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How did railroads and the introduction of steel affect the way the United States looked?
The physical landscape changed- taller buildings, skyscrapers, etc.
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what did the Jim Crow laws do?
Remind African Americans of their place and keep them dependent on whites
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What country had a potato famine and many people from there came to America?
Ireland
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What invention did Alexander Graham Bell patent?
The telephone
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Name the group of farmers who fought against monopolies. They later became the Populist Party, a party for the people.
The National Grange
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Who was Jane Adams?
She founded the Hull House and helped many immigrant families get food and jobs.
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Why did immigrants leave their home and travel to America?
For freedom, religious persecution, better jobs, they were starving, for land, etc.
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What does "Americanization" mean?
To become like an American
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What was the Dupont family known for?
inventing weapons and smokeless gunpowder
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Where weer old immigrants from? Where were new immigrants from?
Northern and Western Europe (Britain, France, Germany); Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Russia, Greece)
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Of what religious persuasion were most old immigrants?
Protestant (not Catholic)
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Who monopolized the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
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Boss Tweed was the leader of of a political machine known as ___________ ___________?
Tammany Hall
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What happened to wages during the Industrial Revolution?
The people who owned the companies got rich while the workers were paid very little.
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When did Booker T. Washington want equality? When did DuBois want equality?
Later, he wanted to be patient. Now, the time to act was yesterday.
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