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Which conclusion does the chart support?

A
Acculturation and Americanization programs became more popular between 1900 and 1910.
B
Acculturation and Americanization programs attracted the same number of people between 1900 and 1910.
C
Acculturation and Americanization programs became less popular between 1900 and 1910.
D
Acculturation and Americanization programs began offering new services between 1900 and 1910.
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The Progressive movement of the 1800s promoted

A
big business and minimal government involvement.
B
industrialization, urbanization, and government deregulation.
C
social, economic, and political reforms.
D
business trusts and monopolies.
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Which best describes Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” to achieve national women's suffrage?

A
to demand a constitutional amendment instead of campaigning for suffrage in individual states
B
to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
C
to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states
D
to win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
4

In the 1870s, the US government began an Indigenous people policy of

A
confining tribes on reservations.
B
forcing tribes to relocate.
C
providing allotments of land.
D
encouraging assimilation.
6

Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of

A
integration of facilities in the South.
B
separation of the North and South.
C
discrimination against African Americans.
D
segregation of educational facilities.
8

Materials that had to be shipped to Central Pacific workers included

A
silver and machinery.
B
coal and oil.
C
iron and machinery.
D
oil and iron.
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For which of these was Homer Plessy arrested?

A
attempting to vote in an election
B
sitting in a "whites only" movie theater
C
sitting in a "whites only" rail car
D
appealing a court decision about segregation
10

What was one way Progressives wanted to protect the rights of children?

A
by increasing their freedom
B
by eliminating child labor
C
by restricting child labor
D
by decreasing school hours
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How did the efforts of Jane Addams differ from the efforts of Lincoln Steffens?

A
Addams worked to help immigrants; Steffens worked to reform the government.
B
Addams worked to preach social justice; Steffens worked to help the less fortunate.
C
Addams worked to reform the government; Steffens worked to help immigrants.
D
Addams worked to help the less fortunate; Steffens worked to preach social justice.
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
B
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
C
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
D
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.

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