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gave us a new variety of potato
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Luther Burbank
2
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known for his work with the peanut
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Washington Carver
3
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provided funding for agricultural colleges
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Hatch Act
4
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one of the organizations that formed for agriculure
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FFA
5
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technical term for what Thomas Edison invented
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Incandescent lamp
6
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gives us the ability to make our own economic choices
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free enterprise
7
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bought Carnegie’s company
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J.P. morgan
8
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owns standard oil company
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rockefeller
9
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the first to drill for oil in the US
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Edmund Drake
10
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city known for iron in steel
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Birmingham/Pittsburgh
11
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best known for their flower mills
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
12
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known for breweries
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St. Louis
13
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city known for meat packing
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Chicago
14
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what do stock holders get in return
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dividends
15
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first trust
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Standard Oil Company
16
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any money used for company business
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captital
17
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Scottish professor who wrote “Wealth of Nations”
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Adam Smith
18
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founded The Grange
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Oliver Hudson Kelly
19
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Americas first regulatory agency
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ICC
20
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what act broke up trusts and big businesses
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
21
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rescue mission for the outcasts of society
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Pacific Garden Mission
22
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founded salvation army
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William Booth
23
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One of America’s greatest urban evangelists
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DL Moody
24
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DL Moody’s songleader
A
Iris Sanky
25
founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
26
called the Moody of the South
Sam Jones
27
the year of the Great Chicago Fire
1871
28
1865-1901
Gilded Age
29
started a mission for the Chinese in San Francisco
William Spear
30
what region did most immigrants come from during this time period
Eastern Europe
31
responsible for the Brooklyn Bridge project
Roeblings
31
Introduced the first subway in America
Boston
32
the first settlement house in Chicago
Hul House
33
first baseball team
Cinncinatti Red Socks
34
made basketball
James Naismith
35
Americas first kindergarten was in this city
St. Louis
36
wrote the pledge of allegiance
Francis Bellamy
37
the first newspaper publisher to reach a wide audience
Pullitzer
38
writings that focus on local peculiarities
Local color
39
wrote "Ben Hur"
lewis Wallace
40
wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Mark Twain
41
wrote "O Captain my Captain
Walt Whitman
42
father of the modern skyscraper
Louis Sullivan
43
"father of the American Cartoon"
Thomas Nast
44
gave us the marching band style of music
John Phillips Sousa
44
most proliphic songwriter of the Guilded Age
Crosby
44
act that gave us the basis the our modern civil service program
Pendleton Act
44
civil war hero elected in 1868 to the presidency
Ulysses S. Grant
45
first democrat to win the presidency after the Civil War
Grover Cleveland
45
was the only before Donald Trump to serve two nonconsecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
45
what was the main form of transportation in the 1860s
railroad
45
hired to lay track starting in Nebraska
Union Pacific
45
gaves us barbed wire
Joseph Glidden
45
developed the sleeping car
Pullman
45
grew in the west because of large groups of Texas Longhorns
Beef Industry
45
made gold the sole standard monetary value
Gold Standard Act
45
what year was the Transcontinental Railroad finished
1869
45
favorite route of the cattle drives
Chisholm trail
46
the most successful railroad tycoon
Jay Gould
46
known for flour milling processes
Pillsbury
46
Centennial State
Colorado
46
the entire west was collonized
1890
46
last major conflict between the Native Americans and the US
Wounded Knee
47
one of the most powerful tribes
Sioux
47
one of the types of people who settled Oklahoma
Sooners or Boomers
47
the fiercest tribe of the Great plains
Apache
48
famous outlaw of the west
Billy the Kid or jesse james
48
one of the best known heroes of the west that have a city named after him
Carson
49
gold was discovered where in alaska
Klondike
49
the islands in the Pacific controlled by the US
American Samoa
49
purchased alaska from Russia
William Seward
50
fiftieth state
Hawaii
50
what year was Hawaii annexed
1959
51
year of the Monroe Doctrine
1823
52
the treaty of ____ made England repay us for stuff from the Civil War
Washington
53
gold caused a dispute between British Guiana and what country
Venezuela Border Dispute
53
what year did the Spanish American war start
1898
53
made a journey around South America to join the conflict
USS Oregon
53
stated Americans intention was to free Cuba and not to conquer them
Teller Amendment
53
took charge of Cuba for four years
Leonard Woods
53
