American History: Key Events and Concepts

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How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move into the American West?

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Granted 160 acres to persons who lived and worked the land.

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The era of the 1920's was known as...

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The Roaring 20s, The Prohibition Era, The Jazz Age

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The incident that brought America to war with Spain was...

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Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.

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What did the Dawes Act force Native Americans to do?

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Established the reservation system

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The typewriter, elevator and bicycle are all associated with which historical age?

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Gilded Age

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What do Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffans all have in common?

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Muckrakers

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At the outbreak of WWI, which geographical area was considered the "powder keg of Europe"?

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Balkan Peninsula

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Which US Supreme Court decision legalized segregation in the US with the infamous phrase, "separate but equal"?

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Plessey v. Ferguson