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Which two developments caused industrialization and the economy to grow during the Gilded Age?

A
new technology and workers’ unemployment benefits
B
a system of railroads and social change
C
new technology and a system of railroads
D
unemployment benefits and social change
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Which best describes why French and US diplomats were unable to improve relations between the two countries in 1797?

A
French diplomats demanded large bribes and loans.
B
US diplomats were shocked by the French Revolution.
C
US diplomats threatened to sign a treaty with Britain.
D
French diplomats refused to stop seizing US ships.
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Progressive and conservative Republicans disagreed on which of these in the early 1900s?

A
the importance of freedom
B
the importance of trade
C
the role of foreign governments
D
the role of US government
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Conservative Alf Landon, who ran against Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, opposed

A
cutting back on New Deal programs.
B
government involvement in social issues.
C
New Deal labor and business policies.
D
limiting the president’s power.
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Which are the most likely reasons an interpretation of a historical event could change? Choose three correct answers.

A
Oversights and errors are corrected.
B
New opinions are considered.
C
Pieces of evidence are lost or stolen.
D
New technology is applied to evidence.
E
New evidence is discovered.
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Which best describes the effects of the new technologies of the 1830s, including the Deere plow, the cotton gin, and the McCormick reaper?

A
They helped the transportation industry become more efficient.
B
They decreased the amount of product that farmers could sell.
C
They angered farmers who preferred to do their work by hand.
D
They increased agricultural productivity and efficiency.
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The Niagara Movement led to the formation of the

A
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
B
Anti-Defamation League.
C
Negro Factories Association.
D
United Negro Improvement Association.
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Despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, southern states implemented Jim Crow laws, which were designed to

A
abolish the "separate but equal" doctrine.
B
uphold the Fifteenth Amendment.
C
prevent African Americans from gaining equality.
D
support the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

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