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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show became popular because
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all of the above
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Joseph McCoy made an important decision when he:
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established a northern shipping point for cattle in Abilene, Kansas.
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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the:
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Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890?
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At least two hundred Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered.
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In the 1880s, western farmers were plagued by severe drought and:
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competition from foreign nations.
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Pueblo society was noted for its
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intensive agriculture and unified community goals.
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The Morrill Act was designed to promote:
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agricultural colleges.
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Who led the slaughter of the Cheyenne at Sand Creek?
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Colonel John Chivington
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Which of the following states had the least significant gold and/or silver deposits?
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Kansas
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Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is NOT true?
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The U.S. military did not play a role in the event.
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Which headline would have been printed last?
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"Ghost Dance Ended as Militia Executes Sioux"
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The Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on the low-paid, hard work done by:
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Chinese immigrants.
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The cattle industry and "cattle drives" originated in:
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Texas.
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Which statement would have most likely been said by a member of Las Gorras Blancas?
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"We raid at night, if needed, to stop the Anglo encroachment on our land."
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All of the following factors resulted in many Indian deaths on the Great Plains EXCEPT:
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Indians always refusing to move to new land.
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The term exoduster is synonymous with what ethnicity?
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African Americans
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All of the following statements about the Cattle Kingdom are true EXCEPT:
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because of racism, cowboys were exclusively white.
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During the boom of the railroad Denver's population:
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increased to twenty times its previous size.
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The Homestead Act:
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guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years.
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Which group was not a major part of the people known as "cowboys"?
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English immigrants who left urban areas in the East
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Which statement best describes the cultures of the tribes that lived throughout the West?
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A wide spectrum of tribes had successfully adapted their lives to a variety of environments.
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Tribal warfare usually resulted in:
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the defeated losing their horses.
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White pioneers on the Great Plains faced all of the following problems EXCEPT:
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the loud clamoring of crowded neighbors who rushed to build housing.
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Effects of the Dawes Act included:
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more Indian land being owned by whites.
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All of the following tribes lived on the Great Plains EXCEPT the:
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Chinooks.
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Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo.
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By "counting coup," native warriors earned respect by:
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confronting the enemy at very close range but not resorting to obscene violence.
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The Morrill Act was designed to promote
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Colleges
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established the ranching industry in the West
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cattle-drives
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Vast open territory stretching east to west from present-day Missouri to the Rocky Mountains, and north to south from North Dakota to Texas
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Great Plains
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More than twenty thousand ex-slaves who in 1879 left violence and poverty in the South to take up farming in Kansas.
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Exodusters
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It provided 160 acres of free land to any settler willing to live on it and improve it for five years; promoted massive westward migration.
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Homestead Act
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The law that started the breakup of reservations by offering Native Americans allotments of 160 acres of reservation land to encourage them to become independent farmers.
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Dawes
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A massacre of some two hundred Cheyenne Indians
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Sand Creek
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After _____ was discovered, The Second Treaty of Fort Laramie was ignored.
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Gold
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A religious sect founded in upstate New York in 1830. Driven by persecution they headed west in 1846 and settled in a valley in Utah near the Great Salt Lake.
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Mormons
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He established a northern shipping point for cattle in Abilene, Kansas
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McCoy
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The _____ -Mississippi West was a key region for white population growth in the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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Trans
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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Custer
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The Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on the low-paid, hard work done by ____ immigrants
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Chinese
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A lack of timber in the West caused a shortage of fencing that was finally solved by
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Barbed Wire
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U.S. soldiers open fire on a group of Sioux Indians at Wounded _____ on December 29, 1890, killing between two hundred and three hundred
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Knee
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During the boom of the railroad Denver's population grew _____ times its previous size.
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Twenty
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"Buffalo Bill's Wild West" was a ______ production begun in 1883 that helped create a romantic and mythological view of the West in the American imagination
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Circuslike
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Originally founded in the fall of 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley as a social and educational society for farmers, it became a major political force in the Midwest in the mid-1870s.
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Grange
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Frontier Thesis
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Turner
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A rail line spanning the continental United States
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Transcontinental
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A) was negotiated in 1868; B) required the United States to abandon routes traveling through Sioux territory; C) was ignored after gold was discovered in the region. - all the above
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The second Treaty of Fort Laramie:
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C) the mountains of Colorado.
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The first large gold rush in the Rocky Mountains occurred in:
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A) Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Little Big Horn, Geronimo surrenders
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What is the correct order of events?
