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| Who made a history changing speech in 1893 at the Exposition in Chicago in response to the U.S. Census Bureau's announcement of the closing of the West in which he proposed that the West served to shape American democracy and exceptionalism? |
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| Who was the U.S. President who undertook Reconstruction after the Civil War? |
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| Who was killed during the Battle of LIttle Big Horn? |
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| Who was nominated for president in 1868 and won based on his strength as a general in the Union Army, but was a weak president? |
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| Who was the president who was elected from a stalemate election in 1876 in which his election was negotiated in return for the North ending Reconstruction in the South? |
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| Who was a three-time presidential candidate who associated with both the Democratic and Populist Parties and made a speech in favor of the Silver standard in 1896? |
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| Who was the "robber baron" who first refined oil? |
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| Who was the leader of the Settlement House movement who founded Hull House in Chicago? |
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| Who was the 16th president of the US? He signed the Emancipation Proclamation. |
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| Who was elected president in 1896 and was assassinated at the Pan American World Congress by an anarchist? |
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| Who invented the lightbulb after more than 10,000 failed trials? |
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| Who was the leader of the Pullman Strike who was jailed for contempt of court for violating a judicial special order and was greeted upon his release by a crowd of more than 100,000 and in his speech accused local and state government of joining together to "wrest from the weak" their birthright of freedom? |
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| Who was the leader of the Tammy Hall political machine in New York City? |
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| Who was an immigrant who rose through the ranks to wealth and innovation and used the Bessemer Process to improve the steel process? |
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| Who took over several national railroads, centralized management, and controlled 2/3 of the nation's railroads? |
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To the freed slaves, the desire for education sprang from:
a) the opportunity to take part in politics
b) a desire to read the Bible for themselves
c) The need to prepare for the economic marketplace
d) all of the above
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Former slaves came out of slavery with a very clear definition of freedom, namely that:
a) it involved the freedom to reap the benefits of their own labors
b) to own their own land
c) to be equal to whites under the law
d) to be able to do what the white man could do
e) all the above |
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| What is the farmer's revolt often called? (2 things) |
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| Populism and People's Party Movement |
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Depressions, a common occurrence in the US economy, shaped the Populist Movement, notably the depression in:
A) 1893
B) 1907
C) 1876
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The Immigration Restriction league formed in 1894 promoted the restriction of immigration to those who met a:
A) medical examination
B) Passed a literacy test
C) Promised to work seven years to pay back the government
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| B, passed a literacy test |
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| Who were white southerners who reclaimed power after the conclusion of Reconstruction? |
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| The Farmer's revolt is often called: |
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| What is government act sought to prevent the fixing of prices in the restraint of trade? |
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| The Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
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| Famine, disease, unemployment, and adventure are all characteristics of what? |
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| What is the term for the tendency of immigrants to settle and live among their own countryman? |
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| What were northerners who came south after the Civil War hoping to gain political power? |
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| Along with freemen's lack of capital to buy land, and white land owners' willingness to sell land to blacks, what was a primary reason which drove freedmen into sharecropping? |
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| Who were republican reformers who bolted their party to vote for Grover Cleveland? |
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| What was the economic belief that unregulated competition represented the best path to progress? |
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| What was the party that originated out of the money crisis on 1870? |
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| What was the major party arising from the 1880s which challenged the conventional Democratic and Republican Parties? |
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| What was the political machine in New York City run by Boss Tweed that stole millions from city coffers? |
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| What was a set of social ideas embraced by the privileged classes of England and America from 1837 to 1901? |
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| What was the technology adapted to improve the process of steel production, allowing Carnegie to rapidly monopolize the industry? |
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| Who was the president who rose to power on the assassination of William McKinley? He is best known as a Progressive and for the Panama Canal. |
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| Who was the president who followed Herbert Hoover and is generally understood in terms of pulling Americans out of the Great Depression. He was elected to four terms of office, more than any other President. |
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| Who was the first to use assembly lines to mass produce automobiles and was a major manufacturing CEO? |
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| WHo was the president who got us into WWI after maintaining American neutrality for the first 3 years of the war? |
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| Who was president during the Teapot Dome Scandal, who, though not personally guilty of wrong, had friends placed in office who faced many legal problems during his tenure? |
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| Who prosecuted the Scopes Trial and was known for his Fundamentalist Christian influence? He was never elected president, though he ran three times for the office |
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| What president was an engineer and technocrat? He is generally blamed for the Great Depression. He later served his country in the rebuilding of Europe after WWII. |
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| Who was the first marketed president? He was added to the Harding ticket and rose to office after Harding died from a heart attack while in office. |
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| Who advocated the return of African Americans back to colonize Liberia in the 1920s? He later went to prison and was deported back to Jamaica for financial malfeasance. |
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| Who wrote The Jungle which was about the deplorable labor conditions in the meat packing industry in Chicago?` |
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| Who was a PhD from Harvard who was a professor and writer of The Souls of Black Folks? |
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| Who were defendants in a murder that exhibited the racial tensions within the Italian community? |
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True or False:
Theodore Roosevelt was the U.S. President at the beginning of the Panama Canal |
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The Bolsheviks takeover of Russia in 1917 was a source of major concern in America, raising fears of communist expansion in the United States |
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The NAACP marched on Chicago to protest increased lynching in urban settings. |
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The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat served as political fodder in which President Wilson was goaded into getting into the war, including former President Theodore Roosevelt who accused him of "abject cowardice." |
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The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat served as political fodder in which President Wilson was goaded into getting into the war, including former President Theodore Roosevelt who accused him of "abject cowardice." |
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While President Wilson campaigned on the platform of anti-expansion, once elected, he was forced into involvement with Mexico and South America shortly after his inauguration |
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One of the reasons for the recession of 1921-1922 was the election of Calvin Coolidge |
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| Exports during the 1920s were low because of high protectionist tariffs designed to protect American manufactures |
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| The Progressive Movement was never a unified movement but was a spirit of discontent with the status quo and an excited sense of new social responsibilities |
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The emerging middle class in America were:
A) Native-born
B) White
C) Catholic
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E) All of the above |
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| D, both A and B (native-born and white) |
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The number of women in white collar jobs during the Progressive Era was limited by:
A) The growing divorce rate
B) The rise of the women's movement and suffrage
C) The challenge of urban life
D) The lack of college education
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| D, the lack of college education |
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Which were reasons for America remaining neutral in WWI until 1917?
A) Visions of a world remade in American images
B) Financial considerations
C) German violations of neutrality agreements
D) Cultural ties to England and France
E) All of the above
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The United States took over the building of the Panama Canal from the previous failed attempt made by the:
A) Italians
B) Germans
C) British
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The major hurdle to completing the Panama Canal which had hampered previous efforts and finally solved by Walter Reed was:
A) Dengue Fever
B) Yellow Fever
C) Malaria
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| What is the control of reproduction to control a plant or animal species? |
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| What was the movement which was more urban, enjoyed widespread support, and pursued a reformers political agenda? |
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| What are journalists obsessed with dredging up the worst in American life? |
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| What is the wider application of Darwin's Theory of Evolution to social development and to hopefully cure societal issues? |
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| What movement was mostly rural, enjoyed limited support, and pursued more radical political agendas? |
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| What was the famous showdown between creation and evolution? |
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| What was October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed called? |
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| What organization was proposed by President Wilson? It was a precursor to the United Nations |
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| What party was formed by President Theodore Roosevelt after splitting the Republican Party and running again as president in the 1912 election? |
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| What is the belief that one's own country produces the best goods and there is no need to import anything from outside? |
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| In what election was Dwight D. Eisenhower chosen president of the US? |
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| What was a policy uniting military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to contain further Soviet expansion? |
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| This term was first used by Winston Churchill in a Missouri commencement speech denoting the barrier created by Joseph Stalin between the West and Russia |
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| What measure gave GIs priority for jobs, education, and loan benefits? |
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| What was the name of the meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in 1945 where Roosevelt sold out the Chinese under Chang Kai Shek |
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| What was the name of the partnership between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and FDR? |
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| What was the Eisenhower phrase that denoted the growth of defense industries and their connections to the American Defense Department? |
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| Military-Industrial Complex |
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| What military project employed 120,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion dollars to produce the atomic bomb? |
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| What is the Nazi term for "lightening war" |
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| What is an alternate name for the Nazi party? |
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| What Truman program was designed to thwart the efforts of Joseph Stalin to take more German land and the city of Berlin? |
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| What was the name of the fear created in America over the advances of Communism and the Soviets and Chinese? |
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| What FDR program provided financial incentives for countries siding with the US against the Germans? It renounced any nation's right to intervene in the affairs of another. |
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| November 9-10, 1938 in which Jewish homes and businesses were attacked and destroyed throughout Germany |
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| What program allowed FDR to lend weaponry to any nation vital to the defense of the United States? |
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In the 1930s-40s Americans felt that entering World War I had been a mistake |
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Heavy investments by American corporations in Nazi Germany created a dilemma with many as America considered entering World War II |
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Surveys of Americans in 1939 found that a majority of Americans wanted the US government to allow more Jewish refugees into America from Nazi Germany |
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Prominent isolationists in America in 1940 were Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford |
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941 |
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Americans refused entrance to Jewish emigrants during the Nazi Era because:
A) Anti-Semitism
B) Worries over the Great Depression
C) Roosevelt's feelings about Jews
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E) None of the above |
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| D, a and b, Anti-Semitism and worries over the great depression |
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Which of the following arose as new entities during WWII?
A) The Pentagon
B) The Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) Widespread use of the tank
D) All of the above
E) None of the above |
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| The answer is NOT E, but I don't know what the right one is |
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Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A) President Franklin Roosevelt
B) General Douglas McArthur
C) General Dwight David Eisenhower
D) President Dwight David Eisenhower
E) President Harry Truman |
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| E, President Harry Truman |
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Which operation was the first engagement after America entered the world?
A) Operation TORCH
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Invasion of Normandy
D) Pearl Harbor
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Who was the first president to ride on an airplane?
A) Dwight David Eisenhower
B) Harry Truman
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Herbert Hoover
E) Theodore Roosevelt |
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| Who was teh Japanese emperor who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor? |
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| Who was the leader of Communist China who brought about the Communist Revolution in 1949? |
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| WHo was the British Prime Minister during WWII who rallied England in their finest hour? |
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| Who was the German immigrant who warned FDR about the Nazi plans to develop an atomic weapon? |
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| Italian dictator who gained power in 1923 and became a protege of Adolf Hitler Il Duce |
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| Chinese freedom fighter who lost to the communists and retreated to Formosa where he formed free China, often called Taiwan |
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| Defeated German Boxer Max Schmeling in 1938 for the world heavy weight championship |
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| British Prime Minister before WWII who was largely discredited for his attempts to appease the Nazis and keep England out of the war |
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| Soviet leader during WWII and who manipulated Roosevelt and Churchill at the Yalta Conference |
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| American general who lead American forces in the Pacific and specifically in Philippines and Korea and who wanted to invade China |
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