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Which action demonstrates how President Theodore Roosevelt could “speak softly” instead of “using a big stick”?

A
He negotiated treaties and agreements.
B
He forced the Dominican Republic to pay its debts.
C
He suppressed a revolution in Cuba.
D
He supported the rebels in Panama.
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How did the 1840 World’s Anti-Slavery Convention affect the women’s suffrage movement?

A
Women and men participated equally in the convention; this helped show the US government that women deserved the right to vote.
B
Women and men participated equally in the convention; this raised the profile of several key female activists.
C
Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this directly led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
D
Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this led several key female activists to shift their focus to women's rights.
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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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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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The position of the United States toward Latin America in the 1800s was specifically based on

A
Manifest Destiny.
B
imperialism.
C
the Monroe Doctrine.
D
the US Constitution.
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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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The court case Plessy v. Ferguson challenged the legality of

A
racially segregated facilities.
B
scare tactics to enforce Jim Crow laws.
C
racially segregated housing.
D
“separate but equal” schools.
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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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The Roosevelt Corollary said the US government was willing to take action in

A
Africa.
B
Europe.
C
Asia.
D
Latin America.
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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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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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