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The Homestead, Pennsylvania strike:

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resulted in a defeat for the union and lower pay and longer hours for workers

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Organizations that generally acted according to Social Gospel considerations included all of the following EXCEPT:

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the city vigilance league

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In the Filipino-American War the:

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goal of gaining markets in Asia was a factor

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The Anti-Imperialist League members:

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thought the war was a threat to the United States' government, ideal, or population

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All of the following parts of the federal government grew in the late ninetheenth century EXCEPT the:

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public safety sector such as police

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Ida B. Wells did all of the folowing except:

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run an international antilynching campaign without leaving Memphis

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Bryan won the Democratic and Populist nominations for president in 1896 primarily because of his support for:

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the free and unlimited coinage of silver

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The Pendleton act did all of the following EXCEPT:

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stop the practice of rewarding supporters with federal jobs

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The Social Gospel movement:

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tried to influence people to take action to reform society to benefit all

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In response to the Boxer Rebellion, the united states:

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sent troops into China as part of an international army

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The supporters of the Anti-imperialist league included all of the following except:

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Theodore Roosevelt

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The Wilmington, North Carolina "massacre" of 1898 was an example of the:

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anti-black mob violence to suppress black rights

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The strike by miners at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho:

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involved peaceful protests but also violence

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The correct chronological order of the following events is:

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PPHO!!!!! Pullman strike, plessy v ferguson, hawaii annexed, and open door policy

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The Great Uprising of 1877:

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was suppressed with deadly force by federal troops

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The Interstate Commerce Commission:

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was created to regulate commercial activity that the staes could not

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The efforts to create a "New South" included all of the following EXCCEPT the:

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emergence of a society that was primarily urban

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The two major depressions of the late nineteenth century followed the Panic of 1873 and the Panic of:

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1893

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The railroads became the first big business for all of the following reasons EXCEPT they:

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stimulated demand for iron, coal, and steel

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All of the following were true of labor in the South except:

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unions made no effort to reach across racial lines

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The Eight-hour league and ira steward advocated dividing the day into eight-hour sections, each for work, sleep and leisure, calling that division what kind of rhythm?

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Natural

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All of the following are true of the superintendents of the southern mill towns except they:

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maintained clean and healthy enviroments

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The incident in Chicago's Haymarket square:

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destroyed the Knights of Labor by associating it with political raicalism

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A prime example of a "robber baron" would be:

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Jay Gould

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Mechanization of production:

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increased the pressure on workers in a more dangerous work place

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Mass production led to mass retailing and all of the following EXCEPT:

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door-to-door salesmen such as "drummers" for patent medicines

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Andrew Carnegie expressed his ideas about the responsibilities of a successful businessman in his essay:

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The Gospel of WEalth

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The Knights of Labor:

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advocated an eight-hour day

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The southern mill towns:

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were mostly tightly controlled company towns

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The labor organization dedicated to organizing skilled workers to obtain better working conditions, wages, and hours was the:

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American federation of Labor

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The largest labor organization in the late nineteenth century was the:

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Knights of Labor

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The AFL and its president, Samuel Gompers, believed in all of the following EXCEPT:

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the organization of the unskilled and blacks

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The value of the annual production of goods rose from $2 billion in 1865 to:

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$13 billion by 1900

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The writer who became known for his rags-to-riches stories, often interpreted to mean anyone with the right attitude could get rich was:

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Horatio Alger

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The theory that argues that in human society (as in nature) struggle is the key to progress because it produces the "Survival of the fittest," is:

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Social Darwinism

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Working conditions in Chicago led to demonstrations and in May 1886, to violence when a bomb killed several people at:

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Haymarket Square

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The law suspending immigration from a certain country for ten years, and limiting the civil rights of those already in the united states, was the:

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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The telephone was patented in 186 by its inventor:

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Alexander Graham Bell

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The cigarette-making machine is a good example of all of the following except how:

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skilled craftsmen could be used as designers

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Government grew in size and responsibility in the late nineteenth century primarily because:

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society became more complex and interdependent

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the population density of New YorkCity's Lower East Side was about:

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500 per acre

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Most residents of New York City's Lower East Side were immigrants from:

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Southern and Eastern Europe

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Most residents of settlement houses were:

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college-educated women who sought to improve the health and welfare of residents in poor communties

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Leaders of the settlement house movement included all of the following EXCEPT:

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Alice Roosevelt

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Progressivism is best described as:

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a diverse group of individuals working for a wide variety of reform causes

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Progressives sought all of the following political reforms EXCEPT:

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an expansion of state and federal regulation of private business

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Progressives:

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thought citizens, as a group, should work to improve social and economic conditions

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Keys to the success of urban political machines included all of the following EXCEPT:

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intimidation of small business owners

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The National Municipal League fought to reform the cities by creating a system of government featuring a:

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city council consisting of the heads of city departments elected by individual wards

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Western progressives displayed the greatest enthusiasm for:

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institutional political reforms

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The first inexpensive, large-circulation magazine in the US, which attracted middle-class readers with a combination of popular fiction stories and articles on science and technology, travel, and recent history, was:

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McClure's

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All of the following were successful journalists in the Progressive Era EXCEPT:

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Lester Frank Ward

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John Dewey:

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advocated a program promoting creativity and curiosity

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The court's decision in Muller v. Oregon did all of the Following EXCEPT:

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contend that women should always be treated as equals to men

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The WCTU:

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combined women's role as moral exemplar with public reform efforts

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The Progressives advocating social control generally wanted all of the following EXCEPT:

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immigration reform

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The advocates of prohibition included all of the following EXCEPT:

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"ritualists"

