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Chapter 28 Test

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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 27 Test

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Name ___________________________ Date ________________ A.P. U.S. History & Government Mr. Ferretti Chapter 27 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 26. In his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah Strong advocated American expansion a. based on a powerful new navy. b. to open up new markets for industrial goods. c. to spread American religion and values. d. to ease labor violence at home. e. to maintain white racial superiority. 27. By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in a. population. b. wealth. c. industrial production.

Chapter 26 Test

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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 25 Test

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Chapter 28 America on the World Stage, 1899?1909 Name ___________________________ Date ________________ A.P. U.S. History & Government Mr. Ferretti Chapter 25 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 31. The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was a. uniquely American. b. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. c. attributable to the closing of the frontier. d. a trend that affected Europe as well. e. a result of natural reproduction. 32. The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was a. the development of the skyscraper.

Chapter 23 Test

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Chapter 23 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 60. At the conclusion of the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant a. refused gifts offered him by the American public. b. proved that he was a sound judge of human character. c. rejoined the Democratic party. d. accepted gifts of houses and money from citizens. e. ruled out running for office. 61. In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant a. transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote. b. owed his victory to the votes of former slaves. c. gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites. d. demonstrated his political skill. e. all of the above. 62. As a result of the Civil War,

Chapter 22 Test

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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

Chapter 21 Test

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Chapter 21 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 28. At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln favored a. postponing military action as long as possible. b. ending slavery. c. long-term enlistments for Union soldiers. d. quick military action to show the folly of secession. e. seizing control of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. 29. Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run would a. lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond. b. bring an end to slavery. c. destroy the economy of the South. d. pull the Border states out of the Confederacy. e. all of the above. 30. Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) the Battle of Bull Run,

American Pageant 13E Chapter 8 Study Guide

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Student Study Guide for the American Pageant Chapter 8 America Secedes from the Empire? seq NL1 \r 0 \h chapter summary Even after Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress did not at first pursue independence. The Congress?s most important action was selecting George Washington as military commander.

American Pageant 13E Chapter 7 Study Guide

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Student Study Guide for the American Pageant CHAPTER 7 The Road to Revolution, 1763?1775 seq NL1 \r 0 \h chapter summary ? The American War of Independence was a military conflict fought from 1775 to 1783, but the American Revolution was a deeper transformation of thought and loyalty that began when the first settlers arrived in America and finally led to the colonies? political separation from Britain.

American Pageant 13E Chapter 6 Study Guide

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Student Study Guide for the American Pageant CHAPTER 6 The Duel for North America, 1608?1763 seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter Summary ? Like Britain, France entered late into the American colonial scramble, eventually developing an extensive though thinly settled empire economically based on the fur trade. During much of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain and France engaged in a bitter power struggle that frequently erupted into worldwide wars. In North America these wars constituted an extended military duel for imperial control of the continent.

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