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Referring to the speakers above, which speaker is closest to the philosophy of Social Darwinism?

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Speaker C

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Referring to the poster from 1886 above, the main purpose of the poster was to?

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organize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers

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Referring to the headlines above, which of the following statements is the most accurate about labor unions in the late 1800s?

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the federal government frequently opposed labor union activities

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Referring to the diagram above, Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it?

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consolidates firms involved in the same business into one giant company

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Referring to the speakers above, which two speakers would likely label late nineteenth century industrialists as robber baron?

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speaker A and D

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Referring to the graph above, when did the production of steel first begin to rise significantly in the United States?

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between 1885 and 1895

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According to the slogan above and your knowledge of the organized labor movement, which of the following would a labor union leader want to change in the factory?

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institute an eight-hour work day

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Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as "captains of industry"?

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industrialists' support for technology benefitted the economy

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Which policies allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation?

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laissez faire

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Why did the United States follow a policy of unrestricted immigration for Europeans during most of the 1800s?

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the american economy needed many unskilled workers

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Referring to the chart above, what effect did the Chinese Exclusion Act have on immigration?

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it decreased dramatically between 1882 and 1888

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Which expression most accurately illustrates the concept of nativism?

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"Help Wanted - Irish Need Not Apply"

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As more Americans moved up into the middle class and more consumer goods were becoming available during the Gilded Age, the middle-class lifestyle featured?

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a new emphasis on acquiring goods

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Referring to the chart above, which occupation employed the highest percentage of immigrants?

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tailors

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Referring to the Speakers above, which Speaker is most clearly expressing the "melting pot" theory?

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speaker A

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Referring to your knowledge of the "melting pot" theory of the late 1800s and early 1900s, which group was not considered part of the melting pot?

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blacks

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Referring to the chart above, what was a major cause of the move to urban areas?

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Increased industrialization

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Referring to the image above, how did John Wanamaker attract customers to his department store?

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He placed large advertisements in newspapers

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According to the excerpt above, President Hayes believed that it was important to be on good terms with Native Americans and to do so by first?

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Establishing schools

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Referring to the excerpt above, what was the result of the process General Sheridan describes?

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The disappearance of a key part of their way of life helped drive Native Americans onto reservations

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Referring to the excerpt above, the Homestead Act was important to the growth of the West because it?

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Encouraged settlement of the Great Plains

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According to the graph above, which of the following choices offers the best reason to explain the change shown?

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Implementation of the Dawes Act

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Referring to the advertisement above, open range ranching came to an end due to?

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Fencing of the plains with barbed wire

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What effect did mining have on the West?

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It attracted huge numbers of people to the region

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The "Exodusters" were?

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African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction

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Referring to the chart above, which Native American groups farmed?

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Navajos and Pueblos

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Referring to the statement above from Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, he is expressing his reluctant acceptance of a government policy of?

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Placing Native American tribes on reservations

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Referring to the excerpt above, in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of?

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Jim Crow laws

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Referring to the political cartoon above, the assassination of President James Garfield prompted Congress to enact laws requiring individuals to pass civil service examinations to?

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Eliminate patronage and corruption in government hiring

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The spoils system made political parties more powerful by?

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Filling important government positions with party supporters

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Referring to the excerpt above, the Pendleton Act established the principle of _____ in federal hiring?

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Merit

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Referring to the charts above, which trend is depicted?

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When production increases, prices decrease

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A goal of the Grange and Populist movements was to?

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Help western farmers fight unjust economic practices

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The presidential election of 1896 was unusual because?

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It was the first time a presidential candidate toured the nation

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Referring to the excerpt from Mr. Washington's speech above, W.E.B. Du Bois would later disagree with Mr. Washington and believed that blacks should attempt to gain equality in the United States by?

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Demanding full and immediate participation in American society

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Referring to the resolution from the National Woman Suffrage Association above, women in the late 1800s were unlike black men because women?

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Did not have the legal right to vote

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The Urban League?

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Helped middle-class blacks fight unfair laws

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Referring to the excerpt above, which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

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Women's suffrage

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How do the changes shown in the graph above relate to Progressive reforms?

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As more women entered the industrial workforce, more women began to work for better living and working conditions and voting rights

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Referring to speakers above, which would most likely have supported the ideas of the Progressive movement?

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Speaker C

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Referring to the political cartoon above, Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that?

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Did business fairly

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Referring to the political cartoon above, the graduated income tax created by the Sixteenth Amendment is based on the idea that?

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Taxpayers with larger incomes should be taxed at a higher rate

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Referring to the chart above, the common purpose of these legislative acts was to?

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Promote the general welfare of the American people

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According to the excerpt from Senator La Follette above, Wisconsin became known as "the laboratory of democracy" because of its?

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Reforms that broke the power of party bosses

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Referring to the speakers above, which speaker above best expresses the environmental views of Theodore Roosevelt?

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Speaker C

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What foreign policy position was held by both President James Monroe and President Theodore Roosevelt?

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A special relationship should exist between the United States and the nations of Latin America

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Referring to excerpt from Mr. Beveridge above, the United States wanted overseas territories because the territories had?

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Customers who could buy U.S. products

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Referring to the excerpt above, what does it imply about the Anti-Imperialist League's views on imperialism?

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U.S. imperialism is similar to British actions against the American colonists

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In 1893, a revolution in Hawaii overthrew the government of Queen Liliuokalani. It was instigated mainly by?

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American sugar plantation interests

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Referring to the chart above, U.S. actions in the Pacific and Latin America were primarily focused on?

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Improving the United States economically

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Referring to the newspaper headline above, yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the?

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Sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

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The principle that the United States has the right to act as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere" and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the?

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Good Neighbor policy

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Based on the political cartoon above, select the best answer that identifies the main reason the United States developed the Open Door policy?

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Allow the United States to expand its trade with China

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Referring to the political cartoon above, before the United States could build the Panama Canal?

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Panama had to gain independence from Colombia

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Referring to the chart above, the migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the?

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Efforts of the civil rights movement

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Referring to the political cartoon above, according to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would?

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Help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

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Referring to the excerpt from Mr. Frost above, his speech is designed to promote?

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Sympathy for the innocent victims of a U-boat attack

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Referring to the political cartoon above, it illustrates?

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The United States' willingness to enter into foreign entanglements

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Which organization existed to promote support for the war among the American people?

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The Committee on Public Information

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As demonstrated in the excerpt from Senator Lodge above, the opposition of some members of Congress to the Treaty of Versailles was based largely on the idea that the Treaty?

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Would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty

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Which factors were the major causes of the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids, which followed World War I?

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The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the various workers' strikes in the United States

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Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress, with President' Wilson's support, created a new system of conscription called?

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Selective service

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Referring to the excerpt above, President Wilson used which argument to persuade Congress to enter World War I?

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Making the world safe for democracy

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Using the graph above, the data supports the conclusion that World War I?

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Was a significant benefit to the United States economy

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Referring to the excerpt above, how did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?

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Bootleggers could branch out into other types of illegal activity

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As shown in the picture above, what system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum?

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Assembly line

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Referring to the excerpt above, Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to?

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Return to normal life after the war

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Referring to the excerpt above, President Coolidge is expressing his support for?

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Business and the free-enterprise system

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The growth of the automobile industry in the early 1900s led to?

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The growth of other industries and of suburban communities

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Referring to the photograph above, controversies concerning Prohibition and the behavior of "flappers" were signs of disagreement over?

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Traditional values and lifestyles

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The economic good times of the 1920s became threatened by?

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Uneven distribution of wealth and growing consumer debt

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Referring to the excerpt above, advertising encouraged greater consumption and played a role in the economic boom of the 1920s which was primarily caused by the?

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Development of new mass-produced consumer goods

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After the stock market crash, America's banking sector?

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Collapsed as frightened depositors raced to withdraw their money

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Referring to the political cartoon above, President Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves, causing a scandal that came to be known as the?

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Teapot Dome scandal

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When the Great Depression began in 1929, the most common economic belief supported by the Republican Party was that?

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The economy would recover on its own

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The Great Depression forced many Americans to live in shantytowns known as?

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Hoovervilles

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Referring to the excerpts above, both blacks and Mexicans had an especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they?

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Faced discrimination when competing for a limited number of jobs

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As shown in the political cartoon above, what factor contributed the most to this situation?

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Non-regulation of banks

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At first, what did President Hoover rely on to relieve the depression?

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Volunteerism and localism

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Referring to the picture above, beginning in the early 1930s, due to drought and plowed land that was left uncultivated, America's pastures and wheat fields from the Dakotas to Texas became a vast?

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"Dust Bowl"

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Using the chart above, which conclusion is best supported by the information on the graph?

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Changes in economic conditions led to changes in automobile production

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The popularity of such novels as The Grapes of Wrath and escapist movies as The Wizard of Oz and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is evidence that?

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Popular culture is shaped by economic and social conditions

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As shown in the chart above, in what year was the largest gap between the annual high and the annual low in the stock market?

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1929

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Referring to the trends on the chart above and your knowledge about President Hoover's emphasis on volunteerism, why did volunteerism fail?

