Why did large numbers of Chinese immigrants come to the American West Coast beginning in the mid-nineteenth century?
to find employment
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When a company has complete control of a product on the market, they are referred to as what?
Monopoly
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Progressives agreed that the government should do what?
Protect workers and help the poor, regulate government and big business, get rid of corruption
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What was a major argument used by the anti-suffrage movement?
Women will become too masculine
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What activity would a land speculator be likely to undertake?
Buying up large areas of land very cheaply in the hope of selling it for a profit later
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What consideration was a “push factor” in immigration to the United States in the early 1900s?
Poverty in the home nations of immigrants, religious or political persecution
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Why were men like John D Rockefeller known as “robber barons”?
They built their fortunes from corrupt business practices
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In the early 20th century, muckrakers were able to influence American society mainly by doing what?
Publication of article and books
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During the early 1900s, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was an example of how African Americans did what?
Used the court system to fight discrimination
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Jane Addams raised awareness of social problems in the United States during the 1890s and 1900s by establishing what?
Settlement Houses
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What did immigrants typically experience upon arriving at Ellis Island in the early 1900s?
Medical examinations
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What was a motivation of the nativists in the United States during the nineteenth century?
prejudice against immigrants
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The purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act was to do what?
Eliminate unfair business practices
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The Dawes Act of 1887 was designed to do what?
Force the assimilation of Native American tribes into “American” society, divide reservation land into individual plots
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The initiative, referendum, recall and direct primary were all intended to do what?
Increase participation in government by citizens
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Why was the rise of labor unions in the late nineteenth century regarded as a threat by some businesses?
It gave workers much greater negotiating strength.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce. Why was it ineffective for nearly 15 years?
The federal government rarely enforced it
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Prior to 1906, regulations aimed at maintaining quality and safety in the meat-packing industry had been in the works for years. However, President Theodore Roosevelt pushed the legislation ahead quickly in response to the public outcry over which novel?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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What was the only battle representing a Native American Victory?
Battle of Little Bighorn
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What inventions revolutionized American communications in the late 1800s?
The telegraph and telephone
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Which goal was shared by the American labor leaders Eugene V. Debs and Samuel Gompers during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
using unions to obtain higher wages and better working conditions
500
The Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century saw the emergence of industrialists who were perceived by some as ruthless and aggressive. These industrialists were derisively referred to as what?
Robber Barons
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Despite its successes, the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century was least successful on what issue? (business reform, women's rights, minority rights, etc)
civil rights for racial minorities.
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What happened at the Massacre of Wounded Knee?
American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux