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1-48 Flashcards

1
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What early Union was destroyed by the economic downturn of the 1870s?

A

National labor union

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2
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Who believed the path to civil and political rights for African-Americans was economic independence?

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Booker t Washington

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What was a major weakness of Spain in the Spanish American wAr?

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The poor condition of its navy

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What was the “one big Union” that advocated cooperatives and arbitration?

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Knights of labor

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5
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Name of the Chinese uprising intended to eliminate all foreigners?

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Boxer rebellion

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6
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By what Supreme Court decision were women provided special rules and protection on the job?

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Muller vs Oregon

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7
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The two routes considered for a canal through Central America were…

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Panama and Nicaragua

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8
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How did T. R. resolve the anthracite coal strike of 1902?

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Threatened to take over the mines and operate them with federal troops

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What was the term for Tafts foreign policy?

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Dollar diplomacy

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10
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According to Wilsons Fourteen Points, what would provide a system of collective security after WW1?

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League of Nations

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11
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What were three notable results of the election of 1912?

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  • one party won both the presidency and control of compass
  • winning candidate received less than a majority of the popular vote
  • the incumbent president finished third
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12
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What was known as the “magna carta of labor”?

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Clayton Anti-trust Act

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13
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The most significant scandal of Hardings administration was…explain.

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The Teapot Dome scandal-involved mishandling of naval oil reserves

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14
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President Hoover believed in using various means to end the Great Depression EXCEPT…

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Except direct aid to the people

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15
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What factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?

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Wind; drought; soil erosion; dry-farming techniques

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16
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By what act was collective bargaining passed into law?

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Wagner act

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17
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Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1940? The Republican candidate?

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Franklin Roosevelt; Wendell Willkie

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18
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In return for several old destroyers, what did the U. S. receive in exchange from Britain?

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Eight naval bases

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What 1942 battle was the turning point of WW2 in the European theater?

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Stalingrad

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20
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The major factor in the prosperity of the “sunbelt” was…

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Influx of money from the federal government

21
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At what conference was an ultimatum issued to Japan?

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Potsdam

22
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At what conference did Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agree that their primary war aim was to demand the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan?

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Casablanca

23
Q

What was established by president Truman to detect communists within the government?

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Loyalty review board

24
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When the Soviet Union cut off western access to Berlin, what was Trumans response?

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Berlin airlift

25
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What policy toward the Soviet Union did Kennedy advocate?

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Peaceful coexistence

26
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What national security council memo called for massive military spending during the Cold War?

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NSC-68

27
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To where did president Lyndon Johnson direct educational aid?

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Public and parochial schools

28
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What 1962 act reduced American tariffs?

A

Trade Expansion act

29
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What revelation during the Senate Watergate hears did significant damage to Nixions defense?

A

Nixions conversations in person and on the telephone had been recorded on tape

30
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What was the most explosive racial issue of the 1970s?

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Busing

31
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What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?

A

Lowered the voting age to eighteen

32
Q

Reagans primary goal as president was….

A

To reduce the size of the federal government

33
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What Grant administration scandal involved railroad construction kickbacks?

A

Credit mobilier

34
Q

Why were the standard time zones established?

A

Major railroad companies wanted to keep schedules and avoid wrecks

35
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“Separate but equal” facilities were declared constitutional in what 1896 Supreme Court decision?

A

Plessy vs Ferguson

36
Q

List, in order the four Presidents who have been assassinated.

A

Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy

37
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What was the first major attempt by the federal gov to regulate business?

A

Interstate Commerce Act

38
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In what endeavor did each of the following entrepreneurs make his fortune? James duke; john d. Rockefeller; J. P. Morgan; Andrew Carnegie

A

Tobacco; oil; banking; steel

39
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What 1862 act gave public land to states to support higher education?

A

Morrill act

40
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“One big union” that promoted producer cooperative and arbitration

A

Knights of labor

41
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Who were the three major presidential candidates in 1896?

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Rep-McKinley; Dem- W. J. Bryan; populist- Bryan

42
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What was organized in the lake 1800s to break the strangling grip of the railroads?

A

Farmers’ Alliance

43
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Why was the election of 1876 so controversial?

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Two sets of election returns were submitted by SC, FL, and LA

44
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Who was head of the Great Northern railroad line? The New York Central? the central pacific?

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James Hill; Cornolius Vanderbilt; Leland Stanford

45
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What amendment was interpreted for the benefit of large corporations against antitrust actions by state governments?

A

Fourteenth

46
Q

Who talked about the “talented tenth” that would lead African-Americans to social and political equality?

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W. E. B. DuBois

47
Q

What act promised Indians citizenship in twenty-five years, dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and tried to make Indians into rugged individualists?

A

Dawes Act

48
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What book described the grim history of Indian-white relations? Who was the author?

A

A century of dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson

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