What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
24.9%
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What were the goals of the progressive movement?
protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency
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What new weapons and tactics came from WWI?
Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as su...
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What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
In one of the darkest moments of America's industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 146 worker...
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What is a poll tax?
It's an amount of money-usually one or two dollars- that a citizen had to pay before he or she could vote.
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Great Depression causes and effects
1)United State's stock market crash of 1929. 2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I. 4)Decrease in the need for...
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When did the United States start using standardized time and time zones?
On November 18, 1883, America's railroads began using a standard time system involving four time zones, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific.
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What was exposed in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked...
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What happened as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.
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What was Plessy v. Ferguson? Why was it important
The case that challenged a Louisiana law requiring separate sections of the trains for African Americans. The court ruled that "separate, but equal" w...
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Why do we have standardized time and time zones?
The expansion of transport and communication during the 19th century created a need for a unified time-keeping system, and time zones were introduced.
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The turn of the 20th century brought new entertainment, what were they?
During the first 20 years of the 20th century, attendance at professional baseball games doubled. Vaudeville, too, increased in popularity, featuring...
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What were some of the programs under Franklin Roosevelts New Deal?
AAA Agricultural Adjustment AdministrationCCC Civilian Conservation CorpsCWA Civil Works AdministrationFERA Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationFHA...