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What did the Sherman Antitrust Act Outlaw?

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Monopolies

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What was Andrew Carnegie the head of?

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The steel industry

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Name the battle where Custer was defeated by the Sioux.

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Little Big Horn

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What was discovered that led to prospectors pushing west?

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Gold

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What battle marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians.

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The Massacre of Wounded Knee

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Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

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As more white moved westward the started taking land in reservations, causing the reservations to shrink to a very small size.

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What were key Central part of the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800’s?

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Buffalo, horse, and extended family

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Who were exodusters?

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Free African American slaves who migrated West from the post-reconstruction South.

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What was responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?

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Railroads

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What allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

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Electricity

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Where did the 146 female workers die in a fire?

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At the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

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Why were the scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800’s?

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Filled in for workers during a sit down strike.

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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800’s?

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The new method of making steel.

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What resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

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Workers rights, fire escapes, and changing local labor laws for women and children.

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What contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900’s?

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Henry Bessemer’s new method of making steel, natural resources, government, and no shortage of labor because of immigrants.

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How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of a large percentage of the steel industry?

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Buying out suppliers, competition, and undercutting the competition.

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In the late 1800’s, collective bargaining was a technique used to what?

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Win workers’ rights by workers negotiating with management.

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What social problems did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

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The living and working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants.

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What did progressive women reformers work to achieve?

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Women’s suffrage and limiting women’s working hours.

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What reform did the 19th Amendment enact?

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Women’s right to vote

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What was one goal of the Americanization movement during the Progressive Era?

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Correcting social and political injustices.

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Who was WEB DuBois an outspoken critic of?

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Booker T. Washington

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What did Theodore Roosevelt support?

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Businesses that followed the laws.

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What resource did the National Reclamation Act directly affect?

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Water and how it was distributed.

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Why did Roosevelt run for Presidency in 1912?

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Taft changed everything Roosevelt did, and Roosevelt was upset about it.

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How did Wilson try to protect workers?

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By lowering tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries.

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What fields did Progressives aim to reform?

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Education, improving workplace conditions, and cleaning up the government.

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What was one way Progressives differed from Populists?

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Progressives were mostly middle-class whites from urban areas, while Populists were farmers.

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What did President Wilson accomplish as President?

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The Clayton Antitrust Act, lowering tariffs, and created the income tax. He also had strict government control on businesses/corporations.

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When was Hawaii annexed?

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July 7, 1898

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Why did US Navy Commodore George Dewey lead an attack on ships in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War?

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All the Spanish ships were located there.

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Who were the “Rough Riders”?

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Volunteer cavalry in the Spanish-American War, led by Theodore Roosevelt.

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When did the US grant independence to the Philippines?

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1946

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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 “Seward’s Folly”?

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They didn’t see the use of Alaska, bought by Secretary of State William Seward.

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What territories did the 1898 Treaty of Paris deal with?

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Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and other Spanish territories.

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How did the US gain full control of the Philippines?

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Bought if from Spain for $20 million.

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How did militarism contribute to increased imperialism?

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Made militaries stronger, to protect their territories.

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What did Taft do to help restore order in the Philippines?

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Censored the press

39
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How did the US show its dominance over the Philippines?

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Through military, and power.

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What tactic did Filipino insurgents use to undermine American power?

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Guerilla warfare

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What was Roosevelt’s “big stick” diplomacy?

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Roosevelt’s foreign policy where he believed in a strong military so that American goals could be carried out. He used this with the Panama Canal.

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What were some causes of WW1?

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Imperialism, nationalism, and militarism.

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What did the US do to overcome the threat of German U-boats?

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The Convoy System

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Which of the following was a result of the Selective Service Act?

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Way to build up troops, forcing men to draft into the army.

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Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WW1?

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Machine guns, airplanes, and tanks

46
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Which of the following nations suffered the fewest casualties?

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America

47
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How did WW1 change the lives of American women?

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Helped women gain voting rights.

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How did WW1 contribute to the African American Great Migration?

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White men left for war, so African Americans could move up North to get jobs.

49
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What contributed to women’s suffrage?

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White men left for war, so women stepped up and took over their jobs.

50
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Who rejected Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” peace plan?

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The League of Nations

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What reasons did Senators give for opposing US membership in the League of Nations?

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That the League of Nations would pull us into future wars.

52
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What caused the Great Depression?

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The stock market crash and people buying stuff on credit, causing debt to grow.

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What was the cause of the Dust Bowl?

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Over tilling of soil, planting the same crops annually, heat, lack of rain, and high winds.

54
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After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy?

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By helping business owners.

55
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What name was given to the men and boy who rode the rails as they searched for work?

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Hobos

56
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Which group experienced an early depression in the 1920’s?

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Farmers

57
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What caused Black Tuesday?

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16 million shares of stock were sold, and the stock market crashed.

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Why did so many banks collapse at the beginning of the Great Depression?

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People pulled out all their saving from banks.

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What key factor contributed to the plight of rural farmers?

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Demand for food dropped.

60
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What was the destination of most Dust Bowl migrants?

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California Central Valley

61
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Why were banks one of the first institutions to feel the effects of the stock market crash?

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Everyone pulled all their money out of banks; bank runs.

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Who did Congress institute the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) loan to?

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Business owners

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