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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1890?

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More than two hundred Sioux Ghost Dancers were slaughtered.

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The "Great Uprising" of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's

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railroad companies

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In defending the League of Nations, President Wilson argued all of the following positions EXCEPT that

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leaving the power to declare war to Congress alone was dangerous

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Many members of the Workingmen's Benevolent Association were

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Irish immigrants

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The press stirred up rage over what aspect of the Haymarket Riot?

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the death of seven policemen

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The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad companies relied heavily on the low-paid and difficult work done by

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Irish and Chinese immigrants

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After buying the project from the Panama Canal Company, how did the United States gain control of the region where the Panama Canal was built?

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U.S. naval forces supported the Panamanian revolt against Colombia.

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A nationwide ban on child labor was enacted

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as part of the New Deal

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Founded in 1866 by William Sylvis, the National Labor Union was

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the first attempt to build a national labor movement

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President Wilson promoted all of the following in his Fourteen Points speech to Congress EXCEPT

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U.S. territorial expansion

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What triggered the brief political success of the Grange?

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he Panic of 1873

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Which resulted from the popularity of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

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federal regulation of meat production

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Institutions established in the 1880s to provide social and educational services for the poor were called

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settlement houses

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Why was Frank Woolworth able to set low prices for his merchandise?

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He bought huge quantities of goods at a discount from wholesalers and manufacturers

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Much of the culture of the American cowboy was derived from the traditions of which group?

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Mexicans

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As a result of the Dawes Severalty Act,

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Native Americans lost a large portion of their land

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How did the railroad benefit Western farmers MOST?

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It enabled them to get their products to market

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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took Russia out of World War I.

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Which of the following forms of leisure and entertainment did NOT emerge as popular during the Gilded Age?

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radio serials

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Theodore Roosevelt saw the Roosevelt Corollary as

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a logical extension of the Monroe Doctrine.

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The central business districts of cities tended to include

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department stores, banks, and offices

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Which of the following was a popular trumpet player who gained prominence during the Jazz Age?

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Louis Armstrong

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Which of the following best characterizes the stories of Horatio Alger?

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They reinforced the ideal of the self-made man

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Who emerged as the leader of the Knights of Labor, the nation's first large union?

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Terrence Powderly

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During the war, most enlisted African Americans worked

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as laborers.

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William Jennings Bryan's famous "cross of gold" speech addressed which issue?

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currency reform

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Which statement is true about both lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?

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They were unashamed of their actions and unafraid to reveal their identities.

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The Central Pacific Railroad began its work on the transcontinental railroad in

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California

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What was the Open Door Policy?

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an international agreement to keep China open to trade with all nations

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The government funded the war effort primarily by

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selling war bonds

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Booker T. Washington believed that race relations would improve

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if African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient

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Which nation was excluded from the Paris Peace Conference?

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Germany

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In Lochner v. New York the Supreme Court ruled that

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the government should not interfere with an employee's negotiating his own work schedule unless the hours jeopardized health

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How did Henry Ford's innovations affect consumers?

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They could buy cars for much less money than before

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What was the main effect of mass production techniques such as the assembly line on the workplace?

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increased efficiency

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Regarding the increase in female workers, most Americans believed that

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married women should leave the paid workforce

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What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?

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It provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators

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In the Sand Creek Massacre,

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American forces slaughtered peaceful Cheyenne.

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The Progressive agenda mainly reflected the values of

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the middle class

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What attitude toward birth control did Margaret Sanger encounter in her work?

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the idea that birth control and the women who used it were indecent

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Whom did the People's Party hope to represent?

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all struggling laborers

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What portion of American workers were wage-earning manual laborers?

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more than half

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One of the most dramatic moments of the Scopes Trial occurred when

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Darrow called Bryan to the stand

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What conflict came to symbolize the brutality associated with the conquest of the West?

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the Wounded Knee Massacre

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What was one disadvantage of the rise of industrialization for American workers?

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Corporations came to control the conditions and nature of work

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As the leader of the American Railway Union, Eugene Debs led

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a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company

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The Pendleton Act of 1883

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opened government jobs to those who passed an exam

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The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for

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the eight-hour day

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How did many conservative politicians view government regulation of business during the late nineteenth century?

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as a dangerous form of socialism

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Frank W. Woolworth's stores were known as

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"five and dime" stores

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Which of the following best characterizes the stories of Horatio Alger?

