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Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in response to
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Discriminatioin against Roman Catholics in England
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The primary religious issue of the 196- presidential election in the United States was
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The Catholic faith of John F. Kennedy.
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Growing anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States during the first half of the twentieth centry was related to
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Increasing immigration from southern and eastern Europe
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Which religious group has had the greatest increase in membership due to the increasing immigration from Latin American countries to the United States over the last fifty years?
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Catholics
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the federal government from making any law "respecting an establishment of religion." was one response to the
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Religious persecution exhibited by the Church of England
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What was the effect of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)
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The Passage of the Meat Inspection Act
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The Americanization movement of the early twentieth century sought to
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Assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture.
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, urban immigrants generally supported local political machines that did what?
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Provided essential services to the immigrants
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The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for what?
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Willingness to expose the corruption of U.S. society
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Ford's production of Model Ts in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specialization and what?
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Greater efficiencies in production
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the U.S. government attempted to facilitate the growth of domestic indusstry by doing what?
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Placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports
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How did the growth of U.S. manufacturing affect the country's international relations during the late nineteenth century?
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Increasing demand for markets contributed to support for an Open Door policy with China
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The follwers of the Social Gospel movement believed that organized religion must place greater emphasis on what?
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Reconstructing American society
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Members of the Populist party supported public ownership of railroads because they thought it would do what?
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Help small farmers
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During President Theodore Roosevelt's administration, Congress gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to do what?
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Enforce legislation regulating railroad rates.
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In 1900 the United States declared an Open Door Policy that reflected which belief?
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All countries should have equal trading rights in China
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The United States supported an revolution in Panama at the turn of the 20th century in order to do what?
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Secure the right to build a canal through Central America
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Theodore Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" policy relied on the United States having what?
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A strong navy
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What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine state?
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The U.S. reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and the Caribbean
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What is the most accurate example of President Taft's policy of "dollar diplomacy"?
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Exerting economic influence rather than military force in Latin American countries
