US History - EOC Review

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In the late 1800s, how did sharecropping affect African Americans in the South?

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The system often created a cycle of chronic debt.

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Which Supreme Court decision in the late 1800s established the legal basis for Jim Crow laws? Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright , Plessy v. Ferguson, Northern Securities v. United States

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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What was a consequence of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857?

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African Americans were not citizens of the United States

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In the late 1800s, how did agricultural surpluses create challenges for farmers? Options: by raising the cost of farm machinery, by lowering prices for wheat on the world market, by lowering the cost to transport the crops to eastern cities, by increasing world demand beyond the production capacity of farmers

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by lowering prices for wheat on the world market

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What was a result of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

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it lowered shipping costs for many farmers

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What was the Grange?

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a national organization dedicated to improving conditions for farmers

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How did the Bessemer process affect the United States?

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it enabled Andrew Carnegie's steel mills to become more efficient

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What supported the rise of political machines in American cities?

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political bosses provided services and jobs to immigrants

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What was nativism in America in the late 1800s?

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hostility mostly toward Asian, Jewish, and eastern European immigrants

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How is yellow fever related to the Panama Canal?

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yellow fever threatened to raise the cost of the Panama Canal beyond what Congress would support