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The last Indian “battle” of the century took place in 1890 at
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Wounded Knee.
Big Hole.
Little Big Horn.
Fort Kearny.
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What were cheap and plentiful books about the West called that were written in the decades following the Civil War?
nickelodeons
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dime novels
novels
comic books
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What type of business organization do individuals own stock?
sole proprietorship
partnership
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corporation
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Huge networks of business that use the principle of economies of scale.
department stores
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chain stores
holding companies
trust
trade union
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Provided customers with a wide range of goods.
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department store
chain store
trust
holding company
trade union
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What became necessary because supply of consumer goods exceeded the demand?
injunction
trade unions
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advertising
economies of scale
land grants
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What is combining the steps involved in turning raw material into a finished product called?
economies of scale
monopoly
industrial unionizing
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vertical integration
horizontal integration
UnansweredQuestion 8
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What railroad company built the transcontinental railroad from Omaha?
Pacific Railway
Great Northern
Burlington
Central Pacific
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Union Pacific
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The transcontinental railroad was completed in (year).
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1869
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The inventor of the telephone was (last name).
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Bell
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The phonograph and light bulb were invented by .
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Edison
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(last name) owned and operated the Oil Company.
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Rockerfeller
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Standard
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After he sold his steel business, he became a philanthropists and donated much of his fortune to charity.
J.P. Morgan
Issac Singer
Thomas Edison
Edwin Drake
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Andrew Carnegie
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The Central Pacific Railroad began to be built in
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Sacramento, California
Omaha, Nebraska
Carson City, Nevada
San Diego, California
Reno, Nevada
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Many immigrants from (country) helped to build this rail line from the east to the west on the transcontinental railroad.
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Ireland
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A nickname given to corrupt railroad owners was .
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Robber Barons
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If a company raises the price on a product, the demand for that product will most likely .
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decrease
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In the late 1800s, what were the two companies that used the postal service to send goods to customers?
K-mart
J.C. Penny's
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Montgomery Ward
Woolworth's
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What benefited railroads building the transcontinental railroad?
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land grants
experienced workers
no mountains to cross
good weather
sole proprieterships
UnansweredQuestion 20
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In what state was the first oil well drilled?
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Pennsylvania
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
West Virginia
UnansweredQuestion 21
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Supporters of laissez-faire generally favor
tariffs.
high prices.
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free trade.
government protections.
UnansweredQuestion 22
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The railroad industry introduced to make traveling by rail safer and easier to schedule trips.
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time zones
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Time zones were introduced by the industry.
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railroad
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TERMS
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An agreement by companies to keep prices above a certain level.
pools
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People who risk their own capital (money) to organize and run businesses.
entrepreneurs
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The cost of manufacturing is decreased by producing goods quickly in large quantities.
economies of scale
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A list of troublemakers that is used so that no company hires them.
blacklist
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A process when a third (outside) party helps workers and employers reach an agreement.
arbitration
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What two regions of Europe did Old Immigrants come from?
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northern
southern
eastern
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western
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What two regions of Europe did New Immigrants come from?
northern
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southern
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eastern
western
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Old immigrants were mostly what type of religion(s)?
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Protestant
Catholic and Jewish
Hindu and Buddhist
Islam
Confucianism
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People who were born in the U.S., who extremely dislike all people born outside the U.S. are known as
Americanists.
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nativists.
immigrants.
philanthropists.
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A check in station for immigrants coming from Europe in the late 1800s through the mid 1900s was
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Ellis Island
Angel Island
Treasure Island
Easter Island
Stanton Island
UnansweredQuestion 30
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A check in station for immigrants coming from Asia in the late 1800s was
Ellis Island
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Angel Island
Treasure Island
Easter Island
Stanton Island
UnansweredQuestion 31
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Something that is covered with gold on the outside but made of cheaper material on the inside is known as
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gilded
grafted
steeraged
philanthropized
UnansweredQuestion 32
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A theatrical performance where a hodgepodge of entertainment that went on for long periods of time.
ragtime
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vaudeville
cooperatives
granges
UnansweredQuestion 33
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The People's Party was also known as the
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Populists.
