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- Q1The “separate but equal” principle established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) resulted in theforced integration of schools in the Southcontinuation of racial segregationloss of citizenship for African Americanelimination of Jim Crow laws30s
- Q2Progressive Era writers such as Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell were called muckrakers because theywere members of political machinesexposed corruption in business and governmentsupported changes in farming methodsbased their writings on unsupported opinions30s
- Q3In the period from 1890 to 1910, most immigrants from eastern and southern Europe settled in large cities of the eastern United States primarily becausefarmland had become very scarcefactory jobs were available for unskilled workersthere was much less discrimination in those citiesthey came mainly from large cities in their home countries30s
- Q4Which change occurred in Southern agriculture in the years following the Civil War?Cotton production ended.Most small farms were joined into large plantations.Subsistence farming became illegal.Many formerly enslaved persons became sharecroppers.30s
- Q5During the Progressive Era, many states began to use primary elections to allow voters toremove elected officials from their officespetition their elected representatives to pass lawsexpress their views on proposed new lawschoose party candidates for elected offices30s
- Q6Which 19th-century event supported the movement for women’s rights?Seneca Falls ConventionBuilding of Transcontinental Railroadformation of the Republican PartyDred Scott decision30s
- Q7Most nativists of the late 1800s would most likely have supported thecreation of settlement houses to aid new immigrantspassage of the Chinese Exclusion Actcontinuation of the contract labor systemassimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture30s
- Q8What was the goal of the Homestead Act?resolve conflicts with Native American Indiansresolve conflicts with Native American Indiansencourage settlement west of the Mississippi Riverprovide land to minority groups30s
- Q9After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition becausethe system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of povertythe federal government confiscated their 40- acre grantsmigration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobsliteracy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited30s
- Q10In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890),Congress intended toforce large trusts to bargain with labor unionsregulate rates charged by railroadsdistinguish good trusts from bad trustsprevent large corporations from eliminating their competition30s
- Q11In the late 1800s, rapid urbanization was mainly the result of theFederally funded city redevelopment projectsMigration of formerly enslaved persons to the WestImpact of industrializationShortage of land for new farms30s
- Q12Who wrote How the Other Half Lives?Ida TarbellJohn RockefellerThomas NastJacob Riis30s
- Q13Which of the following is associated with Standard Oil?Thomas NastAndrew CarnegieJohn RockefellerJacob Riis30s
- Q14Which of the following people would not be considered a muckraker?Upton SinclairIda TarbellAndrew CarnegieJacob Riis30s