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1. One similarity between the Homestead Strike of 1892 and the Pullman
Strike of 1894 was that:
(A) both involved railroad companies
(B) both involved steel companies
(C) both began as protests against new machinery
(D) both began as protests against pay cuts
(E) during both strikes, private detectives and guards were hired to
intimidate workers
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(D) Both strikes began as protests against pay cuts.
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2. A late 19th-century novel depicting a socialist utopia was:
(A) WALDEN by H. D. Thoreau
(B) THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain
(C) LOOKING BACKWARD by Edward Bellamy
(D) SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
(E) THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
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(C) Edward Bellamy's extremely popular novel, LOOKING BACKWARD 2000-1887
(1887), depicted a socialist utopia.
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3. "The unity of labor, economic and political, upon the basis of class
struggle, is at the time, the supreme need of the working class." This
statement would most likely have been made by:
(A) Theodore Roosevelt
(B) Eugene Debs
(C) Tom Watson
(D) Frances Willard
(E) J. P. Morgan
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(B) Eugene Debs, founder and leader of the Socialist party, made the statement.
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4. Which of the following statements best describes a similarity between the
Granger movement and the Knights of Labor?
(A) Both began as secret societies.
(B) Both supported Republican policies.
(C) Both were nativist movements.
(D) Both became third parties.
(E) Both urged monetary reform.
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(A) Both the Grangers and the Knights of Labor began as secret societies. The
Grange, or "Patrons of Husbandry," was formed in 1867 and the Knights of Labor
in 1869.
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5. In the Open Door Notes of 1899, Secretary of State John Hay stated that the
United States favored a China policy providing for:
(A) the abolition of all foreign concessions
(B) an end to the Chinese tariff system
(C) the equal treatment of the ships and goods of all nations
(D) the repeal of all extraterritorial rights previously granted
(E) a limitation of Chinese sovereignty over foreign settlements
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(C) The Notes demanded equal treatment.
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6. John Dewey is most closely associated with:
(A) the establishment of free public schools
(B) the founding of public libraries and universities
(C) congressional legislation establishing land grant colleges
(D) a system of philosophy that judges an idea by its results
(E) progressive methods of education
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(E) Dewey, a progressive philosopher, is best known for his educational
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7. The purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was:
(A) to protect American business interests in Latin America
(B) to provide new opportunities for American investors in Latin America
(C) to extend the American empire to Latin America
(D) to provide opportunities for European businessmen in Latin America
(E) to prevent European interference in Latin American affairs
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(E) It was to prevent interference.
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8. President Wilson's response to the sinking of the LUSITANIA was to:
(A) declare war on Germany
(B) end diplomatic relations with Germany
(C) end all trade with Germany
(D) place an embargo on all American trade abroad
(E) demand that Germany end its submarine blockade
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(E) When the British steamer LUSITANIA was sunk in 1915, President Wilson
demanded that Germany end unrestricted submarine warfare.
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9. The constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
alcohol remained in effect from 1919 until:
(A) 1922
(B) 1928
(C) 1933
(D) 1941
(E) 1945
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(C) Prohibition was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment.
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