treaty that ended the Spanish American War
Treaty of Paris
54
denoted the conditions in which Cuba would gain her independence
Platt Amendment
54
led the commission that cured yellow fever
Walter Reed
54
cases that concluded the constitution does not follow the flag
Insular Cases
54
Guantanamo Bay
54
the first civil hero of the phillippines
William Howard taft
54
key naval base territory and naval base of the US
Guam
54
made exams for federal job appplicants
Civil Service Commission
54
who was Garfields VP
Chester Arthur
55
passed the Gold Standard Act
McKinley
55
established the order of succession should the president or VP die or resign
Presidential Succession Act
55
was assassinated four months into his presidency
Garfield
55
55
55
greatly influenced the city beautiful movement in NYC and helped with Central Park
Olmstead
55
55
made the Lost Cause School
Jewel A Early
56
made "In His Steps"
Charles Monroe Sheldon
56
in what year was the wright brothers first flight
1903
56
when did the titanic sink
1912
56
who gave us the wireless telegraph
Marchoni
56
the president when McKinley was assassinated
Teddy Roosevelt
56
the year of the start of the progressive era
1901
56
wrote "Shame of Cities"
Lincoln Steffens
56
wrote "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
56
passed as a result of "The Jungle"
Pure Food and Drug Act
57
who assisted Roosevelt in his conservation project
Gifford Pinchot
57
granted the republic of Panama country recongnition
Roosevelt
57
chief sanitary officer for the Panama Canal project
Gorgas
58
when did the Panama canal open for use
1914
58
large areas off chinas coast that were controlled of other world powers
Spheres of influence
58
forbade Europe to interfere with the rights of Asia
Open Door Policy
58
won the Russo Japanese War
Japan
58
Japanese students in San Francisco were being discriminated against to Congress made this agreement
gentlemens agreement
58
Taft's foreign policy
dollar diplomacy
58
who ran on the bull moose party
Teddy Roosevelt
58
changed the method of electing senators
17th amendment
58
if an official is removed from office before his term expires
recalled
59
what election allows for voters to decide through a ballot
primary election
59
what year did the US declare war on Germany
1917
59
what treaty ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
59
belief that mans logic is the only source of real truth
rationalism
59
belief that man is naturally good and society has corrupted him
romaticism
59
teaches that experience is the only source of knowledge
empiricism
59
teaches the truth of all knowledge must always be questioned
skepticism
59
God is impersonal and he left the world to run on its own
deism
59
teaches the senses and the mind are the sole sources of knowledge
idealism
59
when was evolution popularized
1859
59
teaches matter is the only truth
materialism
59
economic social life should be controlled by the government
socialism
59
who founded communism
Karl Marx
60
president Wilson's secretary of state
William Jennings Bryan
60
kaiser of germany during WWI
Wilhelm II
61
became the center of European rivalry in WWI
Balkan Peninsula
62
what is the term for intentional destruction of property
sabotage
63
the right of a neutral nation to trade
freedom of the seas
64
what act allowed our president to build our navy to prepare for war
National Defense Act
65
led the food administration
Herbert Hoover
66
provided penaltys for anyone who aided the enemy
Espionage Act
67
the French fortess city where they held their line
Verdun
67
where did Britain introduce the tank
Battle of the Somm
68
the British crippled the German fleet in this battle
Battle of Jutland
69
The US's greatest contribution to WWI
Fast Destroyers
70
the nickname for American soldiers in WWI
Doughboys
71
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the famous American Ace
Rickenbacker
73
led the revolution in Russia
Lenin
74
the term for the long range German guns
Paris Guns
75
made famous at the Meuse Argon campaign
Alvin York
76
British line of defense
Hindenburg Line
77
the date for Armistice Day
November 11 1918
78
first commercial radio station
KDKA
79
leader of the GID later called the FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
80
created and approved the national budget
Bureau of the Budget
81
a treaty signed by 62 nations banning war as a means of settling disputes
Kellog Briand Pact
81
flew over the South pole
Byrd
82
first national radio network
NBC
83
first to win golfs grand slam
Bobby Jones
84
first great home run hitter
Babe Run
85
first woman to swim across the English channel
Gertrude Ederly
86
wrote "The Great Gotsby"
Fitzgerald
87
wrote "The Wasteland"
T. S. Elliot
88
one of Americas Greatest songwriter
Berlin
89
put the 18th amendment into effect
Volstead Act
Flashcards?
flashcards
Decks in class (29)
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History Quiz over chapter 1226
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History Testez5
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Spanish 6a16
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history70
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History Testez51
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History Testez 24-2574
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Spanish15
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Spanish 856
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Science Testez?59
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History Test26
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History Final192
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history quiz35
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Science Tezt65
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History Test58
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History Test ch 4-623
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Spanish 11A and 11B43
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Spanish 12A-12B49
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History Testiclefly36
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History Test 469
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Hiztory Tezt45
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Esanol30
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History Kest48
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Eskanor59
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History West30
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His Story Test34
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Spanish 4B and 5A30
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Hictory Tect165
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Spanish 6A & 6B30
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History Tezt72