Farmers Alliance.
Greenbacks.
Social Darwinists.
Exodusters.
UnansweredQuestion 34
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The Patrons of Husbandry is better known as the
Social Gospel.
Americanization.
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Grange.
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To hang somebody without a proper court proceeding is known as a .
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lynching
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a
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were paper currency that could not be exchanged for gold or silver coins.
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greenbacks
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b
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A decline in the value of money is known as .
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inflation
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a
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In 1890, a tax was introduced in Mississippi to make it difficult for African Americans to vote.
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poll
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People
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The "King of Ragtime".
Scott Joplin
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Was a Democrat from Nebraska who was nominated for the presidency three times around the turn of the twentieth century.
William Jennings Bryan
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Inventor of basketball.
James Naismith
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A term used for segregation laws in the South.
Jim Crow
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Coined the term "Social Darwinism".
Herbert Spencer
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His circus was dubbed "The Greatest Show on Earth".
P.T. Barnum
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The real name of Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
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The 1896 Supreme Court decision that stated "separate but equal" facilities were legal.
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
UnansweredQuestion 41
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Where did most of the New Immigrants live once they got to America?
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cities
on farms
in suburbs
in the South
UnansweredQuestion 42
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In 1882, Congress passed an Exclusion Act preventing immigrants from _____ from entering the U.S.
Mexico
England
Ireland
Italy
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China
UnansweredQuestion 43
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In what city was the world's first skyscraper built?
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
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Chicago
St. Louis
UnansweredQuestion 44
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At the core (center) of the ring of settlement of old cities was the
suburbs.
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central business district.
apartments for the rich.
houses for the poor.
UnansweredQuestion 45
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People
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Opened the famous settlement house, the Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Addams
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Wrote dime novels about people going from "rags to riches".
Horatio Alger
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This philosopher came up with the idea of Social Darwinism.
Herbert Spencer
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Gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech in the late 1800s.
William Jennings Bryan
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Leader of a corrupt New York City political machine.
Boss Tweed
Other Incorrect Match Options:
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Charles Darwin
Elisha Otis
UnansweredQuestion 46
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People
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Opened the famous settlement house, the Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Addams
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Invented a safe passenger elevator.
Elisha Otis
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Proposed African Americans focus on achieving economic goals rather than political goals.
Booker T. Washington
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A turn of the twentieth century civil rights leader for African Americans.
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Was a People's Party and Democratic presidential nominee in 1896.
William Jennings Bryan
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The People's Party platform included all the following except
a silver standard.
an eight hour work day.
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a gold standard.
federal ownership of railroads, banks, and telegraphs
a graduated income tax
UnansweredQuestion 48
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New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to
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lower prices.
raise prices.
raise quality.
lower quality.
UnansweredQuestion 49
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In 1820, the biggest U.S. cities were located on/near
railroads.
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oceans/ports.
raw materials.
factories.
UnansweredQuestion 50
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To find new jobs, where did most New Immigrants settle?
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cities
rural areas
suburbs
the west coast
UnansweredQuestion 51
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The development of the Bessemer process allowed architects to design the first .
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skyscrapers
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skyscraper
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Schools run by religious groups are __________________ schools.
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parochial
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c
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Match the people with the correct event
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TR ran for President of this party in 1912
Bull Moose
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Was assassinated by an anarchist
William McKinley
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First to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit".
Theodore Roosevelt
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William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Republican
Populists
UnansweredQuestion 54
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The youngest U.S. President was
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
James Garfield
UnansweredQuestion 55
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Winner of the 1912 U.S. Presidential Election as a result of two other candidates splitting the vote.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
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Who was the first president to use his office to promote conservation efforts?
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
UnansweredQuestion 57
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What industry did the Federal Reserve Act regulate?
farming
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banking
telegraphs
railroads
UnansweredQuestion 58
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What war took place while Woodrow Wilson was President?
Spanish-American War
Civil War
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World War I
World War II
UnansweredQuestion 59
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The goal of Theodore Roosevelt, while president, to work for people's need's and to do what was right and fair.
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Square Deal
New Freedom
New Nationalism
Trustbusting
UnansweredQuestion 60
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Who was the leader of the Rough Riders?
John J. Pershing
William McKinley
George Dewey
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Theodore Roosevelt
Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Who was the leader of the Tenth Negro Calvary?
Theodore Roosevelt
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John J. Pershing
George Dewey
Matthew Perry
Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Who led the U.S. Naval attack on the Spanish in Manilla Bay?
Matthew Perry
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George Dewey
John J. Pershing
Emilio Aguinaldo
Theodore Roosevelt
UnansweredQuestion 63
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Who was president of the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?
William Taft
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
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William McKinley
UnansweredQuestion 64
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Which is the correct order of the presidents (earliest first)?
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McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Taft, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Wilson
McKinley, Taft, T.Roosevelt, Wilson
McKinley, Wilson, T. Roosevelt, Taft
Wilson, McKinley, Taft, T. Roosevelt
UnansweredQuestion 65
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Who wrote The Jungle?
Robert La Follette
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Upton Sinclair
Susan B. Anthony
William Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
UnansweredQuestion 66
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Journalists who exposed corruption in business and politics.
yellow dogs
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muckrakers
recallers
populists
progressives
UnansweredQuestion 67
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Money paid to other nations for damages caused are known as .
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reparations
UnansweredQuestion 68
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It called for government ownership of major industries and other radical reforms.
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Populism
Progressivism
UnansweredQuestion 69
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Amendments
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Direct election of U.S. senators.
17
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Established a federal income tax.
16
You Answered
Made it illegal to manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages.
18
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Gave women the right to vote.
19
Other Incorrect Match Options:
21
15
20
UnansweredQuestion 70
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What country is Guantanamo Bay located?
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Cuba
Philippines
Hawaii
Somoa
UnansweredQuestion 71
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What year was the Spanish-American War?
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1898
1865
1917
1776
1941
UnansweredQuestion 72
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Places that sold alcohol illegally during prohibition, which were many times underground.
flappers.
stills.
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speakeasies.
Red Scares.
UnansweredQuestion 73
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Which president died in 1923 while in office?
Woodrow Wilson.
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Warren G. Harding.
Calvin Coolidge.
Herbert Hoover.
UnansweredQuestion 74
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Famous actor of silent movies?
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Charlie Chaplin.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Jack Dempsey.
Charles Lindbergh.
UnansweredQuestion 75
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First person to fly a solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charlie Chaplin.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Jack Dempsey.
Correct Answer
Charles Lindbergh.
UnansweredQuestion 76
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The “Spirit of ______________” was the plane that was first flown non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
D.C.
UnansweredQuestion 77
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Famous Jazz trumpet player.
John Dempsey
Charlie Chaplin
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Louis Armstrong
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charles Lindbergh
UnansweredQuestion 78
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Jazz music had its beginnings in what city?
Harlem
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
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New Orleans
UnansweredQuestion 79
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was the "Home Run King" of the 1920s.
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Babe Ruth
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Ruth
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The 1920s were also called the or the .
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Jazz Age
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Roaring 20s
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Jazz Age
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Roaring 20s
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were women who wore short skirts, bob haircuts, hats, danced, and may have gone to speakeasies.
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Flappers
UnansweredQuestion 82
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The was the most famous nightclub in Harlem. African American musicians played for the white audiences.
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Cotton Club
UnansweredQuestion 83
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Mass production and the assembly line were used by in his factories to make the .
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Ford
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Henry Ford
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Model T
UnansweredQuestion 84
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Who led the back to Africa movement in the 1920s?
