TEKS US History High School - H.3.C: Social Issues
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies
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- Q1Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?Union leadersPhilanthropistsPolitical bossesNativists60sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q2Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated -limiting federal military power through the organization of local militiaspromoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigrationglobalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreementsconserving natural resources through the creation of national parks30sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q3Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph?"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is... great.""Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, . . . and often there is friction between the employer and the employed.""The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.""This, then, is . . . the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance."60sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q4During the late nineteenth century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being -conscientious objectorsloyal to the United KingdomRoman Catholicsopposed to machine politics60sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q5What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?Addressing a lack of urban housingPreventing the depletion of natural resourcesDiscouraging anti-American activismReducing competition for U.S. jobs30sH.3.C: Social Issues