2024 Semester Exam

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The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century?

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monopolization

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One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...

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Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values

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How nineteenth-century city bosses and their machines retained control? Options: Providing aid to citizens in exchange for political support, Developing alliances among diverse immigrant populations, Using police forces to protect organized labor, Establishing local militias to prevent outside interference

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Providing aid to citizens in exchange for political support

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The United States government’s use of laissez-faire principles during the late 19th century resulted in the

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growth of trusts and monopolies

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Assimilation can be defined as

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when one becomes more like the dominant culture.

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Congressional action taken in 1887, during the Gilded Age, to stop the unfair and abusive practices of railroad companies, specifically to stop railroad companies from giving low prices to large shippers (Corporations) and high prices to farmers who had no other shipping options.

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Interstate Commerce Act

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What Supreme Court case set the precedent for "Separate but Equal", which would last until the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 1900s?

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Plessy v Ferguson

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What 1890s group was founded, supporting additional government regulation of trade and attacking the Gold Standard?

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Populists

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How did Teddy Roosevelt's response to this scandal influence national policy?

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The government became involved in protecting individuals from big business.

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Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair are best known for their efforts to:

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create awareness about social problems