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100
What hardships did the settlers face on the great plains?
Prairie fires, lack of water, temperature extremes
100
In the 1890's when a glut of wheat on the world market caused prices to drop, some farmers tried to survive by
What is mortgaging their land
100
The phrase "We the People.." is found in the
U.S Constitution
100
One of Thomas Paines's major contribution to the patriot cause was
a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense"
100
The Increase in cotton production between 1800 and 1860 was a result of
use of the cotton gin
200
What was the Souths Chief export?
What is Cotton
200
What happened to the U.S. population between 1860 and 1920?
Urbanization
200
The year 1776 is an important date in U.S History because it marked the
signing of the DOI
200
Name two results of the fencing of the open range
cattle drives ended, cowboys became ranch hands, european breeds replaced the longhorn
200
The major factor contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown was the presence of What
French Navy
300
In 1620 document pledging their loyalty to England
Mayflower Compact
300
What word characterizes feelings toward immigration in the 1890's
nativism
300
In declaring its intention to secede from the Union in 1860, south Carolina was affirming its position on
states rights
300
According to the Declaration of Independence what is an unalienable right ?
right that cannot be taken away by the government
300
13th amendment accomplished what
abolished slavery
400
15th amendment gave who the right to vote?
African american Men
400
Laissez-Faire relies on what to regulate prices and wages
supply and demand
400
Because of a shortage of workers in California, railroad companies hired workers from
China
400
By 1900, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were from
eastern and southern europe
400
In the early 1860's Chinese immigrants came to the United States to work
On the transcontinental railroad
500
A ____________ was a techniques for breaking a union in which the company refused to allow workers on the property and refused to pay them
Lockout
500
Many Labor Unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants
would work for low wages
500
William Tweed was a
a party boss in a political machine
500
Immigrants tended to adjust well to America when they
settled with thier ethnic groups and learned english
500
European immigrants came through Ellis Island where did chinese immigrants come through ?
Angel Island