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799913693The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons except toRescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma.
799913694As a result of the complete defeat of Captain William Fetterman's command in 1866The government abandoned the Bozeman Trail and guaranteed the Sioux their lands.
799913695The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrenderBy the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo.
799913696A Century of Dishonor, which chronicles the dismal history of Indian-white relations, was authorized byHelen Hunt Jackson.
799913697To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following exceptoutlaw the sacred Sun Dance
799913698the United States Government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in theBattle of Wounded Knee
799913699One major problem with the Homestead Act was that160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains
799913700A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870's wasthe scarcity of water
799913701in 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed becausethe idea of an endlessly open West had been an element of America's history from the beginning
799913702The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 waslow prices and a deflated currency
799913703Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because theywere, by nature, highly independent and individualistic
799913704The first major farmers' organization was theNational Grange
799913705The populist party arose as the direct successor to theFarmers' Alliance
799913706during the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party becausethe history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks
799913707Jacob Coxey and his army marched on Washington, D.C., todemand that the government relieve unemployment with a public works program
799913708President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds thatthe strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail
799913709Match each individual with his role in the Pullman strikeA-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
799913710Mark Hanna, the Ohio republican president-maker, believed that the prime function of the federal government was toprovide aid to big business
799913711William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic party primarily because heeloquently supported the farmers' demand for the unlimited coinage of silver
799913712the 1896 presidential election marked the last time thata serious effort to win the White House would be made with mostly agrarian votes
799913713the monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result ofan increase in the international gold supply
799913714the development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city bycreating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry
799913715The new immigrants who came to the US after 1880were culturally different from previous immigrants
799913716most Italian immigrants to the US between 1880 and 1920 came to escapethe poverty and backwardness of southern Italy
799913717by the nineteenth century, most of the Old immigrant groups from northern and western Europewere largely accepted as American, even though they often lived in separate ethnic neighborhoods
799913718while big city political bosses and their machines were often criticized...they were more effective in serving urban immigrants' needs than weak state or local governments
799913719prominent Protestant pastors like Walter Rauschenbusch...the Christian gospel required that churches address poverty and other burning social issues of the day
799913720the Darwinian theory of organic evolution...creating a split between religious conservatives...
799913721besides serving immigrants and the poor...actively lobbied for social reforms
799913722in the 1890's, white collar positions for women...native-born Americans
799913723labor unions favored immigrant restrictions...opposed to factory labor
799913724the new, research-oriented modern...de-emphasize religious and moral instruction...
799913725the pragmatists were a school...the provisional and fallible nature...
799913726Americans offered growing support...because they accepted the idea that a free gov't..
799913727as a leader of the African American community, Booker T. Washingtonpromoted black self-help but didn't challenge segregation
799913728the morrill act of 1862granted public lands to states to support higher education
799913729in criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis...an intellectually gifted talented tenth
799913730the public library movement across America...Andrew Carnegie
799913731the two late-nineteenth-century newspaper...William Randolph hearst and Joseph Pulitzer
799913732Match each of these late nineteenth century writers with the theme of his workA-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
799913733by 1900, advocates of woman's suffrageargued that the vote would enable women...
799913734one of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate...stresses of urban life
799913735edward bellamy's novel, Looking Backward...portraying a utopian America in the year 2000...
799913736during industrialization, Americans increasinglyshared a common and standardized popular culture
799913737in his book, Our Country: Its possible future and its present crisis...spread American religion and values to backward nations
799913738alfred thayer mahan argued thatcontrol of the sea was the key to world domination
799913739the numerous near-wars and diplomatic crisis of the US...the aggressive new national mood
799913740to justify American intervention...Monroe doctrine
799913741a primary reason that the British submitted...that growing tensions with Germany made Britain reluctant...
799913742one reason that the white American sugar lords...feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii..
799913743Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani...she opposed annexation the US...
799913744President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii becausehe believed that the native Hawaiians...
799913745the Cuban insurrectos who wanted to overthrow...adopted a scorched-earth policy of burning...
799913746Americans favored providing aid to Cuban...a belief that Spain's control of Cuba...
799913747The Battleship Maine was sunk byan accidental internal explosion on the ship
799913748President William McKinley asked Congress...the American public and many leading Republicans demanded it
799913749The US declared war on Spain even though...end the re concentration camps and sign...
799913750the Tellar Amendmentguaranteed that the US would support...
799913751The most successful American military action during the Spanish-American war...effective use of the new steel navy
799913752a major weakness of Spain in the Spanish- American war wasthe poor and outdated condition of its navy
799913753the Philippine nationalist who led the insurrection...Emilio Aguinaldo
799913754when the US captured the Philippines from SpainHawaii was annexed by the US as a key...
799913755the rough riders, organized...were turned into an effective fighting force...
799913756the greatest loss of life for American fighting...sickness in both Cuba and the US
799913757President McKinley justified American acquisition of the Philippines...there was no acceptable alternative to their acquisition
799913758American imperialists who advocated acquisition of the Philippines...their economic advantage for American naval operations
799913759Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments...the islands were still rightfully Spain's, since they were taken..
799913760starting in 1917, many Puerto Ricans...employment
799913761on the question of whether American laws applied to the overseas territory...the American Constitution and laws did not apply to US colonies
799913762the US asserted that it had a virtual...Platt Amendment
799913763by acquiring the philippine islands at the end of the Spanish-American war, the USall of these
799913764arrange the following events in chronological order: A) American declaration of war on Spain...B,A,C,D
799913765in 1899, guerrilla warfare broke out in the Philippines becausethe US refused to give the Filipino people their independence
799913766the Philippine insurrection was finally broken in 1901 whenEmilion Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, was captured
799913767the American war against the Philippine insurrectionists promoting Philippine independenceresulted in torture and atrocities committed by both sides
799913768Many Americans became concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in China because theyfeared that American missions would be jeopardized...
799913769China's Boxer Rebellion was an attempt toThrow out or kill all foreigners
799913770in the aftermath of the boxer uprising, the US...educate Chinese students in the US
799913771the extended open door policy advocated...uphold the territorial integrity of china
799913772at the time he was named the vice presidential candidate...governor of New York
799913773the republicans won the 1900 election mainly because of...the prosperity achieved during McKinley's first term
799913774Theodore Roosevelt can best be described ashighly energetic and egotistical
799913775regarding the presidency, teddy Roosevelt believed thatthe president could take any action not specifically prohibited by the laws...
799913776construction of an isthmian canal across Central America..a desire to improve defense by allowing...
799913777the British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled...confronted an unfriendly Europe...
799913778the US signed the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty...Britain; Panama; Japan
799913779the US gained a perpetual lease on the Panama Canal Zone in the..Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
799913780Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the...the Colombian senate had rejected...
799913781Teddy Roosevelt's aggressive involvement in the...increasing anti-American sentiment...
799913782the Roosevelt Corollary added a new provision to the...justify U.S. intervention in the affairs...
799913783Japan's victories in the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War...it was the first time in many centuries...
799913784president Roosevelt organized a conference...mediate a conclusion to the Russo-Japanese war
799913785the secret gentleman's' agreement that President Roosevelt worked...caused Japan to halt the flow of laborers to America...
799913786the relatively small Japanese immigration...growing racial discrimination and fear of a yellow peril
799913787in the root-takahira agreement of 1908the US and Japan agreed to respect each others...
799913788the"real heart" of the progressive...use the gov't as an agency of human welfare
799913789match each late-nineteenth-century social critic...A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
799913790Female progressives often justified..their being essentially an extension...
799913791the muckrakers signified much about the nature..sought not to overthrow capitalism but to...
799913792the leading progressive organization...the Woman's christian temperance union
799913793progressive reformers were mainly...middle class
799913794the progressive movement was instrumental...direct election of senators
799913795in Muller v. Oregon, the supreme court...female workers required special rules...
799913796the case of lochner v new york...declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional..
799913797teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902...threatening to seize the mines...
799913798passage of the federal meat inspection act..Upton Sinclair the Jungle
799913799the real purpose of teddy Roosevelt's assault...prove that the gov't, not private business, ruled the country
799913800match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below...A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
799913801According to the text, Roosevelt's most enduring...his efforts supporting the environment
799913802Teddy Roosevelt decided to run...William Howard Taft had seemed to...
799913803President Taft's foreign policy was dubbeddollar diplomacy
799913804the major weakness of the league of nations...did not include the US
799913805Woodrow Wilson's call for a...his belief that the presidential election should determine...
799913806senate opponents of the league of nations...robbed congress of its war-declaring powers
799913807the senate likely would have accepted American...been willing to compromise with League...
799913808the US main contributions to the allied victory...battlefield victories
799913809the chief difference between Woodrow Wilson and...did not command a legislative majority at home
799913810the two major battles of WWI...St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
799913811Russia's withdrawal from WWI...the release of thousands of German troops...
799913812the supreme military commander...John J. Pershing
799913813the Second Battle of the Marne...marked the beginning of a German withdrawal
799913814the movement of tens of thousands southern blacks north...racial violence in the north
799913815most wartime mobilization agencies relied on...voluntary compliance
799913816most of the money raised to finance WWI came fromloans from the American public
799913817the WWI military draftgenerally worked fairly and effectively to provide military manpower
799913818match each individual administrator below...A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
799913819two constitutional amendments adopted in part because...prohibition; woman suffrage
799913820the 1919 steel strike resulted ina grievous setback crippling the union...
