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Why did people in the Great Depression call their temporary settlement communities "Hoovervilles"?
blamed Hoover for the Depression
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Why were the League of Nations and the United Nations created?
to prevent future wars
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What was the primary challenge faced by Hispanic immigrants since the 1940's
unfair treatment by employers
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How did the Pure Food and Drug Act change the way government regulated business
had to indicate ingredients in products
100
Why did large numbers of African Americans migrate to the North in the early 20th century?
Jim Crow Laws
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How was the economy affected by corporate expansion in the 1950's?
boomed as the middle class grew
200
Why was the US unable to enter the war until after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Congress refused to support the war
200
What was an obstacle to the assimilation of immigrant groups in the 1800's
chinese immigrants working for lower wages caused resentment
200
Why did Congress pass laws protecting civil rights during Reconstruction
abolish black codes
200
How did labor unions affect the lives of workers
shorter hours and better pay
300
How did government policies of the Gilded Age promote industrialization?
Laissez-faire economic policies allowed private business to operate freely
300
How did the Paris Peace Accords lead to the end of the Vietnam War in 1973?
withdrew all US troops
300
What effect did the Immigration Act of 1965 have?
Border states experienced massive population growth
300
In the late 1800's, why did the Great Plains region become closely associated with the Populist movement
large portion of the population was farmers
300
Why did the Homestead Act attract farmers to the frontier?
free land to farmers who would improve it within 5 years
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The federal government's approach to regulating monopolies in the early 1900's was to do what?
break up trusts
400
One consequence of WWII was the US
remained involved in world affairs
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Why did many immigrants move from eastern and southern Europe to the US between 1880 and 1920?
take advantage of economic opportunities in the US
400
The automobile and the expansion of the roadway system in the 1950's led to the growth of what
suburban areas
400
Which constitutional check did the Supreme Court use when declaring several New Deal programs unconstitutional?
judicial review
500
How did the Federal Reserve's higher interest rates in the 1930's complicate the Great Depression?
people saved money rather than spending it
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Why was the Korean War considered a stalemate
north and south still divided
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What effect did anti-immigration sentiment have on domestic policy in the early 20th century?
government placed quotas on immigration
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What resulted from the OPEC oil embargo of 1973?
oil shortages and rising prices
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How did Congress uphold individual property rights of southerners during Reconstruction?
returned confiscated land to former confederates