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This man was the president of the AFL?
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Samuel Gompers
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A complete control over an industry, achieved by buying up or driving out of business all competitors.
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Monopoly
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An economic and political system based on government ownership of business and property and on equal distribution of wealth.
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Socialism
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A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the U.S., completed in 1869?
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Transcontinental Railroad
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A companiy's taking over its suppliers and distributors to gain control over the quality and cost of its product.
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Vertical Integration
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This man owned the Standard Oil Co. and donated a large amount of money to charity?
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John D. Rockefeller
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The merging of companies that make similar products.
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Horizontal Consolidation
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At which place did a tragedy occur that led New York authorities to establish strict rules about fire codes, working hours, child labor, and other worker-related issues?
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
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Which of the following MOST freed manufacturers from restrictions on where factories could be built?
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Electricity
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The MAIN purpose of the company known as Credit Mobilier was to
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steal railroad money for its shareholders.
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What made it possible, during the 1800s, to construct skyscrapers?
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new methods of making steel
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The use of standardized time that utilized time zones was introduced in order to benefit
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railroad companies and train travelers
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In the late 2800s, the federal government used troops to
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defeat strikes
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Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following EXCEPT
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cutting the quality of his products.
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In the late 1800s, collective bargaining was a technique used to
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win workers' rights.
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Between 1850 and 1900, the population of MOST U.S. cities
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increased tremendously
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Which of the following did the Sherman Antitrust Act make illegal?
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trusts and monopolies
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This former slave believed that racism would end for African Americans by their hard labor in agriculture, domestic, and mechanical work.
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Booker T. Washington
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A form of stage entertainment that features a variety of short performances, including songs, dances, and comedy routines.
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Vaudeville
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This man created an inexpensive, easy to carry camera called a Kodak?
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George Eastman
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A _____ tax is a tax that had to be paid in some southern states in order for someone to vote.
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poll
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This man believed that the "talented tenth" of African Americans should be allowed into mainstream America.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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A provision that exempts certain people from a law on the basis of previously existing circumstances.
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Grandfather Clause
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A form of music from the 1880's, in which the styles of African-American spirituals and European music were blended.
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Ragtime
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These were laws enacted in Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
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Jim Crow
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Which of the following accounted for the greatest number of children being unable to attend public high schools?
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racism
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Use of web-perfecting press resulted in reading materials that were
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less expensive
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In the case of Plessy v.Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
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racial segregation in public accommodations was legal.
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What did the first Kodak camera make possible?
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delayed photo processing
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The riot in New York City in 1900 was directly tied to tensions caused by
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racism.
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What formally legalized racial segregation?
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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All of the following became popular right around the turn of the century EXCEPT
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air travel
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Children attending elementary schools in the late 1800s were seldom expected to
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go on to college
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In the late 1800s, children who faced the greatest difficulty in enrolling in public high schools were
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African Americans
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What did Susan B. Anthony say had "done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world"?
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bicycling
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An agency established to investigate and stop unfair business practices.
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Federal Trade Commission
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A national banking system that controls the U.S. money supply and availability of credit in the country.
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Federal Reserve System
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The banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
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Prohibition
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This person wrote the book, The Jungle, which spoke of the horrors in the meatpacking industry.
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Upton Sinclair
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Roosevelt's progressive program designed to protect the common people against big business.
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Square Deal
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The right to vote
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Suffrage
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One of the magazine journalists who exposed corrupt business practices.
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Muckracker
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Robert M. La Follette gained fame for being a
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reforme governor
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The Seventeenth Amendment allowed for
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the direct election of senators
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Scientific management was an effort to improve efficiency by
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making production tasks simpler and easier.
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A new federal income tax was enacted MAINLY because
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the government had lost revenue by enacting lower tariffs.
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In 1912, which candidate was considered a conservative
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William Howard Taft
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Assembly lines were introduced into factories in order to
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make workers perform tasks more quickly
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The Nineteenth Amendment allowed for
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suffrage for women.
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The "Australian ballot" is another name for
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a secret ballot
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Gifford Pinchot was fired by President Taft because Pinchot
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made statements to Congress accusing the administration of exploiting public lands.
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In 1912 presidential election, approximately what percentage of the voters voted for reform candidates?
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75%
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An association of Nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace.
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League of Nations
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The group of nations-Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire-that formaed an alliance in World War I.
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Central Powers
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The princioles making up President Wilson's plan for world peace following World War I.
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Fourteen Points
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Military operations that depend on motorized vehicles, such as tanks and aircraft.
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Mechanized warfare
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The compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war.
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Reparations
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In World War I, the group of narions -Great Britain, France, Russia,later joined by U.S., Italy, and others to oppose that formed an alliance.
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Allies
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A law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service.
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Selective Service Act
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The large-scale movement of African Americans from South to the Northern cities in the early 20th century.
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Great Migration
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All of the following have historically been considered to be the causes of World War I EXCEPT
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American Isolation
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The German population suffered widespread starvation during the war, largely as a result of
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the British blockade of Germany.
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The U.S. Senate's opposition to U.S. membership in the League of Nations centered on the belief that it would
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drag the country into European conflicts.
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All of the following contributed to Germany's decision to surrender EXCEPT
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a successful Allied invasion of its borders
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Which of the following Allies had begun the war in alliance with Germany?
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Italy
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MOST of the American troops sent to Europe participated
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as an independent unit.
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What country did Austria-Hungary blame for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
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Serbia
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Which of the following nations suffered the FEWEST casualties in the war?
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The United States
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The event that triggered World War I was an assassination that occurred in
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Bosnia
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