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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with therise of organized laborbuilding of the Erie Canalnorthern migration of African Americansdecline of the Plains Indians
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe United States government’s use of laissez faire principles during the late 19th century resulted in thecommitment of aid to small American businessesdecline in the number of factory jobsopposition of American businesses to protective tariffsgrowth of trusts and monopolies
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn the late 1800s, the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because theyfavored free tradeeliminated competition using ruthless methodsopposed the formation of corporationsprovided workers with high wages
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOne way in which Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller are similar is that they bothserved in the United States Congresstreated their workers with respectgave large sums of money to charitable causesmade fortunes in the automobile industry
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that theywere better educated than native-born Americanshad a higher standard of living than most Americansadapted easily to American culturecompeted with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describedissatisfied workers who went on strikeNortherners who went South following the Civil Warinvestigative journalists who exposed societal problemswomen who supported the Prohibition movement
- 7. Multiple ChoiceLiteracy tests and grandfather clauses were enacted in the South after the Reconstruction Era primarily toincrease the number of women voterslimit the number of African American votersguarantee that voters could read and writeensure that formerly enslaved persons met property requirements
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans bygranting voting rightsexpanding civil rightsupholding racial segregationguaranteeing equal wages
- 9. Multiple ChoiceBooker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois agreed that African Americans shoulduse education to gain opportunitiessupport a “Back to Africa” movementtake part in boycotts to end segregationadopt a gradual approach to gain the right to vote
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe primary objective of the women’s movement during the first two decades of the 20th century was togain property rightspromote higher educationsecure full suffrage rightswin equal pay for equal work
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One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was todisprove claims of yellow journalistsencourage government assistance for poor farmerspromote the use of child laborincrease public concern over tenement conditions - 12. Multiple ChoiceDuring the late 1800s, political machines controlled the governments of many cities bydenying voting rights to immigrantsattracting dissatisfied voters from the two major political partiesusing corrupt practices and patronagefavoring civil service reform
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily toencourage the passage of compulsory education lawsexplain the differences in income between the rich and the poorurge Congress to end immigrationsupport the growth of new political parties
- 14. Multiple ChoiceProgressive Era reformers tried to reduce the gap in wealth between the rich and the poor bycreating the Federal Reserve Systemgiving voters the power of referendum and recallimplementing a graduated income taxestablishing the Federal Trade Commission
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe federal government responded to the railroad strikes of 1877 and the Pullman strike of 1894 byusing military force against the workersrequiring negotiation to resolve the disputesmaintaining a neutral position between labor and managementproviding economic aid to striking workers
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