Front

This political cartoon summarizes proposed legislation to stop immigration into the United States through the use of educational requirements.

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educational requirements.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is educational requirements as the political cartoon suggests using this method to stop immigration into the United States.

Front

In the cartoon what is the significance of the family and the wall labeled "literacy test"?

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The literacy test is the wall. An insouramountable barrier to a family of immigrants.

Answer explanation

The literacy test is the wall. An insouramountable barrier to a family of immigrants.

Front

Based on this map, which of these statements is MOST accurate? African Americans did not move to cities in the South. Urban areas in the Midwest saw a boom in African American population. States on the West Coast mostly saw a decline in African American population. Cities in the Northeast were largely unaffected by the Great Migration in this time period.

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Urban areas in the Midwest saw a boom in African American population.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is that urban areas in the Midwest saw a boom in African American population, as indicated by the map.

Front

Which of these played the biggest role in this population shift at the beginning of the time period shown here?
Options: World War I, World War II, Jim Crow laws, the Reconstruction Era

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Jim Crow laws

Answer explanation

Jim Crow laws played the biggest role in this population shift at the beginning of the time period shown here.

Front

The Great Seal of the United States contains the phrase E Pluribus Unum. Which of these might best support the use of this motto? Options: the United States is made up of people from every continent, one of the principles of the Constitution is a separation of powers, the structure of the U.S. government is based on European institutions, the Amendments to the Constitution guarantees basic rights to all people

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the United States is made up of people from every continent

Answer explanation

the United States is made up of people from every continent

Front

Using the information on this chart, one could deduce that immigration in the United States

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led to an increase in the population of American cities.

Answer explanation

Using the information on this chart, one could deduce that immigration in the United States led to an increase in the population of American cities.

Front

The cartoon titled The Chinese Question
"Hands off, Gentlemen! America means Fair Play for All Men" would have been MOST likely to have been published in

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the early 1900s.

Answer explanation

The cartoon 'The Chinese Question' with the message 'America means Fair Play for All Men' would have been MOST likely published in the early 1900s, reflecting the sentiments of that time period.

Front

Southern state and local elections in 1876 differed from those in previous years in that

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African-American candidates won numerous local and state offices.

Answer explanation

African-American candidates won numerous local and state offices, marking a significant change in Southern elections in 1876.

Front

How would Northern Republicans MOST LIKELY have viewed the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862?

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They saw it as an opportunity for families to own and operate farms without the use of slave labor.

Answer explanation

They saw it as an opportunity for families to own and operate farms without the use of slave labor.