In the early 1800s, the Mississippi River was important because it
served as a major highway for trade
The Louisiana Purchase initially presented a dilemma for President Thomas Jefferson because he believed it would
violate his strict constructionist view of the constitution
The principle goal of the supporters of manifest destiny was to
expand United States territory to the Pacific Ocean
The foreign policies of President James Polk involving Texas, California, and the Oregon territories were all efforts to
fulfill the goal of manifest destiny
What would be the best title for this map?
Us expansion
The Louisiana Purchase was important to the United States because it
secured control of the Mississippi River
Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?
popular sovereignty
In the 1850s, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between
proslavery and antislavery groups
Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to presidency in 1860?
Southern states succeeded from the union
The statement reveals president Lincoln's support for
a fair and generous peace
The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson include a provision for the
resumption of full participation in congress by Southern states
What is the main idea of this cartoon from the reconstruction period?
Southern society was oppressed by Radical Republican policies
Which congressional action led to the Southern viewpoint expressed in this cartoon?
military occupation of the former confederate states
What was a common purpose of the amendments added to the United States constitution between 1865 and 1870?
granting rights to African Americans
The underlying reason for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson was
a power struggle with congress over reconstruction
What affect did the system of share cropping have on the after the Civil War?
It kept formally enslaved persons economically dependent
During reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to
deny equal rights to African Americans
Booker T. Washington stated that the best way for formerly enslaved persons to advance themselves in American society was to
pursue economic gains through vocational training
In Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), the supreme court ruled that
racial segregation was constitutional
The most direct effect the poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to
prevent them from voting
The principal reason congress raised the tariff rates in the early 1900s was to
protect the United States from foreign competition
One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew, Carnegie, and John Pierpont were sometimes called robber barons was because they
used ruthless business tactics against their competitors
In the late 1800s, the theory of laissez-faire capitalism was used by many industrialists to
Argue against government regulation of business practices
A goal of the Granger and Populist movement was to
help Western farmers fight unjust economic practices
During the late 1800s, presidents and governors most often used military force during labor conflicts as a way to
support industrialists and end strikes
What is the main idea of this cartoon of the 1800s?
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The Amercian Federation of Labor responded to the situation shown in the cartoon by
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In the late 1800s, fee and unlimited coinage of sliver was supported by farmers primarily because they hoped this policy would
increase crop prices and make it easier to repay loans
The national income tax, free and unlimited coinage of sliver, and the direct election of senators were proposals that were included in the
populist party platform
The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were attempts by congress to
limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
A major purpose of the progressive movement was to
correct the economics ans social abuses of industrial society
During the early 1900s, the term muckrakers was used to describe
writers who expresses the evils in American society
The common purpose of these legislative acts was to
promote the general welfare of the American public
Which conclusion about women's suffrage is best supported by the information in the chart?
Before 1919, many of the Western states had granted women the right to vote
During the early 1900, the initiative, recall, and refedum were changes in many states to give
voters greater direct participation in government
President Theodore Roosevelt's policy regarding big business was to
distinguish between "good" and "bad" trusts
A graduated (progressive) income tax is based on the idea that tax rates should
rise as individual or business incomes rise
President Woodrow Wilson supported creation of the federal reserve in 1913
regulate the amount of money in circulation
when the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates, it is most likely attempting to
stimulate consumer spending
During the progressive era, an amendment to the United States constitution provided for greater representative democracy by changing the method of selecting the
members of the United States senate
During the late 1800s, a major affect of industrialization on workers in the United States was that
Skilled craftsmen were replaced by unskilled workers
The idea expressed in this statement is most consistent with
The principals of social Darwinism
Between 1870 and 1920 the federal government placed relatively few restrictions on inner gyration primarily because it wanted to
Ensure that there would be workers for factories
Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the "new immigrants" to the United States came from
Southern and eastern europe
The expire cue of most of the "new immigrants" who arrived in the us in the late 1800s and early 1900s was that
They lived in urban areas and most held low-paying jobs
The speaker expressing the melting pot is
Our nation has grown and prospered from the ideas and labor of immigrants. The nature has been enriched by immigrants..
Speaker D, "immigrants arrive in American cities poor and frightened. They are helped to find jobs and housing. These new comers should show their graffitied at voting time
An opinion most likely to be that of a political party boss
The Chinese exclusion act and the gentlemens agreement with Japan are examples of
Actions that reflected unexplored nativist sentiment
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many members of congress supported legislation requiring literacy tests for immigrants in an attempt to
Restrict immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe
The passage if the Daves act in 1887 was primarily an attempt to
Encourage native Americans Indians to give up their traditions and cultures