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History
11th Grade
12/13/2011

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Black Codes:
Definition
laws that restricted freedmens rights.
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What was the main goal of the KKK during reconstruction?
Definition
To keep African Americans in the role of submissive labors.
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What was Lincoln's hope for reconstruction?
Definition
To preserve the union.
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What was the goal of the freedmen's Bureau?
Definition
Help black southerners adjust to freedom.
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What were the main characteristics of agriculture in the South after the Civil War?
Definition
Share cropping, and tennant farming
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How did Reconstruction end?
Definition
Corruption, economy, violence, and the democrats returned.
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What prevented many poor white southern laborers from finding work?
Definition
Immigrants, and African americans
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Fifteenth Admendment:
Definition
Afican American males could vote.
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Reconstruction succeeded in rebuilding many of the south's what?
Definition
Industry, cities
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In what goals did reconstruction succeed?
Definition
Helped repair the south.
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What made possible American industrial growth of the late 1800's?
Definition
Technological advantages
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What revolutionized American communication in the late 1800's?
Definition
the telegraph and the telephone.
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Sherman Anti- trust Act:
Definition
Promotes fair industrial competition.
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How did the Gov. respond to the pullmen strike?
Definition
Using federal troops.
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How did John D. Rockefeller gain control over much of the oil industry?
Definition
Managing a trust made up of Standard oil and allied companies.
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What was the buisness cycle?
Definition
Expansion followed by recession.
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Why did children work in factories during the late 1800's?
Definition
Families needed the income to survive.
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Bessemer process:
Definition
Less of a cost on steel and iron.
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What is the theory of social Darwinism?
Definition
Survival of the fittest.
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What tactics did employers use to crush labor strikes?
Definition
Yellow dogs.
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What was a major complaint of farmers in the late 1800s?
Definition
tariff reductions.
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Inerstate commerce act:
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Regulated prices railroads charged to move goods.
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Why did many African American Exodusters migrate west?
Definition
Free from violence.
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What were the requirements an American had to meet to take advantage of the aHomestead act?
Definition
21 years old, citizen, build a house, and live in the house for 6 months out of the year.
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What was the major incentive in setteling in the west?
Definition
Land and get rich quick.
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What happened to many Native american nations as white settlers moved west?
Definition
There land was being taken over and they had to move to reservations.
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assimilation:
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Native americans were forced to adopt our culture.
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How did new technology help farmers on the Great Plains?
Definition
less effort and more crops.
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What created the mining boom that started the cal. gold rush?
Definition
The idea to get rich quick.
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In the 1800s, what was most often protected by American Presidents?
Definition
The buissness industry.
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What was the port of entry for most immigrants during the late 1800s
Definition
Ellis Island.
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What attracted many asians to the u.s. in the late 1800s?
Definition
Work on railroads.
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What resulted from immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs?
Definition
Expansion of urban areas.
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Why did many immigrants support political machines?
Definition
Because those people protected them.
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Pendleton Civil Service act:
Definition
End of spoil system.
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What immigrant group was the target of discrimination laws?
Definition
Asians
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What was the goal of both prohibitionists and pruity crusaders?
Definition
to rid society of behavior they thought was immoral.
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What attracted many immigrants to the U.S.?
Definition
A chance at a better life.
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Describe urban areas by the early 1900's
Definition
Most of them were slums and tenements.
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By 1910 why did student attendence in school increase?
Definition
Because by law they had to go to school.
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Plessy vs Ferguson
Definition
Upheld segregation.
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During the late 1800's and early 1900's what segment of American society was most likely to attend college?
Definition
Wealthy white men.
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What was W.E.B. DuBois's view on African American education?
Definition
Provide leadership in the fight for civil rights.
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Why did many women participate in volunteer organizations?
Definition
To take steps to a public life.
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What was Booker T. Washington's view on African American Education?
Definition
Economic security and vocational skills.
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How did minstrel shows portray African Americans?
Definition
Used them as stereo types.
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Why was the NAACP formed?
Definition
To fight discrimination through the courts.
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Open Door Policy:
Definition
Gave U.S. equal access to china's consumers.
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Rooseve;t Corollary
Definition
Denied that the US wanted any more territory.
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How did the US aquire the panama canal zone?
Definition
The spooner act.
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Why did European and American Imperialism grow?
Definition
They had strong navy's.
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Define Imperialism
Definition
Stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations.
Term
Banana Republic
Definition
A central American nation dominated by US business interests.
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What territories did the US aquire from Spain after the Spanish American war?
Definition
Phillipeans, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
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Why did the US annex Hawaii?
Definition
The US needed naval stations to protect its world trade.
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Great White Fleet
Definition
US navy sailed around the world to show how powerful their navy was.
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What did progressives believe was the rule of the federal goverment?
Definition
Protect workers and help the poor.
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Federal Reserve system
Definition
Regonized the federal banking system
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What issue sparked controversy between the Republican party and the President Taft?
Definition
His handeling of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair.
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How did Wilson's reform platform during the 1912 election differ from that of Teddy Roosevelt's?
Definition
Wilson promised to preserve free economic competition.
Term
The Jungle
Definition
A novel by Upton Sinclair
Term
Muckraker
Definition
Exposed political and business corruption.
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What role did the Federal government play in the economy during the war?
Definition
Regulated the production of war goods.
Term
What were the long term causes of WWI?
Definition
European nations created for their defense.
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Sussex Pledge
Definition
German u-boats would warn ships before attacting.
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Why did the US enter the war?
Definition
Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Selective service act
Definition
Drafting of young men for the military forces.
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What was the spark that started WWI?
Definition
The assination of the arch Duke.
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Describe the death toll of WWI?
Definition
Extrodinarly high.
Term
Describe how Germany was treated as a result of the peace treaty
Definition
They had to pay all repairations to the allies.
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What happened to Wilsons 14 points after he presented it to the US senate?
Definition
Congress wanted to make some changes.
Term
Why was the development of mass media important?
Definition
It helped sell more consumer goods.
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What were some of the results of prohibition?
Definition
Violence and organized crime.
Term
What did Marcus Garvey do?
Definition
He provided early inspiration for black pride movement.
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What did many Americans become fasinated with heros during the 1920's?
Definition
They served them as role models.
Term
What was the Harlem renaissance?
Definition
African American literacy movement centered in Harlem.
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What legal right was at issue during the scopes trial?
Definition
Free speech
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Who were the main targets of the KKK terror?
Definition
Catholics,Jews,Gays,and African Americans.
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What group of people suffered economically during the 1920's?
Definition
Farmers
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Why didn't women vote at first?
Definition
They weren't used to voting.
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Why did African Americans move North during the 1920's?
Definition
More job offers.
Term
What helped Americans purchase goods in the 1920's?
Definition
Credit
Term
Consumer Economy
Definition
Depends on a large amount of spending by consumers.
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Why did worker productivity increase during the 1920's?
Definition
More factory jobs.
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What industry did the most to boost other industries during the 1920's?
Definition
The automobile industry.
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What were the warning signs of an unsound economy?
Definition
So many people were in debt from purchasing consumer goods by credit.
Term
What did Harding and Coolidge base their foreign policy on?
Definition
Isolationism
Term
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Definition
15 nations pledged not to use the threat of war in their dealings with each other.
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