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How did the radical Republicans respond to Lincoln’s reconstruction plan

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They passed the Wade Davis bill

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What were the similarities between Lincoln and Johnson’s reconstruction plan

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Both plans included the 13th amendment, pledge allegiance, and had 10 percent of 1860 voters pledge allegiance to the United States

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What did the Friedmans bureau Do

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And agency made to help former slaves after the Civil War

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How did the southern states government reject black votes

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They input the black codes

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What was the reconstruction act of 1867

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It did not recognize state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson’s plan

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How did southern governments try to improve their economic condition after the war

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They built roads and bridges, established institutions for people with disabilities, and created schools. They also increase taxes

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What were the successes of the Southern govt attempts to rebuild its economy after the war

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Education

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What was the main goal of the KKK

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To stop black votes

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What did white southerners do when they regain control of state government

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Reconstruction ended

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What did B Hayes do when he became president

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Compromise of 1877

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What made American industrial growth possible

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Wealth of natural resources, government support for business, growing urban population that provide a cheap labor and markets for new products

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What policy to help the government contribute to the building of the TC railroad

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They use Chinese and Irish people to build it

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What revolutionized American communication in the late 1800s

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The telegram

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What did the critics of powerful industries refer to as

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Robber barons

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what was the goal of the Sherman antitrust act

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To protect competition in business

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According to social Darwinism what should the government do in regards to business

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Stay out of it

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17
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What was the Bessemer process

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A cheaper way to make steel

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How did industrial growth affect distribution of wealth

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It provided two distinct groups… And 99 percent and the one percent

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What group did the AFL organize

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Skilled workers

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How did the government respond to the Pullman strike

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Send in military

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What best describes a Republican and a Democrat during the Gilded Age

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Republicans were rich whites and Democrats were Catholics and Jews

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What led the government to being involved in business

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A

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23
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What was the port for immigrants

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Ellis island

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What attracted Asians to the US

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Railroads

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What was TR's goal in reaching the gentleman agreement
Ending Japanese immigration
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What was the result of immigration increased productivity
Rapid expansion of urban areas
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Why did immigrants support political machines
It gave them jobs
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Prohibitionists and impurists shared what goal
Improving moral and personal behavior of individuals
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What was the main goal of the social gospel and settlement movement
To help poor and needy immigrants
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What was the case Plessy versus Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that kept racist segregated
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What was the major economic argument for expansion
United States needed to market it's goods
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What is the Monro doctrine
It kept all European affairs and problems out of the Western Hemisphere
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What led to the Spanish American war
Sinking of the USS Maine
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What was the result of the Spanish-American war
Cuba was under American rule, United States got Guam Philippines and Puerto Rico
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What is open door policy
Anybody can come
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Why did Roosevelt opponents disapprove of his actions in panama
He started a Civil War just to get the Panama Canal
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What did TR add to the Monro doctrine
The Roosevelt corollary… Which had the United States claim the right to protect its economic interest by means of military intervention in affairs with the Western Hemisphere
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What is the connection between imperialism and American frontier
Imperialism gives the US new frontier
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What did most progressivists support about the government
I wanted to make the government more responsive
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Who is Florence Kelly and what did she try to abolish
She was trying to improve the lives of women and children
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What was Roosevelts progressive platform ideas and successes
The square deal, trust busting, Limited business power, food and drug inspections
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How did Taft continue TR's progressive record
He pursued his progressive agenda by adding the Payne Aldrich tariff
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How did Woodrow Wilson win the election of 1912
Split tickets
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What stop the progressive movement
World war one
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What event sparked World war one
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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What words best describe the first year of World War I
Deadly slow trench warfare
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What country encouraged Ill feelings towards Germany
Britain
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Why did the US entered the war
German U-boats and sinking of the Lusitania
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What event entered US into the war
Unrestricted sub warfare
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What is the convoy system
Protection of merchant ships from U-boats by having ships travel in large groups escorted by warships
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What role did African-Americans take on in World War I
Worked in manufacturing plants that supply weapons and other things that the army needed
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What role did the federal government play in economy in World War One
Increased size of military and advocated for more weapons
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What best describes the great migration
Massive
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Why did senators oppose the Treaty of Versailles
It was too harsh
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What was the problem with postwar adjustment
There were no jobs for wounded war veterans
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What group suffered the most during the 1920s
Farmers
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What do fundamentalists believe
Literal translation of the Bible
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Why didn't women use suffrage right away
They didn't know how to
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What did flappers represent
A social movement for women
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What was the major demographical shift
People started moving to the suburbs
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What aided rapid growth in mass media
Newspapers and radio's
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What was the result of prohibition
The government could not keep up with enforcing the law
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Who is Marcus Garvey
Did you make an immigrant who founded the UNIA and conducted racial movements
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What is the description of a Republican in 1920
Pro business and free market
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What is the red scare
Communism trying to make its way into the United States
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What allowed economy to grow in the 1920s
The stock market
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What was the outcome of Shenk Vs US
Freedom of speech is restricted if words represent in danger
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Who was Hoovers opponent in 1928
Al Smith
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What was the national origins act of 1924
Established immigration quotas that discriminate against people from outside Western Europe
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What allowed worker productivity to rise in the 20s
Technology

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