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| What was the primary reason the Pilgrims came to the New World? |
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| What Indian tribe helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth survive by teaching them to plant crops? |
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| What was the written agreement created by the Pilgrims that established the rules and laws for the colony? |
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| What did the Intolerable acts NOT do? |
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| What is true about colonies in America? |
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| They were established for a variety of purposes |
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| Why is the Mayflower Compact significant? |
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| It was the first written expression of citizen rights by the colonists. |
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| What Act did the British pass and impose on the Colonists after the Boston Tea Party? |
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| Which action was a protest by the Sons of Liberty against the Tea Act? |
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| Who was the leader of the Puritans and first governor of the Massachusetts colony? |
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| Who ran the Massachusetts Bay colony after it was founded? |
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| Which word best describes the Colonists refusal to import British goods? |
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| Who was the commander of the British forces during the battles of Lexington and Concord? |
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| What was the Intolerable Act known as in England? |
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| Why were the Sons of Liberty organized? |
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| To what does the "Shot Heard Around the World" refer? |
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| Battle of Lexington and Concord |
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| Who was the colonial commander at the battle of Bunker Hill? |
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| What did the Northwest Ordinance provide? |
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| Orderly creation of territories and new states |
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What legislation argued the point that the states had the right to judge whether federal laws agreed with the
Constitution? |
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| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |
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| Who stressed the concept of a stronger local government as opposed to a bigger federal government? |
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| In which of the following documents did the Continental Congress declare their loyalty to the King of England? |
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| The Olive Branch Petition |
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| _________ led the first expedition that explored the newly purchased Louisiana territory. |
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| During his election, _________ did not receive enough votes from the Electoral College. |
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| As President, he attempted to avoid war with France by sending representatives to Paris. |
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| What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition? |
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| To declare allegiance to the King of England |
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| In 1775, who was chosen as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army? |
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| What was the name of the first written national government in the United States? |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| During the Revolutionary War, Congress printed money to pay for the Continental Army. What was this money called? |
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| In the Preamble to the Constitution, to what does the phrase "provide for the common defence" refer? |
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| Which event demonstrated the inability of Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, to respond to a crisis? |
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| What was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War? |
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| What did Lincoln mean by saying that "a house divided against itself cannot stand"? |
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| The country cannot endure half slave and half free. |
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| The __________ tried to resolve issues related to the Native Americans and southern boundaries of the United States. |
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| What led to the acquisition of Florida for the United States? |
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| Which of the following was the central idea of the Wilmot Proviso? |
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| To forbid slavery in territories gained in the Mexican War |
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| What is the reason many historians think Abraham Lincoln was the greatest American President? |
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| Lincoln successfully guided the country through its most difficult period, the Civil War |
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| Who played a significant role in the construction of the Wilderness Road? |
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| What brought Lincoln national fame? |
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| The Lincoln-Douglas debates |
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| In response to the Wilmot Proviso, John C. Calhoun introduced legislation that would do what? |
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| Prevent new territories from banning slavery |
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| Which of the following was NOT a problem with the Fugitive Slave Act? |
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| All Free Blacks were forced back into slavery |
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| Who wrote the Compromise of 1850? |
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| Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun |
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| In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln's strategy was to bring out the differences between the Democrats and Republicans on what issue? |
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| Which of the following allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state? |
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| To give up a territory or relinquish power of a country is to |
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| What were issues initially faced by the pioneers settling the frontier? |
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| In the Presidential Election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeated all of the following men EXCEPT? |
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| What is significant about the Confederate victory at Harpers Ferry? |
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| The capture of thousands of arms, artillery, and Union troops |
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| How did President Lincoln respond to the attack on Fort Sumter? |
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| He issued a proclamation for troops |
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| Where was Lincoln when he was assassinated? |
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| He and his wife were at Ford’s Theater in Washington |
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| Which general turned down President Lincoln’s offer to command the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War? |
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| Which of the following is NOT true about the assassination of President Lincoln? |
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| It occurred at the end of his second term as President |
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| Which general was criticized for his leadership skills and military strategy at Shiloh? |
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| What is significant about the Battle of Shiloh? |
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| At the time, it had more causalities than any other battle in American history |
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| What made slavery illegal in the U.S.? |
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| For what is the Battle of Antietam best known? |
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| It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War |
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| After Antietam in 1862, who was Lincoln speaking to when he said, ""If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while" ? |
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| Which of the following did President Lincoln do when he issued his April 15, 1861 Proclamation? |
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| He officially denied the existence of the Confederacy |
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| Which event officially started the Civil War? |
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| The attack on Fort Sumter |
