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The Common Good

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The belief that people should work for social and political changes that benefit everyone is...

The common good

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The movement to solve various social, economic, and political problems through government action is...

Progressivism

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The right to vote is...

Suffrage

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Total control over the supply of a product or service in a certain market area is...

Monopoly

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The woman who became president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association and fought for women’s right to vote in Minnesota was...

Clara Ueland

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The married couple who actively fought against discrimination of African Americans in the Twin Cities was...

Amanda and Thomas Lyles

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By 1900, Minnesotan women had full voting rights.

False

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American Indian students were sent to boarding schools, where they had to live away from their families and reservations.

True

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New immigrants were forced to participate in programs at settlement houses.

False

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Unsafe drinking water in cities caused diseases that spread quickly and could infect many people.

True

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Forest fires in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s helped lead to forest conservation.

True

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Most Ojibwe were cheated out of their allotted land under the Dawes Act.

True

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What was the problem with votes for women?

By 1900, women could only vote for school and library board members

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What was the solution to votes for women?

Women campaigned for suffrage, and in 1919 the state laws changed

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What was one problem with logging practices?

The logging companies had left dry, over-cut land which started devastating forest fires

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What was the solution to logging practices?

Lawmakers enacted laws preventing forest fires and created the Office of Fire Commission

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