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After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range? a. pioneers b. buffalo c. Indians d. Pony Express riders e. cowboys  e. cowboys The spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth.  True The Haymarket affair: a. brought about the end of Reconstruction b. was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally c. began with the Great Strike of 1877 d. involved American farmers on strike e. originated in...

Free trade and sailors' rights were the two issues that drew the United States into the War of 1812.  True Acre for acre, the Louisiana Purchase was not a bargain.  False What happened to King Louis XIV during the French Revolution? a. He successfully fled to Austria with his wife b. He was executed c. He ruled as a less powerful constitutional monarch after the Revolution d. He abdicated the throne and moved to Switzerland e. He was rescued by British spies from French impri...

Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem.  True Which state became the most prominent symbol of the postwar suburban boom? a. Arizona b. Michigan c. Nevada d. California e. Washington  d. California The Hollywood Ten: a. used their influence to escape punishment b. included Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney c. refused to name names d. received little atte...

What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party? a. its call for immediate emancipation of all slaves b. its opposition to the Dred Scott decision c. its desire to dissolve the Missouri Compromise d. its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants e. its move to annex Cuba for the expansion of American slavery  d. its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s: a. led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials b. inc...

Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.  False Americans did not gain much more than independence from the Treaty of Paris of 1783.  False The Sons of Liberty enforced a boycott of British goods.  True Homespun clothing became a symbol of American resistance during the American boycott on British goods.  True The transatlantic slave trade was not a vital part of world commerce.  False British soldiers we...

Progressive liberals  individual liberty as well as aid, care, and concern for the perceivably needy and marginalized Classical liberals  who tend to vote with democrats on issues of personal liberty and republicans on issues of economic liberty and proportional fairness. Teapot Dome Scandal  government officials accepted bribes in exchange for access to federal land and resources, drew the fury of progressive reformers 17th Amendment  Advocated for popular voting with s...

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