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laws that restricted freedmens rights. |
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What was the main goal of the KKK during reconstruction? |
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To keep African Americans in the role of submissive labors. |
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What was Lincoln's hope for reconstruction? |
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What was the goal of the freedmen's Bureau? |
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Help black southerners adjust to freedom. |
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What were the main characteristics of agriculture in the South after the Civil War? |
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Share cropping, and tennant farming |
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How did Reconstruction end? |
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Corruption, economy, violence, and the democrats returned. |
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What prevented many poor white southern laborers from finding work? |
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Immigrants, and African americans |
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Afican American males could vote. |
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Reconstruction succeeded in rebuilding many of the south's what? |
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In what goals did reconstruction succeed? |
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What made possible American industrial growth of the late 1800's? |
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What revolutionized American communication in the late 1800's? |
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the telegraph and the telephone. |
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Promotes fair industrial competition. |
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How did the Gov. respond to the pullmen strike? |
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How did John D. Rockefeller gain control over much of the oil industry? |
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Managing a trust made up of Standard oil and allied companies. |
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What was the buisness cycle? |
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Expansion followed by recession. |
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Why did children work in factories during the late 1800's? |
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Families needed the income to survive. |
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Less of a cost on steel and iron. |
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What is the theory of social Darwinism? |
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What tactics did employers use to crush labor strikes? |
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What was a major complaint of farmers in the late 1800s? |
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Regulated prices railroads charged to move goods. |
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Why did many African American Exodusters migrate west? |
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What were the requirements an American had to meet to take advantage of the aHomestead act? |
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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? |
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What happened to many Native american nations as white settlers moved west? |
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There land was being taken over and they had to move to reservations. |
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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? |
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less effort and more crops. |
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What created the mining boom that started the cal. gold rush? |
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The idea to get rich quick. |
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In the 1800s, what was most often protected by American Presidents? |
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What was the port of entry for most immigrants during the late 1800s |
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What attracted many asians to the u.s. in the late 1800s? |
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What resulted from immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs? |
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Expansion of urban areas. |
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Why did many immigrants support political machines? |
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Because those people protected them. |
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Pendleton Civil Service act: |
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What immigrant group was the target of discrimination laws? |
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What was the goal of both prohibitionists and pruity crusaders? |
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to rid society of behavior they thought was immoral. |
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What attracted many immigrants to the U.S.? |
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A chance at a better life. |
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Describe urban areas by the early 1900's |
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Most of them were slums and tenements. |
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By 1910 why did student attendence in school increase? |
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Because by law they had to go to school. |
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During the late 1800's and early 1900's what segment of American society was most likely to attend college? |
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What was W.E.B. DuBois's view on African American education? |
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Provide leadership in the fight for civil rights. |
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Why did many women participate in volunteer organizations? |
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To take steps to a public life. |
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What was Booker T. Washington's view on African American Education? |
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Economic security and vocational skills. |
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How did minstrel shows portray African Americans? |
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Used them as stereo types. |
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Why was the NAACP formed? |
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To fight discrimination through the courts. |
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Gave U.S. equal access to china's consumers. |
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Denied that the US wanted any more territory. |
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How did the US aquire the panama canal zone? |
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Why did European and American Imperialism grow? |
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Stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations. |
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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? |
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Phillipeans, Puerto Rico, and Guam. |
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Why did the US annex Hawaii? |
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The US needed naval stations to protect its world trade. |
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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? |
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Protect workers and help the poor. |
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Regonized the federal banking system |
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What issue sparked controversy between the Republican party and the President Taft? |
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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? |
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Wilson promised to preserve free economic competition. |
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A novel by Upton Sinclair |
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Exposed political and business corruption. |
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What role did the Federal government play in the economy during the war? |
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Regulated the production of war goods. |
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What were the long term causes of WWI? |
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European nations created for their defense. |
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German u-boats would warn ships before attacting. |
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Why did the US enter the war? |
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Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare. |
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Drafting of young men for the military forces. |
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What was the spark that started WWI? |
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The assination of the arch Duke. |
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Describe the death toll of WWI? |
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Describe how Germany was treated as a result of the peace treaty |
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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? |
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Congress wanted to make some changes. |
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Why was the development of mass media important? |
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It helped sell more consumer goods. |
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What were some of the results of prohibition? |
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Violence and organized crime. |
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What did Marcus Garvey do? |
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He provided early inspiration for black pride movement. |
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What did many Americans become fasinated with heros during the 1920's? |
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They served them as role models. |
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What was the Harlem renaissance? |
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African American literacy movement centered in Harlem. |
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What legal right was at issue during the scopes trial? |
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Who were the main targets of the KKK terror? |
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Catholics,Jews,Gays,and African Americans. |
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What group of people suffered economically during the 1920's? |
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Why didn't women vote at first? |
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They weren't used to voting. |
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Why did African Americans move North during the 1920's? |
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What helped Americans purchase goods in the 1920's? |
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Depends on a large amount of spending by consumers. |
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Why did worker productivity increase during the 1920's? |
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What industry did the most to boost other industries during the 1920's? |
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What were the warning signs of an unsound economy? |
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So many people were in debt from purchasing consumer goods by credit. |
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What did Harding and Coolidge base their foreign policy on? |
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15 nations pledged not to use the threat of war in their dealings with each other. |
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