Who did the Republicans nominate for president in 1876? A) Benjamin Harrison B) Ulysses S. Grant C) Samuel J. Tilden D) Rutherford B. Hayes ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The appearance of groups like Las Gorras Blancas and El Alianzo Hispano-Americano indicated that __________. A) Anglos were not able to exert influence in the Mexicano community B) Mexicano and Anglo culture was blending in border areas C) new literary alliances were being formed in the Mexicano community D) Mexicanos were challenging the rising Anglo […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Pima cooperation with white settlers brought them __________. A) more favorable status and treaty lands B) impoverishment C) land and political favor D) exclusion from the Dawes Act ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these explains why it was so important for farm families to cooperate with each other on the Great Plains? A) the relative inexperience of most newcomers to the region B) the endemic violence of the region C) the danger posed by Indian peoples D) the harsh climate and unyielding soil of the region […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The cheapest labor for unskilled jobs such as woodworking and garments was usually __________. A) new immigrants, especially women B) migrants from the farms C) southern African Americans D) former skilled craftworkers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The new middle class of the Gilded Age was composed __________. A) mainly of “new immigrants” B) largely of doctors, lawyers, and teachers C) almost exclusively of white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants D) almost exclusively of Irish Catholics and German Lutherans ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the time he died, Andrew Carnegie had __________. A) been reduced to poverty B) given away his massive personal fortune C) served as an advisor to five presidents D) fallen into public disgrace ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 indicated __________. A) a bipartisan effort to lower the tariff B) Congress’s desire to control big business C) that both parties recognized a need to professionalize government service D) voters wanted to curb the power of political parties ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Manila was to the Philippines as __________ was to Cuba. A) Santiago B) Santo Domingo C) Havana D) San Juan ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Once in office, McKinley promoted a mixture of __________ measures. A) pro-business and expansionist B) pro-labor and social welfare C) progressive and repressive D) isolationist and pro-trade ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
