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US History Q1 Check
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Increased steel production was aided in part by | railroads |
| White southerners who supported Reconstruction | Scalawags |
| Sharecropping was an extension of | slavery |
| Systemic segregation was created with what | Jim Crow Laws |
| From 1870 to 1900, business leaders in the US tried to increase productivity, maximize profits, and decrease costs by | reducing competition through the formation of trusts |
| How did Henry Flagler impact the development and economy of Florida? | founded the FL East Coast Railway |
| Assembly line work - like what was used at Ford - helped which group of people most | unskilled workers |
| Samuel Gompers organized workers to protect | skilled workers |
| What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment | establish citizenship of Freedmen |
| What are reasons African Americans left the south during Reconstruction | violence caused by the KKK, Jim Crow Laws |
| Which people saw the harshest immigration restrictions | Chinese |
| In the late 1800s, most labor strikes took place in what part of the US | Northeast |
| What new advancement was seen as a result in increased steel production | building of skyscrapers |
| Freedmen were affected by laws to keep them down during/after the Reconstruction Era? These laws were called | Jim Crow |
| As industrialization increases, agriculture income | decreases |
| During Westward expansion, how did the US acquire Native American Tribal lands | Dawes Act |
| What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act | break up monopolies like Standard Oil |
| What group advocated for the end of Child Labor | Knights of Labor |
| Which 3 Amendments focused on ensure an end to racial discrimination | 13, 14, 15 |
| What does "cultural assimilation" look like | stop speaking your language to adopt that of your new homeland replace your cultural identity with that of another group |
| Inventors of the 2nd Industrial Revolution were | Thomas Edison, Madam CJ Walker, Elijah McCoy |
| What caused the formation of Labor Unions | long work days, poor working conditions, child labor, low wages |
| The idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better is known as | Social Darwinism |