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65 Cards in this Set
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What is the population in the 1900's?
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76 Million
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over the years, what is populations tendency?
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to double every 50 years and more
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what is the average lifespan of a citizen?
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m-46.7
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Who was the president in 1900?
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Williams Mckinley (1896-1901) repubican
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Who was Williams Mckinley Assasinated by?
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Leon Czolgosc (anarchist)
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where was president mckinley assassinated?
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pan am exhibition in new york
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how did leon czolgosc kill william mckinley?
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which mckinley was shaking hands he shook leon's, whose was wrapped in a bandage that had a gun wrapped in it, he shot him.
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Who was the first assasinated president? when?
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abe lincoln (R) , 1856
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where was lincoln killed?
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Ford Theater, washington dc
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who was lincoln killed by?
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john wilkes booth
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what was his booths motive?
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to create confusion in the government by killing the president and others, to stop the war
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what was the play the lincolns were watching?
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"My american cousin"
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how did booth kill lincoln?
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shot him in the head, slid down the banester and his spur got caught, he broke his foot
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who was the doctor that dressed booths foot and what was the outcome?
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Sam Mudd, he was put in jail
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did they ever catch booth?
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yes in a warehouse, he was shot in the back, burried in springfield IL
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who was the first woman to be hung and booths weapons were stored at her house?
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Mary Surrat
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who was the second assassinated president?
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James Garfield (r) 1881
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where was garfield assasinated?
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washington d.c train station
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who killed garfield?
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charles guiteau
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what whas charles guiteau's motice for killing garfield?
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wanted a government job, and the vp offered him one, so the fasted way to get it would be to kill the president
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who was the third assasinated president?
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williams mckinley
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who was the forth asasinated pres?
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FDR in 1963
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where was FDR killed and by who?
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dallas, Lee harvey oswald
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thomas edison had how many patents?
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1093
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what was thomas edisons focus in?
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communication
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what was his 4 inventions and years?
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stock ticker (1869)
cylinder phonograph (1877) incandesent light bulb (1879) kinetopgraph/kinteoscope(1888) |
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what did the stock ticker do?
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electronic impulses to a machine that then showed the letters and numbers
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what did the cylinder phonograph do
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vibrations were put onto a cylinder with foil to where you could record and play audio
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what was the #1 song in the 1900s?
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The Maple Leaf Rag
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what were others having problems with in the invention of the light bulb and what did edison use to fix it?
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the filament, carbonized thread
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what was edison's electric company called and where/when was the first plant?
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general electric, 1889, NJ
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how much of the population had electricity in 1900's?
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3%
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WHAT did the kinetograph/scope do?
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graph-recorded
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what came from the kinetograph.scope?
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film industry
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celluloid?
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silent film
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first movie house what where and whne
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1902/ los angeles
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first complete movie was?when?
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"a trip to the moon" 1902
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first action movie
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"the great train robbery" 1903
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#1 book in the 1900
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wizard of oz - Frank Baum
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#1 automobile maker
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ransom Eli olds
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how many cars were made in the 1900
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8000 - eli olds made 425
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first person in a car accident?
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teddy rosevelt
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who produced 5x more steel than europe?
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carnegie steel
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1st transcontiental rr was completed when?
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1869
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where did the 1st transcontitnental RR end?
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promontory point utah
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1st electronic trolley was when and where
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1887, Richmond VA
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frank sprague created the what?
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electric trolley
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street cars created what?
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suburbs
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Giled age was when ?
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1870-1890
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what was a major invention in the 1900
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escalator
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what was the first transcontinental crossing?
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THE ZEPPLIN (BLIMP) from hidenburg germany to NJ
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what happend to the zepplin?
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when they were bring it down it blew up
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orval and wilber wright are from where? and flew from
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OHIO , kitty hawk NC
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Boxer Rebellion was located where and why?
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china, imperialism (wester powers were taking over control of other countries)
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who wanted to use the "Open Door Policy"
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JOHN HAY - treat chinese fairly, make them equal trade partners
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who were the boxers?
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Chinese nationalist
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what did the boxers call themselves?
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"fist of righteous harmony"
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what did the boxers want to do?
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get rid of the wester cultures (looked like ninjas)
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who were the boxers first targets?
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christian missionaries
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how many troops did the allied powers send to china to defeat the boxers?
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22000. 250 killed
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who was MAO TSC TUNG
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chinese nationalist 1948
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what did mao create
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a communist china by 1948
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when was the hurricane of 1900
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9/8/1900 (peak of hurricane season)
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cuba warned the us of what coming toward GALVESTON TEXAS?
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a hurricane, no one was evaccuated
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the island was 8 feet, how big was the serge?
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16 feet
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