EOC TEST REVIEW "EVENTS"

Front

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

Back

To encourage westward expansion

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What act motivated many people to move out to Kansas?

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Homestead Act

Front

Opened government jobs to competitive exams rather than political connections.

Back

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Front

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

Back

It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.

Front

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to segregate schools.

Back

to segregate schools.

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How do the Little Rock Nine create social change?

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they integrated schools

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This banned literacy tests after the March on Selma

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Front

Poll tax, grandfather clause, jim crow laws, literacy test

Back

Disenfranchisement

Front

Pullman Strike, Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism

Back

Gilded Age

Front

Spanish American War

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1898