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E) The U.S. military did not play a role in the event.
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Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is NOT true?
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C) confronting the enemy at very close range but not resorting to obscene violence.
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By "counting coup," native warriors earned respect by:
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A) by 1890 the frontier was closed; B) the western frontier translated into the relevance of individualism; C) the western frontier increased democracy in the American psyche. - all of the above
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According to Frederick Jackson Turner:
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C) Geronimo.
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It took months for U.S. troops to capture a small band of Apaches led by:
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A) California
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The Central Pacific Railroad had its terminus in:
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A) Oklahoma; B) Georgia; C) South Dakota; D) North Dakota. - none of the above
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Annie Oakley was born and raised in:
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C) increased to twenty times its previous size.
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During the boom of the railroad Denver's population:
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B) intensive agriculture and unified community goals.
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Pueblo society was noted for its:
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D) the Sand Creek Massacre
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Which event happened during the Civil War?
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C) "We raid at night, if needed, to stop the Anglo encroachment on our land."
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Which statement would have most likely been said by a member of Las Gorras Blancas?
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A) the invention of barbed wire.
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A lack of timber caused a shortage of fencing that was finally solved by:
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A) more Indian land being owned by whites.
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Effects of the Dawes Act included:
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D) the defeated losing their horses.
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Tribal warfare usually resulted in:
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E) Colonel John Chivington
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Who led the slaughter of the Cheyenne at Sand Creek?
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C) 1870s.
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"Exoduster" towns were established in Kansas and Nebraska in the:
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D) the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo.
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Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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D) A wide spectrum of tribes had successfully adapted their lives to a variety of environments.
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Which statement best describes the cultures of the tribes that lived throughout the West?
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C) Chinooks.
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All of the following tribes lived on the Great Plains EXCEPT the:
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B) English immigrants who left urban areas in the East
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Which group was not a major part of the people known as "cowboys"?
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A) Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the:
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D) "Ghost Dance Ended as Militia Executes Sioux"
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Which headline would have been printed last?
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C) Chinese immigrants.
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The Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on the low-paid, hard work done by:
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A) it provided the audience with entertainment; B) Annie Oakley's persona appealed to women; C) it allowed easterners to experience the west in a safe environment; D) it featured authentic "Indians" like Sitting Bull. Correct Response E) all of the above
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show became popular because:
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D) At least two hundred Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered.
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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890?
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E) because of racism, cowboys were exclusively white.
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All of the following statements about the Cattle Kingdom are true EXCEPT:
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B) passage of the Homestead Act
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Following the Mexican-American war, what event started a huge influx of whites into Indian territory?
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A) competition from foreign nations.
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In the 1880s, western farmers were plagued by severe drought and:
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B) guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years.
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The Homestead Act:
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D) African Americans
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The term exoduster is synonymous with what ethnicity?
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B) because of its quick service, moving product by rail was much more expensive.
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All of the following are accurate of the railroad industry EXCEPT:
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B) railway companies.
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The Great Uprising of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's:
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A) reinforced Gospel of Wealth ideas.
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Horatio Alger stories:
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A) mimeograph machine; B) motion picture camera; C) phonograph; D) light bulb Correct Answer E) all of the above
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Thomas Edison revolutionized the industrial world with what invention?
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A) engage in philanthropy.
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Andrew Carnegie believed that it was the responsibility of the rich to:
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A) Terrence Powderly
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Who emerged as the leader of the Knights of Labor, the nation's first large, national union?
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C) U.S. Senate.
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The cartoon "The Political Power of the Trusts" expresses public fear of monopolists' influence over:
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A) Chicago.
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Seven policemen and four workers were killed by a bomb at Haymarket Square in:
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B) the "Gospel of Wealth" is published
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Which event did NOT happen in the 1870s?
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A) abstained from alcohol; B) possessed a natural intelligence; C) was self-determined; D) possessed a great degree of self-discipline. Correct Response E) all of the above
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According to Andrew Carnegie, any man could succeed if he:
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A) 1870-1879
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In which decade did John D. Rockefeller form Standard Oil?
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C) 1880s
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The American Federation of Labor was formed in the:
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B) it was a legally binding contract.
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Unlike the usage of pools, Rockefeller's system of the "Trust" differed in that:
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C) the Great Uprising in the railway industry
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Which labor dispute happened first?
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D) felt that it was an economic necessity.
