2019 BCHS Domain 3 Flashcardizz

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Progressive Era presidents like Theodore Roosevelt were considered trust busters because they

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used government power to promote business competition

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What was one result of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

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The "separate but equal" doctrine was established

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One major result of the Spanish-American War was that the United States

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gained recognition as a world power

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He founded Standard Oil

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John Rockefeller

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She was a muckraker who exposed unfair business practices of Standard Oil.

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Ida Tarbell

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He made a fortune in the steel business and was a philanthropist.

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Andrew Carnegie

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He is given credit for inventing a working light bulb.

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Thomas Edison

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The term muckraker was used in the early 1900s to describe writers who

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exposed abuses in American society

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Ellis Island was

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an immigrant checkpoint in New York Harbor

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What is the main reason for the passage of these laws?

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anti-immigrant backlash