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CLEP History Review Flashcards

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What is the Wade-Davis Bill?

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Required 51% of the 1860 voters in each S. state to take an “ironclad” oath of allegiance

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What is the 13th Amendment and when was it ratified?

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The abolishment of slavery was ratified in December 1865

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What was the Freedman’s Bureau?

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An organization that helped newly freed S. slaves adjust to life after slavery

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Which two groups did the S. think were opportunists?

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The N. carpetbaggers and Scalawags

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What were the Black Codes and which president enforced them?

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Laws that limited rights and liberties for slaves were passed by President Johnson

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What did the black codes force African Americans to do?

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Become sharecroppers

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Bill?

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It gave the Federal government the right to supervise civil rights and make sure that all individuals, including AA, had life, liberty, and property

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What was the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?

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Military supervision of state governments
Divided 10 unreconstructed states into 5 military districts

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What was the Credit Mobilier Scandal?

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Involved the N. Pacific Railroad
Allowed those involved to amass fortunes by gaining money that was intended to fund the construction of the railroad

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What was the 15th Amendment?

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Prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or condition of servitude

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Who were the redeemers in the South?

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Southern wing of the Democratic Party that sought to regain their political power and enforce White supremacy

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Was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 successful? Why or why not?

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No, because it lacked strong enforcement regulations

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What is the significance of the Panic of 1873?

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It was a 6-year depression

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What was the Compromise of 1877?

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Remove all military from the South
Leads to diminishing Freedman’s Bureau

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What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

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Gave 80 million acres to settlers to encourage settlement in the West

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What was the Dawe’s Act of 1887?

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Allotted some reservation lands to Indians to try and assimilate them

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What happened in Holden vs. Hardy (1896)?

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Court upheld a law regulating miners’ working hours because long workdays increased potential injuries

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What is the Interstate Commerce Act 1887?

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The federal government can regulate interstate trade in public interest
Created Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

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Who found the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

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Samuel gompers

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What is the Haymarket Affair

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3k workers gather to protest police brutality

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What was the Homestead Strike?

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Workers went on strike at Carnegie’s steel factory in 1892 because of wage cut

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Where were the immigrants from in late 1800s?

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North and Western Europe
British Isles, German States, France, Scandinavia, Ireland

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Where were the immigrants from the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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South and Eastern Europe
Italy, Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, Greece

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What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883?

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Established a merit-based system for most federal government positions

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What was the case of Munn vs. Illinois?

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The court upheld the principle of state regulation of railroads

26
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What was the Wabash Case?

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The court declares that only Congress can limit the rates of interstate commerce

27
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Distinguish between protective tariffs and revenue tariffs

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Protective tariffs = high tariffs to keep foreign goods outs
Revenue tariffs = low tariff that encourages the import of foreign goods so that US can tax them and government can get revenue

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What is the Bland-Allison Act of 1878?

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Authorized the Treasury to buy $2 mil to $4 mil worth of silver each month

29
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What was the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?

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Increased monthly purchases to $4.5 mil

30
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What did President Hayes do?

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Attempted to overhaul the spoils system
Ended reconstruction in the S.

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What did President Garfield do?

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Wanted to reduce tariffs and increase relations with Latin America
Was assassinated

32
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What did President Arthur do?

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Signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act

33
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What did President Cleveland do?

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Expanded civil service, vetoed private pension bills, and urged Congress to out tariffs

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What did President Harrison do?

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Used bribery and multiple voting to win Indiana and NY
Supported civil service reform
Signed Dependent’s Pension Act (provided aid to injured war veterans)

35
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What was the result of Plessy vs. Fergurson?

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Separate but equal

36
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Which segment of the American population drove the creation and success of the People’s Party in the early 1890s?

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Farmers

37
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What were the results of Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”?

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He was a muckraker that revealed the corruption of the meat packing industry which led to federal and state laws regulating meatpacking

38
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What was the 19th Amendment and when was it ratified?

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Gave women the right to vote and was ratified in 1920

39
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Who were the Rough Riders?

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They were led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War in Cuba

39
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What is the significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911?

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Enforced laws like fire safety, factory inspections and sanitation, and employment rules for women and children

40
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What was the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

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Established the US central banking system, the Federal Reserve System

Created framework for Federal government to supervise and control the money supply

41
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What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

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His domestic program included conservation of natural resources, corporate law, and consumer protection

Signed legislations like factory inspections, child labor, and business regulation

41
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What was the Payne-Aldrich Act?

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Endorsed by Taft which raised tariffs rates over 900 products

42
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What is the Foracker Act of 1900?

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Established Puerto Rico as an American territory with its own civil government

43
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Who won the 1920 election?

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President Harding but later had a heart attack and Coolidge became president

44
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What was the Teapot Dome scandal?

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Albert B. Fall was convicted of bribing oil companies and became the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison

45
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What was the purpose of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act

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Issued by President Herbert Hoover to provide relief, create jobs, and support agriculture

46
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What were FDR’s new deal goals?

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Bank reform, job creation, economic regulation, and regional planning

47
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What was the Wagner-Peyser Act?

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Created the US Employment Services, promising states matching funds if they created local employment opportunities

47
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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

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It was a federal agency tasked with planning and developing floor control, reforestation, and hydroelectric power
TVA workers erected series of dams to harness Tennessee River in creation of hydroelectric power and also taught farmers crop rotation

48
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What was the Townsend Plan?

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Recommended paying every citizen over 60, who retired from work, $200 a month

49
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What is the Wagner Act?

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Ensures workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively

50
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What was the downside of the Enabling Act?

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It gave Hitler power to make all laws for German for the next 4 years

51
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What was the Munich Pact?

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Leaders of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to the German annexation of Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace

52
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What was the Nixon Doctrine?

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The US would continue to assist its allies but would not assume responsibility for defending the entire non-communist world

53
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What was the Carter Doctrine?

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The US would regard any attempt to interfere with its interests in the Middle East as an act of aggression to be met with force if necessary

54
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What was the Bush Doctrine?

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The belief that the US has the right to protect itself from terrorist acts by engaging in pre-eruptive wars or ousting hostile governments

55
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What were the Stonewall riots?

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Rise of gay liberation movement

56
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The Progressives were not Isolationists (t/f)

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True

57
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Which president was involved in the Watergate Scandal?

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President Nixon

58
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What made the 1928 election special?

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It was the 1st election that featured a Roman Catholic as a candidate

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