USH Fall Final Review

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Who is the Admiral who promoted the building of a modern-day navy and the Panama Canal?

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Alfred T. Mahan

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Who was the plantation owner who led the overthrow of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani?

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Sanford B. Dole

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What was the Supreme Court case that limited free speech during wartime?

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Schenk vs. United States

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Secret message from Germany to Mexico to have an alliance against the United States

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Zimmerman Telegram

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What was the main reason most people settled the Great Plains?

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Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.

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The Dawes Act created schools for Native American children to

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promote cultural assimilation

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Which group of people did NOT like immigrants and wanted them to assimilate (blend in)? Options: Union Leaders, Political Bosses

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Nativists

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What were companies like the Standard Oil Company, Carnegie Steele and JP Morgan Chase examples of?

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harmful monopoly

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How did muckrakers like Upton Sinclair, Ida B. Wells and Jacob Riis make changes to society?

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Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization.

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What rights did the 19th Amendment give women?

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It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.