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"Ritualists":

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had no sense of personal morality

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The campaign against prostitution did all of the following EXCEPT:

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set feminists against businessmen

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Progressive efforts to improve society:

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usually had mixed motives from a wide range of people

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Trends in education during the Progressive Era:

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extended the time and the activities covered by schools

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Unskilled workers in industry had difficulty organizing unions for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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they had nothing in common

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All of the following are true of the "new immigrants" EXCEPT:

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most lacked critical labor skills

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The New York garment industry:

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paid workers mainly by jobs done within a certain time

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The Uprising of the 20,000:

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led to more women's involvement in the labor movement

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The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

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led to a New York State Factory Investigation Commission and state laws to regulate conditions

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The people who helped create the New York State Factory Investigation Commission included all of the following EXCEPT:

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Rose Schneiderman

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All of the following were true of company towns EXCEPT:

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they denied the workers any control over their communities

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Immigrant workers in the Progressive Era:

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had difficulty because of different customs and job insecurity

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The Ludlow Massacre:

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occurred when the miners went out on strike

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Samuel Gompers, as head of the AFL:

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required each trade group to support the others in activities such as collective bargaining

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All of the following were used against unions EXCEPT:

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the practice of secondary boycotts

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The IWW:

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focused on bringing about a revolution

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The bohemians of Greenwich Village:

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felt alienated from society and sought their own community

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During the Progressive Era:

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whites generally accepted the idea that blacks were innately inferior

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Booker T Washington

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was popular with whites for advocating accommodation

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The "Niagra movement":

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called for an immediate end to segregation

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W. E. B. Du Bois:

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said blacks would always feel the tension in being black and American

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Theodore Roosevelt's intervention in the anthracite coal strike of 1902 led to a settlement that was a:

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compromise that gave the miners better pay and working conditions but no recognition of their union

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All of the following measures expanded the federal government's regulatory powers EXCEPT:

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the Underwood-Simmons Act

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The New Freedom program called for all of the following EXCEPT:

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increased government regulation of the economy

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The Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913:

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reduced the tariff duties and set the first federal income tax schedules

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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 did all of the following EXCEPT:

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abolish private control of the nation's banks.

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In the 1912 election, the Socialist Party and Eugene V. Debs:

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ran strongest in the West and Southwest

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Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

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bring about labor reform for children

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Working conditions in Chicago led to demonstrations and in May 1886 to violence when a bomb killed several people at:

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Haymarket square

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The telephone was patented in 1876 by its inventor:

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Alexander Graham Bell

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The first transcontinental railroad was the:

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Union Pacific-central Pacific

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Mass production led to mass retailing and all of the following EXCEPT:

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door-to-door salesmen such as "drummers" for patent medicines

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A prime example of a "robber baron" would be:

answer

Jay Gould

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The theory that argues that in human society (as in nature) struggle is the key to progress because it produces the "survival of the fittest," is:

answer

Social Darwinism

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The writer who became known for his rags-to-riches stories, often interpreted to mean anyone with the right attitude could get rich, was:

answer

Horatio Alger

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The law suspending immigration from a certain country for ten years, and limiting the civil rights of those already in United States, was the:

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act

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The Eight-Hour League and Ira Steward advocated dividing the day into eight-hour sections, each for work, sleep, and leisure, calling that division what kind of rhythm?

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Natural

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The incident in Chicago's Haymarket Square:

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destroyed the Knights of Labor by associating it with political radicalism

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The New South:

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changed the South from a primarily agricultural economy to an industrial one

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The efforts to create a "New South" included all of the following EXCEPT the:

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emergence of a society that was primarily urban

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All of the following were true of labor in the South EXCEPT:

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unions made no effort to reach across racial lines

question

All of the following are true of the superintendents of the southern mill towns EXCEPT they:

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maintained clean and healthy enviroments

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The Interstate Commerce Commission:

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was created to regulate commercial activity that the states could not

question

All of the following parts of the federal government grew in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT the:

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public safety sector such as police

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The Pendleton Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

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stop the practice of rewarding supporters with federal jobs

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The Grangers did all of the following EXCEPT:

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sponsor social occasions to allow farmers to improve their lives in a variety of ways

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In the late nineteenth century, the most effective organization advocating the right to vote for women was the:

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Women's Christian Temperance Union

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All of the following were true of the depression of 1893-1897 EXCEPT:

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the government tried to stimulate the economy but was largely unsuccessful

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The Pullman Strike:

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ended with federal troops firing on strikers, killing twenty-five

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Eugene V. Debs:

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became a socialist to make the government responsive to workers

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Supporters of the Social Gospel movement included all of the following EXCEPT:

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Dwight L. Moody

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Bryan won the Democratic and Populist nominations for president in 1896 primarily because of his support for:

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the free and unlimited coinage of silver

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Blacks' right to vote was restricted by all of the following EXCEPT:

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citizenship qualifications

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Ida B. Wells did all of the following EXCEPT:

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run an international antilynching campaign without leaving Memphis

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Tom Watson:

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called for the political equality of blacks and whites before 1896

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Josiah Strong emphasized:

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saving the souls and bodies of the less fortunate worldwide

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The Columbian Exposition and World's Fair of 1893 seemed to emphasize:

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showing how Americans had failed to take advantage of opportunities abroad

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Americans' efforts to spread their influence overseas in the late nineteenth century included all of the following EXCEPT:

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attempts to annex Canada

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Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door policy:

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called for equal trading opportunities in China

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In response to the boxer rebellion, the united States:

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sent troops into China as part of an international army

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All of the following were true under the Platt amendment EXCEPT:

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the united states would keep troops in Cuba until 1934

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