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1. The Copperheads of the Civil War era can be best described as:
(A) traitors within the Confederacy
(B) union spies within the Confederacy
(C) dissenters within the Union
(D) Union soldiers trapped behind Confederate lines
(E) former slaves serving in the Union Army
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(C) "Copperhead" was the derogatory term used for Union Democrats who opposed
the Lincoln Administration during the Civil War.
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2. All of the following characterized the southern states during
Reconstruction EXCEPT:
(A) widespread tenant farming
(B) the development of black public schools
(C) the election of black legislators
(D) the election of black governors
(E) the organization of vigilante groups opposed to black civil rights
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(D) There were no black governors in the South during Reconstruction.
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3. Between 1870 and 1910, the population of the United States rose from under
40 million to over 90 million. Which of the following factors was the MOST
significant cause of this increase?
(A) a rise in the birth rate
(B) a dramatic rise in longevity
(C) the imposition of immigration restrictions
(D) an influx of immigrants from sections of Europe
(E) the continued availability of large areas of free, uninhabited land
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(D) One main cause was immigration.
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4. To which of the following groups were high tariffs of the late 19th century
most injurious?
(A) large industrial corporations
(B) domestic manufacturers with small factories
(C) midwestern farmers selling agricultural products
(D) new businesses that began in the post-Civil War era
(E) the Republican party
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(C) High tariffs of the late 19th century were injurious to farmers who
received low prices for their products.
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5. The first coeducational college in the United States was:
(A) Mount Holyoke College
(B) Oberlin College
(C) Harvard College
(D) Vassar College
(E) The University of California
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(B) Oberlin College, founded in 1833, became the first coeducational college
in the United States.
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6. The "Gospel of Wealth" is a philosophy associated with:
(A) Andrew Carnegie
(B) Henry James
(C) Henry Adams
(D) Lincoln Steffens
(E) J. P. Morgan
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(A) Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie explained the "Gospel of
Wealth" in a famous essay of 1900. The wealthy, said Carnegie, should donate
funds to the causes they favored before they died. He supported public
libraries and universities.
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7. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK, published in 1903, can be best described as:
(A) a statement of philosophy by Booker T. Washington
(B) the autobiography of Frederick Douglass
(C) a policy statement by the founders of the NAACP
(D) a volume of essays by W. E. B. DuBois
(E) a short-lived black newspaper in Atlanta
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(D) In this writing, W. E. B. DuBois criticized Booker T. Washington.
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8. The Omaha Convention of 1892 is most closely associated with the:
(A) Republicans
(B) Democrats
(C) Progressives
(D) Greenbackers
(E) Populists
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(E) The Populist platform supported free silver, government ownership of
transportation and communication lines, a graduated income tax, direct election
of Senators, adoption of electoral reforms, and restrictions on immigration.
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9. A symbol of the Red Scare of the 1920s was the:
(A) Scopes trial
(B) Hiss case
(C) Smith Act
(D) Un-American Activities Committee
(E) Sacco-Vanzetti trial
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(E) To many, this case came to symbolize the nativism and conservatism of the
1920s.
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