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What obstacle was faced by both Central Pacific and Union Pacific workers?

A
loss of workers to the Gold Rush
B
attacks from Indigenous People on the plains
C
danger from blasting through the Sierra Nevada
D
harsh weather conditions
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During which decades did the US government pass all of the Indian Appropriation Acts?

A
1870-1900s
B
1850-1880s
C
1830-1860s
D
1800-1830s
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What was one way Progressives wanted to protect the rights of children?

A
by increasing their freedom
B
by decreasing school hours
C
by eliminating child labor
D
by restricting child labor
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In the 1870s, the US government began an Indigenous people policy of

A
confining tribes on reservations.
B
providing allotments of land.
C
forcing tribes to relocate.
D
encouraging assimilation.
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Which best describes Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” to achieve national women's suffrage?

A
to demand a constitutional amendment instead of campaigning for suffrage in individual states
B
to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
C
to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states
D
to win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
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Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of

A
separation of the North and South.
B
discrimination against African Americans.
C
segregation of educational facilities.
D
integration of facilities in the South.
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A muckraker was a reporter who wrote

A
editorials supporting industry leaders and big business practices.
B
fictional stories for newspapers and magazines.
C
about corruption and crime in industry and government.
D
about the importance of the First Amendment.
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Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

A
Upton Sinclair
B
President Theodore Roosevelt
C
Ida Tarbell
D
John Bunyan
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Which event happened prior to the signing the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862?

A
Railroad workers drilled tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains.
B
The Golden Spike ceremony was held in honor of the transcontinental railroad.
C
Asa Whitney requested the right to build a transcontinental railroad.
D
The end of the Civil War freed veterans to work on the railroad.
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The Progressive movement of the 1800s promoted

A
industrialization, urbanization, and government deregulation.
B
social, economic, and political reforms.
C
big business and minimal government involvement.
D
business trusts and monopolies.
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For which of these was Homer Plessy arrested?

A
appealing a court decision about segregation
B
sitting in a "whites only" rail car
C
sitting in a "whites only" movie theater
D
attempting to vote in an election
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
B
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
C
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.
D
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.

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