US History Review 5
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- Q1After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor byhiring Irish immigrants to do the work of freedmenpaying wages to farm workers who had migrated from the Northcreating tenant farms and sharecroppingselling their plantations to formerly enslaved persons30s
- Q2The federal government responded to the railroad strikes of 1877 and the Pullman strike of 1894 byusing military force against the workersmaintaining a neutral position between labor and managementproviding economic aid to striking workersrequiring negotiation to resolve the disputes30s
- Q3Few restrictions were placed on immigration to the United States in the late 19th century primarily because immigrantsprovided a rich source of investment capitalwould add to the diversity of the populationwould work for low wagesfaced little opposition from citizens30s
- Q4The "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Supreme court in Plessy v Ferguson(1896) upheld the legality ofwoman's suffrage in state electionsrestrictions on voting rights of African Americansthe activities of the Ku Klux Klanracial segregation in public facilities30s
- Q5From 1870 to 1900, business leaders in the United States often attempted to increase productivity, maximize profits and decrease costs bypreventing foreign investment in the United Statesincreasing benefits for industrial workerssupporting the passage of strict antitrust lawsreducing competition through the formation of trusts30s
- Q6The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was passed in an attempt tosafeguard the health of workersincrease United States exportsregulate the amount of money in circulationprotect national forests from destruction30s
- Q7In the mid-1930s, which action did the federal government take in an attempt to avoid the situations that drew the United States into World War I?allowing only the United States navy to deliver military goods overseasforming a military alliance with the Soviet Unionpassing Neutrality Actinvesting money in nations threatened by Germany30s
- Q8The scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II were responsible forbuilding satellites to spy on the Axis nationsdesigning weapons for the D-Day invasiondeveloping the atomic bombcreating materials for biological and chemical warfare30s
- Q9The situation in Europe described by Secretary of State George Marshall was the result of thefailure of the United Nations to help people in needconstruction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Uniondevastation caused by fighting in World War IItakeover of Greece and Turkey by communists30s
- Q10One of the main effects of the passage of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 was the expansion ofcommunities in the suburbsimmigrant populationsridership on long-distance passenger trainsthe airline industry30s