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Who was housekeeping mainly primarily handed to?
Women
industries, such as railroads and steel mills needed access to what?
Money
President Grover Clevland sent what to Illinois?
Federal troops
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
Authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them
What was the 19th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote
name one state that developed cow towns
Nebraska, Wyoming, or Montana.
By the 1800s, who was being forced out of their land?
Native Americans
Why did employers prefer hiring Children?
Because they could pay lower wages.
which state became the first state to adopt a statewide process for initiatives and referendums?
South Dakota
What is the military tactic that involves quick/unexpected attacks
Guerrilla Warfare
What did the Homestead Act encourage?
Westward migration
An unknown person shot U.S. soldiers and the U.S. opened fire killing how many people?
200-300
What does KKK stand for?
Ku Klux Klan
At the end of 1893 how many banks were closed down?
600 banks
How long did the Panama Canal have to be?
What delayed the dream of manifest destiny?
The civil war
Who made the electrographic vote recorder and the electric pen?
Thomas Alva Edison
Women were paid how much less than men? (Percentage)
40% less
Roosevelt supported what ideas?
Progressive ideas and hoped to expand U.S. power abroad.
How many people died in a mysterious explosion that sank a ship on February 15th?
250 people
What was the main issue of 1896?
Currency
Who spoke the first words over the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
How many people moved to the U.S. to live new lives with better opportunities?
12 million
Who became governor of Wisconsin becoming the symbol of the progressive era?
Robert M. La Follette
What does NAWSA stand for?
National American Woman Suffrage Association