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Midterm Flashcards

1
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How did the radical Republicans respond to Lincoln’s reconstruction plan

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They passed the Wade Davis bill

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2
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What were the similarities between Lincoln and Johnson’s reconstruction plan

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Both plans included the 13th amendment, pledge allegiance, and had 10 percent of 1860 voters pledge allegiance to the United States

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3
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What did the Friedmans bureau Do

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And agency made to help former slaves after the Civil War

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4
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How did the southern states government reject black votes

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They input the black codes

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5
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What was the reconstruction act of 1867

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It did not recognize state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson’s plan

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6
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How did southern governments try to improve their economic condition after the war

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They built roads and bridges, established institutions for people with disabilities, and created schools. They also increase taxes

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7
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What were the successes of the Southern govt attempts to rebuild its economy after the war

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Education

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8
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What was the main goal of the KKK

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To stop black votes

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9
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What did white southerners do when they regain control of state government

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Reconstruction ended

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10
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What did B Hayes do when he became president

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Compromise of 1877

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11
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What made American industrial growth possible

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Wealth of natural resources, government support for business, growing urban population that provide a cheap labor and markets for new products

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12
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What policy to help the government contribute to the building of the TC railroad

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They use Chinese and Irish people to build it

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13
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What revolutionized American communication in the late 1800s

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The telegram

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14
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What did the critics of powerful industries refer to as

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Robber barons

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15
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what was the goal of the Sherman antitrust act

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To protect competition in business

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16
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According to social Darwinism what should the government do in regards to business

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Stay out of it

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17
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What was the Bessemer process

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A cheaper way to make steel

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18
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How did industrial growth affect distribution of wealth

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It provided two distinct groups… And 99 percent and the one percent

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19
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What group did the AFL organize

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Skilled workers

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20
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How did the government respond to the Pullman strike

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Send in military

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21
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What best describes a Republican and a Democrat during the Gilded Age

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Republicans were rich whites and Democrats were Catholics and Jews

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22
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What led the government to being involved in business

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A

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23
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What was the port for immigrants

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Ellis island

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24
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What attracted Asians to the US

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Railroads

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25
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What was TR’s goal in reaching the gentleman agreement

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Ending Japanese immigration

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26
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What was the result of immigration increased productivity

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Rapid expansion of urban areas

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27
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Why did immigrants support political machines

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It gave them jobs

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28
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Prohibitionists and impurists shared what goal

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Improving moral and personal behavior of individuals

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29
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What was the main goal of the social gospel and settlement movement

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To help poor and needy immigrants

30
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What was the case Plessy versus Ferguson

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A Supreme Court case that kept racist segregated

31
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What was the major economic argument for expansion

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United States needed to market it’s goods

32
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What is the Monro doctrine

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It kept all European affairs and problems out of the Western Hemisphere

33
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What led to the Spanish American war

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Sinking of the USS Maine

34
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What was the result of the Spanish-American war

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Cuba was under American rule, United States got Guam Philippines and Puerto Rico

35
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What is open door policy

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Anybody can come

36
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Why did Roosevelt opponents disapprove of his actions in panama

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He started a Civil War just to get the Panama Canal

37
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What did TR add to the Monro doctrine

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The Roosevelt corollary… Which had the United States claim the right to protect its economic interest by means of military intervention in affairs with the Western Hemisphere

38
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What is the connection between imperialism and American frontier

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Imperialism gives the US new frontier

39
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What did most progressivists support about the government

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I wanted to make the government more responsive

40
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Who is Florence Kelly and what did she try to abolish

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She was trying to improve the lives of women and children

41
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What was Roosevelts progressive platform ideas and successes

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The square deal, trust busting, Limited business power, food and drug inspections

42
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How did Taft continue TR’s progressive record

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He pursued his progressive agenda by adding the Payne Aldrich tariff

43
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How did Woodrow Wilson win the election of 1912

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Split tickets

44
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What stop the progressive movement

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World war one

45
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What event sparked World war one

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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

46
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What words best describe the first year of World War I

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Deadly slow trench warfare

47
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What country encouraged Ill feelings towards Germany

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Britain

48
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Why did the US entered the war

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German U-boats and sinking of the Lusitania

49
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What event entered US into the war

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Unrestricted sub warfare

50
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What is the convoy system

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Protection of merchant ships from U-boats by having ships travel in large groups escorted by warships

51
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What role did African-Americans take on in World War I

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Worked in manufacturing plants that supply weapons and other things that the army needed

52
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What role did the federal government play in economy in World War One

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Increased size of military and advocated for more weapons

53
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What best describes the great migration

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Massive

54
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Why did senators oppose the Treaty of Versailles

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It was too harsh

55
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What was the problem with postwar adjustment

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There were no jobs for wounded war veterans

56
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What group suffered the most during the 1920s

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Farmers

57
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What do fundamentalists believe

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Literal translation of the Bible

58
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Why didn’t women use suffrage right away

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They didn’t know how to

59
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What did flappers represent

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A social movement for women

60
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What was the major demographical shift

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People started moving to the suburbs

61
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What aided rapid growth in mass media

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Newspapers and radio’s

62
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What was the result of prohibition

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The government could not keep up with enforcing the law

63
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Who is Marcus Garvey

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Did you make an immigrant who founded the UNIA and conducted racial movements

64
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What is the description of a Republican in 1920

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Pro business and free market

65
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What is the red scare

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Communism trying to make its way into the United States

66
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What allowed economy to grow in the 1920s

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The stock market

67
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What was the outcome of Shenk Vs US

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Freedom of speech is restricted if words represent in danger

68
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Who was Hoovers opponent in 1928

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Al Smith

69
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What was the national origins act of 1924

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Established immigration quotas that discriminate against people from outside Western Europe

70
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What allowed worker productivity to rise in the 20s

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Technology

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