American History: Key Issues and Events

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The chart shows labor issues that occurred during the Progressive Era. Progressives passed government regulations to address these areas. What answer below should be included in the third box? Safer working conditions, Retirement benefits, 40 hour work week, Paid vacation time

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Safer working conditions

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Which political party is being described in the chart below? Options: Democrat, Republican, Agrarian, Populist

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Populist

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What did American farmers in the late 1880s see as their two main problems? Bad weather and new farming monopolies, Excessive taxation by state and federal governments, The gold standard and excessive freight charges by railroads, Competition from European farmers and a falling demand for food

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The gold standard and excessive freight charges by railroads

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Which answer below would be the best title for the chart? Options: Government regulations supported by the Populist Party., Laws that were rejected by the Populist Party., Government regulations supported by railroad trusts., Laws that were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court because they violate the 14th amendment.

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Government regulations supported by the Populist Party.

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What Reconstruction term was created to fix the two problems below?

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Sharecropping

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What was the result of Andrew Johnson opposing the plans of Radical Republican Reconstruction?

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President Andrew Johnson was impeached for his lack of support of civil rights.

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Which Reconstruction group would have supported the plan being represented in the picture?

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Radical Republicans

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Which of the following statements correctly explains the concept from the picture below? The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help from French and British militaries. The Union thought that blockading the southern ports would bring victory to the Union because the South would run out of supplies. The snake’s head begins in the Union’s capital and the tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war. The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage, so they were attempting to cut off any exports.

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The Union thought that blockading the southern ports would bring victory to the Union because the South would run out of supplies.

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How did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?

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It reopened the question of whether slavery would be permitted in some Northern territories through a popular sovereignty vote.

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The chart below shows reasons why countries became imperial powers in the early twentieth century. Which answer best completes the chart?
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Gain natural resources,
To restock the depleted slave markets,
Gain new land to build factories,
To spread equality to all lands

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Gain natural resources