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Lincoln and Assassination
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Reconstruction
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What play was Lincoln watching when he was assasinated?
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Our American Cousin
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Ulysses S.Grant and segregation
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Reconstruction
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What saved Grant from being assassinated?
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Taking a box car to Philadelphia instead of going to Ford's Theater
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White Terrorism
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Reconstruction
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What high school did the little Rock nine intergrate to?
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Little Rock central High School
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Long Drives/ challenges
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Westward Expansion
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Give an example of a trail that was used for the cattle drives
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Chisholm trail
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New Inventions
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Westward Expansion
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Get $50 for free
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none
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Native American wars
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Westward Expansion
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What tribe did Colonel George A. Custer fight against?
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Sioux
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The "Gilded Age" Sweatshops Child Labor Unions
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Industrialism
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Who was the famous photographer who took photos of child labor?
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Lewis W. Hine
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Monopolies
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Industrialism
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Give an example of two monopolies in the present day (Microsoft is not one anymore)
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Google and ESPN
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Corporations, Business Cycles, and Railroads
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Industrialism
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When was the Transcontinental Railroad finished?
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1869
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New Immigrants
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Immigration
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What general phrase is inscribed on Lady Liberty? is it pro or anti immigration?
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teamming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Pro
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Social Gospel/cities
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Immigration
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GIve an example of someone who founded temporary housing?
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Jane Addams
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Political Machines
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Immigration
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How much bail was he realized on the first and second time combined?
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9 million
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Amendments
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Progressivism
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Name all the amendments that we learned in History class this year and five last year
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1st Protects the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition 2nd Protects an individual's right to bear arms 3rd Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time 4th Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause 5th protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy 6th Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel 7th Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law 8th Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment 9th Protects rights not enumerated in the constitution. 10th Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution -13th amendments: slaves are free -14th amendments: African Americans are citizens -15th amendment: African Americans can vote 16th Allows the federal government to collect income tax 17th Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote 18th Establishes Prohibition of alcohol 19th Establishes women's suffrage 21st Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment
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Acts and Roosevelt
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Progressivism
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Name the major acts that Roosevelt put in place
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Sherman anti-trust act clayton anti-trust act Square-deal Federal Reserve act
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Muckrakers and Women
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Progressivism
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Give an example of three muckrakers and what they uncovered
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-Jacob Riis -Nellie Bly -Upton Sinclair
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Yellow, but why
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Imperialism
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What quote did John Hay say about the Spanish-American war?
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"A little, splendid war"
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Kinley, Sew, and the war
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Imperialism
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Who assassinated McKinley?
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Leon Czolgosz
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Pie cutting and the open door
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Imperialism
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What are the differences between America's spheres of influence today and during imperialism?
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South America, South East Asia, and China today: almost everywhere
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The new, the ways, and the commander in chief
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WWI
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When did WWI start?
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June 28, 1914
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images, spys, and migration
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WWI
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What riot erupted because of the great migration?
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Detroit Race riot
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The end is near
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WWI
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Give an example of five nations that were in the league of nations?
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Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, the British Empire, Canada, Chile, the Republic of China, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Italy, Liberia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia/Iran, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Union of South Africa, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Luxembourg, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Ireland, Ethiopia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turkey, Iraq, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Afghanistan and Ecuador.
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Roles of women
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Roaring 20's
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For Free (but must come up with good question) You get $50
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None
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Culture
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Roaring 20's
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How did sports change during the 20's?
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Sports became more popular
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Prohibition
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Roaring 20's
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Name another manjor bootlegger who was not Al Capone
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George Remus
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Hoover and the misery
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Great Depression
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What major dam did Hoover construct?
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Hoover's Dam
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The crash, depression, and the bowl
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The Great Depression
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How many people were unemployed during the Great depression?
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12,830,000 people were unemployed in the great depression
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Delano and the new deal
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Great Depression
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When did Delano delver his first fire-side chat (give year)?
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1933
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The European Theater
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WWII
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Who was the prime minister of Britain before Churchill?
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Neville Chamberlain
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The Pacific Theater
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WWII
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When was V-J day?
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September 2, 1945
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The Atomic Bomb/ the Holocaust
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WWII
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What airplane carried the bomb that dropped on Nagasaki?
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Bockscar
