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What is a muckraker?
A person who exposes the problems and bad things in society.
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What was the purpose of a strike?
To force the company to give better treatment to the workers by not working until they agreed.
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What was the purpose of the Panama canal?
To allow ships to cross from one side of the US to the other, to increase shipping.
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Name 3 of the nations who fought Germany in World War 1.
England, France, the United States, Russia, Serbia, Belgium
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During the Gilded Age, what was a Progressive?
A political party during the Gilded Age that thought they could fix the problems in America by passing laws.
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In the Gilded Age, what was the "Spoils" system?
When people got good government jobs because they were friends with someone, not because they earned or deserved the job.
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Why were the 1900s called a "gilded age"?
Mark Twain called it a "Gilded age" because it might look pretty and golden on the surface, but underneath it was dark and difficult and dirty.
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What happened to the USS Maine in 1904?
An explosion sunk the ship, starting the Spanish-American war because the US blamed Spain.
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What were the main causes of World War One?
Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
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What was "Seward's Folly"?
The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, which got the US petroleum and gold.
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During the Spanish American war, what did Theodore Roosevelt do?
He left the navy to create the Rough Riders, and fought the Spanish in Cuba.
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What is a tenement?
A badly built, dirty, unsanitary building usually housing immigrants and their families in crowded rooms/.
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In the 1900's, why did the US use imperialism?
to trade with other countries, to conquer other nations, to spread American religion
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What countries were the "Triple Alliance" before World War One? (They became the Central Powers, after one of them left to join the Allies).
Germany Austro-Hungary Italy
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What was some of the new technology used in World War 1?
Airplanes, tanks, submarines, machine guns, poison gas.
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What is a monopoly?
When a company owns all of one type of company so there us no competition.
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Who was Jacob Riis and what did he do for immigrants?
Jacob Riis was a photographer and muckraker who tried to show the rich how the poor lived by taking photographs.
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
No European influence in the Western hemisphere. It was an example of American foreign policy.
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What are two reasons the US joined World War 1?
The ship Lusitania was sunk, killing 120 Americans. The Zimmerman telegram (Germany tried to get Mexico to attack the US) The US was friends with England and France.
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What is nationalism?
A strong feeling of love for your country; the belief that your country is better than all other countries.
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Define and describe segregation in the Gilded Age.
Segregation is keeping people of different races separate. Schools were segregated, so black children could not get the same education as white children. Train cars were segregated. The military was segregated, and people of different races werent allowed to fight together.
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What kinds of corruption were there in the Gilded Age?
Politicians tried to buy votes from immigrants for food and clothes. People stole supplies from Native Americans. The Spoils system gave jobs to friends, not the people who deserved the job.
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What is meant by Roosevelt’s motto, “Speak softly and carry a big stick?”
To stay quiet and leave others alone, but also have the ability to defend yourself or attack if threatened. This was Roosevelt's foreign policy. His big stick was the US Navy.
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What is a stalemate?
When neither side in a war is winning.
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Who was Franz Ferdinand?
He was 2nd in line for the throne of Austro-Hungary. He was assassinated by Serbians, which started World War 1.