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During the late nineteenth century urban
political machines were organizations that |
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Definition
were controlled by politicians who dispensed
jobs and other patronage in return
for political support |
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Term
In his interpretation of the historical development
of the United States, Frederick Jackson
Turner focused on the importance of the |
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Definition
| frontier experience in fostering democracy |
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Term
The 1896 presidential election was significant
in American history because it |
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Definition
strengthened the Republican image as the
party of prosperity and national greatness |
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Term
In the period 1890–1915, all of the following
were generally true about African Americans: |
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Definition
Voting rights previously gained were
denied through changes in state laws
and constitutions, African American leaders disagreed on the
principal strategy for attaining equal rights, Numerous physical attacks on African
American individuals occurred in both the
North and the South, African American people from the rural
South migrated to both southern and
northern cities. |
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Term
Between 1890 and 1914, most immigrants to the
United States came from |
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Definition
| southern and eastern Europe |
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Term
Which of the following is a correct statement
about the United States at the close of the First
World War? |
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It emerged as the world’s leading
creditor nation. |
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Term
Which of the following describes the “lost
generation” after the First World War? |
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| Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises |
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Term
Many Mexicans migrated to the United States
during the First World War because |
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Definition
revolution in Mexico had caused social
upheaval and dislocation |
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Term
All of the following were some of Woodrow
Wilson’s Fourteen Points: |
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Definition
a general association of nations, freedom to navigate the high seas in peace
and war, an independent Poland, an end to secret treaties |
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Term
A direct consequence of Henry Ford’s assemblyline
process was that it |
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Definition
| decreased the need for skilled workers |
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