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1. The United States acquired the territory of Hawaii by:
(A) invading and conquering it
(B) purchasing it from England
(C) purchasing it from Japan
(D) purchasing it from China
(E) a joint resolution of Congress
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(E) Americans had heavy investments in Hawaiian sugar plantations, which
spurred support for the acquisition of Hawaii. Congress annexed Hawaii by
joint resolution in 1898.
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2. The Tweed Ring of the post-Civil War era was:
(A) a group of stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad
(B) a conspiracy to defraud the federal government
(C) an organization of corrupt politicians in New York
(D) a group of political cartoonists
(E) any group of petty criminals in a large city
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(C) The Tweed Ring illegally collected funds and bribed public officials.
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3. "Greenbacks" were desired primarily by:
(A) factory owners and manufacturers who needed credit
(B) financiers who had invested in railroads
(C) stockholders of state banks
(D) farmers and of the South and West
(E) supporters of the gold standard
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(D) The term "greenbacks" refers to inflationary paper money printed without
backing. Farmers, who needed easy credit, were the major supporters of
greenbacks.
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4. A major goal of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was to:
(A) end railroad abuses that hindered interstate shipment of goods
(B) enable railroad companies to pool their rates and lower prices
(C) prevent competition among railroad lines
(D) enable the federal government to establish freight rates
(E) provide government ownership and management of transportation and
communication lines
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(A) Interstate commerce was regulated.
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5. "The millionaires are a product of natural selection . . . There is the
intensest competition for their place and occupation." This statement most
accurately reflects the views of a:
(A) progressive reformer
(B) Mugwump
(C) Social Darwinist
(D) nativist
(E) Socialist
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(C) The statement was made by William Graham Sumner, a leading exponent of the
application of Darwinian theories to the study of society.
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6. The main provision of the Sherman Antitrust Act was intended to:
(A) repeal the Clayton Act
(B) repeal the Interstate Commerce Act
(C) outlaw unions that impeded interstate commerce
(D) outlaw conspiracies in restraint of trade
(E) insure that commerce between and among states remained under the
control of state governments
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(D) The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 outlawed contracts, combinations or
conspiracy "in restraint of trade."
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7. A "nativist" may be most accurately defined as:
(A) an opponent of immigration
(B) a supporter of the "melting pot" theory
(C) an advocate of the interests of American Indians
(D) a proponent of the establishment of Indian reservations
(E) an agrarian supporter of a "return to the soil"
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(A) A nativist is a person who opposed immigration.
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8. New immigrants of the late 19th century established their own self-help
organizations in the form of:
(A) settlement houses
(B) political parties
(C) burial and insurance societies
(D) public school systems
(E) utopian communities
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(C) New immigrants in urban areas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
organized burial and insurance societies and other self-help organizations.
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9. Which of the following presidential candidates advocated currency inflation
through silver coinage?
(A) McKinley
(B) Bryan
(C) Greeley
(D) Cleveland
(E) Taft
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(B) William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic and Populist candidate for President
in 1896, advocated currency inflation through silver coinage. He lost the
election to McKinley.
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