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Which major population shift in the late 1800s occurred as a result of Industrialization? a)African Americans from the North to the South b) working class people from the cities to the suburbs c)rural residents to urban areas d) northerners to the Sun Belt
What is c)rural residents to urban areas
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During the late 1800s, what was the main reason labor unions had difficulty achieving gains for workers? a) most workers were satisfied with working conditions. b) The government supported business efforts to limit the powers of unions. c) Most unions had been organized by big business d) Communist had taken control of the major unions.
What is b) The government supported business efforts to limit the powers of unions.
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Who fought during this war?
What is United States and Spain
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How was Alaska acquired? a) Annexation b) purchased c) gifted by another nation d) military action
What is b) purchased
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Who was teh author of the Jungle? a) Lincoln Steffens b) Frank Norris c) Upton Sinclair d) Ida Tarbell
What is c) Upton Sinclair
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Which group's numbers increased the most as a result of the Industrial Revolution? a)owners of small farms b)landed aristorcracy c)urban middle class d)skilled craftsmen
What is c)urban middle class
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A goal of the Progressive movement was to a) correct the problems caused by industrialization b) promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River c) reduce teh government's involvement in social issues d)promote laissez-faire policies
What is a) correct the problems caused by industrialization
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What happened to the battleship Maine?
What is it exploited outside of Havana
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How was Hawaii acquired? a) diplomatic negotitation b) annexation c) gifted by another nation d) purchased
What is b) annexation
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Which of the following politicians did Thomas Nast often criticize in his cartoons? a) Ulysses S. Grant b) Rutherford B. Hayes c) William Tweed d) Samuel J. Tilden
What is c) William Tweed
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The most common reason for immigration to the UNited States has been people's desire to have a) a higher standard of living b) political equality c) neutrality d) isolationism
What is a) a higher standard of living
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In 1906, the publication of the Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, led Congress to a) legalize strikes and boycotts by labor unions b) support the national conservation movement c)enact stronger prohibition laws d) establish a system for meat inspection
What is d) establish a system for meat inspection
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Spanish atrocities in Cuba, yellow journalism, and the sinking of the battleship Maine are all part of a study of what war? a) Russo-Japanese War b) World War I c) Spanish American War d) Civil War
What is c) Spanish American War
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How was Americna Samoa acquired? a) gifted by another nation b) purchased c) military action d) diplocatic negotiation
What is d) diplocatic negotiation
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In what city was William Tweed was a politically corrupt and powerful politican? a) Philadelphia b) New York City c) Los Angeles d) Chicago
What is b) New York City
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Why did city and population sizes increase during the late 1800s? a) better education opportuniteis were available b) more job opportunities were available c) discrimination was non-existent d) healthier living conditions existed
What is b) more job opportunities were available
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What was the main criticism of yellow journalism in the late 1800s? a) It prevented reform movements. b) It appealed only to middle-class readers. c) It increased newspaper readership. d) It sensationalized crime and scandals.
What is d) It sensationalized crime and scandals.
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As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States gained control of a) Puerto Rico and the philippines b)Hawaii c) Louisiana d) Alaska
What is a) Puerto Rico and the philippines
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Why was the United States interested in gaining territory in the Pacific ocean?
What is they needed fueling stations
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What was the goal of the 19th Amendment? a) direct election of senators b) creation of progressive income tax c) right to vote for women d) ban on the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol
What is c) right to vote for women
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Why were many skyscrapers built at the beginning of the 20th century? a) they resulted from the settlement house movement. b) There were huge incrteases in the rural population. c)there here huge increases in urban land prices. d)They were less expensive to maintain.
What is c)there here huge increases in urban land prices.
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What did Progressives advocate or support? a) laissez-faire economics b) enlarging the spoils system c) economic and social reforms d) aid to the railroads
What is c) economic and social reforms
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During the SPanish-American War, a newspaper editor said "you furnish (make) the pictures and I will furnish the war." What concept was this an example of? a) isolationism b) Open door policy c) yellow journalism d) system of judicial review
What is c) yellow journalism
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Which United states policy is most closely associated with the annexation of Kawaii and the philippines? a) imperialism b) international cooperation c)neutrality d) isolationsim
What is a) imperialism
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For what reason was the Civil Service Commission established? a) to dimished trusts and monopolies b) to set up a fair miltary draft system c) to halt the increasing pollution in cities d) to end the negative effects of the spoils system
What is d) to end the negative effects of the spoils system