Question 1

Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

Accepted Answer

More soldiers died from disease than from wounds

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The Union army had better generals during the Civil War

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The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher numbers of injuries and fatalities.

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The Civil War had more casualties than any other war

Question 2

What is the most accurate title for this map?

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A Nation Divided

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Closing the Frontier

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An impending War

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Results of Reconstruction

Question 3

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

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passage of a higher protective tariff

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the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

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issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 4

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

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The end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government.

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Recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws.

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The abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories north of 36*30' N.

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An end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation.

Question 5

Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of which of the following?

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the 14th and 15th Amendments

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the Freedmen's Bureau

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Tenant Farming and Sharecropping

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Black Codes

Question 6

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

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Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

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Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas

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Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy

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Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier

Question 7

How did the Dawes Act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal Indian policy?

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It permitted Indians to withdraw private plots from the tribal reservation.

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It led to conflicts between new settlers and Indian tribes on the Great Plains.

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It encouraged the shooting of buffalo herds from new railroad lines.

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It moved Indian tribes still on the Great Plains to reservations farther west.

Question 8

According to the federal government, what was the objective of the Dawes Act of 1887?

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to encourage assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream American culture

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to grant immediate and full citizenship rights to Native Americans

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to restore lands to the Native Americans tribes that had lost lands to white settlers

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to move Native Americans into the cities to supply industrial labor

Question 9

The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the

Accepted Answer

decline of the Plains Indians.

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rise of organized labor.

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northern migration of African Americans.

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building of the Erie Canal.

Question 10

This diagram compares the two Industrial Revolutions. Which phrase best completes the diagram?

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New methods of telecommunication

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Successful entrepreneurs gain great wealth

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Mass production of goods

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Changes in a market economy

Question 11

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

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Monopolies

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Political machines

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Laissez-faire capitalism

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Industrialism

Question 12

Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it:

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consolidates many firms involved in the same level of production into one giant company.

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combines different businesses involved in all phases of a product's development.

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requires investment from a number of people who share ownership in the firm.

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merges stocks from multiple businesses into a new organization.

Question 13

Which issue is addressed in the cartoon above?

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The excessive power of Big Business

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The influence of labor unions.

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The corruption of political machines in American cities

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The dangerous conditions of factory labor.

Question 14

The list above displays provisions of which piece of legislation?

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The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

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Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

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The Dollar Diplomacy Act of 1911

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Pacific Railway Act of 1862

Question 15

How was the theory of Social Darwinism used during the Industrial Revolution?

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This theory allowed big businesses to understand how the working class was being exploited.

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The competition of races with each other justified a scientific racism and an Imperialist approach to dealing with the barbaric races of mankind.

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The competition of races with each other justified child labor.

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This theory allowed big business to exploit the working classes because leaders of big businesses believed they were superior to the working classes.

Question 16

"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: 'You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."                   
                                                                                                                                                            Based on this speech, what did Bryan demand in his subsequent campaign for the Presidency?

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A policy of bimetallism that would help farmers by increasing inflation and raising crop prices.

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The acquisition of colonies to increase employment opportunities.

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The creation of a national park system to protect the nation's wildlife.

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Higher tariffs to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition.

Question 17

In the late 1800s, how did railroad monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?

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By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market.

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By separating farmers from profitable markets in Western cities.

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By isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities.

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By claiming productive land for business leaders to develop.

Question 18

Which statement best completes the graphic organizer?

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Farmers organized the Grange movement and the Populist Party.

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The government authorized the unlimited coinage of silver to help farmers.

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Populists demanded that the government help farmers by raising tariffs.

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The government demanded that farmers slaughter livestock to increase prices.

Question 19

Why did Bryan's rural supporters believe that the gold standard was oppressive?

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They believed that a policy of bimetallism would lead crop prices to rise, making farm debts less burdensome.

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They feared that speculators like Jay Gould and James Fisk would manipulate prices by cornering the gold market.

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They knew that the railroad owners and grain elevators usually insisted on being paid with gold coin.

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They felt that reliance on the gold standard in international trade had made it difficult for farmers to export crops overseas.

Question 20

According to the "Gospel of Wealth" supported by Andrew Carnegie...

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the wealth and resources in a society should be equitably distributed among the members of that society.

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the accumulation of wealth is beneficial to society and the government should take no action to hinder this accumulation.