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| When did the remaining Confederate forces surrender? |
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| Which of the following allowed settlers to purchase land on credit in the western region of the United States? |
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| Who is the author of Common Sense and The Crisis? |
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| According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, as soon as a territory reached a population of 5,000, it was eligible for statehood. |
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| Which group founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay? |
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| Who founded the colony of Connecticut? |
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| Where would an owner of a large tract of land where tobacco was grown most likely live? |
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| Who was a principal author of the Federalist Papers? |
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| The colony of Massachusetts Bay was tolerant of many religious beliefs. |
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| Which colony adopted the first written constitution? |
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| Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Why did Anti-federalists oppose the Constitution? |
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| Because it did not have a bill of rights |
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| Which of the following was NOT an American advantage in the Revolutionary War? |
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| Which of the following was an advantage the colonists had over the British? |
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| Safety outside the cities |
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| What is the pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence? |
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| During the Revolutionary War, many states had their own forms of money. |
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| In the debate over the Constitution, what did Federalists favor? |
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| A strong national government |
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| Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the British in the Revolutionary War? |
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| Which of the following is the main idea of the pamphlet Common Sense? |
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| It urged the colonists to break away from England. |
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| In creating the first national government, the Continental Congress centralized power at the national level and limited the power of individual states. |
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Determine if the statement below refers to the Basic Rights of Man, Wrongs by the King, or Independence Declared.
He has kept among us in times of Peace a standing Army. |
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| What document establishes the "separation of powers"? |
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| The Boston Massacre in 1770 was an attack on Bostonians who were in the area of the Customs House. |
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| Which philosopher wrote about the idea of "separation of powers"? |
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| Who ran and lost against President Lincoln in the Presidential Election of 1864? |
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| Which political party was started in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a component of the “Anaconda Plan”? |
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| To free the slaves in the South |
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| What was the final ruling in the Dred Scott case in the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| Under Missouri law, Dred Scott was still a slave, despite having lived in a Free State and a Free Territory |
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| What is significant about the Fugitive Slave Act? |
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| It required Northern states to return fugitive slaves to Southern states |
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| What was the reaction of the South when Abraham Lincoln was elected President? |
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| Seven Southern states seceded from the Union before he took office |
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| After Lincoln was elected president, he selected for his cabinet members men who had been his rivals for the Republican nomination. |
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| Which of following is true about the Civil War? |
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| The war broke out one month after President Lincoln was elected |
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| After defeating Atlanta in September of 1864, Sherman marched to the sea with little opposition. |
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| What is a major result of the Civil War? |
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| Slavery was ended by an amendment to the Constitution |
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| In Lincoln's second inaugural address, he offered a message of reconciliation to the Confederacy. |
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| Which of the following decided slaves were property and citizens cannot be denied their property rights without due process of law? |
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| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? |
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| Increased sectionalism in 19th century America unified the country. |
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| Where and when did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant? |
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| At Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865 |
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| In 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. |
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| Who was Ulysses S. Grant? |
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| In which battle did the North suffer its first major defeat in the Civil War? |
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| When was the Thirteenth Amendment passed? |
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| During the Civil War, which of the following did the North become known as? |
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| During the Civil War, which of the following did the South become known as? |
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| After the Civil War, President Lincoln was unsure about the future course of the nation. |
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| What was President Lincoln’s plan that was in opposition to the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill? |
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| According to Frederick Douglass, which of the following is one of the three keys to success in life? |
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| Most battles and destruction took place on southern soil. |
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| Why did the Whiskey Ring exist? |
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| Whiskey distillers and distributors didn’t want to pay the higher taxes. |
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| Which Amendment abolished slavery in 1865? |
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| What percent of the vote did the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill require in order for a state to rejoin the Union? |
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| The Radical Republicans in Congress supported President Johnson’s pro-slavery ideas. |
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| What is the Spoils System? |
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| A system in which people in positions of power grant offices to supporters or friends |
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| What were the “black codes” designed to do? |
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| Prevent the equality of African Americans and whites |
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| How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South’s African American citizens? |
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| The Compromise took away the Republican’s protection, leaving them more vulnerable to discrimination. |
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| During the presidential election of 1876, who received the popular vote? |
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| A Southern white who supported Reconstruction |
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| Although he was not convicted, President Johnson’s impeachment cost him his reelection. |
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| What were the Enforcement Acts also called? |
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| The Whiskey Ring and Crédit Mobilier scandals were related to which of the following presidents? |
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| Which of the following was aimed at helping newly freed African Americans in the South? |
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Order the events below in the proper chronological order, from earliest to latest.
