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92 Cards in this Set
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Immigrants from which countries helped build the transcontinental railroad?
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Ireland and China
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Why did farmers build houses out of sod?
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It was the easiest building material to find?
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What is the significance of Promontory Point, Utah?
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junction of the transcontinental railroad
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What became the main crop of the Great Plains?
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wheat
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What was the purpose of the cattle drive?
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move cattle to a railroad terminal
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Why was the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains called "the Great American Desert"?
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infrequent rainfall
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What territory was settled by "land rushes"?
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Oklahoma
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What was the key to the culture of the Plains Indians?
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buffalo
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What was the American government’s official goal during the Indian Wars?
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Move the Indians to reservations
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What was the subject of A Century of Dishonor?
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The Indians’ plight
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Why did the Latin American nations opposed Pan-Americanism?
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Feared domination by the United States
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What was the main reason that the United States sought an Open Door Policy in China?
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Desire for free trade in China
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What territory did America purchase from Russia in 1867?
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Alaska
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How did the United States acquire Hawaii?
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Annexation
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Why did Progressives support prohibition?
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reduce crime and poverty
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What was the goal of the city manager form of government?
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government efficiency
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How did progressives try to prevent politicians from intimidating and bribing voters?
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secret ballot
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What territories did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American War?
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Guam
The Philippines Puerto Rico |
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What major victory did America win against Spain in the Pacific?
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Manila Bay
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Who were the Rough Riders?
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A volunteer unit during the Spanish-American War
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What was the purpose of the Student Volunteer Movement?
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Recruitment of missionaries
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What amendment made a federal income tax legal?
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Sixteenth
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What amendment gave women the right to vote?
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Nineteenth
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What theme did Theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign?
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Square Deal
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What was the subject of The Jungle?
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meatpacking
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What law was passed after the publication of The Jungle?
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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What black leader told blacks they must better themselves economically before they could expect political equality?
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Booker T. Washington
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Who said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?
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international policeman
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What popular reform took place during Taft’s administration?
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significant reduction in tariff rates
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What was Taft’s foreign policy called?
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dollar diplomacy
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What progressive ran on a platform called “New Nationalism” in 1912?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Why did Congress pass its first income tax in 1913?
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loss of tariff revenues
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What black agricultural scientist helped to popularize the peanut?
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George Washington Carver
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What was the most significant agricultural advance during the Progressive Era?
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tractor
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What did progressive education emphasize?
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experience
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What event sparked the Great War?
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murder of Archduke Ferdinand
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What Baptist pastor was a leading advocate of the social gospel?
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Walter Rauschenbusch
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What is the main tenet of Progressive thinking?
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Man is basically good.
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What word best describes President Wilson’s outlook?
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idealism
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What was Germany’s Schlieffen Plan?
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Attack Russia and France simultaneously
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Germany’s invasion of what country brought Great Britain into the Great War?
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Belgium
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What was probably the greatest factor in America’s entrance into the war?
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submarine warfare
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What was the main provision of the Selective Service Act?
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the draft
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Who was America’s “ace of aces”?
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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Which country switched sides during the Great War in hopes of spoils?
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Italy
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What was the main theme of America’s foreign policy during the 1920s?
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isolationism
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Which country’s economy was in the best shape following World War I?
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Britain
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Which president’s administration was marred by scandal?
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Warren G. Harding
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Which president’s administration is associated with the Great Depression?
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Herbert C. Hoover
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Which man’s moral views were unpopular among the “flaming youth” of the Roaring Twenties (1920s)?
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William Jennings Bryan
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What two groups who faced the most severe prejudice during the 1920s?
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blacks
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What belief about the return of Christ was a rising influence in American Christianity during the twenties?
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premillennialism
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What was the main disagreement in the fundamentalist-modernist controversy?
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doctrine
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What was a major consequence of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy?
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Fundamentalists formed their own denominations.
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What major effect did automobiles have on American society in the 1920s?
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rise of the suburbs
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What was the least significant factor that contributed to the Great Depression?
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demands for higher wages
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Whom did Americans blame for the Great Depression?
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the current president, Hoover
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One of Hoover’s first responses to the depression was to
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lower taxes
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What did Herbert Hoover refuse to do during the Great Depression?
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offer a dole to the unemployed
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A major difference between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt was Hoover’s sincere support of
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a balanced budget
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What was the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF)?
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World War I veterans who demanded an early bonus
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Roosevelt’s first action to end the banking crisis was
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bank holiday
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Which agency focused on relief?
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Public Works Administration
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What agency was a government attempt to regulate American businesses?
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National Recovery Administration
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What government agency introduced government ownership and control of utilities?
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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How did Roosevelt make the Supreme Court support his New Deal policies?
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As Justices retired, Roosevelt replaced them with his supporters.
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What tactic did the CIO introduce to gain concessions for industrial workers?
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sit-down strikes
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What state was hit worst by drought in the 1930s?
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Oklahoma
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Whose son was kidnapped and murdered during the 1930s?
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Charles Lindbergh
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What was the major emphasis of the New York World's Fair?
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the world of tomorrow
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Hitler's Mein Kampf proposed to do what?
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end democracy in Germany
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What African nation did Italy conquer in 1935?
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Ethiopia
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What was the first act of naked aggression in the 1930s?
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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What was German Anschluss?
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unification of Austria
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The German invasion of what nation sparked World War II?
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Belgium
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Which nation was last to fall to Germany in the spring of 1940?
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France
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What type of warfare was the Battle of Britain?
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airplane battles over England
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Which country was never invaded by German soldiers?
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Great Britain
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Which country did German soldiers invade but never force to surrender?
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Soviet Union
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What major factor kept the United States out of the early stages of World War II?
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resentment over Allied failure to pay war debts
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What American hero became a leading spokesman for isolationism?
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Charles Linbergh
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Who was the American Army commander in the
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Douglas MacArthur
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What event brought America into World War II?
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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In what year did the United States enter World War II?
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1941
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Who was America's admiral at the Battle of Midway?
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Chester M. Nimitz
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What did "Rosie the Riveter" symbolize during World War II?
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working women
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Who was the famous German "Desert Fox"?
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Erwin Rommel
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Where did American forces first fight the Germans?
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North Africa
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What British commander helped to defeat the Germans in North Africa?
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Bernard Montgomery
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To what desperate measure did the Japanese resort beginning with the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
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kamikaze pilots
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What island did the American forces capture as a final preparation for the invasion of Japan?
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Okinawa
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