Duke Ellington
Booker T. Washington
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Marcus Garvey
Margaret Sanger
UnansweredQuestion 85
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What was John Scopes found guilty of teaching and fined $100?
creationism
fundamentalism
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evolution
revolution
bohemian
UnansweredQuestion 86
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What is a person (as an artist or writer) leading an unconventional lifestyle known as?
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bohemian
fundamentalist
anarchist
nativist
isolationist
UnansweredQuestion 87
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An agreement that had American banks loan money to Germany that helped Germany pay reparations to Britain and France.
Washington Conference
Correct Answer
Dawes Plan
Kellogg-Briand Pact
UnansweredQuestion 88
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Al Capone led his gang in (city) and was nicknamed .
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Chicago
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Scarface
UnansweredQuestion 89
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The movement of African Americans from the south to the north during World War I was known as the .
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Great Migration
UnansweredQuestion 90
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RFD stand for .
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Rural Free Delivery
UnansweredQuestion 91
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After the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, the boomtown of _____ sprung up near the silver find.
Correct Answer
Virginia City
Leadville
Deadwood
Dodge City
Abilene
UnansweredQuestion 92
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Who labeled the Great Plains the "Great American Desert" on his early maps of the region.
John Jacob Astor
Henry Comstock
Correct Answer
Stephen Long
George Armstrong Custer
John Scopes
UnansweredQuestion 93
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In 1901, which President was assassinated by anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo?
Abraham Lincoln
Warren G. Harding
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Correct Answer
William McKinley
UnansweredQuestion 94
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What year did World War I begin?
Correct Answer
1914
1915
1917
1918
UnansweredQuestion 95
0 / 1 pts
What year did World War I end?
1915
1917
Correct Answer
1918
1919
UnansweredQuestion 96
0 / 1 pts
What year did the U.S. enter World War I?
1914
1916
Correct Answer
1917
1918
UnansweredQuestion 97
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During World War I, on what front did trench warfare take place?
Eastern
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Western
Northern
Southern
UnansweredQuestion 98
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The sinking of what ship moved the U.S. closer into World War I?
Sussex
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Lusitania
Zimmerman
Versailles
UnansweredQuestion 99
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What treaty was signed ending World War I?
Correct Answer
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Fourteen Points Treaty
Treaty of Paris
UnansweredQuestion 100
0 / 1 pts
What country accepted full responsibility for World War I?
United States
Correct Answer
Germany
Russia
France
UnansweredQuestion 101
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What country fought against Germany on the Eastern Front during World War I?
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Correct Answer
Russia
Belgium
UnansweredQuestion 102
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Who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces?
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Uncle Sam
Correct Answer
John J. Pershing
UnansweredQuestion 103
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What is Armistice Day known as in the U.S. today?
Memorial Day
Arbor Day
Independence Day
Correct Answer
Veterans Day
UnansweredQuestion 104
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Which of the following were nicknames given to American soldiers in World War I?
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Yanks
Doughnuts
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Doughboys
Hessians
UnansweredQuestion 105
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What international organization did the U.S. President propose to preserve world peace after World War I?
Fourteen Points
United Nations
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League of Nations
Weimar Republic
UnansweredQuestion 106
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What did the U.S. President, during World War I, propose to eliminate the causes of war (just peace)?
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Fourteen Points
Liberty Loans
Weimar Republic
United Nations
UnansweredQuestion 107
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Germany told Mexico that they could gain lands taken by the U.S. if they allied with Germany in the
Sussex Pledge
Correct Answer
Zimmerman Note
Expeditionary Force Note
Fourteen Points
UnansweredQuestion 108
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What caused World War I to begin?
nationalism
militarism
imperialism
assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Correct Answer
all the answers
UnansweredQuestion 109
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This battle was also known as "Custer's Last Stand."
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of San Juan Hill
Battle of Wounded Knee
Correct Answer
Battle of Little Bighorn
UnansweredQuestion 110
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Law passed by Congress in 1862 that gave 160 acres of land basically for free for people coming to the Midwest.
Correct Answer
Comstock Lode
Treaty of Versailles
Marshall Plan
Homestead Act
Fourteen Points