u.s. History unit 4 – Flashcards
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Bought Alaska from the Russians.
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William Seward
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Wrote the poem that graces the base of Liberty.
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Emma Lazarus
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Fire here killed 146 people in 1911.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
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Wrote the Jungle which described unclean conditions in factories that processed means.
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Upton Sinclair
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Helped to found the NAACP
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W.E.B. Dubois
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Set aside nearly 200 mil acres of land aside for conservation of the president.
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Matthew Perry
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Muckraker who found corruption in city government.
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Jacob Riis
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Founded the Hull house, which provided services for poor people of the neighborhood.
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Jane Addams
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Where most European immigrants checked into the states.
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Ellis Island
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T/F: Most poor immigrants lived in places called tenements.
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True
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T/F: The goal of the WCTU was to make literacy tests for immigrants mandatory.
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False
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T/F: The first wave of immigrants was from Western Europe.
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True
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T/F: Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark case that resulted in desegragation.
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False
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T/F: Wisconsin was the first state to require a direct primary for an election.
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True
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T/F: Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to set aside land for conservation.
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True
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T/F: Controlling elections by giving gifts and favors was one kind of government corruption in cities.
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True
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T/F: Lincoln Steffens was a scalawag.
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False
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T/F: The Panama Canal opened in 1898.
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False
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Sale and transport of alcohol within the U.S. is illegal ratified in 1919.
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Eighteenth Amendment
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Reformed the U.S. banking system.
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Federal Reserve Act
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The policy of staying out of the affairs of other countries.
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Isolationism
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This allows any nation to trade.
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Open Door Policy
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Governmental commission charged with making and enforcing regulations.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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A large open area beneath a ships deck.
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Steerage
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An unhealthy workplace where people are overworked.
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Sweatshops
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A person who believes in social progress through reforms.
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Progressives
