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Advances in Technology
America Becomes a World Power
The Progressive Era
Midterm Review 2
Economic Growing Pains
Midterm Review 1
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The completion of this transportation system was
greatly responsible for the population boom of
the Western territories in the late 1800s.
A 100
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What is
the trans-continental railroad?
A 100
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These two immigrant groups were responsible for
the construction of much of the nations railways
in the late 1800s.
A 200
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Who are the Chinese and the Irish?
A 200
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The light bulb (invented by this man) helped to
fuel the growth of cities by allowing factories
to operate 24 hours a day.
A 300
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Who is Thomas Edison? The more hours a factory
could remain open, the more people it could
employ. People flocked to the cities to fill
these jobs.
A 300
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The Standard Oil Trust (or a corporation of
corporations) created by this man helped him
control almost the entire worldwide oil industry
in the late 1800s.
A 400
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Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A 400
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Monopolies established by robber barons forced
the prices of many goods and services to rise
because of the lack of this in the industries.
A 500
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What is competition? If only one company produced
a certain product, it could charge whatever it
wanted for that product.
A 500
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Immigrants coming from Russia, Italy and Poland
would enter America through this checkpoint in
the harbor of New York City in the late 19th
century.
B 100
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What is Ellis Island? Site of the Statue of
Liberty.
B 100
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He founded the American Federation of Labor, an
organization that helped support labor unions
against unfair factory bosses.
B 200
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Who is Samuel Gompers?
B 200
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The discovery of gold in the 2nd half of the 19th
century led America to forcefully remove this
Native American tribe from their homeland.
B 300
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Who are the Sioux?
B 300
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The Pullman Strike of 1894 was just one example
of economic unrest during the decade. What
product did the workers in the Pullman factory
produce?
B 400
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What are rail cars for trains?
B 400
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How did President Cleveland attempt to end the
chaos of the Pullman Strike of 1894?
B 500
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He sent in federal troops to stop the workers
from striking. Cleveland was criticized for
supporting the interests of big business over the
rights of the workers.
B 500
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Upton Sinclair novel that exposed the working
conditions of the meat-packing industry in
Chicago.
C 100
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What is The Jungle? As a result, Congress
passed legislation to regulate the working
conditions of factories and industry.
C 100
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She founded the Hull House in Chicago, an
organization that assisted women and children
with basic necessities and education.
C 200
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Who is Jane Addams?
C 200
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The goal of these investigative journalists of
the Progressive Era was to expose the abuses of
big business and the corruption of politicians.
Ida Tarbell is a famous example.
C 300
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Who are the Muckrakers?
C 300
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C 400
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The purpose of the 17th Amendment changed the way
this specific legislative body was chosen. Now
they were to be elected directly by the people
rather than by the state legislatures.
C 400
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What is the Senate? Equal representation 2 per
state.
C 400
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This political reform allowed voters to accept or
reject legislative proposals. Some modern
examples being gay marriage and the legalization
of marijuana.
C 500
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What is a referendum?
C 500
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The Exclusion Act of 1882 forbid further
immigration of this ethnic group.
D 100
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Who are the Chinese?
D 100
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The construction of this helped curb the cost of
shipping goods by creating an artificial water
route that connected the Caribbean Sea and the
Pacific Ocean.
D 200
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What is the Panama Canal?
D 200
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This President issued his famous corollary
stating that the US would intervene in the
affairs of Latin America to restrict European
involvement.
D 300
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Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
D 300
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America went to war in 1898 in order to free the
colonies of Cuba and the Philippines from control
by this European nation.
D 400
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What is Spain? Hence, the Spanish-American War.
D 400
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The belief that dominance of weaker countries by
a more powerful one would benefit the stronger
nation economically and politically.
D 500
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What is Imperialism?
D 500
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The three branches of government created by the
checks and balances theory of Montesquieu.
E 100
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What are the legislative, judicial and executive
branches?
E 100
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In his pamphlet Common Sense this man argued
that America should declare independence from
England.
E 200
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Who is Thomas Paine?
E 200
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John Lockes theory that All men are created
equal greatly influenced this man in his
composition of the Declaration of Independence.
E 300
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Who is Thomas Jefferson?
E 300
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The Treaty of Paris (1783) resulted in America
acquiring all British land west to the
Mississippi River. The treaty ended this war.
E 400
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What is the Revolutionary War?
E 400
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Anti-Federalist concerns that a strong federal
government would become too powerful, resulted in
James Madison adding the first ten amendments to
the Constitution granting individual and state
rights. Collectively, these amendments are known
as this.
E 500
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What is the Bill of Rights?
E 500
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This term refers to the idea that settlers had
the right to decide for themselves whether or not
to allow slavery in their territory or state.
F 100
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What is popular sovereignty?
F 100
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These essays, written by James Madison, Alexander
Hamilton and John Jay, were used to promote the
ratification of the Constitution.
F 200
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What are the Federalist Papers?
F 200
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This presidents Democracy is most closely
associated with voting rights being extended to
all white males, regardless of the ownership of
property.
F 300
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Who is Andrew Jackson? Jacksonian Democracy
F 300
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While Lincoln wanted to heal the wounds of the
nation quickly after the Civil War, this group of
Congressman wanted to punish the South for
breaking away from the Union.
F 400
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Who are the Radical Republicans?
F 400
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Literacy tests and poll taxes were specific types
of these unofficial laws set in place to prevent
African Americans from exercising their right to
vote.
F 500
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What are the black codes?
F 500
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This Supreme Court decision of 1896 created the
system of Separate but Equal the practice of
legal segregation based on race.
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What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
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