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| Which of the following individuals would most likely have agreed with the image depicted[image] |
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| Which of the following groups would have been most opposed to the image of Lincoln depicted above?[image] |
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"Granting all their mistakes, the radical governments were by far the most democratic the South had ever known" ...
Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt? |
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| Changes in voting patterns and office holding that occurred during reconstruction. |
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"Granting all their mistakes, the radical governments were by far the most democratic the South had ever known" ...
Which of the following contributed most directly to the end of Reconstruction? |
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| The declining commitment of reform in the north. |
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"no danger of another insurrection against the authority of the US on a large scale..."
Schurz's analysis most directly illustrated the debates about which of the following issues in the south? |
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| The process of readmitting Confederate states. |
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The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above was most directly a result of... |
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| determined southern resistance to Northern efforts to change its culture. |
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which of the following groups was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above? |
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What actions by the southern states led to the condition represented in this cartoon? |
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| jim crow laws that allowed local governments to control personal activity and restrictive voting laws for former slaves |
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What acts passed by Congress were intended to prevent this social and political intimidation? |
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| Constitutional amendments granting civil rights and suffrage to former slaves. |
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One direct result of the conflict depicted in the cartoon was... |
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| the impeachment of President Johnson |
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| The "temporary unequal distribution of wealth" that Carnegie refers to in the excerpt resulted most directly from the... |
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| consolidation of corporations into trusts and holding companies. |
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| Carnegie's beliefs are most associated with which of the following schools of thought? |
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Which figure would be most likely to agree with this cartoon? |
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One problem faced by many employees such as the one portrayed in the cartoon when trying to improve their conditions was the |
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| public perception that labor unions were radical and dangerous |
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| Early railroad owners formed "pools" in order to |
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| avoid competition by dividing business in a particular area |
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| Efforts to regulate the monopolizing practices of railroad corporations first came in the form of action by... |
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| One of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that it... |
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| represented the first large-scale attempt by the federal government to regulate business |
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The cartoon above depicts which of the following business practices? |
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To help corporations such as the one depicted by the cartoon, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to |
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| protect the civil rights of business people |
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| The gilded-age minister who argued against the ideas of Social Darwinism and who stated that inequality of wealth and power mocked Christian ideals was |
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| The Open Door Policy in China called for which of the following? |
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| Equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China. |
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| Which of the following was an immediate cause of the increased American influence in the Caribbean and the Pacific? |
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| American victory in the Spanish-American War. |
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| On the question of whether American laws applied to the overseas territory acquired in the Spanish-American War, the Supreme Court ruled that... |
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| American laws did not necessarily apply |
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| In 1899, guerila warfare broke out in the Philippines because... |
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| the United States refused to give the Filipino people their independence |
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| Teddy Roosevelt's role in the Panamanian Revolution involved... |
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| using American naval forces to block Colombian troops from crossing the isthmus and crushing the revolt. |
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The idea portrayed in the political cartoon above is most influenced by |
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| the notion that American imperialism could help to civilize many Latin American countries. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the Russo-Japanese War |
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| when Japan secretly asked him to help |
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| Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to |
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| arbitrate a labor dispute |
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| As a part of his reform program and 1904 campaign Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following EXCEPT |
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control of labor
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| The focus of Lincoln Steffens' research and writing was... |
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| Corruption in city government |
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| Woodrow Wilson's new freedom |
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| favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship |
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| Progressives came to regard one state as the center of reform and its governor as the leading progressive. That governor and state was |
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| Robert La Follette of Wisconsin |
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| In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson's day when he... |
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| Personally delivered his presidential address to congress |
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| President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when |
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| Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the atlantic |
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| the selective service act eliminated an unpopular draft component used during the |
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the ultimate outcome of the subject referred to in the excerpt was
(Henry Cabot Lodge speaking about the League of Nations) |
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| At the Paris Peace Conference, President Wilson's goals included all of the following EXCEPT |
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an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia
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-preventing a seizure of territory by the victors
-a world paliament of nations to provide collective security
-national self-determination for smaller European nations |
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| Oppositon to the League of Nations by many United States Senators during the Paris Peace Conference |
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| gave allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position |
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| In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilson's position on the League of Nations came from |
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| The major weakness of the League of Nations |
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| was that it did not include the United States |
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Which of the following US actions taken after the Second World War most directly reflects a continuation of the concerns expressed in the image |
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| Suppressing dissent through measures such as loyalty oaths |
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The quotas indicated on the table reflect the continuation of which gilded age development
(table of immigration quotas under the immigration act of 1924) |
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| Nativism directed at immigrants from southern and eastern europe |
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| The immigration Act of 1924 produced highly discriminatory results because it |
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| placed restrictions on immigration by national origin, ethnicity, and race |
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| Which of the following evidence would best support Ngai's argument in the excerpt |
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| Census data showing the changing percentages of the foreign-born population from 1920 to 1930 |
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| The post-World War 1 Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following EXCEPT |
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opposition to prohibition
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-fundamentalist religion
-opposition to birth control
-repression of pacifists |
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| Enforcements of the volstead Act met the strongest opposition from |
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The ideas in the above cartoon most likely led to the passage of the |
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| After the Scopes "Monkey Trial" |
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| fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life |
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| In the Poem, One way ticket, the term JIm Crow laws refer to the Southern |
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| laws that mandated segregation of the races in public places |
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| Which of the following most plausibly influenced Garvey's argument in the excerpt? |
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| The concept of self-determination debated at the Treaty of Versailles peace talks |
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| The ideas expressed in Garvey's declaration drew the most significant support from which of the following |
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| Participants in the Great migration |
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| Marcus Garvey's prominence during the 1920s arose from his... |
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| development of a national network of Black-owned businesses |
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| Job opportunities for women in the 1920s |
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| tended to cluster in few low-paying fields |
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| The artist and intellectuals of the 1920s who became known as the "Lost Generation: were critical of |
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| the cold, impersonal, materialistic nature of modern life, which led to disillusionment and alienation |
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| Policy initiatives during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first two presidential terms included all of the following EXCEPT |
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creating new jobs in the public sector
did
-restrict agricultural production
-deficit financing
-restore public confidence in the banking system
-create new jobs in the public sector |
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| Republican and industrialist economic policies under Warren G. Harding |
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| hoped to encourage the government to actively assist business along the path to profits |
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| Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon pushed for |
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| lower tax rates for the rich |
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| The progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election because |
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| too many people shared in prosperity to care about reform |
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| Which one of the following declarations renounced war "as an instrument of national policy" |
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"Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed through their own incompetence, have admitted that failure and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men."
The above quote is most likely from |
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| the first inaugural address of FDR |
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| The individual who denounced Roosevelt as a tool of Wall Street and who sought "social justice" by redistributing weath was |
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| The National Recovery Administration sought to promote economic recovery by |
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| experimenting with national economic planning |
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| Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the federal government paid subsidies to farmers who... |
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| reduced their crop production |
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| The federal securities act and the securities exchange commission aimed to |
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| provide full disclosure of info and prevent insider trading and other fraudulent practices |
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| WHich of the following are true of the differences between the WPA and the PWA |
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| The WPA employed unskilled workers, but the PWA employed skilled workers |
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| was first used against General motors in 1936 |
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| The new deal drew most directly on which of the following earlier sets of ideas |
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| One reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor of the gilded age was |
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| sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties |
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| When he was president, Grover Cleveland's hands-off approach to government gained the support of |
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| The billion dollar congress quckly disposed of rising government surpluses by |
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| expanding pensions for civil war veterans |
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