Ku Klux Klan act, States ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, Last federal troops leave South Carolina, Lincoln is assassinated, States ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and Ulysses S. Grant is re-elected. |
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| Lincoln is assassinated, States ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, States ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, Ku Klux Klan act, Ulyses S. Grant is re-elected, Last federal troops leave South Carolina. |
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| What did President Lincoln do aside from politics? |
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| The military practice of attacking civilian, economic and military targets |
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| As a result of the Compromise of 1877, who became the president of the United States? |
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| Which of the following approaches did civil rights activist, Booker T. Washington, take to help African Americans achieve equality? |
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| Encouraged social advancement and independence through education and training |
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| Why was Plessy sitting in the train car designated for whites only? |
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| Plessy was challenging the law. |
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| Why did the Democratic Party try to prevent African Americans from voting? |
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| A large majority of African Americans were active voters who strongly supported the Republican Party. |
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| Which of the following could be an example of a Jim Crow law? |
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| Whites and African Americans must live in designated, separated areas. |
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| In the case of Plessy v Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy. |
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| Who published the book The Philadelphia Negro? |
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| Due to the industrialization of the South, thousands of miles of railroad track were built throughout the South. |
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| Spirituals and field hollers and calls were all combined to create blues music. |
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| Alex Manly preached education and economics as the best methods for African Americans to achieve equality. |
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| Joel Chandler Harris used which one of the following characters to help show slavery and racial issues to readers? |
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| What does the term “New South” refer to? |
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| The South’s change from an agricultural community to a more industrial one |
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| What issue was the reconstruction of the nation was mostly concerned with? |
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| How did farming change after Reconstruction? |
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| Sharecropping became the main type of farming. |
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| Northerners were interested in Joel Chandler Harris’ written works because they had grown up in that environment and found comfort in the racism and slavery his works portrayed. |
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| Why was George Washington Carver known as an agricultural innovator? |
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| Carver provided a way to diversify the South’s agricultural domain. |
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| In what industry did most African-Americans find jobs? |
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| What is another term for regionalism? |
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| Why did sharecropping begin? |
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| After the war, many people could not afford to buy their own land. |
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| What is a person called that can trace his/her ancestry back to French, Spanish, and Caribbean settlers? |
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| Due to George Washington Carver’s efforts, bad cotton seasons no longer resulted in an entire farming community’s complete financial devastation as it once had. |
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| Blues music was directly influenced by ragtime and jazz. |
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| Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? |
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| A militant activist who believed that African Americans should openly fight discrimination |
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| The theory of strength in numbers is best represented by which one of the following? |
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| Who is the union leader credited with inspiring and supporting the Pullman Strike? |
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| Company towns were built to accommodate workers' demands for lower prices and greater employee benefits. |
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| Heating ore to remove unwanted elements |
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| Which of the following is an example of an invention? |
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| Creation of the telephone |
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| Of the following, which one did not experience a union strike? |
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| What's the difference between an invention and an innovation? |
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| An invention is the creation of new product; an innovation is the improvement of an existing item. |
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| What's the major difference between social Darwinism and Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest"? |
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| Social Darwinism was the opinion that the weak should die off; Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest" was the observation that the weak did die off. |
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| What the main idea of laissez-faire? |
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| Government doesn't interfere with business. |
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| The development of the Bessemer Process contributed significantly to westward expansion. |
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| Which of the following was partly caused by social Darwinism? |
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| Long hours and low pay for workers |
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| The main purpose of a trust is to increase competition while reducing prices. |
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| Which one of the following was the least significant contributor to the development of labor unions? |
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| Who was responsible for the theory of social Darwinism? |
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| Of the following, which is not a reason why most immigrants stayed in the cities nearest immigration stations even though their living conditions likely would have improved if they had dispersed to other areas? |
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| Less discrimination in those cities |
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| Which one of the following is the best explanation of how the assassination of President Garfield led to the beginning of the Civil Service Commission? |
