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when did JP Morgan give Cleveland $62million?

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1893

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when did cleveland revoke the silver purchase act?

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1890

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when did populism emerge when the party won 1 million votes in the election?e

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1892

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when did bryan stand for the democrats split the party with his populist ideas like silver purchase?

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1896

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When did McKinley win the elction after hanna gave $3 million

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1896

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when was the dingley tariff act passed by McKinley

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1897

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What was the dingley tariff act?

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pushes tariff rates to even higher levels

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when were the alaska-Yukon gold rushes?

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1897-99

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9
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when did McKinley pass the currency act?

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1900

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what was the currency act?

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committed US to continue to use gold standard

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when did roosevelt instruct his attorney (Knox) to start proceedings against northern securities?

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1902

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when was northern securities found illegal (trust)

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1904

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when did roosevelt pass the department of commerce and labour act?

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1903

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what was the department of comerce and labour act?

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regulates business monopolies and show price fixing

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when did roosevelt pass the hepburn act?

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1906

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what was the hepburn act?

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gave federal government comission the power to inspect rail books and set maximum rates

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when did roosevelt intervene in the anthricite coal strike

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1902

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when did roosevelt pass the pure food and drug act?

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1906

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when did taft prosecute the trusts american tobacco and stadard oil

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1911

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what was the payne aldrich act by taft?

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was meant to lower tariffs but was ineffecive

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21
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when was the plessy v ferguson court case?

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1896

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22
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by what year did 25% of black farmers own their own land (standard of livibg improved)

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1910

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23
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by what year was 56% of manufacturing and mechanical labour force immigrants

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1890

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when did frederick turner write an essay on the importance of the frontier?

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1893

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between what years di 10 million immigrants arrive in the US

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185 - 1890

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by what year did chicago have over 1 million inhabitants (only 30,000 in 1850)

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1890

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27
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between what years were 2500 men lynched in the south

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1882 - 1899

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28
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when was the NAWSA (womens suffrage) established

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1890

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29
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when did wilson do the federal reserve act

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1913

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what was the fedral reserve act

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a federal system that all banks contributed to for bail oits

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what was the clyaton anti trust act

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strengthened the sherman anti trust act

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32
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when did wilson pass the federal farm loan act?

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1916

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33
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what was federal farm loan act?

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made loans cheaper and more avalible for farmers

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34
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when did wilson pass the underwood tariff act

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1913

35
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what was the underwood tariff act?

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lowered tariff

36
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when did wilson intriduce graduated income tax in the 16th ammendment?

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1913

37
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when did wilson pass the federal child labour act?

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1916

38
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when did wilson pass the workmens compensation act?

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1916

39
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when did wilson pass the adamson act?

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1916

40
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what was the adamson act?

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8 hour working day for rail workers

41
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when were the colarado coal strikes where wilson sent th national guard to stop it and 26 were killed?

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1913

42
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by what year were 4% of US companies producing 57% of ttal iron priduction industry

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1904

43
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when was the 4 year depression where 15,000 companies and 600 banks closed (national unemployment 20%

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1893

44
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when was the pullman strike

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1894

45
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what was the pullman strike

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a national strike led by eugene debs that paralysed the nation - cleveland sent troops and passed omnibus indictment act

46
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when and what was the omnibus indictment act that cleveland passed?

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1894

permitted the legal banning of strikes

47
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when was the anti saloon league foundered

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1893

48
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between what years did immigration increase by 14 million

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1860 and 1900

49
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when did missippi introduce the literacy test

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1890

50
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between what years were 3724 people lynched and only 4 sentenced

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1889 and 1929

51
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when was the revival of the KKK becuase of the “birth of a nation”

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1915

52
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when were the race riots in st Loius, Missouri

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july 1915

53
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when was the red summer race riots in chicago (13 days, 38 dead, 537 injured, 1,000 blacks without homes)

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summer 1919

54
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what did Booker T Washington do?

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set up Tuskegee insttute to train back people

55
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when did Web Du Bois create the niagra movement (reject washington’s cautious approach and help set up NAACP)

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1905

56
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when was the NAACP set up?

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1909

57
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when did the black percentage increase to 66% in new york and 611% in Detroit

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between 1910 and 1920

58
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by what year did harlem house 200,000 black people

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1920’s

59
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by what year did 38 US states have a population of over 100,000

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1900

60
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what is progressive imperialism

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McDougall said US imerialism was motivated by desire to improve the lives of non-americans

61
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what is preclusive imperialism

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langer said the US took colonies to prevent other countries from doing so

62
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when did the US establish a protectoage in east Samoa (while west samoa was still german colony)

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1898

63
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when did the US annex Hawaii after a revolt against US farmers

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1898

64
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when was the spanish american war against spain in Cuba

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1898

65
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what was the treaty of paris (1898)

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US bought philipines for $20 million

US had to fight 4 year war to gain control

66
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when did the US invade puerto rico and defeat spain here

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1898

67
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when did the US act as mediator between britain and Venezuela (favored venezuela)

A

1895

68
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when was roosevelt’s corollary that added to monroe doctrine and said US have greater intervention in latin america

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1904

69
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when was the panama canal that increased trade by creating short-cuts for ships

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1914

70
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when was the platt ammendment that imposed us control over cuba’s economy and imposed a new political system

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1901

71
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when was the open door policy that said different counties would respect eachothers intrests in china

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1899

72
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when was the boxer rebellion against foreigners in china (US sent small forces)

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1900

73
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when did roosevelt negotiate peace treaty for Russo-Japanese war

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1904 - 05

74
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when was the root takahira agreement that agreed to respect eachothers agreements in china

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1908

75
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when did 1500 women march down 5 avenue to protest the war

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august 1914

76
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when did germans launch unrestriced submarine warfare

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feb - august 1915

77
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between what dates were 1 million tons of allied shipping sunk by U-boats

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feb - march 1917

78
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when did black toms munition plant blow up in jersey

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30th july 1916

79
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what happened when black toms mumition factory exploded

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20 million dollars damage
2 million pounds ammunition gone
german sabouters blamed
a reason why america joined war and anti-german feeling

80
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when did food production increase from 12.3 million to 18.6 million tons

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1915 and 1918

81
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how many americans were killed in the war

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50,000

82
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when was the espoinage act passed

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june 1917

83
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what was the espoinage act

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allowed post masters to look at suspicious mail

1500prosecutions took place

84
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how many russian were deported for red scare / fear of communism

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USA history 1890-1920 (2 decks)

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