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Unit 2 Flashcards

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Assassinated six months after taking office

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James A.Garfield

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naval commander who secured the Philippines

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George Dewey

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introduced classrooms divided by age

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Horace Mann

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wrote The Jungle, exposing the meatpacking industry

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Upton Sinclair

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served two nonconsecutive terms as President

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Grover Cleveland

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Lost election because of illegal electors’ vote

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Samuel J. Tilden

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led decisive charge up San Juan Heights

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Theodore Roosevelt

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sought economic stability for African Americans

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Brooker T. Washington

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exposed mistreatment of the mentally ill

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Elizabeth Cochran

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support for high tariffs led to higher prices

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Benjamin Harrison

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Chester Aruther helped pass the _, ending patronage

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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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_ believed government should enforce civil rights of American Americans

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W.E.B. du Bois

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The Sherman silver purchase act established Balnk

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bimetallism

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which country of territory did not come under U.S. control as a result of the Spanish-American war

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Panama

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President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated a treaty ending the _ war

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Russo-Japanese

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is the process by which immigrants blend into American culture

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americanization

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William Gorgas and George Goethals were instrumental in the United States completing the

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Panama Canal

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roosevelt’s _ toured the world to show off America’s military might

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Great White Fleet

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The _ was founded to regulate trade between the States

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interstate commerce commission

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increased awareness of poor working conditions

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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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failed in attempt to build Panama Canal

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France

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annexed by the United States in 1898

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Hawaii

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United States settled border issues in Treaty of Washington

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Canada

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gained independence from Colombia

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Panama

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settled Alabama Claims with the United States

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Great Britain

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1882 Act prevented immigration from this country

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China

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fought a war with the United States in 1898

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Spain

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the blank law of 1882 allowed customs officials to turn away “undesirable” people attempting to move to America

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immigration

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the blank is what black historians call the Compromise of 1877

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great betrayal

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the individuals as highest authority is the foundation belief of

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anarchism

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one goal of the progressive movement was to reduce government

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corruption

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the blank riot developed out of an early union rally

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Haymarket

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The Sixteenth Amendment created a national blank tax

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income

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The Blank Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world completed in

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Brooklyn

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was home to wealthy financiers and politicians who controlled New York politicians

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tammy hall

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The Naturalization Act made blank citizens

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freedman

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each group of immigrants contributes to the blank culture of America

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melting pot

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The Sherman Antitrust Act broke up harmful

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monopolies

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the Great Blank Fire led to improved building codes and firefighting techniques

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Chicago

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passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed blank regardless of race

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voting rights

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The Supreme Court upheld blank in Plessy V. Ferguson

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segregation

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The Blank Age was a time of great growth and prosperity in the United States

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Guilded

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the blank outlawed the sale of unsafe edible items

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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The creation of public schools resulted in blank attendance

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compulsory

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Blank was the first state to grant suffrage to woman

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Wyoming

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social progressives support blank of wealth to improve the standard of living for the lower classes

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redistribution

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the Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct election of

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Senators

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The Blank defined America’s desire to police Latian American

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Roosevelt Corollary

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