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Similar to the Progressives, Wilson supported

A
establishing a graduated income tax.
B
raising tariffs in order to protect US businesses.
C
limiting workers’ rights in order to protect businesses.
D
lowering government restrictions on banks.
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Read the quotation from Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, recalling his childhood under Jim Crow. “Even on our way to school some days, men would come by and throw oranges at us, sometimes rock perhaps. We [also] were very much aware of police brutality in that city at that time. We were conscious of the Ku Klux Klan riding around the town to keep everybody in check.” In this quotation, Dr. Bronson is describing

A
intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens.
B
how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
C
conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city in which he lived.
D
how residents protected each other from the Ku Klux Klan and the police in the city in which he lived.
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Read the quotation from Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities."My purpose was...to see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to American pride." Which of the following best describes Steffens' purpose in writing about government?

A
to encourage Americans to feel more pride in their government
B
to highlight corruption in city and state governments
C
to arouse public sympathy for government officials
D
to incite Americans into a fiery revolt against their government
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Which of the following best states how World War I affected President Wilson’s position on women’s suffrage?

A
Wilson started to champion women’s suffrage after the war began.
B
Wilson stopped supporting women’s suffrage after the war began.
C
Wilson continued to fight for women’s suffrage after the war began.
D
Wilson’s continued to oppose women’s suffrage after the war began.
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Roosevelt chose a bull moose as a symbol for his new Progressive Party because

A
he wanted to show he sided with Democrats on key issues.
B
he fought like one for things he believed in.
C
he had helped preserve them in Washington State.
D
he wanted to show he sided with Republicans on key issues.
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Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach?

A
It was an important tool in ending segregation.
B
It reinforced segregation and discrimination.
C
It could work, if paired with more aggressive tactics.
D
It was the cause of violence against African Americans.
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Which legislation did Theodore Roosevelt sign as president regarding his philosophy of conservation?

A
the regulation of the drug industry.
B
the creation of new railroads.
C
the creation of new national parks.
D
the regulation of the food industry.
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The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment led to

A
a ban on giving literacy tests to people in the southern states so they could vote.
B
more African Americans being elected to all levels of government.
C
the establishment of grandfather clauses that helped African Americans in the voting booth.
D
poll taxes being outlawed because they were discriminatory.
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Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech.“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” Which statement best describes the view Washington is expressing in this quotation?

A
Segregation creates anger, resulting in damage to society that can never be repaired.
B
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must leave each other alone and develop independently.
C
Maintaining an individual and racial identity does not mean all people cannot work together.
D
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must work together in every way.
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As a result of some former Confederate states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,

A
Congress established military rule in the South.
B
Congress changed the ratification process.
C
those states reluctantly rejoined the Union.
D
the amendment was not ratified for many years.
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Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?

A
two women who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
B
the first two American women to hold national elected office
C
two women who formed the American Abortionist Movement
D
the first two American women to vote legally in a national election
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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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Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with?

A
that “social rights” were a part of “civil rights”
B
that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race
C
that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine
D
that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation
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Which of the following best describes how President Taft affected conservation efforts?

A
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who undid some of Roosevelt’s conservation work.
B
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who continued Roosevelt’s conservation work.
C
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who believed strongly in conservation.
D
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who was neutral on conservation.
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Two of Theodore Roosevelt’s major successes in protecting consumers were

A
the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
B
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Interstate Commerce Act.
C
the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act.
D
the National Child Labor Act and the Newlands Reclamation Act.

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