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- American History
- 1886-1912
- 1887
- The _____ is set up to regulate businesses.
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- ICC
- OSHA
- CIA
- EPA
- ICC
- ICC-Interstate Commerce Commission regulates business in interest of Society
- 1890
- The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was signed into Law in 1890
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- True
- True-a Pioneering Law, did quiet the uproar against bloated Corporations
- 1901
- First Billion Dollar Corporation was the United States _________.
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- Steel
- U.S.Steel-industrial revolution with its Bressemer Breath process
- 1886
- American Federation of Labor is know as the _____________.
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- AF of L
- Knights of Labor
- Nat'l Labor Union
- UAW
- AF of L
- AF of L replaced the Knights of Labor, Nat'l Labor was the 1st Union formed
- 1886
- The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of ____________.
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- France
- England
- Germany
- Ireland
- France
- A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty was errected in New York Harbor 1886
- 1898
- May 1, 1898 General _________ was attacked off the Phillipine coast.
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- Dewey
- Gen. Dewey-3 months later, with reinforcements, he captured Manila
- 1898
- The Battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in ___________.
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- Havana
- Miami
- New York
- Port Royal
- Havana
- The Maine was in Havana Harbor to protect & evacuate American's if necessary
- 1917
- Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. ________________.
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- Citizenship
- Independence
- Both
- None of the above
- Citizenship
- Citizenship granted-limited degree of popular Government accorded in 1900
- 1902
- Honoring the Teller Amendent of 1898 the U.S. withdrew from _________.
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- Cuba
- Manila
- Hawaii
- Mexico
- Cuba
- Cuba had to agree with certain Conditions before U.S. would pull out of there
- 1901
- I was a Rough Rider, a President and my first name was ________.
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- Teddy
- Teddy Roosevelt was skockingly unconventional & enjoyed breaking precedents
- 1914
- The Panama Canal was completed in the year ____.
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- 1914
- 1904
- 1903
- 1912
- 1914
- Completed in 1914 at an initial cost of $400 million dollars
- 1903
- Department of Commerce & Labor was created in 1903
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- True
- True-Created in response to mounting antagonisms between Capital & Labor
- 1903
- The Elkins Act of 1903 was aimed primarily at the
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- Rebate
- Free Pass
- Both
- None of the above
- Rebate
- Rebate- heavy fines could be imposed on the Givers & Takers of rebates
- 1905
- Over 40 Legal Proceedings were initiated by Roosevelt against monopolies.
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- 0
- 0
- 0
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- True
- True-aiming to prove that Government, not private Business, ruled the Country
- 1906
- Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food & Drug Act passed in ____.
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- 1906
- 1911
- 1905
- 1902
- 1906
- 1906-designed to prevent adulteration & mislabeling of Foods & Drugs
- 1872
- Chicago mail order firm-Aaron Montgomery Ward- established in 1872.
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- True
- True-Their first catalog was printed on a single sheet
- 1889
- America, Britain & Germany adopted a Three-Way Protectorate for ________.
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- Jamaica
- Cuba
- Samoa
- Marshal Islands
- Samoa
- Samoa-the Three-Way Protectorate adopted at the Berlin Conference of 1889
- 1890
- McKinley Tariff erected barriers against Hawaiian _______.
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- Sugar
- Hawaiian Sugar culture had become immensely profitable for Hawaii
- 1887
- In 1887 the U.S., by Treaty with Hawaii, acquired the_________ __________.
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- Pearl Harbor
- Manila Bay
- Havana Harbor
- Guantinamo Bay
- Pearl Harbor
- Pearl Harbor is a spacious and priceless Naval base for the U.S.
- 1898
- Hawaii annexation was rushed through Congress July 7th, 1898
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- 0
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- True
- True-however full Territorial Status was not until 1900
- 1908
- The Aldrich-Vreeland Act authorized Nat'l Banks to issue emergency ________.
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- Currency
- Currency backed by various kinds of collateral
- 1894
- A sign of the times Labor Day was made a Legal Holiday by Act of Congress 1894
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- 0
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- True
- True-As it is today, Labor Day recognizes the labor force of the nation.
- 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founded in 1910
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- 0
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- True
- True-An opportunity for Blacks to develop their capacities & help their race
- 1897
- The magnificent Library of __________ is the largest building of its kind.
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- Congress
- Library of Congress largest edifice of its kind-has 13 acres of floor space
- 1907
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was written by
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- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain-awarded and Honorary Degree by England's Oxford University in 1907