APUSH CH 25

american cities experienced tremendous growth between 1865-1900 because peole were drawn from farms in the country to the cities because available industrial jobs one of the most important factors leading to increased...

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apush ch 24

redeemers Largely former slave owners who were the bitterest opponents of the Republican program in the South. Staged a major counterrevolution to "redeem" the south by taking back southern state governments. Their foundation...

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APUSH Ch 21

Ida Tarbell A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil. muckrakers This term applies to newspaper reporters and other ...

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APUSH ch 19

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin Intended to show the cruelty of slavery Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as A powerful political force As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin,...

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APUSH Ch 18

culture of consumption prevalent in american society during the industrial age, a culture based on consumption, materialism and money Thorstein Veblen economist, wrote Theory of the Leisure Class, condemned...

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APUSH CH 14

714. Life on the frontier was A) fairly comfortable for women but not for men. B) downright grim for most pioneer families. C) free of disease and premature death. D) rarely portrayed in popular literature. E) based on tight-knit communities. ...

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APUSH ch 13

Fugitive Slave Act part of the Compromise of 1850; a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders. resisted by...

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APUSH CH 12

603. All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except A) they were ill-trained and ill-disciplined. B) they were widely scattered. C) their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the...

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APUSH Ch 9

Election of 1824 No one won a majority of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay. Clay dropped out and urged his supporters in the House to throw their votes behind Adams. Jackson and...

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APUSH Ch 8

Lexington/Concord First battle of the American Revolution. "Shot heard 'round the world." Fought by Massachusetts Militia. George Washington Washington pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity...

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