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| 1. What is the role of government according to the Declaration of Ind? |
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| Gov gets ruled from the people and secure their natural rights. |
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| 2. What is the role of gov according to the preamble? |
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| People establish the government (Popular sovereignty) |
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| 3. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? |
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| Set limits of gov actions in regard to personal liberites. |
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| 4. What amendments were added due to the Civil war? |
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13 - Slavery illegal
14 - Black citizenship
15 - Black voting |
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| 5. What are the three branches of gov? |
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Leg - Make laws
Exec - Carries out laws
Jud - Hears cases |
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| 6. North or South: Industrial? |
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| 7. What is Manifest Destiny? |
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| Belief the Us was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexico and NA terr. |
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| 8. Which lands did the US acquire through war, purchase, or annexation in its goal of manifest destiny? |
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Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Texas Annexation
New Mexico Cession
Oregon Territory |
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| 9. What was the sinificance of the Mississippi River in the 1800s? |
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| 10. What was the intended purpose of the Dawes Act? |
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| To Americanize the NA into a desire to own property and farm. |
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| 11. The Us gov engages NA in the Indian wars until 1890. What were A goals? Actions used to attain them? |
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They put NA into reserves as they expanded westward. They forced them to sign treaties and attempted to Americanize them. Tried to educate as well.
-Sand Creek Massacre
-Wounded Knee |
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| 12. How did the Homestead Act of 1862 promote developement of the West? |
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| 160 acres for 5 years of cultivation. |
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| 13. Why did the Populist farmser want silver instead of gold in the currency debate? |
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They wanted an increase in money supply because of debt due to deflation; more silver = more currency.
-William Jennings Byrant gave the "Cross of Gold speech" but didn't win election. |
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| 14. What was the goal of the Populist movement? |
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| To lift the burden of debt from farmers and give people greater voices in their gov. |
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| 15. How did the development of the railroads impact the US? |
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| Hastened settlement of the WEST |
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Complete control over industries production, quality, wages paid, and prices changed. It took advantage of the consumer.
-Another way to monopolize is by setting up a trust of holding comp. |
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| 17. Who was the New Labour force for factories in the late 1800s? |
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Women
Children
Immigrants
Former slaves
Farmers forced off land |
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| 18. What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? |
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Made it illegal to form a monopoly or trust. Trusts could interfere with free trade between states or internationally.
-Wasn't effective until Roosevelt, who found ways around the court (which supported business.) |
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| 19. What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act? |
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1887- To reestablish the right of the fed gov to supervise railroad activities and establish a 5-member Interstate Commerce Commission.
-Elkins act made it stronger (no free passes) |
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| 21. What is laissez-faire economics? |
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No gov involvement.
-Free competition would result in survival of the best company. |
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| 22. What did the Social Darwinists believe? |
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Free competition in the economy would ensure survival of the fittest.
-If you were poor it was because you were inferior.
-(Related to Laissez-faire.) |
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| 23. 3 Factors that contributed to the industrial revolution. |
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1. Wealth of natural resouces (oil, coal, iron ore)
2. Inventions (electricity)
3. Growing urban population (large work force) |
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| 24. What goals did labour unions stuggle for? |
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| Fair wages, decent working conditions, workers compensation, sick pay, shorter work days, (and hours). |
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| 25. During the late 1800s, did the Us gov suppost labour unions or big business? |
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Big Business.
-Businessed then used the Sherman Antitrust Acts against unions.
-gov put down strikers |
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| 26. In the mid-1800s, why did immigrants most likely settle in the East Coast cities? |
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| Because they were most likely European and came in at Ellis Island (East Coast, NY) which was much nicer than Angel Island (West Coast, San Fran). |
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| 27. Why did immigrants settle in ethnic neighbourhoods? |
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| Culture Shock. They stuch together where they were all similar; there they set up churches, med treatment, and orphanages. |
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| 28. During this era, what was nativism? |
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Favouritism toward native born Americans.
-Didn't mind Brits, Germans, Scandanavians
-No religious influence
-No E or S Euro, jap, or china |
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| 29. What was life like for new immigrants to America? |
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Crooks took advantage of them, hard time finding homes, work, and change language and ways. They weren't life because they looked different.
-Social Gospel movement and settlement houses helped (Jane Addams) |
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| 30. Why were there more immigration restrictions after 1900? |
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Around the end of WW1 and the US didn't want immigrants from central powers (the war opponents).