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Banks made too many loans to struggling businesses

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People turned to radio and movies in the 1930s to?

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Escape their troubles

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Referring to the excerpt above, a major purpose of this section of the Social Security Act was to?

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Provide economic assistance to retired workers

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Referring to the excerpt above, President Roosevelt states that government should?

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Have an expanded role in the economy to deal with the national emergency

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Which generalization can best be drawn from the experiment with national Prohibition from 1919-1933?

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People will sacrifice willingly for the common good

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How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the role of the First Lady?

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The role changed from being largely ceremonial to a role of political involvement

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Referring to the excerpt above, Congress passed the Emergency Banking Bill to give President Roosevelt the authority to?

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Temporarily close banks while they got their accounts in order

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Referring to the political cartoon above, what is the main idea?

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted the Supreme Court to support his programs

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Referring to the political cartoon above, the Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it?

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Sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices

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The Wagner Act recognized the right of employees to?

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Join labor unions

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Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" program proposed that the wealthy?

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Pay higher taxes that would then be distributed to poor Americans

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Referring to the excerpt above, what is President Roosevelt saying it is time for the people and the nation to do?

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Not shy away from the current situation

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Referring to the chart above, after the United States declared war, the nation's economic situation?

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Improved

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President Roosevelt delivered his "Four Freedoms" speech to?

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Encourage Congress to support an immediate declaration of war

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What was one way American women mobilized for the war effort?

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They joined army, navy, and Coast Guard auxiliaries

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Referring to the excerpt above, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to?

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Destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts

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Referring to the headline above, how did support for the Allies change following Roosevelt's reelection in 1940?

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Support increased; Congress urged the President to declare war

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Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo and the Battle of the Coral Sea were crucial because they?

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Renewed the confidence of the United States

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In a corporation, a number of people share the ownership of a business.

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True

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Time zones were created to allow large corporations to coordinate their activities across the country.

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False

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As farms became mechanized, more farmers moved to urban areas.

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True

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The adoption of streetcar transportation in late nineteenth-century American cities usually had the consequence of increasing the geographical size of cities.

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True

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In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American education steadily improved in response to the social and economic conditions created by industrialization and urbanization.

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True

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Urban slums in late nineteenth-century America rapidly eroded the cultural distinctiveness of the "new" immigrants.

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True

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Vigilantes were self-appointed enforcers of the law.

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True

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The Farmers' Alliance was successful in uniting farmers all across the Northern states.

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False

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The Great Plains area was a problem for Anglo settlers because of Native Americans, the relative scarcity of trees, and the inadequate rainfall.

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True

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Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan broke tradition in 1896 by traveling all over the country to give speeches on his own behalf.

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True

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The Pendleton Civil Service Act established an exam for prospective government employees.

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True

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During the 1880s and 1890s, southern states encouraged and allowed blacks to vote by establishing such things as poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.

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False

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Theodore Roosevelt became president when William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York.

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False

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The referendum, initiative, and the direct primary elections were adopted in several states to give more political power to the average voter.

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False

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The passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act can be traced to the reaction generated by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

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True

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General John Pershing led an expedition against Mexican rebel leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa after Villa led a deadly raid against a United States military outpost in Columbus, New Mexico.

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True

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Guerrilla warfare involves irregular tactics such as surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks.

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True

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The "Rough Riders" were a volunteer cavalry unit led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War.

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True

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On a battlefield covered with trenches, it was difficult to charge forward in a successful offensive.

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True

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According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany and its allies had to accept full responsibility for the war.

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True

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Americans were overwhelmingly in favor of entering World War I.

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False

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The primary achievement of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association was its positive impact on black racial pride.

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True

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Charles Lindbergh became a national hero by flying "The Spirit of St. Louis" non-stop from New York to Los Angeles.

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False

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Two major industries that benefitted economically from the widespread use of the automobile were rubber and petroleum.

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True

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The Great Depression affected the worldwide economy.

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True

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The Great Depression did not affect unemployment rates.

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False

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The Hoovervilles that sprang up on the edge of cities in the early 1930s confirmed the widespread belief that the unemployed were irresponsible, lazy, or otherwise personally responsible for their suffering.

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True

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Frances Perkins was the first woman to ever be named to a presidential cabinet post.

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False

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Part of President Roosevelt's popularity stemmed from his ability to directly communicate with the American public through radio addresses called fireside chats.

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True

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President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office were spent making proposals to provide relief, recovery, and reform to Americans.

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True

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During World War II, Russia, Germany, and Italy were known as the Axis Powers.

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False

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World War II was the first war in which American women were allowed to take part in combat.

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False

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The beginning of World War II marked the end of the Great Depression.

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True

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