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the government should play a major role in controlling the American economy.

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a graduated income tax is needed to reduce the gap between the richest and poorest members of society.

Question 21

In the late 1800s, how did railroad monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?

Accepted Answer

By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market.

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By isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities.

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By claiming productive land for business leaders to develop.

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By separating farmers from profitable markets in western cities.

Question 22

How did political machines gain influence in big cities during the late 19th and 20th centuries?

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They offered services to voters, immigrants, and businesses in exchange for political and financial support.

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They consolidated business power in the hands of the bosses and ignored immigrants.

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They helped women organize protests in their fight for suffrage.

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They hired political bosses at the top of a business pyramid who would quit and become mayors.

Question 23

Which of the following describes how one of the inventions would enable factories to produce more goods by extending hours of production?

Accepted Answer

The light bulb made it possible to consistently light work spaces.

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The automatic loom allowed factories to produce more woven material.

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The telephone opened lines of communication between suppliers and factories.

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The ice machine helped workers stay cool in the summer.

Question 24

What was a consequence of Federal legislation such as the Morrill Tariff, the National Banking Act, and the Pacific Railway Act passed by Congress?

Accepted Answer

post-war economic growth of the Northeast and West

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Increase trade with Latin America

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Delay completion of the transcontinental railroad

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economic decline of the South

Question 25

What would be the best title for the box provided?

Accepted Answer

How Farmers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

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Sources of Conflict between Ranchers and Farmers

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How American Indians and Western Farmers Cooperated

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Methods used by Forty-Niners to Stake Claims

Question 26

The cartoon illustrates President Theodore Roosevelt’s attempt to...

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limit the powers of monopolies.

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conserve natural resources.

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eliminate foreign ownership of United States corporations.

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ignore antitrust laws.

Question 27

promote the general welfare of the American public

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advance the growth of big business

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protect the nation’s natural resources

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improve conditions for recent immigrants to the United

Question 28

The reins held by Vanderbilt attach not only to the trains but also to the tracks and the railroad station. What does this convey about his control of the Railroads?

Accepted Answer

Vanderbilt has total control of the entire railroad operation. Thus, he can do with it
whatever he wants.

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Vanderbilt owns the majority of the railroads, but has little involvement of any kind.

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Vanderbilt controls the prices of railroad shipping, but has little involvement in the
action operations.

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Vanderbilt, along with two assistants, has the majority of control in railroad shipping
operations.

Question 29

Which technologies helped settlers establish farms on the Great Plains?

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steel plow, windmill, barbed wire, reaper

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repeating rifle, wooden sluices, electric light bulb

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telegraph, railroad, creation of Yellowstone National Park

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sod houses, sheep shearers, wool carders

Question 30

The table provides information about the African-American population in several cities after the Civil War.

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availability of job opportunities in Northern cities

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lack of political representation in Southern communities

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absence of agricultural employment in Southern communities

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prevalence of racial equality in Northern cities

Question 31

Which of the following statements is true concerning the map pictured below?

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The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze
the Confederacy into submission.

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The Union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war.

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The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage so they were
attempting to cut off any exportation of goods.

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The snake’s head begins in the Union’s capital and tail ends in the Confederate capital to
mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war.

Question 32

From which of the following is this excerpt taken from?

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Accepted Answer

The 13th Amendment

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Dred Scott Decision

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The 15th Amendment

Question 33

Use the excerpt below to answer the following question.

"The Confederate States chose to secede of their own free will. Now that they have been defeated, those former states belong to the US government as federal territory. Thus it is the role of Congress to determine how and when those territories will be re-admitted to the Union and who will be allowed to represent the newly admitted states."

This statement could like be attributed to which of the following groups at the beginning of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Radical Republicans

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Northern Democrats

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Southern Democrats

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Free Soilers

Question 34

What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation?

Accepted Answer

The South was allowed to pass Jim Crow laws and restrict voting rights

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Most northern abolitionists opposed the extension of these rights.

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Radical Republicans in Congress stopped African Americans from voting.

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The Supreme Court refused to accept cases to interpret these amendments.

Question 35

What major aspect of Johnson’s Reconstruction plan would Radical Republicans have found most disagreeable?

Accepted Answer

lack of protections for African Americans

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uncontrollable race riots in northern cities

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harsh punishments against Confederate traitors

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poor healthcare for Civil War veterans

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