unfair act taken against a particular group of people is called_________________
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discrimination
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Name the 3 candidates who ran in the 1912 election.
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Wilson
Taft Roosevelt |
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This means separation of the races.
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Segregation
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What kind of music was played in the late 19th century?
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Ragtime
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Segregation was ruled ________ by the Supreme Court in 1956
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unconstitutional
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Name four non-white groups who suffered the most discrimination and racism.
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Blacks
Mexicans Indians Asians |
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What does NAACP stand for?
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National
Association for the Advancement of Colored people |
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The process of blending in to society is called_____
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Assimilation
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This is the name of the newspapermen who exposed the evils of the time
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Muckrakers
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The run down apartments found in city slum areas were called______
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Tenements
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These are people who flee their country because of war, natural disasters, or famine (lack of food)
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Refugees
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People in the South had to take this exam so that they could register to vote.
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Literacy Test
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In Montgomery,Alabama,in 1955, this woman refused to give up her seat on the bus.
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Rosa Parks
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In 1885 what did the white people of Rock Springs, Wyoming do?
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murdered 28 Chinese people
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This is the name of the clause that allowed you to vote if your ancestor had voted on or before Jan.1, 1867.
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Grandfather Clause
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The blacks of Montgomery,Alabama, did this to prove that segregation on busses was humiliating and oppressive.
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Boycott
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These two ladies were both president of the NAWSA.
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Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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What do the letters
NAWSA stand for? |
North American Woman Suffrage Association
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This banned literacy tests in 1965.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned ____________ in public places such as theaters, hotels, and restaurants.
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Segregation
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This is the growth of cities as a result of industrialization.
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Urbanization
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This is a neighborhood with overcrowded and dangerous housing.
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Slum
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The _______ Immigration Law allowed only 125,000 immigrants in to the U.S. per year.
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1965
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This stopped the Chinese from entering the U.S. in 1882
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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There is a famous amusement park off the coast of New York City. What is it?
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Coney Island
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Where is Glacier National Park?
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Montana
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This means to feel superior to another race.
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Racism
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Where is Yosimite National Park?
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California
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Upton Sinclair wrote a famous book. What is its name?
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The Jungle
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An area of the city where a specific race or nationality lives is called _______
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Ghetto
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This island is off the coast of San Francisco
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Angel Island
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The 14th Amendment states that no___ shall deprive you of your rights of____,______, or___without due____of law
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state
life,liberty,property process |
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This is what laws that enforcred segregation in the south were called.
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Jim Crow
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What is the name of the large park that is on Manhattan Island?
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Central Park
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Teddy Roosevelt was President from _____ to _____
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1901-1909
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Who was president from 1909 to 1913?
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Taft
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This is the name of the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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Brown v Topeka
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Ellis Island is off the coast of _________
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New York
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