U.S. History STAAR Review

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The Bessemer process created strong, light weight...

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steel

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What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do?

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divided reservation land for individual Native American Families

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In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of ....

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Jim Crow Laws

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The goals of which organization included providing education on new farming techniques and calling for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates?

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the National Grange

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The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) monitored what? Options: telegraph operations, railroad operations, steel mills, factories

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railroad operations

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In the late 1800's, how did railroad monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?

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by charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market

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Many social Darwinists believed that the U.S. would grow strong by ...

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allowing its most vigorous members to rise to the top

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Progressives shared a belief that industrialization and urbanization...

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had created serious social and political problems

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Imperialist nations built up their military strength...

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to expand and protect their interests around the World

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Socially conscious journalists who dramatized the need for reform were known as ?

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muckrakers