Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half
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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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What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
24.9%
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Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s
demand for crops fell after World War I and the new equipment was expensive
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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 was the Harlem Renaissance?
Period of Great African American artistic accomplishment that began in the 1920s in the Harlem neighborhood of NYC
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Importance of Pearl Harbor attack and who was responsible.
On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would "live in infamy," the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aeria...
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The U.S. had two immigration processing stations. Where were they and what were their names?
Ellis Island in New YorkAngel Island in San Francisco
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During the early 1900s, what groups of people made up the working class?
The labor force that made industrialization possible was made up of millions of newly arrived immigrants and even larger numbers of migrants from rura...
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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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US gain from the treaty with Spain?
It established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines...
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What factors contributed to the industrial boom of the early 1900s?
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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...
