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TRUE / FALSE : progressives generally believed government should not interfere with businesses

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FALSE

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TRUE / FALSE ; the popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment

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TRUE

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TRUE / FALSE ; square deal is associated with T.R

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TRUE

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TRUE / FALSE ; One of tafts issues became his support for high tariffs

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False

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TRUE / FALSE ; T.R had more antitrust suit as than any other pres.

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TRUE

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TRUE / FALSE ; Wilson was a weak president who trusted congress to adopt the policies

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False.

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TRUE / FALSE ; Taft finished 2nd in the presidential election of 1912

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FALSE

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TRUE / FALSE ; T.R considered federal trade commission the cornerstone of his program for big businesses

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False

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TRUE / FALSE ; federal $ for farm demonstration agents was approved by the Adamson Act

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FALSE

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Muckrakers saw their primary objective as

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Exposing social problems to the public

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Frederick Taylor

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Was an efficiently expert

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The originator of the “ Wisconsin idea “

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Robert Lafollette

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National child labor committee pushed

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For laws banning the widespread employment of young children

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Triangle shirtwaist company in 1911

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Workers a died as result of a fire

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During coal Strike

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T.R won support for his use of the “ big stick “ against big business

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Hepburn act of 1906

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Authorized the interstate Commerce commission to set maximum rates 4 railroads

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Title of novel about meat packaging

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The jungle

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18
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In area of conservation : TR

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Used the forest reserve act to protect forest

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19
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Who became chef justice Supreme Court in 1921

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TAFT

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17th amendment

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Authorized popular election of U.S senators

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Woodrow Wilson

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President of a college ( Princeton )

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Major factor in Wilson’s victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that

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Republican Party had split into 2

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Underwood Simons act

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Lowered tariff and was supported by Wilson

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Wilsons new freedom platform

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Proposed vigorous antitrust actions to break up corporate concentration

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Clayton anti trust act

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Outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates

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Louis d. Brandeis

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Established the 8 hour day for railroad workers

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As union commander ; Grant was characterized by his

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Plan to relentlessly attack

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At Petersburg

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Grant put the confederates under siege

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Shermans army in its march to the sea

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Looted and destroyed lots of property

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At Appomattox court house

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Most confederate resistances ended

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All of the following battles resulted in confederate victories except

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Vicksburg

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More than any other general, William t. Sherman recognized

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The importance of breaking confederate morale

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Lincolns 2nd inaugural address

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Was a plea for reconciliation

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Death toll in the civil war was

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630,000

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TRUE / FALSE ; Alfred Thayer Morris Mahan wrote “ the influence of sea power upon history

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TRUE

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TRUE / FALSE ; Social Darwinist ideas attempted to justify policies of imperial expansion

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TRUE

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TRUE / FALSE ; The purchase of Alaska from Russia for 7.2 m proved to b a huge bargain

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TRUE

38
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TRUE / FALSE ; US purchased Alaska from Great Britain

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False

39
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Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst helped invent what came to be known as “ green journalism “

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False

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TRUE / FALSE ; Spain conceded to practically all the American demands concerning Cuba

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True

41
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TRUE / FALSE ; TR helped the rough riders in the cuban campaign

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True

42
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TRUE / FALSE ; Mckineely was reflected in 1900 despite loosing popular vote to Bryan

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False

43
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TRUE / FALSE ; French company dug a canal part of the way through Panama

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True

44
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TRUE / FALSE ; US agreed to pay 10m plus 250k a year for the Panama Canal Zone

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True

45
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Western imperialism in the late 19th century was stimulated by all of the following EXCPET

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The fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the globe

46
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John fiske

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Wrote American political ideas , a book that stressed the superior character of Angelo saxon people’s and institutions

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1878; the Samoans signed a treaty with the US , giving the US

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Naval base on 1 of its islands

48
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When Americans led an overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy

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President Cleveland refused to annex hawaii to the US

49
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Yellow journalism arose from

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Circulation war between two NY newspapers

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Battleship Maine

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Was the source of a battle cry in the Spanish American war

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As result of the Spanish American war , US

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Became a world power

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During the Spanish American war TR

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Took part in the land fighting Cuba

53
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In the Spanish American war

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More American soldiers died from from disease than battle

54
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US states acquired all the following as a result of the Spanish American war except

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Panama

55
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Open door policy

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Purposes that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis

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Secretary of State who proclaimed the open door policy

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John hay

57
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Boxer rebellion ; all happened except

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Secretary Hay abandoned the open door policy

58
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TR campaigned for McKinley , and the new president rewarded him by appointing him

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Assistants secretary of the navy

59
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When the US and Columbia could not agree on a price for the Canal Zone

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The Colombian province of Panama rebelled against Columbia

60
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French lost 20k meant and spent 300m

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Attempting to build a canal in Panama

61
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Roosevelt corollary

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Stated that the US could intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere countries

62
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Roosevelt’s intervention in the Russo - Japanese War and the Moroccan dispute

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Won him the Nobel peace price of 1906

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Who did TR send on a grand tour around the world

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US navy

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Nations most dramatic population expansion occurred

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West of the Appalachian

65
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Jeffersons inauguration was notable for

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Being the 1st in Washington DC

66
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Presidents Jeffersons cabinet

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Included Madison as Secretary of State

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In the case of Marbury v. Madison , the Supreme Court

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Declared a federal law unconstitutional

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Jefferson showed his commitment to limited government by

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Cutting military spending

69
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The LA purchase was made by

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Napoleons disastrous set back in Haitai

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LA purchase was a problem for Jefferson because

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He believed that the constitution did it give authority to acquire new land

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To Jefferson , 1 major incentive to purchase LA was to

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Secure American access to the Mississippi

72
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Lewis’s and Clark expedition

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Gave the US a claim to Oregon

73
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Old republicans led by john Randolph

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All of the above

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As a result of the paper blockades , American shippers

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Ran the risk of capture

75
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Jeffersons response to British and French interference with US shipping

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What he called a policy of peaceable coercion

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Jeffersons embargo act

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Sought to stop all American exports

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Madisons attempt to deal with British and french interference

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Led to war with the British

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Greatest supporter for the declaration of 1812 came from

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The agricultural regions Fromm PA southward and westward

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Western settlers and politicians believed war with Britain might enable conquest of Canada

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conquest of Canada

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1 strength of US in war if 1812 was

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Small but capable navy

81
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Naval battle of Lake Erie resulted

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Commodore perry’s glorious victory

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At horse shoe bend , Jackson won victory over

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Creeks

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British Invasion of the mid Atlantic coast in 1814 resulted in

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Capture and burning of Washington, D.C.

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British attack on Baltimore’s fort mchenry

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Resulted in a bombardment that did not force the fort’s surrender

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British defeat at New Orleans is best explained by

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Their attack upon a strong defensive position

86
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Treaty of Ghent

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Ended the war

87
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Hartford convention had opposition to the war in

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New England

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