WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - ANS 1911 NYC factory fire that killed 146 workers; led to safety
and labor reforms.
Muckrakers - ANS Journalists who exposed corruption and social injustice in the early 1900s.
General Federation of Women's Clubs - ANS National organization promoting civic
improvement and women's education.
National Association of Colored Women - ANS Founded in 1896 to promote racial uplift and
women's rights; motto "Lifting as We Climb."
Jane Addams - ANS Founded Hull House; leader in settlement movement and social reform.
Women's Trade Union League - ANS Supported women workers and unions; alliance of
laborers and reformers.
National American Woman Suffrage Association - ANS Moderate suffrage group; fought state
by state for the vote.
National Woman's Party - ANS Radical suffrage group led by Alice Paul; used protests and
hunger strikes.
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, Alice Paul - ANS Leader of NWP; fought for 19th Amendment using militant tactics.
Nineteenth Amendment - ANS 1920; granted women the right to vote.
Reconstruction - ANS Post-Civil War era rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
Black Codes - ANS Laws restricting rights of freed African Americans after the Civil War.
Fourteenth Amendment - ANS Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
Special Field Order No. 15 - ANS "Forty acres and a mule" land promise to freed slaves, later
revoked.
Home rule - ANS Return of Southern control after Reconstruction, often restoring white
supremacy.
Compromise of 1877 - ANS Ended Reconstruction; Hayes became president and troops
withdrew from the South.
Open Door Policy - ANS U.S. policy for equal trade access in China.
Boxer Rebellion - ANS 1900 anti-foreign uprising in China; crushed by foreign powers.
Veracruz - ANS 1914 U.S. military occupation in Mexico during Wilson's presidency.
Spanish-American War - ANS 1898 war; U.S. gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - ANS 1911 NYC factory fire that killed 146 workers; led to safety
and labor reforms.
Muckrakers - ANS Journalists who exposed corruption and social injustice in the early 1900s.
General Federation of Women's Clubs - ANS National organization promoting civic
improvement and women's education.
National Association of Colored Women - ANS Founded in 1896 to promote racial uplift and
women's rights; motto "Lifting as We Climb."
Jane Addams - ANS Founded Hull House; leader in settlement movement and social reform.
Women's Trade Union League - ANS Supported women workers and unions; alliance of
laborers and reformers.
National American Woman Suffrage Association - ANS Moderate suffrage group; fought state
by state for the vote.
National Woman's Party - ANS Radical suffrage group led by Alice Paul; used protests and
hunger strikes.
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, Alice Paul - ANS Leader of NWP; fought for 19th Amendment using militant tactics.
Nineteenth Amendment - ANS 1920; granted women the right to vote.
Reconstruction - ANS Post-Civil War era rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
Black Codes - ANS Laws restricting rights of freed African Americans after the Civil War.
Fourteenth Amendment - ANS Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
Special Field Order No. 15 - ANS "Forty acres and a mule" land promise to freed slaves, later
revoked.
Home rule - ANS Return of Southern control after Reconstruction, often restoring white
supremacy.
Compromise of 1877 - ANS Ended Reconstruction; Hayes became president and troops
withdrew from the South.
Open Door Policy - ANS U.S. policy for equal trade access in China.
Boxer Rebellion - ANS 1900 anti-foreign uprising in China; crushed by foreign powers.
Veracruz - ANS 1914 U.S. military occupation in Mexico during Wilson's presidency.
Spanish-American War - ANS 1898 war; U.S. gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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