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In 1867, one way many American farmers responded to the difficulties they faced was to

A
join the National Grange.
B
form regional alliances.
C
protest against railroad rates.
D
pressure state legislators.
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In both the sharecropping system and crop-lien system, many farmers in the late 1800s

A
earned high profits.
B
stayed out of debt.
C
usually broke even.
D
eventually fell into debt.
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Which of the following best describes William Jennings Bryan’s political experience?

A
Bryan served as the governor of Nebraska and as secretary of state.
B
Bryan served as a congressman and as the attorney general.
C
Bryan served as secretary of state and a congressman.
D
Bryan served as vice president.
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Which of the following was a typical tactic of nativists in the early 1900s?

A
registering immigrants to vote
B
campaigning for pro-immigration laws
C
bullying and intimidating immigrants
D
paying immigrants to move out of cities
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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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Which of the following groups became the main residents of the inner city during the Gilded Age?

A
clerks and teachers
B
doctors and lawyers
C
the wealthy
D
the working poor
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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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Which statement describes an effect of urbanization?

A
Living conditions improved in city centers.
B
The middle class grew in cities.
C
Cities became less segregated.
D
The unemployment rate increased in cities.
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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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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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Opposition to Asian immigrants led to the 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan. This informal agreement stated that

A
Japan would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States.
B
Japan would issue only five thousand passports per year to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States.
C
the United States could take away the citizenship of Japanese immigrants who lived in the United States.
D
the United States would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to Japan.
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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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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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How could William Jennings Bryan oppose the gold standard and also support bimetallism?

A
Bryan took each position at a different point in his career, with his support for bimetallism coming later in life.
B
Bimetallism called for a fixed value for gold, which was the opposite of the gold standard.
C
Bryan spoke in favor of the gold standard when addressing the wealthy and in favor of bimetallism when speaking to the poor.
D
Bryan opposed the idea of a fixed value for gold while supporting the concept of a currency based on two metals.
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How did the end of the Civil War help the Union Pacific Railroad?

A
It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of free African Americans.
B
It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line.
C
It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
D
It encouraged more people to travel the railroad to settle in the West.
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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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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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Which of the following best describes why the Farmers’ Alliances formed the Populist Party?

A
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in changing the crop-lien system and needed to form a national political party as a result.
B
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in maintaining cooperative businesses and needed to form a national political party as a result.
C
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result.
D
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in reforming the sharecropping system and needed to form a national political party as a result.
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During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate dramatically

A
decreased because of new legislation.
B
decreased because of a war in China.
C
increased because of a gold rush.
D
increased because of job opportunities.
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A direct result of landlords not maintaining their tenements during the early 1900s was that

A
people only lived in them for short periods.
B
people were injured in unsafe living spaces.
C
rooms were overcrowded despite regulations.
D
elevators were frequently out of order.

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