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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded based largely on the beliefs of

A
W. E. B. Du Bois.
B
Booker T. Washington.
C
Marcus Garvey.
D
Homer Plessy.
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In order to help African Americans in the US gain economic independence, Marcus Garvey founded the

A
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and the accommodation strategy.
B
“back to Africa” movement and Pan Africanism.
C
Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
D
Black Star Line and the Negro Factories Association.
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Which of the following best describes how President Taft affected conservation efforts?

A
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who undid some of Roosevelt’s conservation work.
B
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who continued Roosevelt’s conservation work.
C
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who believed strongly in conservation.
D
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who was neutral on conservation.
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To which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt compare the role of a president?

A
police commissioner
B
steward
C
king
D
state assemblyman
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How did the 1840 World’s Anti-Slavery Convention affect the women’s suffrage movement?

A
Women and men participated equally in the convention; this helped show the US government that women deserved the right to vote.
B
Women and men participated equally in the convention; this raised the profile of several key female activists.
C
Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this directly led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
D
Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this led several key female activists to shift their focus to women's rights.
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Read the quotation from Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities."My purpose was . . . to see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to American pride." According to Steffens, what was the purpose of muckraking journalism?

A
to encourage people to buy fewer newspapers
B
to encourage people to become muckraking journalists themselves
C
to encourage people to rise up against their government
D
to encourage people to take action against widespread corruption
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How did the Progressive Party set itself apart from the Democratic and Republican parties?

A
The Progressive Party strongly supported the rights of businesses.
B
The Progressive Party strongly supported women’s suffrage.
C
The Progressive Party strongly supported racial equality.
D
The Progressive Party strongly supported the rights of immigrants.
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Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with?

A
that “social rights” were a part of “civil rights”
B
that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race
C
that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine
D
that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation
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Which of the following best states how World War I affected President Wilson’s position on women’s suffrage?

A
Wilson started to champion women’s suffrage after the war began.
B
Wilson stopped supporting women’s suffrage after the war began.
C
Wilson continued to fight for women’s suffrage after the war began.
D
Wilson’s continued to oppose women’s suffrage after the war began.
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Which of these women’s rights advocates fought for women’s suffrage, abolishment of slavery, and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments declaring that women were created equal with men?

A
Jeannette Rankin
B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C
Carrie Chapman Catt
D
Margaret Sanger
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When he became president, Woodrow Wilson was concerned that banks

A
did not involve themselves enough in the US economy.
B
had too much influence in US politics.
C
were suffering from too much competition.
D
had too much control over the nation’s credit system.
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Which of the following best describes how muckrakers brought about reform in the Progressive Era?

A
Muckrakers encouraged Americans to carry out their own investigations of questionable practices in industry and government.
B
Muckrakers presented Americans with facts about corruption in industry and government that prompted citizens to demand change of their lawmakers.
C
Muckrakers appealed to big businesses that wanted to improve their public perception, thus facing the public with an “honesty is the best policy” approach.
D
Muckrakers presented the American people with facts about different industries and placed the responsibility on future generations to change it.
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As a result of some former Confederate states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,

A
Congress established military rule in the South.
B
Congress changed the ratification process.
C
those states reluctantly rejoined the Union.
D
the amendment was not ratified for many years.
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Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech.“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” Which statement best describes the view Washington is expressing in this quotation?

A
Segregation creates anger, resulting in damage to society that can never be repaired.
B
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must leave each other alone and develop independently.
C
Maintaining an individual and racial identity does not mean all people cannot work together.
D
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must work together in every way.
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Which of the following abolished involuntary servitude in the United States?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fourteenth Amendment
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Black Codes
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Roosevelt’s positions on conservation and the environment are best characterized as

A
moderate.
B
radical.
C
progressive.
D
conservative.
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Which reform established by Taft advocated for improving the lives of family, addressing abuse and neglect, and later became part of the Department of Health and Human Services?

A
the Children’s Bureau
B
the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
C
the Federal Reserve system
D
the Food and Drug Administration
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Two of Theodore Roosevelt’s major successes in protecting consumers were

A
the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
B
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Interstate Commerce Act.
C
the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act.
D
the National Child Labor Act and the Newlands Reclamation Act.
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Which of the following best describes the main way that Upton Sinclair gathered research for The Jungle?

A
He hired investigators to spy on activities in a meat-packing plant.
B
He spent two years doing research in libraries all over America.
C
He went undercover as a worker in a meat-packing plant.
D
He interviewed experts in the meat-packing industry.
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Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?

A
two women who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
B
the first two American women to hold national elected office
C
two women who formed the American Abortionist Movement
D
the first two American women to vote legally in a national election

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