First hand account is a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.
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What were working conditions like in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
Unsafe, dirty, very bad very poor
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Why did President Theodore Roosevelt want to build a canal through Panama?
For military access from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
to increase trade
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What is a Muckraker?
Investigative journalists who helped bring the problems of corruption to the public and helped change society
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A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
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What is a Secondary Source
A secondary source is any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed. Aside from a textbook, the most commonly assigned secondary source is a scholarly monograph - a volume on a specific subject in the past, written by an expert.
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List 3 Push and Three Pull Factors for Immigrants to come to the United States
Push: To escape, Poverty, over population, famine, war, persecution
Pull: Promise of Freedom, Family and friends already int he US, jobs, economic opportunity
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What does M.A.I. N. Stand for?
The Long Term Causes of WW1
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
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What is the 19th amendment?
The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote
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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Communism
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How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the westward development of the United States?
It allowed for increased migration of population, growth of western cities and fulfillment of the manifest destiny
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What is a Nativist?
Anti-Immigration supporter in the 1800's
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List three new military technologies that were used during WW1 that dramatically increase the number of deaths during WW1
Poison Gas
Airplanes as weapons
Long range artillery (Big Bertha)
Tanks
Flame throwers
Automatic weapons
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What does the 17th and 18th Amendment do?
17th- Direct election of US. Senators
18th-Prohibition
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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Isolationism
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What was the Homestead Act?
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
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What was the intimidate cause of WWI?
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
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What is the Jungle and why is it important?
A book by Upton Sinclair that describes the meat packing industry during the progressive era.
It helped bring reforms and food safety laws to the industry.
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an extreme form of this, especially marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries
Nationalism
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Define Manifest Destiny
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
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Define Laissez-Faire
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
Or abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.
"laissez-faire capitalism"
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What was the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany?
Germany was forced to take the blame for the war
Germany was forced to pay billions in war reparations
Germany was restricted in how large their military could be
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What is the difference between a Caption of Industry and a Robber Barron?
A COI uses their money to help their workers and the community through charitable gifts a RB does not help improve conditions of their workers focusing on larger profits not the good of the people.
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journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
"equating murder and dismemberment with smoking pot is the worst yellow journalism"