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Mrs. Hall SJMS - History Semester Test

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Place where many Asian immigrants were processed into the U.S.   Angel Island  
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Place where many European immigrants were processed into the U.S.   Ellis Island  
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The process by which people from other cultures who live in the U.S. gradually adopt American ways.   Assimilation  
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Leader of Tammany Hall, well-known example of political machine.   William Marcy "Boss" Tweed  
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Model of settlement houses, founded by Jane Addams   Hull House  
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An organization that held control by finding food, jobs, and other favors in exchange for votes.   Political machine  
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The growth of cities as a result of industrialization   Urbanization  
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Political machine led by "Boss" Tweed in New York City.   Tammany Hall  
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One of the reasons why industries were drawn to cities, the other reason was availibility of workers.   Transportation  
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Founded Hull House in Chicago.   Jane Addams  
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Led by ministers in the late 1800’s, dedicated to improving the lives of the urban poor.   Social Gospel Movement  
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Allowed people to live further away from their jobs and allowed suburbs to develop.   Streetcars and trolleys  
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Came from Eastern and Southern Europe   New Immigrants  
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Came from Western and Northern Europe   Old Immigrants  
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Immigrants settled in areas where they could finds jobs and people with similiar ethnic backgrounds.   Immigrant Neighborhoods  
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Thousands of miners ignored Sioux rights and rushed onto Sioux land when this was discovered in the Black Hills.   Gold  
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This group of people were attracted to the Great Plains because they wanted to escape discrimination in the South and have the chance to own land.   Former Slaves  
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The government gave this to the railroad which they advertised in Europe and sold to settlers.   Free land  
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Battle where General Custer and his men were outnumbered and killed by the Sioux   Little Bighorn  
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Government gifts given to the railroad companies to help the development of the transcontinental railroad.   Money and Land  
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Adventure, new beginning for freed slaves, cheap land, opportunity for wealth from silver and gold.   Reasons for Westward Expansion  
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Low wages, long hours and poor working conditions   Negative effects of industrialization  
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Captain of Industry who made his fortune in the oil refining business   J. D. Rockefeller  
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Inventor of the telephone   Alexander G. Bell  
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Railroads moved these from the west to the east.   Natural Resources  
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Eastern Factories   Railroads moved natural resources to these  
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Railroads brought goods to these   National Markets  
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New kind of stores in the 1880’s that sold many different kind of products   Department stores  
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Ragtime   New type of music created in the early 1900’s that was a mixture of African-American songs and European music.  
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Vaudeville   Popular live entertainment that mixed song, dance and comedy.  
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Free time   Leisure  
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Two major newspaper publishers who competed for readers in NYC.   Hearst and Pulitizer  
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Mail order catalogs   Booklets including pictures and descriptions of merchandise that were sent to customers so they could order by mail.  
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Composer of Ragtime and "Maple Leaf Rag"   Scott Joplin  
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1st two mail order catalog companies   Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck  
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Group of laws enforced segregation of white and black people in public places   Jim Crow laws  
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African-American who helped found the NAACP, believed in full political, civil and societal rights for African-Americans.   WEB DuBois  
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US Supreme Court case the ruled "separate but equal" was allowed.   "Plessy v. Ferguson"  
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Rule in the South that allowed poor whites to vote, but kept African-Americans from voting. You could not vote if your grandfather could not vote.   Grandfather Clause  
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Used after Civil War and 15th Amendment to keep African-Americans from voting in the South.   Poll Tax, Literacy Test and Grandfather Clause  
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1st city with electric streetcar system.   Richmond, Virginia  
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New technologies that helped cities grow in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.   Skyscraper and elevator  
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African-American journalist who led a fight against lynching.   Ida B. Wells  
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A group that used violence to keep blacks from challenging segregation, it was formed during Reconstruction.   Ku Klu Klan  
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African-American leader that helped found Tuskegee Institute and believed equality could be achieved through vocational education. He did not openly challenge racial segregation.   Booker T. Washington  
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"Speak softly but carry a big stick" was the motto of?   Theodore Roosevelt  
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Muckrackers   Progressive journalists  
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What did Muckrackers do?   Expose corruption in American society to lead to reform.  
