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Read the quotation from Theodore Rhodie, a former Pullman employee.“I do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the American Railway Union because when a man asks me to give up my principles, my rights as an American citizen, he might just as well ask for my life.”To which result of the Pullman strike is Theodore Rhodie referring?

A
the loss of money by the Pullman Company
B
the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs
C
the rehiring of workers who resigned from Debs’s union
D
the increase in anti-union court decisions
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How did living in company towns make union membership more difficult for workers?

A
Workers received free homes, food, and clothing.
B
Company guards and agents spied on and reported workers.
C
Workers made enough money that they did not need unions.
D
They could fire workers who moved away from the town.
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How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad affect companies that made products?

A
Companies could hire people who worked in different states.
B
Companies could build factories in the rural West.
C
Companies could expand into the South.
D
Companies could ship goods cheaply over long distances.
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According to the United States' 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan,

A
the Japanese government would stop issuing passports to citizens intending to immigrate to the US.
B
the Japanese government would only issue 5,000 passports per year to citizens intending to immigrate to the US.
C
the US government could revoke the citizenship of Japanese immigrants already settled in the US.
D
the US government could refuse to grant passports to American citizens intending to immigrate to Japan.
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Look at the map.How did the railroads affect the relationship between eastern cities and the Great Plains?

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A
Railroads brought settlers to cities in the East and crops and grain to farms in the Great Plains.
B
Railroads brought crops and grain to cities in the East and settlers to farms in the Great Plains.
C
Railroads brought settlers west, but did not bring anything east, so the relationship was not equal.
D
Railroads brought crops and grain east, but did not bring anything west, so the relationship was not equal.
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How did people use a telegraph to communicate without speech?

A
with a series of bells of varying pitches
B
with words typed out on a typewriter
C
with Morse code
D
with overland mail carriages
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What is a trust?

A
a large company or combined businesses that control a specific market
B
a large company that consists of two merged businesses
C
a business that buys another business
D
multiple businesses that combine and operate in one state
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Which of the following phrases related to the topic of nineteenth-century immigration is the best example of an objective voice?

A
numerous unskilled workers
B
hardworking, desperate families
C
intelligent but uneducated children
D
adventurous, young pioneers
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Which natural resource became more available to the American public as a result of railroad expansion?

A
natural gas
B
wood
C
coal
D
water
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Which of the following is the most engaging text with the most varied sentence structures?

A
The experience of the new immigrants was different. By 1890, no more free land was available, so newcomers found jobs in city factories. They lived in crowded neighborhoods, where everyone shared a common language and culture.
B
The new immigrants had a different experience. They couldn’t find free land by 1890, so they found jobs in factories in the cities. They lived in crowded neighborhoods. They spoke the same languages, and they practiced the same traditions.
C
The new immigrants had a different experience. The free land was gone by 1890. The new immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. They lived in crowded neighborhoods. They spoke their own languages. They practiced their own traditions.
D
By 1890, immigrants had a different experience. By then, the free land was gone, and immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. In the cities, they lived in crowded neighborhoods. In the neighborhoods, they spoke their own languages and practiced their own traditions.
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In the Gilded age, how did monopolies affect many small businesses?

A
Monopolies helped small businesses grow.
B
Monopolies forced small businesses to shut down.
C
Monopolies had no effect on small businesses.
D
Monopolies provided customers for small businesses.
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How did Carnegie’s early job with the railroads greatly contribute to his success in the steel business?

A
It helped him predict that the demand for steel to build railroad tracks and bridges was growing.
B
It taught him how to lay railroad tracks with steel.
C
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was his best customer when he built his business.
D
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company paid him well enough to eventually invest in his own business.
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Which of the following best describes nativism?

A
a group’s shared beliefs, values, and ways of life
B
the belief that the interests of native citizens should come before the interests of outsiders
C
the act of separating one group from another group
D
a distinct group that lives or works together within a larger community
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Which of the following groups became the main residents of the inner city during the Gilded Age?

A
clerks and teachers
B
doctors and lawyers
C
the wealthy
D
the working poor
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One of the goals of nativist groups was

A
inclusion.
B
immigration.
C
exclusion.
D
education.
16

The majority of immigrants and rural migrants who moved to American cities at the turn of the twentieth century became part of the

A
middle class.
B
working poor.
C
wealthy class.
D
working rich.
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Which of the following statements best describes environmental changes caused by westward railroad expansion?

A
Western forests were cut down for lumber for railroad and bridge construction.
B
Western factories were built in what had been wooded rural areas.
C
Changes occurred only in the Western plains, where animal populations decreased.
D
The railroad expansion caused no environmental changes in the West.
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Which of the following was a significant social change during the Gilded Age?

A
Women formed suffrage groups.
B
Women formed labor unions.
C
Employers stopped hiring children.
D
Employers created workplace protection for children.
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An action taken by employers or by the government against workers who wanted to organize was

A
collective bargaining
B
boycotts
C
union busting
D
arbitration
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In the mid- to late 1800s, the US government granted land to railroad companies to expand their networks. What is another way that railroad companies used the land?

A
They mined the land for coal and other natural resources.
B
They sold some of the land to farmers and ranchers.
C
They built factories along the rail lines.
D
They created land preservations in order to protect the environment.

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