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100
During the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons [A] relied exclusively on Chinese labor. [B] built their railroads with government assistance. [C] rejected government assistance. [D] focused on public service. [E] refused to get involved in politics.
[B] built their railroads with government assistance.
100
Sooners” were settlers who “jumped the gun” to [A] stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada. [B] drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming. [C] pan gold in California. [D] grab town sites in the Dakotas. [E] claim land in Oklahoma.
[E] claim land in Oklahoma.
100
One group barred from membership in the Knights of Labor was [A] women. [B] Irish. [C] African-Americans. [D] Chinese. [E] social reformers.
[C] African-Americans.
100
By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in... [A] wealth. [B] industrial production. [C] population. [D] all of these. [E] none of these.
[D] all of these.
100
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called [A] continentalism. [B] isolationism. [C] anglophobia. [D] Manifest Destiny. [E] Divine Mandate.
[D] Manifest Destiny
200
The United States changed to standard time zones when [A] factories demanded standard time schedules. [B] the major rail lines decreed the division of the continent into four time zones so that they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks. [C] long-distance telephones required standard time coordination. [D] Congress passed a law establishing this system. [E] all of these.
[B] the major rail lines decreed the division of the continent into four time zones so that they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks.
200
The original purpose of the Farmer's Grange was to [A] support the Homestead law. [B] get involved in politics. [C] stimulate self-improvement through educational and social activities. [D] support an inflationary monetary policy. [E] improve the farmers’ collective plight.
[C] stimulate self-improvement through educational and social activities.
200
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was [A] the lure of cultural excitement. [B] the availability of industrial jobs. [C] the development of the skyscraper. [D] the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements. [E] the compact nature of those large communities.
[B] the availability of industrial jobs.
200
U.S. naval captain Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that [A] the U.S. should not construct a fleet of battleships. [B] control of the sea was the key to the United States’ world domination. [C] free trade was essential to a nation’s economic health. [D] an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific was impossible. [E] the United States should continue its policy of isolationism.
[B] control of the sea was the key to the United States’ world domination.
200
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in [A] areas controlled by the Union army. [B] United States territories. [C] states still in rebellion against the United States. [D] the Border States. [E] slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
[C] states still in rebellion against the United States.
300
Agreements between railroad corporations to divide the business in a given area and share the profits were called [A] pools. [B] trusts. [C] rebates. [D] interlocking directorates. [E] holding companies.
[A] pools.
300
Cities like Denver and San Francisco served as a major “safety valve” by providing [A] a home for new immigrants. [B] recreational activities for its inhabitants. [C] a home for failed farmers and busted miners. [D] none of these. [E] all of these.
[C] a home for failed farmers and busted miners.
300
Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activities except [A] instruction in socialism. [B] instruction in English. [C] child care. [D] social reform lobbying. [E] cultural activities.
[A] instruction in socialism.
300
The battleship Maine was sunk by [A] an explosion on the ship. [B] Cuban rebels. [C] reporters working for William Randolph Hearst. [D] the Spanish. [E] a mine planted by pro-Cuban Americans.
[A] an explosion on the ship.
300
The purpose behind the spoils system was [A] to reverse the trend of rotation in office. [B] to press those with experience into governmental service. [C] to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business. [D] the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class. [E] to reward political supporters with public office.
[E] to reward political supporters with public office.
400
The first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business combinations was the [A] Federal Communications Commission. [B] Federal Anti-Trust Commission. [C] Consumer Affairs Commission. [D] Interstate Commerce Commission. [E] Federal Trade Commission.
[D] Interstate Commerce Commission.
400
The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian [A] culture. [B] prosperity. [C] education. [D] annihilation. [E] assimilation.
[E] assimilation.
400
By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in [A] wealth. [B] industrial production. [C] population. [D] all of these. [E] none of these.
[D] all of these.
400
The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish-American War resulted from [A] the war in the Philippines. [B] land battles in the Cuban campaign. [C] naval battles in the Caribbean. [D] the bungling of unprofessional military volunteers. [E] sickness in both Cuba and the United States.
[E] sickness in both Cuba and the United States.
400
The Second Great Awakening tended to [A] increase the influence of educated clergy. [B] unite southern Baptists and southern Methodists against slavery. [C] bring the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps. [D] open Episcopal and Presbyterian churches to the poor. [E] widen the lines between classes and regions.
[E] widen the lines between classes and regions.
500
Some people who found fault with the captains of industry argued that these men [A] were basically socialists. [B] tried to take the United States back to its old values. [C] failed to develop the industrial system quickly. [D] retarded technological advances. [E] diminished the workers’ quality of life.
[E] diminished the workers’ quality of life.
500
To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following except [A] try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. [B] dissolve many tribes as legal entities. [C] promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years. [D] wipe out tribal ownership of land. [E] outlaw the sacred Sun Dance.
[E] outlaw the sacred Sun Dance.
500
William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic party because he [A] was backed by the Democratic Party establishment. [B] possessed a brilliant political mind. [C] had the support of urban workers. [D] had already gained the nomination of the Populist party. [E] supported the unlimited coinage of silver.
[E] supported the unlimited coinage of silver.
500
The United States gained a virtual right of intervention in Cuba in the [A] Platt Amendment. [B] insular cases. [C] Guantanamo Bay Treaty. [D] Teller Amendment. [E] Foraker Act.
[A] Platt Amendment.
500
Most white southerners were [A] planter aristocrats. [B] nonslaveowning subsistence farmers. [C] small slaveowners. [D] “poor white trash.” [E] merchants and artisans.
[B] nonslaveowning subsistence farmers.