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This man created the United States' first billion-dollar corporation
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J.P Morgan
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When one company buys everything needed to produce, market, and deliver their product, they have participated in...
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vertical integration
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This woman established Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago
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Jane Addams
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This individual led the American Federation of Labor
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Samuel Gompers
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The Homestead Strike ended with...
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the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned
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What invention spurred the industrial and urban development
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electricity
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Because of this machine, and the belief that women were more dexterous than men, the post-Civil war era saw an increase in the female workforce in...
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typewriting
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Which of the following is an example of a land grant college?
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Kansas State University
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After the civil war, how did congress often finance its economic plans?
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through the gifts of free land
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By 1897, the United States had more of this than all the European nations combined...
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railroads
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The process Rockefeller used the gain control of his company's industry is known as...
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horizontal integration
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By 1900, _______ of college students were women...
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one-third
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John D. Rockefeller is best associated with which industry?
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oil
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This legal entity allowed companies to sidestep laws that forbade them from owning stock in their competitors...
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trust
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After the civil war, what was the complaint about the federal tariff?
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It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices
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The Legal Tender Act of 1862...
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allowed for the printing of paper currency
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Which of the following was not a reform advocated by the Knights of Labor?
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providing access to jobs for reformed convicts
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Eugene V Debs and the ____________ became famous during the _____________ ...
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American Railway Union, Pullman Strike
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In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, congress passed the...
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Sherman Anti-Trust act
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What was the United States' first billion-dollar corporation?
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United States Steel Corporation
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Examples of Jim Crow segregation include all of the following except...
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the grandfather clause
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As many as _____________ of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans...
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25%
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_________________ was a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote...
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a poll tax
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In the second half of the 19th century all of the following were found in the New West except...
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bronze
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According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the frontier...
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defined and shaped America
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_________________ was the name for the African Americans who migrated West in search of social and economic opportunities...
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exodusters
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Many in the South believed that they had lost the war because...
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the south relied too much on slavery and cotton cultivation
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Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native Americans at the end of the 19th century?
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Native Americans resistance to westward expansion had been crushed
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The southerners who participated in the crop-lien system included all of the following except...
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merchants
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By 1900, what percentage of the residents in major cities was foreign born?
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30%
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What did one journalist call "the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood" during the Gilded Age in large cities?
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saloons
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According to your textbook, the post-Civil War West symbolized...
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economic opportunity and personal freedom
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What made immigration different in the time between 1860 and 1920 than in previous years?
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The immigrants tended to come from Eastern and southern Europe
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The decision to only allow gold to be coined for money was derisively called the...
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Crime of '73
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What segment of the economy was not actively engaged in recruiting newly arrived immigrants during the Gilded Age?
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agriculture
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Because of President Arthur's reform programs...
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he was not chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for a second term
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The most popular leisure destinations for the urban working class during the Gilded Age were...
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saloons
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During the Gilded Age, the real leaders of the United States could be said to be...
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corporations
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Immigrants who arrived before 1890 to the United States were primarily...
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Protestant
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One of the most notorious of the robber barons was...
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Jay Gould
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After living for a time in the West, Theodore Roosevelt maintained that Indians were...
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a "lesser race"
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Once Theodore Roosevelt became president, his motto became...
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"speak softly, and carry a big stick"
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Whites on the Hawaiian Islands were referred to as...
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haoles
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The term Seward's folly applies to...
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the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867
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The treat that ended the war of 1898 and made Cuba independent was the...
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Treaty of Paris
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The author of the infmaous de Lome letter was Depuy de Lome. Who was he?
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the spanish ambassador to the United States
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As America developed industrially, it needed access to all of the following raw materials except...
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aluminum
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________________ was the leader of the Filipino nationalists during the war of 1898
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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All of the following were major proponents of imperialism at the end of the 19th century except...
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Ulysses Grant
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According to your textbook, at the very end of the War of 1898...
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the status of the Philippines was unresolved
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This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of the "Kingdom of God"...
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social gospel
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President Theodore Roosevelt's presidential plan was called the...
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square deal
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A system of governance in which a trained administrator was appointed to run a city was called a...
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city-manager plan
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Which of the following was not a motive of reformers?
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to abolish slavery
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The reason that Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1912 was...
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because taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote
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President Taft won office because...
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he was supported by Roosevelt
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Which of the following was not part of the "good government" movement of the Progressive Era?
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ending segregated schools
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Which statement best described President Wilson?
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He found it hard to understand and work with people who did not agree with him.
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Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?
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socialist
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Wilson's definition of progressivism applied to _____________ only...
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whites
