AnswersOC27 MATH COLL ALGEBRA-1200710-S1-Degele-VOL7006PMultiplying Polynomials and Simplifying Expressions

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The laws are not written to overcome social prejudice, and do not need to change because that was never their original intent.

A
majority
B
dissent
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For two races to feel equal they must willingly appreciate each other’s value.

A
majority
B
dissent
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The segregation laws were set up to exclude black people from riding in cars designated for white people, not the other way around.

A
majority
B
dissent
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How did the Supreme Court majority argue that “separate but equal” facilities were legal? Check all that apply.

A
It was said to help preserve the peace and public order.
B
It was not really enforced on a day-to-day basis.
C
It allegedly affected only people with a criminal record.
D
The Constitution did not protect social rights, only civil and political rights.
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Read the quote. Put a check next to each of the statements supported in the text.

A
Du Bois believes that African Americans should be accommodating to oppression and segregation.
B
Du Bois feels that African Americans shouldn’t have to apologize in the face of insults.
C
For African Americans to gain equality, Du Bois believes they must refuse to be treated as inferior.
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Which of the following best describes Progressivism?

A
a way of doing business in the late nineteenth century
B
a political movement that brought reform
C
the way a government viewed its laws
8

Which of the following was not a goal of Progressive reformers?

A
stopping unfair business practices
B
restricting child labor
C
eliminating corruption in government
D
decreasing urban populations
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Which of the following best describes the Lochner decision?

A
States can interfere to protect women employees from working long hours.
B
States cannot interfere with an employee’s right to contract for work.
C
Businesses are free to treat their employees however they wish.
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Which reason supports the Muller decision?

A
“[H]ealthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, [so] the physical well-being of woman becomes an object of public interest.”
B
“The Fourteenth Amendment protects an individual's general right to make a contract in relation to his business.”
C
“Bakers are able to assert their rights and care for themselves without the state’s interference.”
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Imagine that you are creating a blog to argue in favor of the benefits of recycling. Which three statements use an appropriate tone to support your viewpoint? Recycling is a great way to conserve valuable resources that take time and energy for the earth to produce.You don’t want to waste stuff, do u? One of the best ways to avoid creating waste is to recycle or reuse old items.Donate old electronics like phones and computers to charities, or ask friends and family members if they can use them.People who throw away items that can be recycled are to blame for global warming.

A
Recycling is a great way to conserve valuable resources that take time and energy for the earth to produce.
B
You don’t want to waste stuff, do u?
C
One of the best ways to avoid creating waste is to recycle or reuse old items.
D
Donate old electronics like phones and computers to charities, or ask friends and family members if they can use them.
E
People who throw away items that can be recycled are to blame for global warming.
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Which of the following best describes William Jennings Bryan’s political experience?

A
Bryan served as the governor of Nebraska and as secretary of state.
B
Bryan served as a congressman and as the attorney general.
C
Bryan served as secretary of state and a congressman.
D
Bryan served as vice president.
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Populists believed that bankers, landowners, and political parties

A
were in constant conflict at the expense of important issues.
B
had taken over the Knights of Labor along with other labor unions.
C
supported collective action to achieve prosperity for all.
D
worked together to keep control of the US in the hands of the wealthy.
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Which of the following best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement?

A
Hundreds of settlement houses opened across the United States.
B
Social Darwinists began encouraging people not to help less-fortunate people.
C
The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.
D
Protestant Christians formed groups that opposed drinking alcohol.
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Which of the following best describes how muckrakers brought about reform in the Progressive Era?

A
Muckrakers encouraged Americans to carry out their own investigations of questionable practices in industry and government.
B
Muckrakers presented Americans with facts about corruption in industry and government that prompted citizens to demand change of their lawmakers.
C
Muckrakers appealed to big businesses that wanted to improve their public perception, thus facing the public with an “honesty is the best policy” approach.
D
Muckrakers presented the American people with facts about different industries and placed the responsibility on future generations to change it.
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What was one way Progressives wanted to regulate railroads?

A
by limiting the fees railroads could charge for carrying freight
B
by limiting the number of states through which railroads could travel
C
by determining the wages paid to railroad workers
D
by determining the amount of taxes the railroads had to pay
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When were Jim Crow laws first legislated and enforced on Black people?

A
starting in the late 1800s into the 1960s
B
starting in the 1600s with colonial slavery
C
starting in the 1950s during the civil rights movement
D
starting after the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
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In the early 1800s, female reformers focused on the issue(s) of:

A
temperance only.
B
women's access to health care and health education.
C
temperance, abolition, and women's access to education.
D
women's right to vote.
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In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

A
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation unconstitutional.
B
stated that African American and white schools needed to be equal.
C
upheld the Separate Car Act by ruling that segregation was legal.
D
upheld Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation constitutional.
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Who received benefits from settlement houses in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

A
young women from wealthy families
B
immigrants who had recently come to America
C
reformers like Jacob Riis and Lincoln Steffens
D
members of the middle-class people who needed a place to live
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What was one provision of the Dawes Act of 1887?

A
to stop American Indians from buying land
B
to stop American Indians from resisting assimilation
C
to divide and distribute land to American Indians
D
to divide and distribute land to white settlers

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