U.S. History II Review: Progressive Era - WWI

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After Reconstruction, racial discrimination continued to be a huge problem. What did the passage of “Jim Crow” laws do as far as racial discrimination is concerned?

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Made segregation based on race legal

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Which early Civil Rights leader believed that equality could come through vocational training and was willing to accept social segregation of the races?

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Booker T. Washington

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All of the following were among the negative effects of rapid industrialization except– Minimum wage laws, Unsafe working conditions, Child labor, Long working hours

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Minimum wage laws

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What did the 19th Amendment to the Constitution do?

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It gave women the right to vote.

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Where was the USS Maine anchored when the explosion that helped start the Spanish American War occurred?

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Cuba

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The United States became a world power after the Spanish American War. The US gained all the following as new territories except- San Salvador, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippine Islands

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San Salvador

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What US President claimed the US had a right to interfere in the economic affairs of other countries in this hemisphere and we would use US power to enforce this belief?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Which of the following was not a reason for the US to enter the war? (SOL 5c) Options: sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmermann Telegram, our economic and political ties to Great Britain, American outrage over war crimes against civilians committed by Germany

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American outrage over war crimes against civilians committed by Germany

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What was the name of the international peace-keeping organization that President Wilson wanted to establish after the war?

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The League of Nations