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What was Upton Sinclair’s main purpose in writing The Jungle?

A
to promote the socialist views that he adopted as an adult
B
to explain why journalists had an obligation to tell the truth
C
to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
D
to prompt Congress to pass food-safety laws
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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 win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
D
to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states
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In 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for

A
sitting in a "whites only" rail car.
B
sitting in a "whites only" movie theater.
C
appealing a court decision about segregation.
D
attempting to vote in an election.
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The Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruled that Louisiana’s Separate Car Act

A
promoted unconstitutional segregation.
B
helped maintain public peace and good order.
C
did not constitute segregation.
D
was required under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Look at the graphic organizer.Which word best fits in the center area?

Question illustration
A
Equality
B
Activism
C
Integration
D
Accommodation
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Which of the following granted citizenship to all African Americans?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fourteenth Amendment
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Black Codes
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In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

A
segregation did not constitute discrimination.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to southern states.
C
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
D
segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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What effect, if any, did Plessy v. Ferguson have on the South’s Jim Crow laws?

A
The case had no effect on the laws.
B
The case weakened the laws.
C
The case strengthened the laws.
D
The case invalidated the laws.
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Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?

A
She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
B
She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
C
She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
D
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
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Which of the following was the first public movement in which American women took leadership roles?

A
the abolition movement
B
the temperance movement
C
the suffrage movement
D
the property rights movement
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.
B
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
C
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
D
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
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Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

A
both believed in the accommodationist approach to racial segregation
B
both engaged in activism to end racial segregation
C
both supported full racial equality
D
both formed the Niagara Movement
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A grandfather clause was a law that

A
required voters to pay a tax in order to vote.
B
required voters to pass a test in order to vote.
C
allowed white voters to avoid discriminatory laws.
D
allowed only older African Americans to vote.
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Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery.“No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government. Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution.” On which point would Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois agree?

A
American society is able to easily overcome the negative effects of slavery.
B
The effects of slavery are so ingrained in American society that the only way to achieve equality is through activism.
C
The effects of slavery are so ingrained in American society that achieving equality for all will take patience.
D
Slavery has lasting and extensive effects on every aspect of American society.
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After the Thirteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution,

A
the South could enforce the Black Codes.
B
segregation was outlawed in public schools.
C
African Americans gained the right to vote.
D
slavery became illegal across the United States.

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