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By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps ___ percent of the nation’s wealth.

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90%

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Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?

1. State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak.

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1. Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate.

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1. Scientific ideas were the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable as facts.

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1. Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution

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State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak.

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What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform? Options: Nationalizing the country’s railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential services would be run in the best interests of the people. Establishment of a network of federally-managed warehouses, called subtreasuries, which would extend government loans to farmers. Promoted an inflationary monetary policy by monetizing silver. All of the answers choices are correct.

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All of the answers choices are correct.

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What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?

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Access to land for agriculture

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Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ___ ranchers.

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Mexican

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The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance? Dead relatives would return to the Earth., Drought would end and the buffalo would return., Anglo settlers would disappear in an apocalyptic disaster., All of the answer choices are correct.

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All of the answer choices are correct.

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How did railroads transform the American economy?

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Increased the role of government in the economy.

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By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percentage of the population?

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60%

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___ wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement.

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Ida B. Wells

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What was the Lost Cause?

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A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves.