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
How and why did the nature of the federal government change over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: the growth of government; professionalization; regulation of the economy; forces for government growth
Date: September 9th, 2020
Progressive reformers believed the primary purpose of public education was to __________. A) assimilate new immigrants B) create an aristocracy of the able C) prepare immigrant children for college D) allow the poor and the rich to mingle in a democratic manner ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Social Darwinists held the view that racism toward African Americans was acceptable because __________. A) without restrictions, African Americans would take jobs away from whites B) African Americans were more advanced than whites and did not need special treatment C) African Americans needed to fight their own battles for equality D) they believed African Americans […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
