U.S. History MAAP Review II

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corrupt city government officials promising to provide services and jobs in exchange for votes

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Political Boss

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Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives", describing the deplorable conditions in U.S. urban areas?

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Jacob Riis

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first federal law restricting Asian immigration to the U.S.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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the process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture

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assimilation

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Political movement that was opposed to big business and bad urban conditions

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Progressive Movement

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Business owners who paid workers low wages and took home huge profits became known as...

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Robber Barrons

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the purchase of ___________ is known as "Sewards Folly"

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Alaska

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added to the Monroe Doctrine; U.S. would make Europeans leave the Western hemisphere

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Journalism that led to the Spanish-American War by exaggerating the truth

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Yellow Journalism

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Harsh punishment of Germany after WWI; forcing payment for war damages which is also known as...

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reparations