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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." According to Steffens, what was the purpose of muckraking journalism?

A
to encourage people to buy fewer newspapers
B
to encourage people to become muckraking journalists themselves
C
to encourage people to rise up against their government
D
to encourage people to take action against widespread corruption
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Look at the political cartoon below. According to this political cartoon, “The Open Road,” who is on the road to liberty, equality, and justice?

Question illustration
A
the Democratic Party
B
the Republican Party
C
the Populist Party
D
the Progressive Party
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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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Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech."In the great leap from slavery to freedom...the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands...we shall prosper...as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor."According to this quotation, Washington believed that

A
hard work had its own kind of dignity.
B
hard work was more important than education.
C
people could not prosper from common labor.
D
people had to prosper in order to achieve freedom.
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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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In the Muller v. Oregon case of 1908, the Supreme Court

A
ruled against government regulations.
B
overturned a state law regarding child safety.
C
ruled in favor of government regulations.
D
overturned a state law regarding unsafe products.
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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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In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

A
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation unconstitutional.
B
stated that African American and white schools needed to be equal.
C
upheld the Separate Car Act by ruling that segregation was legal.
D
upheld Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation constitutional.
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Read the quotation from the Omaha Platform.“The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires.” What sentence best summarizes the above quotation?

A
The “common people” often take advantage of the wealthy class.
B
The wealthy often profit from the hard work of the lower class.
C
The wealthy succeed because they are stronger than the lower class.
D
There are three economic classes: the rich, the poor, and the middle class.
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Read the quotation by Theodore Roosevelt..“There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed . . . The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society.” According to this quotation, which of the following best describes Roosevelt's view on journalism?

A
Writers should be concerned about upsetting American political leaders.
B
Writers should not worry about upsetting the public.
C
Writers who expose corruption perform a vital service to America.
D
Writers should only expose corruption in certain industries.
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Which of these women’s rights advocates fought for women’s suffrage, abolishment of slavery, and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments declaring that women were created equal with men?

A
Jeannette Rankin
B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C
Carrie Chapman Catt
D
Margaret Sanger
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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 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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