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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who set the telegraph cable across the Atlantic ocean in 1866? | cyrus field |
| who was responsible for perfecting the assembly line? | henry ford |
| what was Thomas Edison's most important invention? | electric lightbulb |
| what does AFL stand for? | American Federation of Labor |
| who controlled the nations rail traffic? | railroad barons |
| what was immigrants greatest challenge when in the U.S.? | finding work |
| what are people called who start a business? | entrepreneurs |
| what limited the number of workers who could enter the united states for 10 years? | Chinese exclusion act |
| what legislation was a response to the publics growing concern over trusts and monopolies? | Sherman antitrust act |
| what is the name of a court order to stop a labor union from striking? | injunction |
| who was the philanthropit who built more than 2000 libraries world wide? | Andrew Carnegie |
| in 1888 Richmond Virginia pioneered the use of what? | street car |
| what is it called when unions represent workers in talking to management? | collective bargaining |
| which symbol of hope greeted immigrants at New York Harbor? | Statue of Liberty |
| gaining almost total control of an industry is called what? | a monopoly |
| what is the term used for combining two or more companies into one | merger |
| which settlement house was founded by Jane Addams? | hull house |
| who was a writer who was a realist? | mark twain |
| where did many middle class families in the 1880's | suburbs |
| what bridge opened in 1883? | Brooklyn Bridge |
| most immigrants could only afford to travel t the U.S. in what? | steerage |
| who made fortune from oil? | john d Rockefeller |
| the most ideal material for railroad? | steel |
| what are the three factors of production? | land, labor, and capital |
| what is a corollary? | statement that follows naturally from an earlier one |
| where was the defeat that ended Spanish resistance in Cuba? | Santiago |
| what did Theodore Roosevelt promise the American people in his run for he presidency in 1904? | square deal |
| the Roosevelt corollary was added to which of the following policies? | Monroe doctrine |
| cuba lived under whose rule? | spains |
| elected leaders give rewards to their political supporters under which system? | spoils system |
| whose visit to japan led to Japanese ports being opened to U.S. trade? | Matthew Perry |
| when first passed the interstate commerce act governed the what industry? | railroad industry |
| what was the eighteenth amendment excerpted here, also known as? | prohibition law |
| Germany's invasion of which country prompted Britain to enter world war 1? | Belgium |
| what three countries made up the allied powers? | France, Russia, and great Britain |
| whose assassination sparked world war 1? | Franz Ferdinand |
| president Wilson wanted to do what with the trusts? | regulate them |
| what amendment gave people the power to tax peoples incomes? | sixteenth amendment |
| what were the causes of the civil war? | compromise of 1850, slavery, fugitive slave law |
| what was the compromise of 1850? | free states and slave states, popular poverty in territory's |
| what advantages did the north have? | big cities, factories, inventions, transportation, wearpons |
| what advantages did the south have? | farms and plantations, slave labor, cash crops, had will to fight, they knew the land |
| what was the war strategy of the north? | anaconda plan |
| what was the reconstruction act? | to ratify the 14th amendments, divide the south into 5 districts |
| what is scalawag? | a northerner who went south to get rich |
| why were so few homesteaders successful? | they did not have enough land |
| what was the purpose of the dawes act? | turn native Americans into farmers |
| how did the U.S. government and settlers treat native Americans | took there land and killed them |
| how did corporation raise capital/ money? | shares or stocks there compony |
| how did Rockefeller end comp. in the oil industry? | creating trusts and monopolies |
| what happened at the Pullman strike? | president sent in federal troops |
| define urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| what types of places were created to help the poor? | settlement house |
| what contributions did immigrants make in America | new products and cultures, opened stores and businesses |
| giving jobs to loyal supporters is called the? | spoils system |
| trustbusters were people who wanted to? | brake apart trusts and monopolies |
| what was a major reason the united states wanted to build the panama canal? | to connect the Atlantic and the Pacific |
| what was commodore Perry's goal in visiting japan? | to open trade |
| how did the purchase of Alaska help America? | found gold, silver, oil, lumber |
| what possession did the US gain from the Spanish American war? | Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, soma |
| what was the focus of Lincoln Steffen's investigation? | corrupt machine politicals in new York and other cities |
| many Americans believed what had too much control over the economy and government? | trusts |
| what is a primary | an election in which a political party chooses its candidates |
| which legislation regulated banking? | federal reserve act |
| which group feared that the increase in catholic immigrants threatened the American way of life? | bull moose party |
| define martyr | a person who dies for a cause |
| define arsenal | storage site for weapons |
| why did more than 100,000 members of the united mine workers go on strike in 1902? | they wanted better pay and an eight hour work day |
| how did Theodore Roosevelt first become president? | he succeeded William McKinley after McKinley was assassinated |
| what hurt both Taft and Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election? | the split in the republican party |
| what was another name for the civil war? | modern war |
| how were ironclads powered? | by steam |
| what were reapers used for? | to harvest crops |
| where did thousands of African Americans go? | plains |
| what did the Europeans introduce? | horses and guns |
| how did inventions improve peoples lives? | made it easier |
| how did the inventions of the late 1800 change society? | lit up the world |
| why is a capital important to economic growth? | the rise of corporations and finance money used to build |
| how many hours a week did industrial workers typically work? | 60-72 hours |
| what did steam ships do? | carried passengers over crowded streets |
| what were tenements? | buildings divided into many tiny apartments |
| how did iron and steel change the way cities looked and worked? | they are taller |
| what factors led to the growth of cities? | new technology, movements of farmers |
| what was the overall; "pull" that drew people to America? | people viewed the US as a place of jobs, land, and hope |
| why were so many magazines and newspapers published? | reading was increasing peoples education |
| what did the 17th amendment do? | changed the way senators were elected |
| what was the goal of the temperance movement? | prohibition against alcohol |
| how did opportunities for women change during the progressive era? | gave them the right to vote, and offered new jobs |
| what was part of Wilson's 14 points? | to create an everlasting peace among nations around the world |
| to protect US trading rights in china what was created | open door policy |
| what did the spoils system lead to | corruption |
| the interstate commerce act and the Sherman antitrust act regulated what? | trusts and businesses |
| after the civil war states improved public education because? | they had more rights |
| what is radical reconstruction | rebuilding the south and putting confederate states into the union |
| what did the Dred Scott case state? | that slaves were property |
| how did California enter as a free state? | under the compromise of 1850 |
| who was president during operation desert storm? | George H.W bush |
| what did the great society want to end | poverty |
| what event occurred during the reagen administration | iran contra scandle |
| what did the soviet union and the US agree to in the START treaty | to destroy nuclear weapons |
| what country did the US force out of kuwait | iraq |
| president fords WIN plan tried to stop what? | inflation |
| what did the civil rights act of 1964 ban? | discrimination in public facilities and employment |
| WW2 started when Germany and the soviet union invaded what country? | poland |
| how did the US aid britian in 1941 | lend lease act |
| where was the Nazi war crime trials held? | nuremburs, germany |
| what was the 19th amendment | favor of women's suffrage and Wilson began to support it |
| name 2 types of protests used in the civil rights movement | boycotting and the sit down strike |
| north korea invaded who in 1950 | south korea |
| what invention encouraged tourism and created new businesses' in the 1920 | automobiles |
| president carters image was tarnished by what? | failure to get the hostages in iran released |
| president jimmy carter seemed weak and uncertain because of his reversal on which of the following | economic policies |
| oil embargo | ban on shipments |
| why did Nixon start OSHA | to protect work on safety |
| stagflation | rising prices and a sluggish economy |
| in what year did Russia withdraw from world war 1 | 1917 |
| why did japan join the allied powers | it was a rival of Germany |
| Austria- Hungary declared war on who | Siberia |
| espionage | spying |
| wha term was used to describe a state of hostility without actual combat? | cold war |
| what was he name of the first space craft to land on the moon | Apollo |
| who ordered the armed forces to desegregate | Truman |
| who was assassinated after winning the California primary | kennedy |
| who was the American commander in Vietnam | William Westmorland |
| what was sunk by a german u- boat | Lusitania |
| rationing | method of conserving food |
| what was the calog brand act | an agreement between many world powers to outlaw war |
| what 1883 law established the civl service commission | Pendleton act |
| corollary | trading bullets for money |
| where was the defeat that ended Spanish resistance in cuba | Santiago harbor |
| whose visit to japan led to Japanese ports being opened to the U.S. trade? | Matthew ferry |
| which president continued many of Roosevelt's policies | president Taft |
| what justified stewards purchase of Alaska | discovery of gold |
| abolitionist | person who wants to end slavery |
| acid rain | burning fossil fuels |
| alliances | partnership |
| annexation | to add on to |
| appeasement | policy of giving into to avoid war |
| assimilation | becoming another culture |
| border states | slave state that stayed in union |
| boycott | organized campaign to refuse to buy goods |
| capitalism | to put money in business |
| civil war | within some country |
| communism | state owned and ruled by a single party |
| cotton gin | machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers |
| corporation | business owned by many investors |
| discrimination | denial of equal rights |
| draft | system of required military services |
| fourteen points | Wilson's plan |
| immigration | to move into a new country |
| surplus | left over |
| secession | withdraw from an organization |
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