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- what was the name of the book, written by Harriet B. Stowe that caused a big division between the north and the south
- president lion was killed at ford's theater by whom _____________
- who added the 15th amendment to the constitution
- who was the president when Alaska was bought from Russia
- what law was supported broken that led to the us first impeached
- who removed the last us troo[ps from the south
- T or F although it was a very short speech, grant's Gettysburg address would be considered n of the best speeches of all time
- lee surrendered to grant at ___________ court house ending the civil war
- a southerner who supported corrupt reconstructed was called ______
- the battle of ironclads was fought between the northern ship _______ and the southern ship ___________
- what as the name of the slave that sued for his freedom that help cause a division between the north and the south
- The cartoon above was intended primarily as a satirical comment onA.) Social DarwinismB.) the Ku Klux KlanC.) the election of 1896D.) the Scopes trialE.) Lochner v. New York
- The only president of the confederate states of America
- the civil war started on April 12 ______ and need on April 9th ________
- Question refers to the excerpt below."Is a tractor bad? Is the power that turns the long furrows wrong? If this tractor were ours, it would be good—not mine, but ours.... We could love that tractor then as we have loved this land when it was ours. But this tractor does two things—it turns the land and turns us off the land. There is little difference between this tractor and a tank. The people are driven, intimidated, hurt by both."John Steinbeck, novelist, The Grapes of Wrath, 1939Situations such as those described in the excerpt were most directly addressed by...A.) Progressive Era reformsB.) First World War economic productionC.) New Deal government programsD.) Great Society efforts to end poverty
- (Photo of mother with children)The Great Depression-era photograph above was taken with the goal of...A.) generating congressional support for the Wagner ActB.) protesting the federal government's refusal to provide aid for victims of natural disastersC.) winning approval of a federal program that would distribute land and agricultural equipment to impoverished farmersD.) publicizing the plight of migrant farmworkers and their familiesE.) promoting enrollment in the new Medicaid program
- The purpose of the immigration restriction acts passed in the 1920s was to...A.) exclude Chinese immigration for a period of ten yearsB.) favor northern and western European immigrationC.) favor southern and eastern European immigrationD.) deny citizenship to immigrants from Asia and AfricaE.) limit immigration from Canada and Mexico
- In the 1930s the Great Depression resulted inA. a dramatic increase in emigration to CanadaB. a major migration from California to the Central PlainsC. an increase in the number of transient people searching for workD. a dramatic increase in the number of foreign immigrantsE. a significant increase in the birth rate
- Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Native Americans, and women. True or False?
- The years 1930-1980 have been described by one historian as a period that saw the "rise and fall of the New Deal Order." What is meant here by the phrase "New Deal Order"?A. An arrangement in which the United States government took an active role in regulating the economy and in mediating disputes between labor and managementB. A plan to allow increased free trade between the United States and EuropeC. An agenda pushed by congressional Republicans intent on encouraging family values and moral behaviorD. A program intended by congressional Democrats to promote the growth of small businesses at the expense of major corporationsE. A scheme designed to pave the way for a single, worldwide governing body