799913821the Zimmerman note involved a proposed...Germany and Mexico
799913822when the US entered WWI, it waspoorly prepared to leap into global war
799913823the US declared war on Germanyafter German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels
799913824President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American...pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars"...
799913825because of the benefits that it conferred on labor...Clayton Anti-Trust Act
799913826Woodrow Wilson showed the limits...accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy
799913827which term best characterizes Woodrow Wilson...moralistic
799913828as WWI began in Europe...Central Powers; Allies
799913829from 1914 to 1916, trade between the US and Britain...pulled the American economy out of a recession
799913830Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy...scorn for the ideal of self...
799913831the 16th amendment provided for..a personal income tax
799913832the federal reserve act of 1913...presidentially appointed federal reserve board
799913833in 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency...dollar diplomacy
799913834Teddy Roosevelt's new nationalismsupported a broad program of social...
799913835Woodrow Wilson's new freedomfavored small enterprise and entrepreneurship
799913836the 1912 presidential election was notable becauseit gave the voters a clear choice of...
799913837German submarines began sinking unarmed...in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany
799913838in the Sussex pledge, Germany promisednot to sink passenger ships without warning
799913839disillusioned by war and peace...struggle to achieve economic prosperity
799913840the most tenacious pursuer of racial elements...A. Mitchell Palmer
799913841the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's...the forces of diversity and modernity...
799913842immigration restrictions of the 1920's...the nativist belief that northern Europeans...
799913843enforcement of the Volstead act..immigrants and big-city residents
799913844the religion of almost all polish..Roman Catholicism
799913845the most spectacular example of lawlessness...Chicago
799913846John Dewey can rightly be called the father of...progressive education
799913847after the scopes "monkey trial"fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force...
799913848all of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible exceptgov't stimulation of the economy
799913849the main problem faced by American manufacturers...developing expanded markets of people...
799913850Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows..believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time
799913851the prosperity that developed in the 1920swas accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt
799913852Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry wasproduction of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile
799913853Frederick w. Taylor, a prominent inventor...promotion of industrial efficiency...
799913854Charles Lindbergh solo flight across the Atlantic...his wholesome youthfulness contrasted...
799913855the first talkie motion picture wasthe Jazz singer
799913856automobiles, radios, and motion picturescontributed to the standardization of American life
799913857Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy ofbirth control
799913858to justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed tothe theories of Sigmund Freud
799913859jazz music was developed byAmerican blacks
799913860all of the following are true of Marcus Garvey...advocated the idea of developing an elite "talented tenth"...
799913861match each literary figure below with the correct workA-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
799913862buying stock on margin meant purchasingit on credit with only a small down payment
799913863as secretary of treasury, Andrew Mellon...middle-income groups
799913864match each member of president Harding's cabinet...A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5
799913865republican economic policies under warren g. Hardinghoped to encourage the gov't actively to assist business
799913866during the 1920's, the supreme courtoften ruled against progressive legislation
799913867in the Adkins case, the supreme court ruled thatwomen were no longer entitled to special protection..
799913868the non business group that realized the most...veterans
799913869one exception to president warren g. hardings policy of isolationism...secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies
799913870the 1928 Kellogg-briand pactofficially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry and conflict
799913871the teapot dome scandal was centered around...naval oil reserves
799913872which of the following descriptive attributes...wordiness
799913873after the initial shock of the Harding scandals...excusing some of the wrongdoers...
799913874one of the major problems facing farmers...overproduction
799913875senator Robert la follette's progressive party..increased power for the supreme court
799913876the progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election becausetoo many people shared in the general prosperity...
799913877in the early 1920s, one glaring exception...armed intervention in the Caribbean and central America
799913878Americas European allies argued that they should not have to repay...they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives...
799913879America's major foreign policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes plan, whichprovided a solution to the tangle of war...
799913880one of Herbert Hoovers chief strengths...talent for administration
799913881the federal farm board, created by the agricultural marketing act...organize producers' cooperatives
799913882as a result of the hawley-smoot tariff of 1930the worldwide depression deepened
799913883president Hoover's approach to the great depression was tooffer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals
799913884the reconstruction finance corporation was established tomake loans to businesses, banks, and state and local gov'ts
799913885the bonus expeditionary force...immediate full payment of bonus payments...
799913886president hoovers public image...use of harsh military force to disperse...
799913887in response to the league of nations investigation...japan left the league
799913888the 1932 Stimson doctrinedeclared that the US would not recognize...

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