Which group most directly supported this speech?
laborers who wanted increased wages
immigrants who needed to obtain jobs
businessmen who wanted decreased taxes
farmers who were burdened by debt
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Which reason explains why Americans living in the western United States supported the passage of this law?
concern about competition for limited jobs
demand for the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
concern about increasing prices of exported goods
demand for the reduction of federal tariff rates
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Which phrase best completes this diagram?
Expansion of Jim Crow Laws
Creation of the American System
Establishment of the Missouri Compromise
Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Which statement best explains the Supreme Court’s opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Groups seeking civil rights protections must cooperate with the government.
Segregation is legal as long as equal public facilities are provided.
Laws against segregation are justifiable regulations of interstate commerce.
The poll tax is a legal issue to be determined by state governments.
The first anti-trust law to include a provision prohibiting price setting and price discrimination was the
Interstate Commerce Act.
Sherman Antitrust Act.
Clayton Antitrust Act.
Federal Trade Commission Act.
Which Supreme Court decision upheld Jim Crow laws?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Boynton v. Virginia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Miranda v. Arizona
What was one effect of industrialization on the U.S. economy in the 1870s?
a decline in skilled manufacturing jobs in the Midwest
an increase in sharecropper farming in the South
a decline in the immigrant population of cities in the North
an increase in railroad construction in the West
Which of the following examples reflects the philosophy of the “Gospel of Wealth”?
Carnegie expands his steel monopoly.
Carnegie establishes libraries throughout the nation.
Rockefeller expands his oil monopoly.
Rockefeller funds presidential candidates.
During the Progressive Era, muckrakers such as Jacob Riis exposed the harsh realities of
industrialization.
interventionism.
military life.
western settlements.
Powerful industrials like Carnegie and Rockefeller were called both “Captains of Industry” and “Robber Barons” because
they provided good paying jobs, but produced unsafe products.
they provided new goods and services while underpaying their laborers.
they supported workplace reform but drove thier competitors out of business.
they worked closely with their competitors and charged consumers incredibly high prices.
Which factor contributed most to the rise of inner-city overcrowding in the late nineteenth century?
suffrage
antitrust legislation
settlement houses
industrialization
Which business is an example of vertical integration?
an oil company that purchases gas stations
a clothing store that sells business attire and cologne
a company that makes lightbulbs and heavy machinery
an Internet provider that purchases a television network
What was one result of the 1894 Pullman Strike?
The federal government outlawed unsafe forms of public transportation.
Business owners appealed to the federal government during labor disputes.
Workers appealed to the federal government for minimum wage legislation.
The federal government required unions to engage in collective bargaining.
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The examples shown in the list are public policies that affected the United States’
government structure.
armed services.
population.
boundaries.
Which statement is a criticism made by isolationists in the U.S. Senate about the Treaty of Versailles?
Reparation payments would involve the United States in European economies.
The League of Nations would involve the United States in future conflicts.
Stationing U.S. soldiers in Europe would be necessary to maintain peace.
The mandate system for colonial independence would result in loss of U.S. territory.
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