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| Who invented barded wire? |
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| Why was Promontory Point, Utah a place of great significance to the Railroad Industry? |
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| Where was the richest discovery of precious metal, over $300 million, made? |
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| Why did settlers in the 1850's avoid settling in the central portion of the US? |
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| few trees and less than 15 inches of rainfall. winter blizzards, hot dry summers discouraged settlement |
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| What was the area b/w the Mississippi River and the Pacific Coast called? |
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| The Great American Desert |
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| Saloons, dance hall girls, vigilante justice, lawlessness, mostly settled by men. Became "ghost towns" when the gold and silver ran out. |
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| What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer to settlers? |
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| gave 160 acres for 5 years of settlement. Allotments increased. |
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| What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? |
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| 1st major act of congress to restrict immigration based on race. |
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| What was the nation's 1st big business? |
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| where did the US 1st transcontinental railroad come together in May of 1869? |
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| By 1990, which country had emerged as the leading industrial power in the world? |
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| With regards to immigration the "melting pot" was replaced with what at the end of the 1800's? |
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| emphasis on efficiency and production. Assembly line and mass production |
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| Who sold his steel empire to J.P. Morgan for more than $400 million in 1900? |
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| who was amassed $900 million through his oil business at the time of his retirement? |
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| Which of the "robber barons" or "captains of industry" said "the public be damned"? |
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| Who said "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black"? |
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| What was the average yearly income for a family in 1890? |
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| what kind of tactics were used to keep factory employees from striking? |
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| lockouts, blacklists, private guards ad state militias |
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| When did the Haymarket Bombing take place? |
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| Where did the Haymarket Bombing take place? |
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| McCormick Harvester in Chicago |
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| During the Haymarket Bombing, there was a demonstration of how many anarchists who advocated overthrow of all governement? |
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| how many police officers died bc of trying to break up the meeting of haymarket bombing? |
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| how many anarchist were sentenced to death bc of the haymarket bombing? |
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| What was the public opinion of the union movement after the haymarket bombing? |
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| that the union movement was violent |
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| who lost members after the haymarket bombing? |
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| Knights of Labor lost members |
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| What was Ellis Island used for? |
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| to give medical and document examination. had entry fee. |
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| what did John Dewey advocate with regards to education? |
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flexible, democratic approach that allows choices for students.
Emphasis on what would be useful in real life-pragmatism
"progressive" education |
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| Which architect stated that the "form of a building should flow from its function"? |
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| What is the most popular spectator sport at the end of the 19th century? |
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| Where were the "old" immigrants from? |
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| Northern and Western Europe |
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| Where were the "new" immigrants from? |
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| Southern and Eastern Europe |
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| Characteristics of "old" immigrants |
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High literacy
generally Protestant
Skilled
Interested in farming
"melting pot" |
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| Characteristics of "new" immigrants |
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Illiterate
often Orthodox churches
few skills
settled in cities
stayed in ethnic communities("immigration ghetto") |
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| Out of the immigrants who advanced most rapidly? |
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| what were the 3 great forces of change in the late 19th century? |
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Industrialization, Immigration and Urbanization
(Cities became the economic hub of the country) |
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What are some problems that were caused by the growth of the city in the late 19th century? |
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-Funding difficult as there was no adequate tax base
-disposal of sewage(open ditches, spread of disease, polluted water supply)
-not enough roads to meet a growing population |
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| What does the "Gilded Age" refer to? |
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| "superficial glitter of new wealth" |
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| How many times was a democrat in the office of the Presidency during the Gilded Age? |
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Northern Upper Class Reformers -mostly Republicans who did not play the patronage game and sometimes crossed party lines (mug-face, wump-near/each on the side of the fence)
Which patronage was granting offices in exchange for favors-and they did NOT do this |
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| What did the Bland Allison Act allow for? |
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| allowed for a limited coinage of silver ($2-4 million each month) |
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| When the Panic of 1873 happened, Americans blamed what? |
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| What president ended Reconstruction? |
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| Which president was shot in the back while boarding a train for vacation? |
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| Under which president was both the oval office and Congress held by the Republicans for 2 years? |
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| What was the Sherman Antitrust Act? |
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| any contract, trust, or restraint of trade in interstate commerce was illegal-vaguely worded and often unenforceable |
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| What type of people were attracted to the Populist Party? |
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| included family farmers in the Midwest(largest group), western miners, eastern labor union members |
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| Which woman said, "Raise less corn and more hell"? |
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| demanded that the government spend $500 million on public works programs for jobs for unemployed farmers. March on Washington led by Populist Jacob Coxey. Coxey and followers arrested for trespassing and sent home. |
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| Which Wall Street Banker did the U.S. government borrow $65 million from? |
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| What is the basic belief behind imperialism? |
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| belief that nations that did not compete would grow weak and fail to survive |
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| intense form of nationalism calling for aggressive foreign policy |
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| what did the Teller Amendment authorize? |
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| congress passed a joint resolution declaring war on April 20, 1898. Teller Amendment part of the resolution-declared US had no intention of taking political control of Cuba and that once peace was restored to the island, that Cubans would control their own government. |
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| Who said the SPAM war was "a splendid little war"? |
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| Which territory became our 50th state in 1959? |
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| Who had a "Big Stick" policy and what was it? |
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| Theodore Roosevelt had the "Big Stick" policy. Which came to be the label of his aggressive foreign policy-attempted to build the reputation of the US as a World power-believed civilized nations had the right and duty to intervene in the affairs of "uncivilized" nations for the common good. |
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| Who advocated Dollar diplomacy and what was it? |
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| William Howard Taft advocated. Promotion of US trade by supporting American enterprises abroad |
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| What was Wilson's approach to foreign policy? |
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| tried to apply a high moral standard to foreign relations |
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