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EAugust · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Even though urban centers in the North and Midwest were home to some of the largest free African American communities in the nation during the mid-nineteenth century, what was one major problem encountered by members of these communities?

A) Free African Americans were relegated to the same agricultural jobs they had in the South.
B) A lack of thriving cultural centers and development was common to these communities.
C) Racial segregation was more pronounced here than in cities in the South.
D) Free African Americans had no opportunities for advancement or economic prosperity.

Question 2

Why did advertisements increasingly need to be eye-catching and memorable in the late nineteenth century?

A) to satisfy the requirements of newspaper and magazine editors
B) to entertain demanding shoppers
C) to stand out among the growing number of other advertisements
D) to distract discerning customers from misleading and exaggerated claims

Question 3

How were German immigrants to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century different from their contemporary Irish immigrants?

A) They were readily able to assimilate easily into Anglo-American society.
B) They were generally poorer than the Irish.
C) They were exclusively Protestant.
D) They tended to have a wider variety of work skills.

Question 4

Why does the 1889 cartoon The Bosses of the Senate from Puck magazine imply that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 would be a failure?

A) Congress was indifferent to the needs of both business and unions.
B) Congress was in league with big business.
C) Congress would take action when the president would not.
D) Congress worked diligently to protect the people.

Question 5

Based on this graph, it can be inferred that the greatest factor contributing to the high percentage of Irish immigrants to the United States during the mid-nineteenth century was __________.

A) greater economic opportunities in the United States
B) religious persecution by the Protestant English
C) failure of the Irish potato crop
D) political upheaval resulting in mistreatment of liberal intellectuals

Question 6

In the Middle Ages, no parental responsibility was greater than that of equipping a child for useful and gainful ________.

Fill in the blank with correct word.