Midterm Review #1

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What is a primary source?

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A primary source is an original document or firsthand account.

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What is historiography?

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How historians treat the same issue.

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What is the definition of validity?

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Validity is the degree to which a test or measurement accurately represents what it is intended to measure.

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What part of the nation did the Transcontinental Railroad pass through? What main barrier hindered progress?

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The Transcontinental Railroad passed through the United States, and the main barrier that hindered progress was the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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What type of people worked on the Transcontinental Railroad? What nations did they primarily come from?

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Irish and Chinese laborers

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Plessy v. Ferguson stated ________.

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the doctrine of 'separate but equal'

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The Dawes Act was an attempt to do what with Native Americans and their culture?

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Assimilate Native Americans into American society and undermine their culture.

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Who were exodusters?

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Exodusters were African American migrants to Kansas after the Civil War.

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What was the goal of the interstate commerce act?

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To regulate the railroad industry and ensure fair rates.

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What inventions allowed for skyscrapers to be built? Options: Wooden beams and pulleys, Bessemer Process, Steel frame construction, and elevator, Concrete blocks and ladders, Natural ventilation and clay tiles.

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Bessemer Process, Steel frame construction, and elevator.