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They reinforced the ideal of the self-made man

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What factored into the migration of Americans from rural to urban areas?

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technological innovations

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What was the Open Door Policy?

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an international agreement to keep China open to trade with all nations

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What did John D. Rockefeller and other members of the upper class believe was the source of poverty?

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individual failures

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Where did cattle ranching and cattle drives originate?

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Texas

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Why did the federal government institute the Dollar Diplomacy policy?

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to maintain U.S. economic dominance in Latin America

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George Eastman created a successful business based on his invention of the

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camera

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Much of the culture of the American cowboy was derived from the traditions of which group?

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Mexicans

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Rationales for imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century included all of the following ideas EXCEPT that

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the United States desired a vast buffer zone against Asian encroachment

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After buying the project from the Panama Canal Company, how did the United States gain control of the region where the Panama Canal was built?

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U.S. naval forces supported the Panamanian revolt against Colombia

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact provided for all of the following EXCEPT that it

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guaranteed that other nations would provide military aid to the United States

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Frederick Taylor's scientific management system involved all of the following EXCEPT

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providing more autonomy for the factory laborer

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Which of the following was NOT relinquished by Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

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Panama

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Founded in 1866 by William Sylvis, the National Labor Union was

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the first attempt to build a national labor movement

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The press stirred up rage over what aspect of the Haymarket Riot?

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the death of seven policemen

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The Progressive agenda mainly reflected the values of

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the middle class

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In Lochner v. New York the Supreme Court ruled that Answer

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the government should not interfere with an employee's negotiating his own work schedule unless the hours jeopardized health

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The main goal of the Dawes Severalty Act was

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assimilation.

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After the Civil War, a leading trend in business was the increase in exports of

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manufactured goods

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Which statement is true about both lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?

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They were unashamed of their actions and unafraid to reveal their identities.

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As the leader of the American Railway Union, Eugene Debs led

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a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company

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President Wilson's primary opponent on the matter of the League of Nations was

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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The Immigration Act of 1924 significantly restricted emigration from

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Eastern Europe

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Americans generally viewed buffalo as

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obstacles to development

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All of the following nations were among the Central Powers EXCEPT

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Japan

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Henry Ford's policies benefited workers in all of the following ways EXCEPT by

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honoring their private lives without interference

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Who led the American Federation of Labor as it became the largest organization of workers in the United States?

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Samuel Gompers

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The main Asian imperialist power around the turn of the twentieth century was

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Japan.

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What is a protectorate?

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a country or territory under the protective authority of a stronger nation

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Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?

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the Filipino leader who declared independence from Spain

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Regarding the increase in female workers, most Americans believed that

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married women should leave the paid workforce

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President Wilson offset lost tariff revenues by relying on

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revenue created by the first federal income tax

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What was the Great Migration?

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the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North

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Why was Frank Woolworth able to set low prices for his merchandise?

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He bought huge quantities of goods at a discount from wholesalers and manufacturers

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What is one way that the American Federation of Labor (AFL) differed from the Knights of Labor?

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The AFL did not welcome African Americans

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The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for

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the eight-hour day

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Jazz could best be described as a melding of European musical traditions and

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African-American music

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Which statement about women and children in the work force is NOT true?

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Women and children were typically paid the same as men in similar occupations

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The American Protective Association specifically focused on

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restricting the entry of Catholic immigrants

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Institutions established in the 1880s to provide social and educational services for the poor were called

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settlement houses

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Booker T. Washington believed that race relations would improve

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if African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient

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Charles Lindbergh became a celebrity when he

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completed the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic

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Which nation did Austria-Hungary hold responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

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Serbia

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The Progressive movement was driven by

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a general belief that moderate reforms were needed to help cure social ills

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During the war, most enlisted African Americans worked

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as laborers.

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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1890?

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More than two hundred Sioux Ghost Dancers were slaughtered.

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Who did the Populists nominate as their presidential candidate in 1892?

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James B. Weaver

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Why did many married African-American women take part in the paid workforce?

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out of economic necessity

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Suburbanization in the 1920s

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was made possible by the success of the automobile

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Pueblo society was noted for its

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agriculture and trade with Mexican ranchers.

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All of the following nations were among the Central Powers EXCEPT

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Japan

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In 1890, in conjunction with the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Congress passed a bill

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creating higher tariffs

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When was Prohibition repealed?

