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    The impact of tuberculosis on Victorian Era society was monumental. During this time‚ a myriad of new factories and job opportunities‚ in addition to quicker transportation‚ in cities helped instigate a massive movement of the global human population from farms and rural villages to large urban cities such as London‚ England‚ which created an explosive population growth and an enormous overcrowding issue‚ especially in Europe and the United States. Many of these newcomers could not afford a high

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    act--MEat sales plummeted ‚ demand for Reform grew. MEat Inspection Act of 1906‚ stronger than the packers wanted‚ set rules for sanitary meatpacking and govt inspection of meat products Pure Food And Drug Act‚ passed more easily Samual h Adams‚ a muckraker‚ exposed the dangers of patent medicines in several sensational articles in Colliers’.. PAtent medicines=Dr Harvey W Wiley‚ the chief chemist in the Department of Agriculture‚ led a “poison squad” of young assts who experimented with medicines

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    Rushi Katragadda Don’t Know Much About History Chapter 5 1. What happened at Custer’s Last Stand? Battle between Native Americans and U.S. forces‚ as a result of actions made by George Armstrong Custer. One of the greatest conflicts between the two forces leading to the government to wage war against the tribes. Even though the Natives were only defending against attack they were called out as murderers. 2. What happened at Wounded Knee? This was the Natives last stand in the 1800s bringing an

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    IDENTIFICATIONS: • Andrew Johnson- Abraham Lincoln’s VP o Lincoln’s successor when he was assassinated o Got more southern states to join Union- took away the 10% plan which required ten percent of voters to take an oath of loyalty to the US • Amnesty proclamation o Common Man o Border state unionist democrat o 13th Amendment-abolished slavery o 14th Amendment-anyone born in the US= citizen o 15th Amendment- granted black males the right to vote. • Reconstruction- plan to re-establish

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    John Reda Anne D’Orazio – 20th Century U.S. History Summer Session 1 Multiple Choice Howard Zinn’s The Twentieth Century Chapter 1: 1. D 2. THERE WAS NO QUESTION TWO 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C Chapter 2: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 3: 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 4: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B Chapter 5: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8

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    Literature greatly impacted the second-wave feminism movement in the post-WWII era through 1960’s and 70’s. Some say that Betty Freidan’s novel‚ The Feminine Mystique‚ was the spark needed to fuel the entire movement. Much like Freidan‚ other women used their words to break gender boundaries. One of which was Gloria Steinem‚ an activist‚ journalist‚ and feminist. She wrote about topics that had never been discussed‚ providing a place for women to share their common experiences. In result‚ women gained

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    An outburst in growth of America’s big city population‚ places of 100‚000 people or more jumped from about 6 million to 14 million between 1880 and 1900‚ cities had become a world of newcomers (551). America evolved into a land of factories‚ corporate enterprise‚ and industrial worker and‚ the surge in immigration supplied their workers. In the latter half of the 19th century‚ continued industrialization and urbanization sparked an increasing demand for a larger and cheaper labor force. The country’s

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    Exam Review: The Practice of Public Relations – 10th Edition 50 questions Chapter 1-5: Chapter 1: 4 MC‚ 4 TF • PR differs from publicity‚ advertising‚ and propaganda. • Definition of Public Relations – 1st class notes o Public Relations is the management of communication with in an organization and its partners/publics. • RACE – research‚ action‚ communication‚ evaluation • ROSIE- • RPIE- research‚ planning‚ implementation‚ evaluation. Public Relations as Management Interpreter •

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    Chapter 29 Questions Sanjana Satish 1. Roosevelt campaigned for female suffrage and a broad program of social welfare‚ such as minimum-wage laws and "socialistic" social insurance. Wilson’s New Freedom favored small enterprise‚ desired to break up all trusts. 2. With the Republican split‚ Woodrow Wilson easily won with 435 electoral votes‚ while Roosevelt had 88 and Taft only had 8. But the Democrats did not receive the majority of the popular vote. Socialist Eugene V. Debs racked up over 900

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    HIS 104 Key Terms * Thirteenth Amendment * The amendment to the US Constitution that abolished slavery. The abolishment of slavery was the final blow to the South during the civil war and was an attempt to secure the future of the nation by making sure that the institution of slavery‚ which was the ultimate cause of the civil war‚ could never cause a civil war in the US ever again. This was the first time slavery was mentioned in the Constitution * Fourteenth Amendment * The

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