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What was the impact of corporations on the consumers?   Kept prices high and wages low  
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What was the fastest growing city in the US in 1900?   New York  
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Composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol.   Temperance Movement  
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Prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages.   18th Amendment  
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Suffrage   The right to vote  
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Upton Sinclair   Wrote the novel "The Jungle" which was set in the meat-packing yards of Chicago.  
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Who was President during the Spanish-American War?   William McKinley  
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What is racial separation called?   Segregation.  
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Who became President after McKinley?   Theodore Roosevelt  
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Who did Theodore Roosevelt choose as his successor?   Taft  
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Theodore Roosevelt ran for President with this party in 1911.   Bull Moose Party  
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Amendment granting women the right to vote?   19th Amendment  
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Susan B. Anthony   Famous worker for women’s voting rights. Once fined $100 for voting for Grant.  
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World War I   What marked the end of the Progressive Era?  
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Name 3 Progressive Movement reforms.   Improved safety conditions for workers, reduced work hours, child labor laws passed.  
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Boomtowns   Towns that sprang up quickly-often around mines  
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Homesteads   Land to settle and farm on.  
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Reservations   A place where Native Americans were forces to live  
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Great Plains   The area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains  
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Sod Houses   The first homes many settlers had on the Great Plains  
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Vigilante   A person willing to take the law into his or her hands  
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Vaquero   A cowhand that came from Mexico with the Spaniards in the 1500's.  
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Buffalo Bill Cody   A showman who brought the West to the rest of the world through his Wild West Show.  
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Helen Hunt Jackson   Wrote "A Century of Dishonor" in which the federals government's failures toward the Indians are listed.  
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Buffalo soldiers   African-Americans who served in the U.S. army in the West.  
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Corporation   Type of business in which investors own part of the company by purchasing shares of stock  
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Gilded Age   Name given to a period of time of fabulous wealth during the late 1800'.  
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Robber baron   Name used for a person who has become wealthy through dishonest means, such as bribery and cheating.  
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Trust   A legal body that is created to hold stock in many companies, often in the same industry.  
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Business cycle   The pattern of good and bad times in the economy.  
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Agriculture   The main economic activity of the South during the late 1800's/  
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Pittsburg   City known for its steel mills  
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Bessemer Steel process   Increased the output of steel while reducing the cost.  
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Samuel Gompers   Helped form the American Federation of Labor and served as its president for 37 years.  
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Thomas Edison   Person who came up with practical electric lighting  
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Philanthropist   Person who gives large sums of money to charities  
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Generator   A machine that produces electric current  
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Patent   A government document giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell his or her invention for a specific number of years.  
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Monopoly   A company that wipes out its competitors and controls an industry.  
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Henry Ford   The "Captain of Industry" for the automobile industry.  
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Andrew Carnegie   Person who made his fortune in the steel industry  
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Granville T. Woods   Person who improved telephone and telegraph devices.  
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Edwin Drake   Person who developed a workable oil well.  
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Howell and Singer   Two people associated with the sewing machine.  
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Partnership, sole proprietor, corporation   Three ways that a person can be an owner/part owner in a business.  
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Chief Joseph   The leader of the Nez Perce Indians who asked for equality for his people  
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Geronimo and Chief Joseph   Two Indian leaders who fled rather than move to reservations.  
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Frontier   Unsettled areas where mainly Native Americans lived.  
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Barbed wire   Used for fencing out West because there was little wood.  
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Long drives   Taking cattle by foot to the railroads.  
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Chaps   Seatless leather pants worn over trousers to protect legs from scrub, cactus and snakes.  
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Vast treeless wasteland   Before new technologies this is how people thought of the Great Plains.  
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Wheat   The most common crop on the Great Plains in the late 1800's.  
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Spanish   Responsible for bringing the first horses to the Great Plains.  
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Dry Farming techniques   Turning the soil after rain, leaving part of the field unplanted each year and planting seeds further apart in deep furrows.  
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Windmills   Brought water up from the deep wells on the Great Plains.  
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Who was the first African-American to play in the previously all-white National Baseball League?   Jackie Robinson  
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What is the main focus of the NAACP?   To end the discrimination against African-Americans.  
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What law ended Chinese immigration for a number of years?   Chinese Exclusion Act  
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Where did advertisements begin to appear?   In newspapers.  
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