1. World War II begins
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3. Answer: George Armstrong Custer
This American general was killed with all of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Answer: George Armstrong Custer
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4. Answer: William Jennings Bryan
A frequent presidential candidate and supporter of the Populist movement. He gave “The Cross of Gold Speech”
Answer: William Jennings Bryan
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5. Answer: Samuel Gompers
The leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) who used strikes to achieve his goals
Answer: Samuel Gompers
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6. This social reformer helped the poor and was considered the first “social worker”
Answer: Jane Addams
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7. The assassination of the man ignited World War I
Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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8. The act of giving someone a job for supporting you during an election
Answer: Patronage
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9. The idea that some areas of wilderness should be protected while others are developed for the common good
Answer: Conservation
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10. Answer: Populist Movement
This political movement was “for the people” and began with farmers and eventually included labor
Answer: Populist Movement
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11. A vote on whether to remove a public official from office
Answer: Recall election
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12. Answer: Henry Cabot Lodge
This conservative senator opposed America joining The League of Nations
Answer: Henry Cabot Lodge
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13. Answer: Booker T. Washington
This African American leader believed equality could be achieved gradually through proving economic value to society
Answer: Booker T. Washington
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14. Answer: Grandfather clause, literacy tests, poll tax
The three ways that Southern states denied the right to vote to African Americans
Answer: Grandfather clause, literacy tests, poll tax
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15. Answer: The Gentleman’s agreement
Japan agreed to limit the amount of it’s citizens who would emigrate to the United States under this.
Answer: The Gentleman’s agreement
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16. This African American leader promoted immediate equality and a “talented-tenth”
Answer: W.E.B. DuBois
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17. The practice in which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and adopt white culture
Answer: Assimilation
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18. Answer: Social Darwinism
The economic theory that only the strongest and smartest people will survive in business
Answer: Social Darwinism
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19. The complete control over an industry’s production, quality, wages paid and prices charged
Answer: Monopoly
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20. Writer who exposes wrong doing especially in business or politics
Answer: Muckraker
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21. This offered 160 acres to any settler willing to move west and cultivate the land for at least 5 years
Answer: Homestead Act
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22. Answer: Morrill Land Grant Acts
This established Agricultural Colleges in rural areas, which helped farmers to learn valuable skills
Answer: Morrill Land Grant Acts
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23. The sinking of this ship started the Spanish American War
Answer: USS Maine
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24. This type of fighting typified warfare in World War I
Answer: Trench Warfare
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25. The term used to describe the growth of cities
Answer: Urbanization
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26. The areas “New Immigrants” come from
Answer: Eastern & Southern Europe & Asia
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27. Answer: Open Door Policy (or Open Door Notes)
This declared that China would remain independent and that all ports would remain open for fair trade among all countries
Answer: Open Door Policy (or Open Door Notes)
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28. These countries made up the Central Powers
Answer: Germany, Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empire
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