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| Because the Republican Party was so divided over who to support as the presidential candidate, reform-minded Republicans instead supported the Democratic Candidate, Grover Cleveland. |
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| Of the following, which one was not supported by the Populist Party? |
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| Currency system that allowed redemption of printed paper money for gold and silver |
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| Appointing friends and relatives to various government positions was known as which one of the following? |
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| The main difference between new immigrants and old immigrants was the average age of those who migrated to America. |
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| In which year was the Chinese Exclusion Act repealed? |
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| Political bosses were able to persuade people to vote the ways they wanted them to by doing which of the following? |
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| Promising jobs and better living conditions to the voters |
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| What is the name of the act passed by Congress that created the commission responsible for establishing procedures for merit award of government jobs? |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| Of what significance were Ellis Island and Angel Island to American immigrants? |
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| They served as immigration stations where immigrants were checked before being admitted to America |
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| The Populist party was a political organization established to support farmers and their needs. |
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| Tammany Hall was the most powerful of the political machines, and later, it was found to be one of the most corrupt. |
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| Well-organized groups that controlled political elections and all decisions related to the workings of a city are known as which one of the following? |
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| What fueled the anti-immigrant feelings that led to the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act? |
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| The belief that Chinese immigrants were responsible for California's economic downturn |
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| Republicans who were dedicated to maintaining the spoils system were known as which of the following? |
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| Which Act taxed legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. |
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| Which group of states supported the Virginia Plan? |
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| n the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, what did the Mason-Dixon Line begin to represent? |
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| The boundary between Free and Slave states |
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| Which of the following approaches did civil rights activist, Booker T. Washington, take to help African Americans achieve equality? |
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| Encouraged social advancement and independence through education and training |
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| Which of the following was aimed at helping newly freed African Americans in the South? |
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| In 1866, Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment in response to what events in the south in 1865? |
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| The institution of Black Codes in southern states and the creation of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| Who was Frederick Douglass? |
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| A passionate abolitionist |
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| What was the mercantilism system? |
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| Colonies were expected to produce only what England needed and to buy everything they needed from England. |
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| Which of the following is the most significant cause of the economic struggles of the New South? |
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| The South had been too dependent upon the plantation system. |
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| What were low-cost apartment buildings commonly called? |
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Determine if the statement below refers to the Basic Rights of Man, Wrongs by the King, or Independence Declared.
Transporting us beyond the seas to be tried for pretended offenses. |
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| City public services were paid for by |
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| _________ served first as Secretary of State, then he was appointed as Supreme Court Justice. |
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| What is another name for the "Age of Reason"? |
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| Why did the Colonists object to the Stamp Act? |
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| Had no representation in Parliament |
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| Why did the Democratic Party try to prevent African Americans from voting in the years following the Civil War? |
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| A large majority of African Americans were active voters who strongly supported the Republican Party. |
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| Why did Henry W. Grady believe the South’s dependency on cotton farming was such a bad thing? |
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| It kept the South dependent on the North for other crops and materials. |
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Determine if the statement below refers to the Basic Rights of Man, Wrongs by the King, or Independence Declared.
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. |
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| What fear led Americans to leave weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation? |
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| Fear of strong national government |
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| Which of the following answer choices was a common subject of blues songs? |
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| Which of the following best describes the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis? |
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| Though not a fanatic on the issue of slavery, he adamantly supported Southern life, which he defended at the national level |
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| Which of the following had the most impact on the Civil War? |
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| Whether a new state or territory should enter the Union as Free or Slave |
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| A Southern white who supported Reconstruction |
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| What injustice did Frederick Douglass speak against in the Reconstruction years? |
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| What is significant about the Confederate victory at Harpers Ferry? |
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| The capture of thousands of arms, artillery, and Union troops |
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The following is the end of what famous speech?