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Married women remained in the workforce if they:
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B) James B. Duke
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Automated cigarette manufacturing was pioneered by:
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A) it witnessed an increase in natural reproduction; B) of record levels of immigration; C) it contained huge quantities of coal; D) it possessed plentiful supplies of raw materials, such as cotton and wood. Correct Response E) all of the above
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By 1900, the United States emerged as an industrial superpower because:
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C) Gustavas Swift's control of all aspects of meat-packing.
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An example of vertical integration was:
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C) Gustavus Swift: railroads
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Identify the entrepreneur who is not properly linked to their industry.
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D) Sears
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Which of the following department stores was not open for business by 1900?
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D) labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor.
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Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s:
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C) "The laws of nature dictate the conditions of life for both rich and poor."
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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism?
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A) general population; B) farms; C) the production of oil. Correct Response: D) all of the above
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During the rise of industry, the United States witnessed a boom in:
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B) financial alliance with investment bankers and money powers.
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The aggressive tactics of John D. Rockefeller were supported by his:
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B) Samuel Gompers
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Who led the American Federation of Labor as it became the largest organizer of workers in the United States?
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C) 10 percent
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By 1887, what percentage of the Knights of Labor's membership were women?
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B) an image of the product being advertised.
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The 1887 ad for Williams's Shaving Stick featured each of the following except:
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C) John D. Rockefeller.
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The pioneer of horizontal integration was:
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C) Tobacco Products
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Baseball cards were originally produced to market:
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B) William McKinley elected president.
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Which event happened last?
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D) shallow worship of wealth and sharp social divisions existed.
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The term gilded age refers specifically to a time when:
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B) Texas
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The powerful Southern Farmers' Alliance had its origins in:
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B) Jacob A. Riis.
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"The half that is on top cares little for the struggles, and less for the fate, of those who are underneath so long as it is able to hold them there and keep its own seat." This passage would most likely have been said by:
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A) assist in finding them jobs; B) bail them out of jail; C) show them sympathy. - all of the above
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George Washington Plunkitt believed that the best way to serve the poor was to:
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E) Eugene V. Debs
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As leader of the American Railway Union, he led the strike at the George Pullman Sleeping Car Company.
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C) William McKinley
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Who was nominated by the Republican Party for President in 1896?
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A) "The nation's purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners."
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Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?
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E) Jane Addams
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Identify the individual who created the influential settlement house, Hull House of Chicago, and was a reformer dedicated to numerous causes that aimed to improve the lives of the working class.
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E) a pint at the local bar
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Which of the following forms of leisure and/or entertainment did NOT begin in the Gilded Age?
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A) was a pragmatic political system at the local level.
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The Boss system:
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A) it allowed young couples to sneak away unchaperoned.
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Many conservative Americans condemned bicycling because:
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D) Clay Frick
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He managed Andrew Carnegie's steel plant during the contentious Homestead Strike.
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A) The KOL
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Which group was formed first?
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E) William K. Vanderbilt
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Who would NOT be a proponent of "soft money?"
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D) They were convicted of inciting a riot.
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Which of the following is NOT accurate of Jacob Coxey's Army?
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D) boxing matches
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Which of the following would LEAST likely appear in a vaudeville show?
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A) Tammany Hall; B) New York City; C) the corrupt nature of the Boss system - all of the above
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Boss William Tweed is synonymous with:
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C) Vanderbilt
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On March 26, 1883 the _______________ family held an aristocratic dance to celebrate their new mansion.
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B) mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North.
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The term "Great Migration" refers to the:
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A) eliminate pollution; B) assist with overcrowded neighborhoods; C) redesign the inner-city. - all of the above
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The City Beautiful Movement was intended to:
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A) direct election of U.S. senators; B) government ownership of railways; C) proposals to make credit more easily available to farmers -all of the above
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The Populist Party supported which of the following policies?
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E) 1900-1910
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The number of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe was highest around:
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B) average Americans
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William J. Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech spoke of the pain and suffering of:
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B) ethnic groups lived in mixed or neighboring sections of town.
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In the urban, working-class neighborhoods of the early twentieth century:
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C) Boss Tweed's corruption ring exposed.
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Which event did NOT happen in the 1890s?
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C) members of the middle class.
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Residential suburbs were first populated by:
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A) President Cleveland ordered federal troops to enforce a court order against the strike.
