Challenged corporate control of natural resources

Supported using irrigation to develop the west

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Lived in settlement houses in Chicago and New York and championed child labor reform:

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Ida Tarbell
Florence Kelley

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A fearless African American anti-lynching advocate, suffragist, and women's rights activist:

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida Wells-Barnett

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Which represented a strong challenge to the 19th-century corporate ethic?

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The Gospel of Wealth
The Social Gospel

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Many 19th-century industrialists chose to blunt criticism regarding their wealth by:

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Significantly increasing workers' wages
Pursuing philanthropy

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The classic 19th-century essay "The Gospel of Wealth" was authored by:

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Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan

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Which ideology resulted from antipathy toward foreign-born and new migrants?

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Racism
Nativism

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The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling upheld:

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Racial segregation
Granger laws

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Which represented a direct challenge to the practices typical of the Gilded Age?

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Socialism
Social Darwinism

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The most resented form of 19th-century government corruption was in:

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Indian affairs
Big business

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Which was LEAST controversial during the Gilded Age?

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Corporate expansion
Western expansion

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During the late 19th-century, the primary conflict among white settlers, Indians, and Mexican Americans was primarily due to:

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Racism and ethnic conflict
Competition for land

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Which 19th-century government action aimed to break up Indian lands and force assimilation in order to end tribal identities?

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The Dawes Severalty Act
The Homestead Act

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The violent conflict during the second half of the 19th-century between the United States and American Indians was most influenced by the:

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Destruction of habitat and natural resources
Failure of the United States to adhere to previously signed treaties

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Which BEST exemplified a government subsidy to promote western migration?

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Homestead Act
Morrill Land Grant

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The completion of the transcontinental railroads through the American West contributed most to the:

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Migration of settlers to the West
Demilitarization of the West

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The majority of late 19th-century women's clubs and self-help groups demanding social and political reform tended to be:

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Middle class
The working class

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Jane Addams was instrumental in improving the conditions of immigrants and advancing urban reform primarily through the use of:

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Child labor laws
Settlement homes

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Which African American leader championed vocational training for blacks, raised funds from white philanthropists, and sought new career opportunities for blacks to improve their status in the late 19th century?

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W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington

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The internal migrations of African Americans in the United States from 1865 to 1900:

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Led to mass demographic shifts to urban areas by the end of World War 1
Was severely limited due to the stranglehold of the tenant farming

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From 1870 to 1890, new migration from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe led to:

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Segregated ethnic communities and distinct migrant enclaves in cities
Proactive reforms from state and federal governments

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Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?

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The preservation of wilderness areas
Railroad regulation

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The Granger movement was most dedicated to:

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Challenging railroad monopolies
Advancing nativist polices in government

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The Sierra Club:

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Supported using irrigation to develop the west
Challenged corporate control of natural resources

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Which illustrated the limitations of the "New South" economic revitalization plan?

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Sharecropping
Textile mills

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Which late 19th-century labor union emphasizes "bread and butter" unionism?

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The Knights of Labor
The American Federation of Labor

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During the late 19th-century, the American industrial workforce:

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Enjoyed higher wages
Expanded through migration across national borders and internal migration

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As 19th-century American cities grew in both size and number, the greatest attention to the stark contrast between urban wealth and working-class poverty resulted from:

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Intellectuals professing Social Darwinism
Journalists and the print; media

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Who pioneered the use of holding companies to control markets?

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Andrew Carnegie
John Rockefeller

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Which was LEAST associated with the "Gilded Ages"?

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Conservation of natural resources
Consumption of goods

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Who championed the growth of the U.S Navy to gain greater control of foreign markets and natural resources in the late 19th-century?

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Alfred Mahan
William Graham Sumner

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