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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the:: Battle of Little Bighorn
2.
An appalling aspect of the Filipino War was:: the death of many Filipinos in concentration camps
3.
An industrial owner who practiced horizontal integration:: bought out competitors in the same industry
4.
Andrew Carnegie stated a different view of the Gospel of Wealth by expressing that:: the affluent class should return some of their wealth to working class communities
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Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s:: labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor
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Before the Spanish-American War, the yellow press:: wrote editorials that criticized American imperialism
7.
Effects of the Dawes Act included:: more Indian land being owned by whites
8.
General Sherman's Field Order No. 15 gave hope to blacks because it:: set aside plots of southern land for distribution
9.
In the early years of Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau was successful at:: reducing black illiteracy by roughly 20 percent
10.
In the post-Reconstruction period:: blacks in the South were relegated to second-class citizenship
11.
It took 5,000 U.S. troops to capture 36 Apaches led by:: Geronimo
12.
Jacob A. Riis's "How the Other Half Lives" focuses on:: the sordid life of the urban poor
13.
Legacies of Reconstruction in the South included all of the following EXCEPT:: breaking the rigid social hierarchy that existed among southern whites
14.
Mahanism emphasized:: the importance of the navy in imperial expansion
15.
Many southerners refused to accept their defeat as divine judgment and believed that God had spared the South for a greater purpose; they came to view the war as:: the Lost Cause
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One reason for the widespread support for a larger navy was:: its use to expand and protect America's international trade
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Popular anger against Spain was ignited by:: the destruction of the U.S. ship, the Maine
18.
Rationales for imperialism in the era 1890-1910 included all of the following ideas EXCEPT:: the United States needed a vast buffer zone to offset communist expansion
19.
Sharecropping:: led many blacks into increasing debt
20.
The _____ Amendment calls for equality before the law.: Fourteenth
21.
The Central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on low-paid, hard work done by:: Chinese immigrants
22.
The Chisholm Trail was used to:: drive cattle northward
23.
The Fifteenth Amendment: guaranteed the right of American men to vote.
24.
The first U.S. president to be impeached in the House of Representatives was:: Andrew Johnson
25.
The Homestead Act:: guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years
26.
The leader of the Women's Christian Temperance union argued that:: alcohol abuse was a result of poverty and social disorder
27.
The most accurate description of of the spoils system is:: awarding government jobs based on party activism and loyalty
28.
The overall effect of the Platt Amendment was to:: restrict Cuba's autonomy at home and abroad
29.
The Pendleton Civil Service Act began the move toward:: separating partisan politics from attaining government jobs
30.
The pioneer of horizontal integration was:: John D. Rockefeller
31.
The presidents in the era 1868-1869 were known for:: their weak use of presidential powers
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The primary goal of the American government's imperialistic policies was:: commercial expansion
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The term "gilded age" refers specifically to a time when:: materialistic excess and sharp social divisions existed
34.
The third party with the greatest importance in the late nineteenth century was the ______ Party.: Populist
35.
The use of sweatshops was most common in:: the garment industry
36.
The word "suffrage" is synonymous with the right to:: vote
37.
The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following conditions EXCEPT:: a safe and healthy environment
38.
What event in 1848 started a huge influx of whites into Indian territory?: the discovery of gold in Indian territories
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Which group suffered from the most prejudice in mining towns?: Chinese-Americans
40.
Which of the following statements about the Lost Cause is NOT true?: It made southerners angrier towards blacks and more convinced that slavery was just
41.
Which political party expressed ideas that were close to the goals of the Grange?: the Populists
42.
Which statement about the American presence in Haiti is NOT true?: The American government did not use military to control Haiti.
43.
Which statement best describes the duality of causes for American intervention in Cuba?: Republicans wanted to defy President Cleveland and open new markets in the Caribbean.
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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism who was addressing the issue of imperialism?: "We must promote the superiority of our culture in an effort to ensure world stability."
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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism?: "The laws of nature dictate the conditions of life for both rich and poor."
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Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?: "The nation's purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners."
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White reformers on the Board of Indian Commissioners believed that:: Indians should be assimilated by teaching them to be Christians.
48.
White southerners used the term "carpetbaggers" to describe:: powerful northerners who lived in the South
49.
Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:: the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo
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Woodrow Wilson ordered the marines into the Dominican Republic:: after the Dominican people attacked the U.S. embassy
