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Which word best fits in the center area?

A
Equality
B
Accommodation
C
Integration
D
Activism
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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 win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
C
to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
D
to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states
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Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

A
Upton Sinclair
B
John Bunyan
C
Ida Tarbell
D
President Theodore Roosevelt
4

After the Thirteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution,

A
the South could enforce the Black Codes.
B
slavery became illegal across the United States.
C
segregation was outlawed in public schools.
D
African Americans gained the right to vote.
5

How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
B
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact 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.
6

In which area did Theodore Roosevelt fail to enact reforms?

A
conservation
B
business
C
food and drugs
D
child labor
7

What effect, if any, did Plessy v. Ferguson have on the South’s Jim Crow laws?

A
The case weakened the laws.
B
The case had no effect on the laws.
C
The case strengthened the laws.
D
The case invalidated the laws.
8

Which best defines a graduated income tax?

A
a tax that is scheduled to increase with time
B
an income tax that increases with a person’s level of education
C
an income tax that replaces an earlier tax, such as a tariff
D
a tax in which higher earners pay more than lower earners
9

In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

A
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to southern states.
B
segregation did not constitute discrimination.
C
segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
10

Why did Taft’s opponent in the 1908 presidential race claim that Taft was running two campaigns?

A
Taft encouraged progressive Republicans to join the Democratic Party.
B
Taft planned to continue Roosevelt’s policies and introduce some of Bryant’s policies as president.
C
Taft campaigned as a progressive Republican in the West and a conservative Republican in the East.
D
Taft campaigned as a Republican in some states and as a Democrat in others.
11

A muckraker was a reporter who wrote

A
editorials supporting industry leaders and big business practices.
B
about the importance of the First Amendment.
C
about corruption and crime in industry and government.
D
fictional stories for newspapers and magazines.
12

Which of these granted citizenship to all African Americans?

A
the Fourteenth Amendment
B
the Black Codes
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Thirteenth Amendment
13

Which progressive political reform did Taft support during his presidency?

A
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
B
the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
C
the passage of legislation against trust-busting
D
the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment
14

Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

A
both supported full racial equality
B
both formed the Niagara Movement
C
both believed in the accommodationist approach to racial segregation
D
both engaged in activism to end racial segregation
15

During the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, how did the US government protect businesses?

A
by passing the Newlands Reclamation Act
B
by breaking up a railroad trust
C
by passing the Meat Inspection Act
D
by ending child labor
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Which group did Wilson most want to help during the second half of his term?

A
big business
B
women
C
everyday workers
D
entrepreneurs

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