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A turning point in the Pullman strike occurred when:
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A) American inventiveness and technological progress flourished.
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After 1870:
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A) working-class men
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The temperance movement attracted all of the following EXCEPT
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B) if African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient.
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Booker T. Washington believed that race relations would improve
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E) the government should not interfere with an employee's negotiating his own work schedule unless the hours jeopardized health.
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In Lochner v. New York the Supreme Court ruled that
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B) the middle class
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The Progressive agenda mainly reflected the values of
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D) rejected the idea of working within the free market system.
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The Industrial Workers of the World differed from the American Federation of Labor AFL in that they
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E) an educated elite of African-American professionals and teachers
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What did W. E. B. Du Bois mean by the "Talented Tenth"?
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C) the governor of Colorado's sending state troops to remove striking miners' camps
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What event led to the death of thirteen women and children in the Ludlow Massacre?
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A) The Supreme Court limited or struck down many protections for workers won by Progressives, and many workers themselves believed that unions and strikes were better means to improving their situation.
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What factors constrained the Progressive agenda?
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E) More states would have passed and enforced maximum hour laws for both male and female workers.
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What might have been the result if the Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York had ruled that a state could use its police powers to protect workers' health and safety?
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C) William Howard Taft
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Which Republican incumbent was defeated in 1912 when his party split into Progressive and conservative factions?
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B) it did not impede the economic progress of African Americans.
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In his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address," Booker T. Washington claimed to accept segregation if
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D) federal regulation of meat production
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Which resulted from the popularity of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
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C) Christians had a responsibility to address social problems.
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Proponents of the Social Gospel believed that
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A) a bank that held funds in reserve for times of crisis
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What was the Federal Reserve?
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D) honoring their private lives without interference.
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Henry Ford's policies benefited workers in all of the following ways EXCEPT by
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D) William Jennings Bryan
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Which of the following was NOT a candidate for president in 1912?
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B) He built upon Theodore Roosevelt's model of strong executive authority.
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Which statement best describes Woodrow Wilson's style as president?
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A) There was growing concern about the effects of the increase in alcohol consumption.
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What did the popularity of Carry A. Nation reveal about early twentieth-century American culture?
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D) Theodore Roosevelt
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Who inadvertently coined the term "muckraker?"
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A) women across all classes fought for city safety regulations.
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As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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A) in the meatpacking industry.
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle focused on the problems of immigrants who worked
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C) competition in the marketplace.
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In campaigning for president, Woodrow Wilson promised "New Freedom," which prioritized
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A) as part of the New Deal.
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A nationwide ban on child labor was enacted
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C) It defined sympathy strikes or boycotts by workers as "restraints of trade."
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How did the Supreme Court use the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to benefit industrialists?
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B) the dominance of huge conglomerates
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At the turn of the twentieth century, what factor made it increasingly difficult for small businesses to succeed?
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A) sending children to farms so that they could spend more time outdoors.
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Reform efforts to improve the lives of children included all of the following EXCEPT
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C) The law protected fewer than one out of every ten child laborers.
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How did the 1916 law banning the interstate sale of products made by child labor affect children in the workplace?
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D) Employers had locked the factory doors from the outside.
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What prevented workers from escaping when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
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A) a period for education and play
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Which best describes the middle-class view on childhood?
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C) they assimilate into American society.
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Edward Curtis considered himself a "friend" to the Indian and advocated that
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C) Workers could choose to join a union, but might face harassment and other discriminatory practices.
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What was the effect on workers of the establishment of an "open shop" at a company?
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E) a logical extension of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Theodore Roosevelt saw the Roosevelt Corollary as
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C) Panama
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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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C) to maintain U.S. economic dominance in Latin America
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Why did the federal government institute the Dollar Diplomacy policy?
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D) U.S. naval forces supported the Panamanian revolt against Colombia.
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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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D) a nationalist uprising against foreigners in China
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What was the Boxer Rebellion?
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B) based on physical and facial features.
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In deciding whether Japanese immigrant Takao Ozawa was "white" enough to become an American citizen, the Supreme Court ruled that whiteness was
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E) civilize so-called racially inferior peoples.
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According to the British poet Rudyard Kipling, the "white man's burden" was the responsibility to
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D) American expansionism.
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Manifest Destiny refers to
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D) The three countries became actual colonies of the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War.
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How was American imperialism in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines different from the informal economic empire it established in the Caribbean?
