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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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Which of the following was a reason that Roosevelt sued the Northern Securities Company?

A
Northern Securities controlled all rail service between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest.
B
Northern Securities controlled all freight service between Chicago and Los Angeles.
C
Northern Securities controlled all mail delivery between Chicago and New York.
D
Northern Securities controlled all meat packing between Chicago and Detroit.
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Why did the Interstate Commerce Commission have difficulty enforcing reforms?

A
The courts often ruled against the commission.
B
The commission had no power to ban rate discrimination.
C
The commission members supported laissez-faire policies.
D
The courts would not hear cases on interstate commerce.
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Read the sentence.

A
Thousands of miners and settlers moved into the Black Hills despite Sioux claims to the land.
B
The government prevented settlers from entering the Black Hills.
C
Sioux leaders agreed to sell the Black Hills land only to certain settlers and not the government.
D
The discovery encouraged the Sioux to relocate to new lands in the East.
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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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