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Civil War & Reconstruction
Westward Settlement
Rise of Big Business
Progressives & Immigration
Imperialism & World War I
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What was Lincoln's primary goal throughout the Civil War?
To preserve the Union
100
The transcontinental railroad helped to settle what region of the United States?
The West
100
What happened to industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900?
It grew rapidly.
100
What did muckrakers do?
Expose corruption and problems in government, society, and business
100
What territories did the U.S. gain at the end of the Spanish-American War?
Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and Puerto Rico
200
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goals of the Civil War
It made ending slavery a secondary goal of the war
200
Why do most people buy shares of stock?
To share in business profits
200
Corporations, stock, and trusts are most closely connected with what?
Rise of Big Business
200
What was the primary goal of labor unions?
To improve working conditions and protect the rights of workers
200
Why newspaper reporting style contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism
300
What advantage did the South have over the North?
Better military leaders, "home court" advantage
300
What happened to African American voting rights after Reconstruction ended and white Southerners regained control of the state governments?
African Americans lost voting rights
300
What term means manufacture of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply?
Mass production
300
What national symbol is associated with welcoming immigrants?
Statue of Liberty
300
Give an example of Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick policy in Latin America.
Panama Canal
400
What were the laws called that segregated blacks & whites in the South after Reconstruction ended?
Jim Crow laws
400
During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and sod houses were found where?
Great Plains
400
What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
To regulated the power of big business
400
Why did most immigrants settle in cities?
Unskilled factory jobs available
400
What did foreign nations establish in China to gain special trading privileges there?
Spheres of Influence
500
What was the name of the organization established to help both freedmen & whites during Reconstruction?
Freedmen's Bureau
500
What Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was equal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
500
What is the Free Enterprise System?
Privately owned businesses competing for consumer dollars
500
Which book exposed the evils of the meat packing industry in Chicago?
"The Jungle"
500
Theodore Roosevelt added a corollary to what document?
Monroe Doctrine