"…that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a newbirth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." |
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| What did Lincoln mean by saying that "a house divided against itself cannot stand"? |
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| The country cannot endure half slave and half free. |
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| How long did the Civil War last? |
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| What issue was the reconstruction of the nation after the Civil War mostly concerned with? |
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| Who was President of the Confederacy? |
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| After Antietam in 1862, who was Lincoln speaking to when he said, ""If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while" ? |
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| Where was a military cemetery built to honor Union soldiers who died there? |
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| As a result of the crop-lien system, if a farmer’s cotton didn’t sell as well as expected at the end of the season, what happened? |
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| The farmer wouldn’t be able to pay back the store he borrowed from, resulting in debt. |
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| What does bipartisan mean? |
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| Cooperative effort between two opposing parties |
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| Two years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the states ratified the Fifteenth Amendment. What did the Fifteenth Amendment do? |
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| It gave all male citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote. |
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| Why was the literary movement of regionalism born? |
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| As the South industrialized, Southerners felt like their traditional lifestyles were disappearing. |
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| What caused the large excess of cattle in Texas after the Civil War? |
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| Many farms and ranches were neglected during the war. |
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| What did the Cheyenne do in response to their forced relocation to Sand Creek Reservation? |
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| Raided white settlers’ wagon trains |
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| Why didn’t the South want to expand westward? |
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| New states in the west would have to agree to abolish slavery in order to join the Union. |
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| Which of the following outlaws escaped a hanging but was later found and killed? |
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| Why were Texas Longhorns chosen over other breeds for cattle drives? |
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| They required less water and were plentiful on the Great Plains. |
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| Which of the following were settlers expected to do as a stipulation of the Homestead Act? |
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| Which of the following was one result of the Pacific Railway Act? |
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| Many immigrants traveled west to make a living. |
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| Chivington and his soldiers slaughtered two hundred Cheyenne tribal members as they returned from peace negotiations with the governor of Colorado. What is this massacre known as? |
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| Ghost Dance spirituality originated with whom? |
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| Which of the following promised 160 acres of land to settlers in the West? |
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| What did Americans do in reaction to Frederick Jackson Turner’s speech? |
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| Realized the importance of history and began to study historical influences |
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| The Cheyenne Chief who was killed on his own territory |
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| What was the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act? |
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| To extend the railroad westward, connecting the East with the West |
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| What problems did the Cheyenne face when they were relocated to Sand Creek Reservation? |
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| Poor agricultural conditions made it almost impossible to farm. |
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| What was the purpose of the Treaty of Fort Laramie? |
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| To protect white settlers as they traveled through Native American territory |
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| What was the purpose of the Dawes Act? |
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| To assimilate Native American tribes into white culture and private land ownership |
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| Why were Native Americans forced to move to reservations? |
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| An increase in the number of western settlers resulted in a high demand for land. |
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| How did the Battle of Little Bighorn end? |
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| Custer and his entire army were killed by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse’s men. |
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| Which of the following was a famous Apache leader? |
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| Which of the following outlaws was killed by his own gang? |
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| Who was responsible for attracting famous legends Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and the Sundance Kid to Deadwood? |
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| Why did many African Americans join life on the open range in the 19th century? |
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| Discrimination was less of a problem. |
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| What are financial investors who own a percentage of a corporation called? |
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| Who invented the alphabet code that is represented by dots and dashes? |
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| Why was Edwin Drake's oil well nicknamed "Drake's Folly?" |
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| People didn't think it would be able to drill oil from the earth. |
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| Political machines, like labor unions, were concerned with improving working conditions for the masses. |
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| What is the "Gospel of Wealth?" |
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| Responsibility of the rich to help the poor |
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| Garfield was assassinated by a man who believed that Chester A. Arthur would be elected in his place. Why did this assassin want Arthur elected? |
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| He thought Arthur would help the stalwart cause |
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| Vertical integration reduced costs and resulted in stiff competition in steel products. |
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| Strikes, boycotts, negotiations, and other such methods of fighting big business were effective because of the efforts of people like Samuel Gompers. |
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| Reform-minded Republicans chose to break away from the Republican party and were deemed traitors as well as called which one of the following? |
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| Darwin's idea of "Survival of the Fittest" was a social theory. |
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| A reduced work day, retention of unions, and extravagant rent costs all contributed to various labor strikes. |
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| Reform-minded Republicans were known as Half Breeds. |
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| The currency system that allowed exchange of paper money for a precious metal such as silver was termed which one of the following? |
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| Who invented the telephone? |
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| Today's alkaline batteries are the direct result of Benjamin Silliman's work with electricity. |
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| The first trust was enacted to bypass laws that prohibited the sale of oil outside the state in which it was refined. |
