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What was the main reason why the Grange started pressuring state governments about farming issues?

A
Life for farmers was not improving as they continued to go into debt.
B
Farming was becoming less important to the nation’s food supply.
C
The Grange was not allowed to open up cooperative farm businesses.
D
The railroads charged small farms lower rates than large operations.
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In the 1870s, the US government began an Indigenous people policy of

A
encouraging assimilation.
B
forcing tribes to relocate.
C
providing allotments of land.
D
confining tribes on reservations.
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In the decades after the Civil War, a major challenge facing American farmers was the combination of

A
shrinking costs and rising incomes.
B
shrinking costs and shrinking incomes.
C
rising costs and shrinking incomes.
D
rising costs and rising incomes.
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What was one way Progressives wanted to protect the rights of children?

A
by decreasing school hours
B
by increasing their freedom
C
by eliminating child labor
D
by restricting child labor
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How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s?

A
Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.
B
Populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard.
C
Populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money.
D
Populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money.
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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 amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states
C
to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
D
to win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
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For which of these was Homer Plessy arrested?

A
attempting to vote in an election
B
sitting in a "whites only" rail car
C
sitting in a "whites only" movie theater
D
appealing a court decision about segregation
10

Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

A
President Theodore Roosevelt
B
John Bunyan
C
Upton Sinclair
D
Ida Tarbell
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What did the People’s Party believe would result from the government taking control of America’s railroads and banks?

A
Government control would prevent those industries from taking advantage of small farmers.
B
Government control would force those industries to offer more jobs to the “common people.”
C
Government control would end the inflation and rising costs caused by a shortage of currency.
D
Government control would prompt banks and railroads to rely on gold coins instead of silver.
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Which best describes why settlement houses offered to help immigrants learn to cook specific kinds of food?

A
to help them retain their native culture
B
to follow the social gospel
C
to help them provide for their families
D
to encourage them to assimilate into American culture
13

How did the efforts of Jane Addams differ from the efforts of Lincoln Steffens?

A
Addams worked to help immigrants; Steffens worked to reform the government.
B
Addams worked to reform the government; Steffens worked to help immigrants.
C
Addams worked to help the less fortunate; Steffens worked to preach social justice.
D
Addams worked to preach social justice; Steffens worked to help the less fortunate.
14

Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of

A
discrimination against African Americans.
B
integration of facilities in the South.
C
segregation of educational facilities.
D
separation of the North and South.
15

How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

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

A
fictional stories for newspapers and magazines.
B
about the importance of the First Amendment.
C
about corruption and crime in industry and government.
D
editorials supporting industry leaders and big business practices.
17

The Progressive movement of the 1800s promoted

A
big business and minimal government involvement.
B
business trusts and monopolies.
C
social, economic, and political reforms.
D
industrialization, urbanization, and government deregulation.
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Women’s suffrage in Arizona was granted by which reform measure?

A
a recall
B
an initiative
C
a referendum
D
a direct primary

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