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"I want to get my family away from the black codes and Jim Crow laws and find a better place for us to live."
"I owned a farm in Oregon Territory, but I've come to California to find gold."
"I had to leave my country to escape religious persecution. I hope to find to freedom in America."
"I came to California hoping to make my fortune in the gold rush. Now I work in an orchard in California's Central Valley."
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Underground structures were more secure against Indian attack.
Native Americans taught settlers this labor saving construction method.
Wood was in limited supply.
They were more fashionable than wood structures.
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Sole proprietorship
Entrepreneurial
Corporation
Partnership
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The labor movement
Social Darwinism
Benevolent societies
The civil rights movement
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He wanted black people to advance, but to do it without angering white people.
He called for armed revolt against white oppressors, even if it cost lives.
He wanted African Americans to strive for full rights immediately.
He recommended waiting until white people were ready to accept blacks in positions of leadership.
An 8-hour workday, the end of child labor, and equal pay for equal work.
Wage increases and shorter workweeks.
The right to use strikes as a negotiating tactic.
A 12-hour workday for adults, and an 8-hour workday for children.
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Subways
Automobiles
Telegraphs
Airplanes
Railroad
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Cities develop mass transportation systems.
Construction of skyscrapers becomes practical.
Construction worker deaths decrease.
Settlement houses are established in many cities.
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Native Americans were restricted to reservations.
The Chisholm Trail finally reached the Kansas border.
The telegraph allowed for more accurate scheduling of trains.
The Bessemer process made production of steel faster and cheaper.
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“conditions to which we much accommodate ourselves”
“great inequality of environment, the concentration of business”
“the law [of competition] may be . . . hard for the individual”
“it insures the survival of the fittest in every department”
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Settlement houses
Tenements
Shacks
Mansions
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Andrew Carnegie
George Pullman
Lucas Osswald
Tennifer Judson
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Laissez-faire
Free-market
Constructive
Progressive
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Credit Mobilier
Standard Oil
CSX
Central Rail Holding Co.
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Ink-doubler
Telegraph
Typewriter
Telephone
Facsimile duplicator
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FALSE
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FALSE
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TRUE
FALSE
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TRUE
FALSE
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FALSE
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Thomas Edison
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
Jane Adams
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Communism
Capitalism
Federalism
Marxism
Fascism
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Richard Sears
Jim Crow
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Lilly Wingfield
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Republicans
The Progressives
Liberty Party
Communist Party
Populist Party
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Frank Lawson
Malcolm X
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Trail of Tears
Chisholm Trail
Trail of Trials
Oklahoma Land Rush
The West
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Sitting Bull
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Little Big Horn
Chief Joseph
Battle of Big Bend
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John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Jim Crow
Albert Einstein
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Booker T. Washington
Slave Codes
Black Regulations
Jim Crow Laws
The Ku Klux Klan
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Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
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Meat
Lumber
Grain
Water
Railroad
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Eajohansson.net
Eajohansson.com
Johansson.net
Johansson.com
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Holt.com
Www.hrw.com
My.hrw.com
Mytextbook.com
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Tuesday, Thursday
Wednesdays only
Fridays only
Mondays and Wednesdays
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TRUE
FALSE
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49
50
52
48
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1.2 billion
48 million
309 million
624 million
987,000
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The amount of cattle during the late 1800's
The amount of improved land during the late 1800's
The amount of railroad miles during the late 1800's
The amount of settlers, or heads, in the West, during the late 1800's
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Direct relationship
Inverse relationship
Relative relationship
Negative relationship
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Roads
Trails
Railroads
Canals and Waterways
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FALSE
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North
South
East
West
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Chicago
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Omaha
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Richard Sears
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
George Pullman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Standard & Poors
Standard Gasoline
Standard Refinery
Standard Oil
Rockefeller Oil
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Arborist
Philanthropist
Humanist
Plagiarist
Philosopher
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Buy all the other hot dog stands.
Buy all the companies that supply his stand, like the baker that makes the bun, the place that makes the relish, etc.
Buy other businesses that specialize in fine foods, like the Blue Canyon in Twinsburg.
Try to sell more hot dogs than anyone else.
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