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| What is Immigration? | To enter and settle in a country or region where you are not native
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| What are exports? | Goods produced in one nation and sold to buyers in another nation
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| What are imports? | Goods that consumers buy from another country
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| What is migration? | To move from one place and settle in another
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| Who played the greatest role in building the western railroads? | The Chinese
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| What was important about the transcontinental railroad? | It connected the continent from east to west
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| Describe the impact white settlers had on Native American tribes in the 1800s? | - took their land and moved them to reserves
- killed buffalo
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| Which Native American conflict was the only Native American victory? | Battle of Little Bighorn
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| What happened to the buffalo as white settlers moved into the west? | They were becoming extinct due to fur trappers and cattle ranchers
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| Describe some of the problems facing immigrants in the late nineteenth century? | - poor living conditions
- poor working conditions
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| What is a push factor ? Give example | Makes people want to leave
Ex: religious discrimination
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| What is a pull factor ? Give example | Attract people to an area
Ex:political freedom
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| Who were the muckrakers and what did they write about ? | The muckrakers highlighted things that the world didn't know about. They wrote articles and books exposing problems in America
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| What was established during the progressive era that continues to serve as a voice for the African American community? | The NAACP
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| What was the progressive era? | Time period around late 1800s when there was political ,economic, and social reforms
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| How did plessy vs. Ferguson affect society? | It stated that segregation was lawful as long as separate facilities were equal
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| What was the Sherman anti trust act ? | An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies
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| What was yellow journalism? What kind of impact did it have ? | Journalism based on sensationalism and extreme exaggeration which caused America to go to war
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| Describe the importance of the Panama Canal? | It connects the pacific and Atlantic Ocean and reaches trade markets in the east.(China)
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| Who was known for "speak softly and carry a big stick" diplomacy? What did this mean? | Theodore Roosevelt and it meant to walk silently so that no one knew what you were doing
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| What were the 4 main causes of ww1? | Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
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| What was the trigger incident of ww1? | The assassination of archduke Ferdinand
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| What events led to the us joining ww1? | Zimmerman telegram
Sinking of Lusitania ship
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| What affect did ww1 have on women? | They entered the workforce and changed the traditional women role
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| What was the purpose of the espionage and sedition acts? | Espionage act was to punish people for helping enemy or refusal of military duty
Sedition act made it illegal for Americans to print,write,or publish anything disloyal to u.s government
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| What is the 18th amendment ? | Prohibition
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| What is the 19th amendment? | Women right to vote
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| What is the great migration and the Harlem Renaissance ? | Great migration is when African Americans migrated from the south to the north. The Harlem Renaissance is a movement of literature and music that highlighted African American culture
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| Who was arrested during the Palmer Reid's? | Suspected communists
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| When did the stock market crash and what is the day known as? | October 29,1929:Black Tuesday
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| What were Hoovervilles ? | Neighborhoods of shacks named after president hoover
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| What was the dust bowl ? | Land was bare and windstorms blew topsoil hundreds of miles away
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| What were the 3 goals of FDRs new deal? | Relief
Reform
Recovery
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| Which new deal program was created to assist farmers? | Agricultural adjustment adminstration
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| Which new deal program ended the banking crisis? | Emergency banking act
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| What was the black cabinet? | Unofficial advisiors to the president filled with African Americans that switched to democrat party
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| Describe fireside chats | Roosevelts way of addressing the citizens over the radio giving reassurance
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| How did Hoover try to help the economy after the crash? | Smoot Hawley tariff
Asked businesses not to lay people off
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| What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression? | 25%
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| What is the FDIC? | Federal deposit insurance corporation: insures banks deposits
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| What did the Hawley smooth tariff do for the economy and the world? | It increased imports from the u.s to protect farmers against agricultural imports
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| What was the TVA? | (Tennessee valley authority) built hydroelectric dams to create jobs and bring cheap electricity to parts of the south that was without power
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| What was the SSA? | Provided old age pensions disability payments and unemployment benefits
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