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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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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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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 many immigrants arrived in the United States between 1875 and 1910?

A
fewer than 800,000
B
about 2 million
C
almost 8 million
D
more than 20 million
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What was the primary goal of the Populist Party?

A
to challenge the Farmers’ Alliances
B
to represent farmers’ interests
C
to stop railroads from operating
D
to represent business owners
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In the crop-lien system that developed after the Civil War, both farmers and landowners

A
promised to pay for goods with future earnings.
B
paid for goods with cash from crop sales.
C
paid for goods by trading crops for goods.
D
promised to pay for goods by selling their land.
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Why were few court cases won against monopolies and trusts during the Gilded Age?

A
Monopolies and trusts were strengthened by the Sherman Act.
B
Monopolies and trusts were supported by the public.
C
Monopolies and trusts were supported by state legislators.
D
Monopolies and trusts were supported by the federal courts.
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The reforms of the early 1900s were called “progressive” because

A
they represented the work of a single person.
B
they represented unpopular, unwanted changes.
C
they represented a return to traditions of the past.
D
they represented forward thinking about political changes.
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What was one common way that members of the temperance movement attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol?

A
by offering people financial incentives to stop drinking alcohol
B
by encouraging people to drink alcohol in their home only
C
by stealing alcohol from bars and disposing of it
D
by physically blocking the entrance to bars

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