-Chinese Exclusion Act extended
-Gentlemens Agreement w/ Jap
-Didn't want asians becasue they worked for less and culture = diff |
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| 31. What groups were considered the "New Immigrants" after 1900? |
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| Southern and Eastern Europe. |
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| 32. What was the effect of the 1920s Quota Acts? |
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Sharply cut European immigration to the US (Max # from each foreign country that could enter. 2%) (150,000 total)
-Didn't want jews or Catholics |
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| 33. What natural resources impacted the expansion of the early automobile industry? |
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| 34. Which Henry Ford invention increase production of automobiles, hence lowering cost to consumers? |
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| 35. What was the effect of the automobile industry on Detroit and Michigan? |
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Provided a solid economic foundation.
(Detroit; Pontiac; Flint; Arkon, Ohio.) |
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| 36. What were the goals of the Progressive Movement? |
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1. Protect social welfare (Jane Addams, Florence Kelley{Ill. factory act - child labor illegal and limited the working hours for women}
2. Promote moral improvement
3. Create economic reform
4. Foster Efficiency |
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| 37. What was the goal of the muckrakers? |
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Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and gov.
Ida Tarbell (Standard Oil book) |
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| 38. Who were robber barons? |
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A term used by critics to call industries with ruthless tactics.
-Paid low wages and ran businesses out then raised the prices |
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| 39. What tax was brought by the 16th amendment? |
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Graduated Income Tax
-because of cut tariffs, they needed the money |
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| 40. How did the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act protect consumers? |
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Stopped false labelling and contaminated foods
-Inspected for cleanliness. |
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| 41. What Upton Sinclair novel prompted regulation of the meat packing industry? |
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| 42. What did Jane Addams (progressive reformer) try to improve? |
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Founded the Hull house in Chicago to take care of children, imm, and women.
-Settlement House Movement |
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| 42. What did W. E. DuBois (progressive reformer) try to improve? |
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Focused on Blacks and recieving a good education. (Equality)
-NAACP (Wilson didn't support) |
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| 43. What court case supported separate but equal? |
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| Stronger nations extend their economic, political, and or military control over weaker territories. |
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| 45. What role did yellow journalism play in the Spanish-American war? |
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They got American sympathy by stating the Spanish were doing worse than they actually were and made up battles.
-Hearst and Pulitzer |
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| 46. What territories did the US acquire during the imperial era? |
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Guam
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines |
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| 47. What did Alfred T. Mahan propose to advance the US? |
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| Modern Fleet, est Caribbean naval base, construct canal (Isthmus of Panama), and acquire pacific islands. |
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| 48. Which country was forced to accept the Open door Policy with the US? |
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| 49. Why did the USA build the Panama Canal? |
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It was a shorter route for ships from the Atlantic to Pacific.
-Protect Imperial interests of US |
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| 50. Why did AAs move to northern cities during WW1 (Great Migration)? |
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| There was a boll weevil infestation, racial discrimination, and Henry ford opened an assembly line for blacks. |
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| 51. Why did the US maintain neutrality at the start of WW1? |
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The fight was far away and didn't threaten them.
-Isolationist Policy where they didn't want interference in the West
-A lot of 1st gen imm, so it was hard to make a decision on which side. |
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| 52. How did the Central Powers challenge freedom of the seas during WW1? |
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| 53. How did Americans raise money to fund WW1? |
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1. Sold War Bonds
2. Raised Taxes |
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| 54. What were some of the objectives of Pres Wilson's 14 point plan? |
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| Freedom of seas, tariffs lowered, arms reduced, Free Trade, League of Nations |
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| 55. Why did the Us Senate reject the treaty of versailles? |
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| They felt the League of Nations would draw the US into more wars with Europe. |
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| 56. What was the Red Scare? |
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Fear of the spread of communism to the US.
-Russian Bolsheviks |
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| 57. Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? |
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| Italians accused of robbery and murder, despite flimsy evidence, it symbolized (Fear of Red Scare) the discrimintation of radical beliefs during the Red Scare. |
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| 58. What was the 18th amendment? |
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| Prohibation (Banning of alcohol) |
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Voting.
(19th Amendment = womens suffrage.) |
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| 60. What was the Harlem Renaissance? |
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| A literary and artistic movement celebrating AA culture. |
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| 61. What trial reflected the conflict between religion and science? |
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Scopes Trial.
-religion v. evoltion, which was banned from being taught but came to a case when a teacher taught it to his students anyway. (Bryan=pres) |
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| 62. What and who challenged traditional values in the 1920s? |
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Women (flappers)
-clothing and acting different in public such as hugging and kissing med, and smoking. |
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| 63. The double standard existed for which gender in the 1920s? |
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| Granting greater sexual freedom to men than women. (Women had more moral and social standards) |
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