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6. Of the following, which was the most importance cause of agrarian discontent in the Unites States in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?

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The feeling that the railroads were exploiting the farmers.

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17. Which of the following would have been most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1896?

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A Kansas farmer

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18. Which of the following statements is true about immigration to the United States during the last two decades of the nineteenth century?

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Southern and Eastern Europeans came in larger numbers than earlier in the century.

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242. The Social Gospel movement of the late 19th Century emphasized

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Social responsibility as a means to salvation

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20. All of the following conditions influenced the development of American agriculture during the first half of the nineteenth century EXCEPT

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A widespread interest in conserving soil and natural resources

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23. "In 1800 schoolchildren (ages 5-19) spend an average of only fourteen days in school each year. By 1850 this figure had nearly doubled, going to twenty-six days, and by 1860 it had risen to forty days per year, almost triple the figure for 1800. By 1860 the literacy rate at age twenty had attained modern levels, exceeding ninety percent among Whites." This passage describes results brought about chiefly through

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State and local efforts on behalf of public schools

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25. All of the following were considered legitimate functions of the federal government in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT

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Assuring the welfare of the poor and unemployed

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43. The term "cult of domesticity" refers to

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The idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers during the nineteenth century

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44. An important reason for the proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine was to

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Protect republican institutions of government in the Western Hemisphere

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45. Which of the following most likely increased Mexican suspicion of United States territorial objectives in the 1830's and 1840's?

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Rhetoric on "manifest destiny" in the American press

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46. Which of the following would most likely have said, "...children should be children as long as they can"?

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A mid-nineteenth-century educational reformer

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52. Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?

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Invention of the cotton gin

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92. The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman's

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Cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents

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61. Which of the following is a correct statement about the Gilded Age?

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Business activity expanded and contracted frequently.

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55. "From the beginning of the settlement of America, the frontier regions have exercised a steady influence toward democracy...American democracy is fundamentally the outcome of the experience of the American people in dealing with the West..." These statements are part of a historical theory known as

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The Turner thesis

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57. In the late nineteenth-century controversy over the social and religious implications of Darwinian theory, all of the following popular beliefs were felt to be threatened by Darwin EXCEPT the

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Reality of change in the world

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60. The anticombination laws passed by numerous states in the late 1880's were a response to which of the following organizational innovations?

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The use of stockholding trusts to create business oligopolies

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232. Hardships endured by farm families who settled on the Great Plains during the 1870s and 1880s included all of the following EXCEPT

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Interference by the federal government

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67. Which of the following best describes the situation of freedmen in the decade following the Civil War?

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The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters.

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69. The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did which of the following?

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Sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African Americans.

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77. In 1890 the most important source of revenue for the federal government was

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Customs taxes

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87. Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives is a study of

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Immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890s

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91. Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?

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National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories.

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98. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American agriculture was characterized by

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An increase in acres under cultivation

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104. "Let Southern oppressors tremble...I shall strenuously contend for immediate enfranchisement...I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice." The author of the statement above was

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William L. Garrison

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134. One of the most important long-term political activities of the Daughters of the Liberty was

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Spinning their own cloth

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168. One characteristic of the nation's economy during the period from 1800-1860 was that per capita income

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Doubled and the price of goods fell

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172. By 1850, free African-Americans generally

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Were descendants of slaves emancipated in the 1780s and 1790s

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178. In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville described the growth of an aristocracy in the United States based on

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Industrial wealth

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202. "Rise, sisters of temperance!-we must not delay- Our mission is bold, and we must away; We'll gird on our armor tho' frail it may be, And trust that the "Maine Law" will soon set us free" In the above quotation from 1855, the "Maine Law" refers to a law affecting

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sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages

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205. During the year 1860, all of the following occurred EXCEPT:

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The Supreme Court issued its decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford

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208. Which statement accurately reflects the conditions of antebellum white women in the South?

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The rate at which they gave birth was one-third greater than the national average

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209. At the time of the Gold Rush, the richest land in California was owned by

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Californios

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212. During the Civil War, the United States Congress adopted a policy towards banks designed to

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Establish a national banking system

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213. When President Lincoln first advocated an end to slavery, he recommended all of the following EXCEPT:

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United States citizenship for freed slaves

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214. In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln announced that as of January 1st, 1863, he would free slaves in

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States in rebellion against the United States

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211. During the Civil War, one aspect of the Southern economy was that

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Many women became heads of households

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218. Radical Republicans opposed President Johnson's approach to Reconstruction for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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Southern states were slow to repudiate secession

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219. The Radical branch of the Republican Party was able to influence decisions of Congress during much of Reconstruction because

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The actions of President Johnson and the Democrats encouraged Radical Republicans and moderate Republicans to work together

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221. During Reconstruction in the South, the political impact of what conservatives called "Negro rule" was that African-Americans

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Participated in politics but they did not dominate events

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226. All of the following occurred in 1876 EXCEPT the

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Completion of the first transcontinental railroad line

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228. The first mass political movement of American women was the

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union

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229. Which of the following accurately describes the Chinese population in the United States in 1860?

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There were almost twenty times as many Chinese men compared to the number of Chinese women

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230. As Secretary of State for President Lincoln, William H. Seward pursued a foreign policy that promoted

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A worldwide American empire

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231. In what ways did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 affect the status of American Indians?

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Attendance at religious schools was mandatory

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233. During the late 19th Century, "open range" ranching existed in areas where ranchers

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Allowed their cattle to graze on public lands

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234. The crop lien system which influenced southern agriculture within twenty years after the Civil War was based on the idea that farmers

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Would purchase supplies using a portion of a future crop as collateral

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235. In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court

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Struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875

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236. During the late 19th Century, vertical integration specifically allowed businesses to

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Expand their control over production and distribution as well as manufacturing

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237. Between 1880 and 1900, the number of women who worked as

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Clerks increased substantially

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238. In 1894, President Cleveland sent United States troops to Chicago to end a strike at the Pullman Palace Car Company, citing the responsibility of the federal government specifically to

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Protect the mail

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239. Which of the following 19th Century labor organizations had a firm policy accepting black workers as members?

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International Workers of the World

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240. During the late 19th Century, the nation's major cities demonstrated all of the following EXCEPT:

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The expansion of most cities was carefully planned

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241. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, the most significant source of population growth in American cities was

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Immigration from abroad

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243. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, all of the following sports were popular EXCEPT:

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Soccer

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244. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, Americans show business flourished in all of the following mediums EXCEPT:

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Radio

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245. All of the following examples of popular literature were products of the second half of the 19th Century EXCEPT:

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Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes

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246. The Civil Service movement of the 1880s was designed specifically to challenge

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The spoils system

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247. One of the most prominent ideas associated with the Grange movement of the 1870s was

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Economic cooperatives

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248. During the late 19th Century, the increase in population due to the New Immigration spurred the growth of

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Catholic parochial schools

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