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during the Great Depression

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Frederick Taylor's scientific management system involved all of the following EXCEPT

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providing more autonomy for the factory laborer

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Which nation was excluded from the Paris Peace Conference?

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Germany

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Why did the federal government institute the Dollar Diplomacy policy?

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to maintain U.S. economic dominance in Latin America

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The Reparations Committee at the Paris Peace Conference set a reparations bill of $33 billion in gold for which nation to pay?

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Germany

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How did Henry Ford's innovations affect consumers?

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They could buy cars for much less money than before

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Public education was promoted as a means of

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Americanizing immigrant children

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Jazz could best be described as a melding of European musical traditions and

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African-American music

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In response to the Pullman strike, President Cleveland opted to

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send in federal troops to back a court order and end the strike

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President Wilson promoted all of the following in his Fourteen Points speech to Congress EXCEPT

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U.S. territorial expansion

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Why did many married African-American women take part in the paid workforce?

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out of economic necessity

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President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania

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included a demand that Germany pay reparations.

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During the Gilded Age, more and more people bought homes in suburban areas for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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their proximity to banks and department stores

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The government funded the war effort primarily by

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selling war bonds

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Booker T. Washington believed that race relations would improve

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if African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient

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What was the purpose of the annual Long Drives?

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to bring cattle to market

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The American Protective Association specifically focused on

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restricting the entry of Catholic immigrant

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By 1900, all of the following were true of the railroad industry EXCEPT that

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the shipment of goods by rail was more costly than other forms of transportation

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Who emerged as the leader of the Knights of Labor, the nation's first large union?

answer

Terrence Powderly

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Charles Lindbergh became a celebrity when he

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completed the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic.

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What portion of American workers were wage-earning manual laborers?

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more than half

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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) excluded unskilled workers from its membership rolls because AFL leaders believed unskilled workers

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were weak and unreliable

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Rationales for imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century included all of the following ideas EXCEPT that

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the United States desired a vast buffer zone against Asian encroachment

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Which resulted from the popularity of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

answer

federal regulation of meat production

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What did the fate of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 demonstrate?

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Congress was in league with big business

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In the Sand Creek Massacre,

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American forces slaughtered peaceful Cheyenne

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The central business districts of cities tended to include

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department stores, banks, and offices

question

The press stirred up rage over what aspect of the Haymarket Riot?

answer

the death of seven policemen

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Major outcomes of the Spanish-American War included which of the following?

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the emergence of the United States as a world power

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact provided for all of the following EXCEPT that it

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guaranteed that other nations would provide military aid to the United States

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Founded in 1866 by William Sylvis, the National Labor Union was

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the first attempt to build a national labor movement

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What effect did the Bolshevik revolution have on World War I?

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Russia made peace with the Central Powers.

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Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the yellow press

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used sensationalism to stir up war fever

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The main Asian imperialist power around the turn of the twentieth century was

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Japan.

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The first big business in the United States was the

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railroad industry

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Which resulted from the Spanish-American War?

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Cuba became a de facto protectorate of the United States

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To entrepreneurs, such pastimes as baseball were business. What does this fact reveal about the new concept of leisure time?

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It provided opportunities for some to make money

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As a result of the Dawes Severalty Act,

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Native Americans lost a large portion of their land

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The Grangers were members of a society of

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Western farmers

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Which of the following best characterizes the political machines of the late nineteenth century?

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They were corrupt political organizations

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After 1880, immigrants from which of the following regions began to dominate the numbers of those coming to the United States?

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Southern and Eastern Europe

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In the 1920s, American women were primarily employed as

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secretaries and telephone operators

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In campaigning for president, Woodrow Wilson promised "New Freedom," which prioritized

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competition in the marketplace

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The Morrill Land Grant College Act was designed to promote

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agricultural and technical education

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Which of the following best describes the American Federation of Labor?

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It represented only skilled workers

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What was the Boxer Rebellion?

answer

a nationalist uprising against foreigners in China

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The main goal of the Dawes Severalty Act was

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assimilation.

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The Central Pacific Railroad began its work on the transcontinental railroad in

answer

California

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Which Republican incumbent was defeated in 1912 when his party split into Progressive and conservative factions?

answer

William Howard Taft

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Which nation did Austria-Hungary hold responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

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Serbia

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What is a protectorate?

