US History

Chapter 28 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 43. As one progressive explained, the ?real heart? of the progressive movement was to a. preserve world peace. b. use the government as an agency of human welfare. c. ensure the Jeffersonian style of government. d. reinstate the policy of laissez-faire. e. to promote economic and social equality. 44. Progressives, who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early- twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from a. the Federalists. b. the Greenback Labor party and the Populists. c. foreign nations. d. progressive theorists, like Jacob Riis. e. social Darwinists. 45. Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism.

Chapter 26 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 45. In post-Civil War America, Indians surrendered their lands only when they a. chose to migrate farther west. b. received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies. c. lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. d. were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. e. traded land for rifles and blankets. 46. In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military, the a. Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. b. soldiers showed great mobility on their swift horses. c. Indians? superb horsemanship often defeated U.S. soldiers. d. Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers.

Chapter 24 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 38. When private railroad promoters asked the United States government for subsidies to build their railroads, they gave all of the following reasons for their request except that it was a. too risky without government help. b. too costly without government help. c. too costly to move people in some areas without government help. d. too unprofitable in some areas without government help. e. impossible to serve military and postal needs without government help. 39. During the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons a. rejected government assistance. b. built their railroads with government assistance. c. relied exclusively on Chinese labor. d. refused to get involved in politics.

Chapter 22 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 27. The fate of the Confederate leaders after 1865 was that a. most were jailed for an extended period of time. b. several were executed for treason. c. all were eventually pardoned. d. none was ever allowed to hold political office again. e. several went into exile in Brazil. 28. In the postwar South a. the economy was utterly devastated. b. the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequence. c. the much-feared inflation never materialized. d. industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish. e. poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery. 29. At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners