African American workers in the New South __________. A) were limited to the lowest-paying unskilled jobs B) made the same wages as their white counterparts C) were guaranteed equal opportunity by law D) benefited as new opportunities opened for unskilled labor ANSWER Answer: A
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For the most part, southern enterprises mainly produced raw materials for consumption or use in __________. A) the West B) Europe C) the South D) the North ANSWER Answer: D
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The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to regulate __________. A) trade unions B) monopolistic trusts C) multinational corporations D) railroads ANSWER Answer: D
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Ida B. Wells won little white support with her crusade against __________. A) lynching B) school segregation C) limiting black voting rights D) anti-Irish violence ANSWER Answer: A
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In which of these did Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie play prominent roles? A) Pullman strike B) Great Uprising of 1877 C) Homestead strike D) Coeur d’Alene strike ANSWER Answer: C
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How did the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago illustrate the basic assumptions that underlay American imperialism? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: white supremacy; American progress; industrialization; American values; America in a global context
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Philosopher John Dewey argued that schools should __________. A) be rigid, formal, and conservative B) be geared to social evolution C) promote creative intelligence D) create an aristocracy of virtue ANSWER Answer: C
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President Theodore Roosevelt’s support for the Hepburn Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act reflected his beliefs in __________. A) an economy based on a small competitive business B) keeping government out of big business C) the ability of big business to reform itself D) government’s duty to regulate big business ANSWER Answer: […]
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What disaster led to the development of the commission form of urban government? A) the panic of 1893 B) the San Francisco fire C) the Chicago fire D) the Galveston flood ANSWER Answer: D
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Woodrow Wilson believed that U.S. economic expansion should be accompanied by __________. A) political domination B) democratic principles and Christianity C) military force and naval power D) American bureaucratic know-how ANSWER Answer: B
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