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Advances in Technology
America Becomes a World Power
The Progressive Era
Review 2
Economic Growing Pains
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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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This immigrant group was responsible for the
construction of much of the nations western
railways in the late 1800s.
A 200
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Who are the Chinese?
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?
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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Sioux leader who actively resisted American
encroachment into Native territories in the West.
B 300
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Who was Sitting Bull?
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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1890 event that effectively forced Native
Americans to end the resistance fight against the
US Army.
B 500
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What is Wounded Knee?
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 federal oversight
of these factories.
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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This amendment to the Constitution allowed for
the direct election of US Senators instead of
them being appointed by state legislatures.
C 400
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What is the 17th amendment?
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 event showed that the new constitution worked
and could handle a national crisis
E 100
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What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
E 100
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This event caused American colonist to question
their allegiance to the King of England
E 200
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What is the Great Awakening?
E 200
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Although the Puritan church would lose power, the
members decided to offer this to non-members.
E 300
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What is the halfway covenant?
E 300
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The Treaty of Paris (1783) resulted in America
acquiring all British land west to the
Mississippi River and getting their independence.
The treaty ended this war
E 400
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What is the Revolutionary War?
E 400
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This event led American colonist to pay more
taxes to British. British felt that colonists
owed them for protection.
E 500
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What is the French and Indian War?
E 500
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This war started because England was blocked
American trade with other counties in Europe.
F 100
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What was the War of 1812?
F 100
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This law stated banned slavery, set up schools,
and also show how territories can becomes states.
F 200
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What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
F 200
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The US became the big brother to Latin American
counties and provided protection to stop future
European colonization
F 300
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What is the Monroe Doctrine?
F 300
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Before the Civil War, north is based on
manufacturing and the south on farming because of

F 400
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What are the geographic conditions?
F 400
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This was the first national event that the states
(SC) though their rights were more important than
the federal government
F 500
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What is the Nullification Crisis?
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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