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Semester Exam Flashcards

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Who was the head of the Pullman Strike?

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Eugene V. Debbs

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Who wanted skilled workers?

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AFL

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Who were the yellow journalism leaders?

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Pulitzer and Hearst

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3
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Who was the Open Door Policy intended for?

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China

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4
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Major nations involved in exploration?

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Spain, Portugal, England, France

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5
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Way of distributing land to settlers?

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Headright System

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6
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In which colony were Catholics located in?

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Maryland

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7
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Where was rice as indigo found?

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South Carolina

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8
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First battle of Civil War?

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Fort Sumter

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9
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Turning point in Civil War?

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Saratoga

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10
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Single bloodiest day in war?

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Battle of Antietam

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11
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General Custer and men defeated?

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Battle of Little Bighorn or Custer’s Last Stand

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12
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Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?

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Harriet Stowe

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13
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Who wrote “Common Sense”?

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Thomas Paine

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14
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Founder of standard oil?

A

Rockefeller

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15
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Director of one firm serves to another as director?

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Interlocking

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16
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Who stressed importance to be powerful?

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Mahan

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17
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Multi-family dwellings?

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Tenements

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18
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No Japanese?

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Gentleman’s Agreement

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19
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First nationwide strike?

A

Railroad Strike. (Pullman).

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20
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Who was in office during Louisiana Purchase?

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Thomas Jefferson

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21
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X, Y, Z affair. Who?

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John Adams

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22
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Who was head of Justice Supreme Court? Marburg v. Madison?

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John Marshall

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23
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Which president promoted art and literature?

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John Quincy Adams

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24
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First president to die in office?

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Harrison

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25
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First to serve two non-consecutive terms?

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Cleveland

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26
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President during Spanish-American War?

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McKinley

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27
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Favored small states and equal representation?

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New Jersey Plan

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28
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Calhoun… Clay… People who wanted to go to war?

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War hawks

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29
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Who was “Old Ruff and Ready”?

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Zachary Taylor

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30
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Who was the Platt Amendment for?

A

Cuba

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31
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Father of U.S. Constitution?

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Madison

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32
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Created first national bank of U.S.?

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Hamilton

33
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Refused to pay taxes?

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Thoreau

34
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Hero of New Orleans?

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Jackson

35
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President known for Panic of 1812?

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“Little Magician”. Van Buren

36
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Jackson’s workers/cabinet?

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Kitchen Cabinet

37
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Slavery should not exist in new territories?

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Wilmont Proviso

38
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National Anthem?

A

Francis Scott

39
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Preserve national ___?

A

Missouri Compromise

40
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Counter proposal to Lincoln’s proposal?

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Wade-Davis Bill

41
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Which amendment abolished slavery?

A

13th

42
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Leader of populist party and never became president?

A

William Bryan

43
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Who shot Alexander Hamilton?

A

Burr

44
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Inventor of cotton gin?

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Eli Whitney

45
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Who created the Uniform Time Zone?

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C.F. Dowd

46
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What was the one state not effected by reconstruction?

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Tennessee

47
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What was the five border states?

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Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky

48
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Amendment for universal male suffrage?

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15th

49
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What political cartoonist exposed Tweed?

A

Nast

50
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Political and economic control?

A

Sphere of Influence

51
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Owning every phase of the process?

A

Vertical ___?

52
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Who invented the telephone?

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Graham Bell

53
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Who invented the typewriter?

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Scholes

54
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The only president to be thrown out of his party (Whig)?

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Tyler

55
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President can fire appointees?

A

Tenure of Office Act

56
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Help freed slaves and poor whites?

A

Freeman’s Bureau

57
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Corruption and depression. Who?

A

Grant

58
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President during Mexican War?

A

Polk

59
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President who didn’t do anything to seceding states?

A

Buchanan

60
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Definition: Favored natural born Americans?

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Nativism

61
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President during Era of Good Feeling?

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Monroe

62
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Who introduced popular sovereignty and Great Compromise?

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Douglas

63
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Southerners who benefited in the north?

A

Scalawags

64
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Leader of Free Soil Party and created first political machine?

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Van Buren

65
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Dollar Diplomacy. Who?

A

William Taft

66
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First president of the Philippines?

A

Emilio Aguiano

67
Q

Forced Cubans into camps…

A

Re-concentration Policy

68
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Treaty that finally ended Mexican War?

A

Guadalupe Treaty

69
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Forbid American colonists settling west of Appalachians?

A

Proclamation Act

70
Q

After Boston Tea Party?

A

Intolerable Act

71
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Final battle of American Revolution?

A

Battle of Yorktown

72
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Place where they surrendered to Grant?

A

Appomattox Courthouse

73
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“War is hell!” and targeted civilians?

A

Sherman

74
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160 acres of land to each native?

A

Dawes Act

75
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Quakers colony?

A

Pennsylvania

76
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Colony of separation of church and state?

A

Rhode Island

77
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Corporations become one?

A

Merger

78
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Who created the telegraph?

A

Morse

79
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President John Adams to silence his critics?

A

Alien Sedation Acts

80
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Fought after War of 1812?

A

Battle of New Orleans

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