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Who developed the frontier thesis in an attempt to explain westward expansion into American History?

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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The railroad company that had the job of building eastward from California?

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Central Pacific

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Most popular sport in America during the 19th century?

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Baseball

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For which tribe do you associate Geronimo?

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Apache

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What was the countries first regulatory agency?

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The Interstate Commerce Commission

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Who helped establish General Electric?

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Thomas Edison

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Whose work helped derive synthetic products from soybeans and legumes and saved agriculture in the south?

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George Washington Carver

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What law is considered most responsible for encouraging westward expansion by offering land for a very little if at all amount of money?

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The Homestead Act

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Who established Standard Oil?

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John D. Rockefeller

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Who popularized the ghost dance?

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Wovoka

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Who founded the American Federation of Labors?

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Samuel Gompers

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Which of these presidents was assassinated while in office?

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Garfield

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What book possibly attempted to highlight the populist movement and monetary profits of the farmers?

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The Wizard of Oz

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Who invented Barbed Wire?

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Joseph Glidden

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What law attempted to end the spoils system awarding government jobs by merit?

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The Pendleton Civil Service Act

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Where was George Armstrong Custer killed?

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Little Big Horn

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17
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Did industrialization promote the western passage of settlers?

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NO

18
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Who was the prominent American Socialist that was involved in some of the labor unrest in the 1890’s?

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Eugene Debs

19
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Did Drake help promote the Granger laws?

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NO

20
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Which of the following do you associate with settlement houses?

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Jane Addams

21
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Which of the following was not a fact in economic success in the late 19th century?

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Government Regulations

22
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Who won the support from the populist and the democrats for his views on his three points of a sword?

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William Jennings Bryan

23
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What year did the US census bureau claim there was no longer a discernible frontier line?

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1890

24
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Which of the following would associate with the efforts of trying to improve nutrition?

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Charles W. Post

25
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Who opened an inventive factory in Menlo Park Jew Jersey that became the first modern research lab facility?

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Thomas Edison

26
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Wounded Knee was a huge victory for the Sioux?

A

False

27
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The passage of the Morill act resulted in the establishment of time zones across the United States?

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False

28
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The first transcontinental railroad was completed is Utah?

A

True

29
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The first grocery store in America was the great A and P Tea Company?

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True

30
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The new immigration brought immigrants predominately from western Europe?

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False

31
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James J. Hill invented sod houses for farmers on the plains?

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False

32
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The Carlisle school was a school for Indians who were willing to abandon the Indian way of life?

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True

33
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1890?

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False

34
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Richard W. Sears pioneered the mail order catalog business?

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True

35
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Henry Ford pioneered the assembly line?

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True

36
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Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in more freedom for the Indians?

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False

37
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Railroads received some of the largest government subsidies to ever exist?

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True

38
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Yellow journalism became to refer to sensationalism in the media?

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True

39
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Though many Indians fought the building of railroads, they supported the building of the Bozeman trail?

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False

40
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Grover Cleveland was the first democratic president since before the Civil War?

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True

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