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Many southerners refused to accept their defeat as divine judgment and believed that God had spared the South for a greater purpose; they came to view the war as:

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the Lost Cause

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Which of the following statements about the Lost Cause is NOT true?

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It made southerners angrier towards blacks and more convinced that slavery was just

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In the early years of Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau was successful at:

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reducing black illiteracy by roughly 20 percent

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General Sherman's Field Order No. 15 gave hope to blacks because it:

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set aside plots of southern land for distribution

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Sharecropping:

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led many blacks into increasing debt

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The first U.S. president to be impeached in the House of Representatives was:

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Andrew Johnson

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White southerners used the term "carpetbaggers" to describe:

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powerful northerners who lived in the South

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The Fifteenth Amendment

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guaranteed the right of American men to vote.

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In the post-Reconstruction period:

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blacks in the South were relegated to second-class citizenship

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The _____ Amendment calls for equality before the law.

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Fourteenth

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Legacies of Reconstruction in the South included all of the following EXCEPT:

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breaking the rigid social hierarchy that existed among southern whites

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The term "gilded age" refers specifically to a time when:

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materialistic excess and sharp social divisions existed

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Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s:

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labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor

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An industrial owner who practiced horizontal integration:

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bought out competitors in the same industry

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The pioneer of horizontal integration was:

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John D. Rockefeller

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The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following conditions EXCEPT:

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a safe and healthy environment

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The use of sweatshops was most common in:

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the garment industry

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Andrew Carnegie stated a different view of the Gospel of Wealth by expressing that:

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the affluent class should return some of their wealth to working class communities

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism?

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"The laws of nature dictate the conditions of life for both rich and poor."

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Jacob A. Riis's "How the Other Half Lives" focuses on:

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the sordid life of the urban poor

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?

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"The nation's purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners."

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The Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on low-paid, hard work done by:

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Chinese immigrants

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What event in 1848 started a huge influx of whites into Indian territory?

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the discovery of gold in Indian territories

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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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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the:

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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It took 5,000 U.S. troops to capture 36 Apaches led by:

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Geronimo

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White reformers on the Board of Indian Commissioners believed that:

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Indians should be assimilated by teaching them to be Christians.

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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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Which group suffered from the most prejudice in mining towns?

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Chinese-Americans

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The Chisholm Trail was used to:

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drive cattle northward

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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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The third party with the greatest importance in the late nineteenth century was the ______ Party.

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Populist

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Which political party expressed ideas that were close to the goals of the Grange?

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the Populists

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The word "suffrage" is synonymous with the right to:

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vote

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The leader of the Women's Christian Temperance union argued that:

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alcohol abuse was a result of poverty and social disorder

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The presidents in the era 1868-1869 were known for:

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their weak use of presidential powers

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The most accurate description of of the spoils system is:

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awarding government jobs based on party activism and loyalty

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The Pendleton Civil Service Act began the move toward:

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separating partisan politics from attaining government jobs

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Rationales for imperialism in the era 1890-1910 included all of the following ideas EXCEPT:

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the United States needed a vast buffer zone to offset communist expansion

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism who was addressing the issue of imperialism?

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"We must promote the superiority of our culture in an effort to ensure world stability."

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Mahanism emphasized:

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the importance of the navy in imperial expansion

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One reason for the widespread support for a larger navy was:

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its use to expand and protect America's international trade

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

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commercial expansion

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Which statement best describes the duality of causes for American intervention in Cuba?

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Republicans wanted to defy President Cleveland and open new markets in the Caribbean.

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Before the Spanish-American War, the yellow press:

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wrote editorials that criticized American imperialism

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Popular anger against Spain was ignited by:

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the destruction of the U.S. ship, the Maine

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An appalling aspect of the Filipino War was:

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the death of many Filipinos in concentration camps

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The overall effect of the Platt Amendment was to:

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restrict Cuba's autonomy at home and abroad

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Which statement about the American presence in Haiti is NOT true?

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The American government did not use military to control Haiti.

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Woodrow Wilson ordered the marines into the Dominican Republic:

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after the Dominican people attacked the U.S. embassy

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