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a country or territory under the protective authority of a stronger nation

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Whom did the People's Party hope to represent?

answer

all struggling laborers

question

The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for

answer

the eight-hour day

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The Grangers were members of a society of

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Western farmers

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The temperance movement attracted all of the following EXCEPT

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working-class men

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The primary goal of the American government's imperialistic policies was

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economic opportunity.

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle focused on the problems of immigrants who worked

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in the meatpacking industry

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During the Gilded Age, more and more people bought homes in suburban areas for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

answer

their proximity to banks and department stores

question

Who did the Populists nominate as their presidential candidate in 1892?

answer

James B. Weaver

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George Eastman created a successful business based on his invention of the

answer

camera

question

Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the yellow press

answer

used sensationalism to stir up war fever

question

After buying the project from the Panama Canal Company, how did the United States gain control of the region where the Panama Canal was built?

answer

U.S. naval forces supported the Panamanian revolt against Colombia.

question

During the war, most enlisted African Americans worked

answer

as laborers.

question

In his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address," Booker T. Washington claimed to accept segregation if

answer

it did not impede the economic progress of African Americans

question

What is one way that the American Federation of Labor (AFL) differed from the Knights of Labor?

answer

The AFL did not welcome African Americans

question

Many members of the Workingmen's Benevolent Association were

answer

Irish immigrants

question

What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?

answer

It provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators

question

Which nation was excluded from the Paris Peace Conference?

answer

Germany

question

Which resulted from the popularity of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

answer

federal regulation of meat production

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Why did anti-imperialist William Jennings Bryan support the Treaty of Paris?

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so that the U.S. could grant the Philippines its independence

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Which of the following was NOT a writer associated with the Lost Generation?

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Sigmund Freud

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When was Prohibition repealed?

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during the Great Depression

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Charles Lindbergh became a celebrity when he

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completed the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic.

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The Immigration Act of 1924 significantly restricted emigration from

answer

Eastern Europe

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Founded in 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission could initially best be described as

answer

unsubstantial and ineffectual.

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Who led the American Federation of Labor as it became the largest organization of workers in the United States?

answer

Samuel Gompers

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The Progressive movement was driven by

answer

a general belief that moderate reforms were needed to help cure social ills

question

The main goal of the Dawes Severalty Act was

answer

assimilation.

question

President Coolidge was asked to sign a treaty with France renouncing war, and decided to

answer

negotiate a nonaggression pact with multiple nations instead

question

Why was Frank Woolworth able to set low prices for his merchandise?

answer

He bought huge quantities of goods at a discount from wholesalers and manufacturers

question

All of the following nations were among the Central Powers EXCEPT

answer

Japan

question

Henry Ford's policies benefited workers in all of the following ways EXCEPT by

answer

honoring their private lives without interference

question

Rationales for imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century included all of the following ideas EXCEPT that

answer

the United States desired a vast buffer zone against Asian encroachment

question

How did many conservative politicians view government regulation of business during the late nineteenth century?

answer

as a dangerous form of socialism

question

In the West, the industrial revolution took the form of railroads and

answer

mining.

question

Much of the culture of the American cowboy was derived from the traditions of which group?

answer

Mexicans

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Frederick Taylor's scientific management system involved all of the following EXCEPT

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providing more autonomy for the factory laborer

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The leader of the American Expeditionary Forces was

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John J. Pershing.

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In the Zimmerman Telegram, German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann negotiated in support of

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a border war between Mexico and the United States.

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In educating Native American children as required by the Dawes Severalty Act, the government opted to establish

answer

off-reservation boarding schools where children were required to abandon their Native American ways

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The Western Front was characterized by a complex system of trenches that ran for over 400 miles from the North Sea to

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Switzerland

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Suburbanization in the 1920s

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was made possible by the success of the automobile

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President Wilson's primary opponent on the matter of the League of Nations was

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Which act prohibited anti-government speech during the war?

answer

the Sedition Act

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One of the most dramatic moments of the Scopes Trial occurred when

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Darrow called Bryan to the stand

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What portion of American workers were wage-earning manual laborers?

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more than half

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Proponents of the Social Gospel believed that

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Christians had a responsibility to address social

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The National Alliance was formed from a coalition of

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farmers' organizations

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