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B) Japan
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The main Asian imperialist power around the turn of the twentieth century was
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E) so that the U.S. could grant the Philippines its independence
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Why did anti-imperialist William Jennings Bryan support the Treaty of Paris?
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A) On the one hand, advances in transportation and communication made the world seem smaller and more dangerous, but on the other hand, these advances made reaching out to global markets easier and thus more compelling.
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Which one of the following statements BEST describes the relationship between advances in technology and American imperialism, according to the textbook?
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E) an internal explosion
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Today, many experts believe the Maine probably sank due to
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D) to increase economic opportunities
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For what reason did Americans pursue westward expansion in the nineteenth century?
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C) called for Cuban self-government.
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The Teller Amendment to the war resolutions
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D) used sensationalism to stir up war fever.
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Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the yellow press
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C) racial classifications
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What were measurements of the head and face as seen in this image believed to reveal?
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C) its naval power.
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The 1890 book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, influenced the United States to invest in
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B) Asian immigrants were detained there and often interrogated while American authorities attempted to verify their identities.
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Why was Angel Island a place of sorrow for some Japanese and Chinese immigrants?
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D) the Filipino leader who declared independence from Spain
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Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
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C) deny passports to workers seeking to immigrate to the United States.
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In the Gentlemen's Agreement, Japan agreed to
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D) an international agreement to keep China open to trade with all nations
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What was the Open Door Policy?
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D) the policy of removing Cuban peasants to camps and destroying their crops
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What was reconcentration?
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C) restrict Cuba's autonomy at home and abroad.
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The overall effect of the Platt Amendment was to
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C) the emergence of the United States as a world power
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Major outcomes of the Spanish-American War included which of the following?
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C) Cuba became a de facto protectorate of the United States.
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Which resulted from the Spanish-American War?
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B) the New Panama Canal Company
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Who funded the Panamanian revolt against Colombia?
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D) the intent to protect both Cuban and American economic interests in Cuba
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What compelled the United States to intervene in the Cuban revolt against Spain?
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D) In both cases, white Americans believed that they were racially superior to the groups living in the regions they wanted to control.
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How was U.S. imperialism beyond North America similar to its pursuit of Manifest Destiny on the continent?
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D) symbols of the victimized Cuban people.
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Newspaper coverage of the strip search of Clemencia Arango and the arrest of Evangelina Cisneros portrayed both women as
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E) a country or territory under the protective authority of a stronger nation
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What is a protectorate?
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A) Germany
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Which nation was excluded from the Paris Peace Conference?
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D) as laborers
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During the war, most enlisted African Americans worked
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C) a border war between Mexico and the United States.
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In the Zimmerman Telegram, German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann negotiated in support of
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E) serving as the government's pro-war propaganda machine.
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The primary focus of the Committee on Public Information was
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B) selling war bonds.
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The government funded the war effort primarily by
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C) Serbia
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Which nation did Austria-Hungary hold responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
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E) avoided rationing by raising prices and appealing to patriotism.
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Throughout World War I, the Food Administration
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A) japan
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All of the following nations were among the Central Powers EXCEPT
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A) John J. Pershing.
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The leader of the American Expeditionary Forces was
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A) white workers and black migrants.
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A riot that killed 48 people in East St. Louis, Illinois was one of many revealed tensions between
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E) from the north.
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According to the Schlieffen Plan, Germany intended to attack France
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E) It stated that member nations would protect other members.
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Why was Article X of the League Covenant controversial?
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C) they helped achieve key victories for the Allies.
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Regarding the contribution of American troops to World War I, it is most accurate to say that
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D) discourage prejudice against German-Americans.
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Government propaganda did all of the following EXCEPT
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A) eventually decided to fight.
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Most drafted conscientious objectors
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B) the strain of artillery bombardments.
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Shell shock was caused by
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C) tied its cause to democracy and peace.
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During World War I, the women's suffrage movement
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E) to combat the British naval blockade on trade with the Central Powers
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Why did Germany resort to submarine warfare?
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C) Paris
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Soon after the United States entered the war, American forces helped stop the German drive toward
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D) Switzerland
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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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A) the Sedition Act
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Which act prohibited anti-government speech during the war?
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D) took Russia out of World War I.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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E) discourage free speech.
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The main effect of the Espionage Act was to
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E) a modest, yet controversial, expansion of the American armed forces.
