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Another name for the Bow Street Runners was the thief tamers. True False - Answer- False British citizens were initially fearful about the police force because of concerns that the line between policing and the military was too thin. they suspected Rowan and Mayne of being unscrupulous and self-serving. they thought a centralized and unified system would be harsh and cruel. after centuries of the frankpledge system, they did not trust strangers to be fair. - Answer- of concern...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? correct answers poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... correct answers Jazz Tet Offensive correct answers failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman D...

Cornelius Vanderbilt - Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - Invented the process to make high-quality steel quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the steel industry in America. Steel was used to buil...

US History II ClepWhere did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - correct answer poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... - correct answer Jazz Tet Offensive - correct answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even t...

Westward Expansion A movement westward for jobs, land, hope, the gold rush, adventure, a new beginning and the transcontinental railroad. It lasted from Transcontinental Railroad Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US Manifest Destiny 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent. Homestead Act 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years Dawes Act 1887 law which gave all Na...

this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) - The Civil War railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. - Cornelius Vanderbilt owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. - Andrew Carnegie de...

Gilded Age Age of history that occurred right after the end of the Civil War, brought lots of growth to America including lots of immigration from Europe Whiskey Ring During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars., During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheatin...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - correct answer poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... - correct answer Jazz Tet Offensive - correct answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truma...

US HISTORY II CLEP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 100% ACCURATE/ Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - -poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... - -Jazz Tet Offensive - -failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War W...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... Jazz Tet Offensive failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? The Greek Civil War ...