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Between 1880 and 1920, about ________ immigrants came to the United States.
10 million
he Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by
france
Which of the following pieces of legislation created a new Mexican Border District?
U.S. Immigration Act of 1907
The middle class moved into
suburbs
The repeal of this legislation kept employers from recruiting foreign workers.
Contract Labor Act
Which of the following laws was deemed illegal by the federal government?
Webb Alien Land Law
In what industry did most African-Americans find jobs?
domestic services
Who published the book The Philadelphia Negro?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What were low-cost apartment buildings commonly called?
tenements
City public services were paid for by
tax money
What was it called when groups organized to back a political official?
political machine
Where did the settlement house movement begin?
england
hat was the first Chicago settlement house called?
hull house
The public school taught
literacy skills.
Which of the following is a women's college?
Smith
Who believed that economic security should be placed ahead of integration?
Booker T. Washington
Which of the following was a popular women's collegate sport?
cycling
Which of the following men wrote fictional novels?
L. Frank Baum
This legislation regulated railroad rates.
Interstate Commerce Act
Whose U.S. Treasury spending habits preceded a late 1800s depression?
benjamin franklin
Which of the following are reasons for U.S. imperialism?
to open new markets
The United States shows its position a as world power when it settled a dispute between which of the following nations?
Great Britain and Venezuela
Which country is geographically closest to the United States?
cuba
Who led the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War?
George Dewey
________ is a document that established naval bases in Cuba.
Platt Amendment
Which of the following people was a Hawaiian pineapple planter?
Sanford Dole
The assassination of _________ was one of the triggers for World War I.
Archduke Ferdinand
Which of the following battles occurred at the end of World War I?
Battle of the Argonne Forest
The Treaty of Versailles
included a 33 million dollar bill for Germany.
Wilson’s League of Nations
was designed to ensure security.
What did the War Industries Board do?
managed the purchase of military supplies
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American History
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Updated
2010-10-10T17:44:46Z
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