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49 Cards in this Set
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Who was the Union commander in 1864?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Who was the Virginian commander?
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Robert E. Lee
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What is another name for a government land grant?
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subsidy
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What were the two railroads that competed to build the transcontinental railroad?
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Union Pacific and Central Pacific
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What is another name for Plains farmers?
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sodbusters
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What was created by railroad companies?
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time zones
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What state joined the Union in 1876?
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Colorado
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Who developed refrigerators?
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Gustavus Smith
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Who laid the telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?
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Cyrus Field
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Who was one of the most effective muckrakers?
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Lincoln Steffens
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What was the 17th amendment?
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It gave people the right to directly elect senators.
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What was the Federal Reserve Act?
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It was passed to regulate banking, and created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in DC. Gave govt. more control over banking
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What settlement between the US and Japan limited immigration?
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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With whom did Senator Douglas debate slavery?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What was the first state to secede from the Union?
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South Carolina
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War?
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Fort Sumter
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Which inventor had 35 patents?
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Granville Woods
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Who was the owner of Standard Oil?
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John Rockefeller
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What was a factory that made clothing?
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sweatshop
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This person supported immigration
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Grace Abbott
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Which organization aided the poor?
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Salvation Army
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What act gave federal land for education?
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Morrill Act
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Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
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Booker T. Washington
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Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
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The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
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What was the 15th Amendment?
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It gave all male citizens the right to vote.
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What was described by the phrase "seperate but equal?"
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the rights of blacks and whites
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The Central Pacific Railroad relied on what workers?
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Chinese workers
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What two Native American tribes lived as farmers and hunters?
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The Omaha and Osage
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What Civil War veteran was defeated by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull?
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General George Custer
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Who was the last Native American to formally surrender to the US?
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Giranomo
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Using machine guns, US soldiers killed Lakota Sioux at which battle?
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Wounded Knee
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What organization formed the People's Party?
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The Farmer's Alliance
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Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Who took Edison's ideas of electricity further?
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George Westinghouse
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Who invented the assembly line?
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Henry Ford
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What started a multi-million dollar petroleum industry?
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Edwin Drake's Well
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Who built over 2000 libraries?
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Andrew Carnegie
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Child labor laws didn't apply to which industry?
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agriculture
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Anti-labor feeling grew stronger after what?
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Haymarket Riot
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How long did it take to cross the Pacific to the US by boat?
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60 days
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What was the first law to limit immigration?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Who wrote about gangs in NYC?
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Jacob Riis
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What year was the Brooklyn Bridge completed?
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1883
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Who wrote about the joys and sorrows of upperclass Easterners?
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Edith Wharton
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What did Winslow Homer paint?
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stormy sea scenes
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What was the beginning of the film industry?
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nickolodeons
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What was the 16th amendment?
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Gave Congress the power to tax people's incomes
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What was the 18th Amendment?
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prohibited the sale of liquor
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What was the 19th Amendment?
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allowed the women the right to vote, passed in 1920`
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