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One effect of German U-boat attacks on British passenger ships was
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B) an airborne virus
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Scientists at the time did not know that the Spanish Influenza was spread by
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E) keeping it a secret
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The White House reacted to President Wilson's stroke by
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A) the demands placed on Germany would lead to a future war
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When he said of the Versailles Peace Treaty that "this isn't a peace, it's a twenty year truce," Supreme Commander of Allied Armies Marshal Ferdinand Foch meant that
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C) targeted anyone who spoke against the government.
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The Sedition Act differed from the Espionage Act in that it
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C) allocate scarce materials to American industries.
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The War Industries Board was established to
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B) the loss of Democratic control of Congress
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What weakened President Wilson's negotiating position at the Paris Peace Conference?
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E) his patriotism with his pacifist religious beliefs.
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In deciding whether or not to fight, eventual war hero Alvin C. York faced an agonizing conflict in reconciling
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B) leaving the power to declare war to Congress alone was dangerous.
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In defending the League of Nations, President Wilson argued all of the following positions EXCEPT that
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E) was made possible by the success of the automobile.
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Suburbanization in the 1920s
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D) black racial pride
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According to philosopher Alain Locke, the "New Negro" embodied
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C) negotiate a nonaggression pact with multiple nations instead.
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President Coolidge was asked to sign a treaty with France renouncing war, and decided to
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C) Russia's open threats against the American government.
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The First Red Scare was caused by all of the following EXCEPT
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E) during the Great Depression
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When was Prohibition repealed?
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A) Eastern Europe
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The Immigration Act of 1924 significantly restricted emigration from
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C) millions of dollars.
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The Dawes Plan resulted in the United States' loaning Germany
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B) provided federal funds for maternity care.
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The passage of the Sheppard-Towner Act
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E) His achievement recalled the pioneers' independence and spirit of adventure.
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In what sense did Charles Lindbergh's achievement represent traditional values to some Americans?
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C) The Harding and Coolidge administrations generally favored industrial and business interests.
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In the 1920s, President Coolidge famously said that "the business of America is business." How did contemporary trends reflect this statement?
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E) gave women the right to vote.
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The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
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B) workers lost those gains when the government was no longer motivated to help them.
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During World War I, the government provided protections for industrial workers, but after the war,
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D) a return to "normalcy."
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In the 1920 presidential election, Warren Harding called for
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D) gender parity
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Proponents of welfare capitalism pushed for all of the following EXCEPT
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D) Enforcement was weak and underfunded.
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Why did crime and illicit drinking flourish despite Prohibition?
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B) evolution
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The Scopes Trial revealed Fundamentalists' rejection of
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D) They were unashamed of their actions and unafraid to reveal their identities.
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Which statement is true about both lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?
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E) those who opposed Prohibition
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Who were referred to as "wets"?
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E) secretaries and telephone operators
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In the 1920s, American women were primarily employed as
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C) all World War I soldiers who went missing or unidentified
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What was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier intended to represent?
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D) fatigue with war and Wilson's leadership style.
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According to the text, Warren Harding's victory in the election of 1920 was largely due to the public's
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A) how her husband voted
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In the 1920s, the best predictor of how a woman would vote was
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E) Darrow called Bryan to the stand.
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One of the most dramatic moments of the Scopes Trial occurred when
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B) Sigmund Freud
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Which of the following was NOT a writer associated with the Lost Generation?
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D) using skin lighteners and hair straighteners.
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Members of the African-American elite accused Marcus Garvey of all of the following EXCEPT
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C) the accepting of bribes by a member of President Harding's cabinet.
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The Teapot Dome scandal involved
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C) celebrated a new attitude of living spontaneously.
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In his novel This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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E) Wilson's actions in Paris during the Versailles Treaty proceedings
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The White House hoped that the Washington Conference would correct what previous blunder?
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A) openly supported business interests.
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The Republican presidents of the 1920s
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A) the development of mass culture
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What was one major effect of the widespread acquisition of radios in American homes during the 1920s?
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A) Claude McKay
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Who was the novelist whose Home to Harlem was labeled as harmful and exploitive by W. E. B. Du Bois?
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D) all European nations needed to repay their debts.
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With regard to the issue of wartime debts, most Americans believed that
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B) Harding wanted to use dollars and disarmament to secure peace.
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President Harding's foreign policy can best be characterized by which of the following statements?
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E) when it became apparent that women were not voting as a bloc.
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Politicians stopped supporting women's reform issues
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