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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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How did speculators take advantage of the Homestead Act?

A
by catering to new markets
B
by promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East
C
by creating phony claims
D
by preparing the land for planting
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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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Which statement best describes how the Grange tried to help farmers financially in the late 1800s?

A
The Grange pressured state legislatures to regulate child labor.
B
The Grange organized the Populist Party to run their own candidates.
C
The Grange organized the Farmers’ Alliances to influence national policy.
D
The Grange established cooperative stores and crop storage facilities.
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Which of the following did the Interstate Commerce Act ban in 1887?

A
railroad pools
B
interstate railroads
C
steel monopolies
D
sugar-refining monopolies
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One of the main problems with the Indian reservation system was that government agents

A
took land from settlers to give to American Indians.
B
dealt dishonestly with American Indian families.
C
did not understand the power structure of American Indian tribes.
D
gave land to settlers who removed American Indians.
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In 1867, one way many American farmers responded to the difficulties they faced was to

A
join the National Grange.
B
form regional alliances.
C
protest against railroad rates.
D
pressure state legislators.
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How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s?

A
The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad.
B
The government used land grants to relocate Indigenous People onto reservations.
C
The government slowed settlement of the West by withholding land grants until the Civil War was over.
D
The government offered land grants to free African Americans after the end of the Civil War.
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Read the quote.I will fight no more forever. Who said this quote when the Nez Perce surrendered in 1877?

A
Chief Joseph
B
Geronimo
C
General Custer
D
Sitting Bull
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Look at the graphic below.Which phrase best fits in the blank box?

Question illustration
A
wasted government money
B
gave citizens government money
C
encouraged people to vote
D
supported government investigations
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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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How did the end of the Civil War help the Union Pacific Railroad?

A
It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of free African Americans.
B
It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line.
C
It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
D
It encouraged more people to travel the railroad to settle in the West.
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Which of the following best describes why the Farmers’ Alliances formed the Populist Party?

A
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in changing the crop-lien system and needed to form a national political party as a result.
B
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in maintaining cooperative businesses and needed to form a national political party as a result.
C
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result.
D
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in reforming the sharecropping system and needed to form a national political party as a result.
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Which reform measure could voters use if they wanted to change a law about taxes?

A
a direct election
B
an initiative
C
a recall
D
an impeachment
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The government’s continuous changing of American Indian policy caused

A
distrust of the federal government among American Indians.
B
trust of the federal government among American Indians.
C
all American Indian tribes to rise up against federal government policies.
D
all American Indian tribes to accept federal government policies.
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, reformers helped immigrants assimilate into American culture by

A
isolating them from American citizens.
B
separating them from their family members.
C
teaching them how to speak English.
D
teaching them foreign languages.
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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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Read the quote from Applied Christianity: Moral Aspects of Social Questions by Washington Gladden.“In every community there are men of goodwill, who, if they had the money, could organize [efforts] among the [poorest] classes by which many of them could be saved...”Who are the “men of goodwill” that Gladden describes?

A
social Darwinists
B
wealthy people
C
immigrants
D
reformers
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In both the sharecropping system and crop-lien system, many farmers in the late 1800s

A
earned high profits.
B
stayed out of debt.
C
usually broke even.
D
eventually fell into debt.

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