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| Overcrowded apartment buildings where immigrants lived were called tenements. |
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| Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president as a result of the Pendleton Civil Service Act in 1883. |
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| The process of allowing voters to introduce legislation |
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| What did the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 do? |
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| Established an income tax |
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| Which of the following was offered by most settlement houses? |
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| Who was a photo journalist who documented the horrible living conditions of the urban poor? |
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| Which of the following is true concerning the Federal Reserve Bank? |
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| It aided in balancing out the ups and downs in the country's economy. |
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| What is one negative aspect of some Social Gospel reform efforts? |
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| They often discriminated against non-Protestant Christian immigrants. |
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| How did the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois differ? |
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| Washington thought equality would come with time; Du Bois fought for immediate equality. |
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| The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. |
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| What was the main goal of the Federal Trade Commission? |
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| To investigate the illegal or unfair business practices of large corporations |
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| Someone who tries to influence decisions made by the government |
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| What was the main goal of the Niagara Movement? |
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| To achieve social and economic equality between African Americans and whites |
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| Who raided bars and saloons with an axe, in support of temperance? |
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| Although not a supporter of the conservation of natural resources, Robert LaFollette did a great deal to fight the influence of big business over politics and politicians |
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| The process of voters approving or rejecting petitions for new laws |
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| Which amendment established a federal income tax? |
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| What role did lobbyists play in labor reform in the Progressive Era? |
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| Brought the concerns of exploited workers before legislatures |
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| The process of voters circulating petitions in order to remove an elected official |
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| The Social Gospel strongly supported social Darwinism. |
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| Who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company, which outlined Rockefeller's disreputable business decisions? |
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| What was the Progressive Party also known as? |
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| The Bull Moose Party because Roosevelt described it as being strong as a bull moose |
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| What was Americanization? |
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| The adaptation of immigrants to American culture |
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| Which of the following is the best example of an exposé? |
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| A book detailing a scandal |
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| Who exposed political corruption in many large cities in his book The Shame of the Cities? |
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| All government decisions that benefit big companies and have harmful effects on the average person are results of the work of lobbyists. |
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| Which one of the following is considered to be the champion of the Mexican Revolution of the early 1900s? |
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| What happened as soon as the United States gained control of Hawaii? |
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| The United States established an American naval base at Pearl Harbor. |
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| What does it mean for a country to be a protectorate of the U.S.? |
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| The country depends on the U.S. for protection. |
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| In the 1900s, the Mexican leader who allowed U.S. investments in Mexico, making himself rich at his peoples' expense, was Porfirio Diaz. |
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| The Hawaiian Islands were not highly sought-after due to their remote location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. |
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| What was the name of the U.S. warship that was sunk in the harbor of Havana? |
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| What products did Cuba produce that attracted American businesses? |
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| To whom is isolationism attributed? |
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| In relation to the order of other U.S. states into the the country, what numbered state is Hawaii? |
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| Why was Panama so eager to cooperate with the U.S. after it gained rights to the canal? |
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| The U.S. supported Panama during its fight for independence. |
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| What European country was supplying weapons to Huerta's military? |
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| Throughout the Spanish-American War, the U.S. lost more troops due to combat than disease. |
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| Which goods made Chinese trade markets so valuable to foreign traders? |
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| Why did General Pershing and his troops go into Mexico? |
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| To avenge Villa's attack on Columbus, NM |
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| What Mexican leader forced the American troops out of Mexico? |
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| What is the biggest reason the U.S. was so interested in finishing construction of the Panama Canal? |
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| To increase efficiency in world-wide trade and transportation routes |
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| Rapid industrialization led to the United States' involvment in world affairs. |
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| Why did control of the canal and surrounding lands switch hands from the Columbian to the Panamanian government? |
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| Panama revolted against the Columbian government and earned independence. |
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| Why was Mexican immigration to the U.S. so common during the Mexican Revolution? |
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| The United States was a safer place to live. |
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| Which of the following is an example of yellow journalism? |
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| Articles that exaggerated or manipulated events to shock the readers |
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| Which city did the U.S. want to control after it gained control of San Juan Hill? |
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| In which country did the first battle of the Spanish-American war take place? |
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| The United States' acquisition of Hawaii is an example of which of the following? |
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| Why wasn’t France able to finish construction of the Panama Canal? |
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| The project ran out of money, and the Columbian government withdrew its support. |
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| Filipino rebels fought the U.S. when it attempted to take the Philippine Islands that it had won in its battle against Spain, so the U.S. Congress passed the Platt Amendment |
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