Gilded Age

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Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries?

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“The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.”

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This legislation affected how federal employees were hired. The law now required government jobs to be –

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determined by a merit system, based on civil service examinations

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In this excerpt, Justice Harlan is warning against –

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allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

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Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker-shaded areas? Options: The introduction of barbed wire throughout the Great Plains, The expansion of the railway lines throughout the West, The acceptance of Mormons by other religious sects in the East, The peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populations

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The expansion of the railway lines throughout the West

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Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?

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The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants.

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These demands most reflected the concerns of:

• Small farmers in need of affordable credit
• Robber barons pursuing higher profits
• Prominent bankers who controlled the money supply
• Immigrant workers seeking economic justice

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Small farmers in need of affordable credit

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What occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

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Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions

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Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon? Options: Union leaders, Philanthropists, Political bosses, Nativists

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Nativists

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Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?
Options: The Bracero program was introduced, The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States, Irish families immigrated to the United States

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Irish families immigrated to the United States

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The business practice described above eventually led to the enactment of legislation that –

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Protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies