EOC U.S. History Review #2

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Which factor contributed to the rapid industrial development of the United States in the decades after the Civil War? Options: a decrease in tariff rates, a decrease in the nation's total population growth, new technologies like the Bessemer process and electric light bulb, an increase in the price of several farm products

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new technologies like the Bessemer process and electric light bulb

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The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to --

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poor working conditions and low wages in many industries

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Which law was passed as a result of the muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?

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Meat Inspection Act

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Several of the business trusts created in the late 1800s were later declared illegal because they --

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reduced competition through unfair business practices

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Which statement identifies a major reason for the increased migration of African Americans out of the rural South during and following World War I? Options: the availability of cheap farmland in the West, the opportunity for factory jobs in the North, the elimination of the Ku Klux Klan in Northern states, the chance to escape racial segregation by enlisting in the army

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the opportunity for factory jobs in the North

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The New Deal changed American thinking about the role of government because it was based on the belief that the --

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the federal government should lead in solving economic problems

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How were the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) similar?

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They increased the federal government's power to regulate business practices.

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Which group was most affected by the Supreme Court decisions in Delgado v. Bastrop ISD (1948) and Hernandez v. Texas (1954)?

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Mexican Americans

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One factor that promoted industrialization in the United States in the late nineteenth century was the --

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expansion of the railroads

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Which method of achieving civil rights did Rosa Parks use when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

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non-violent protest