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Question 1

As a result of the Pure Food and Drug Act that required manufacturers of patent medicines to list all ingredients, what ironic element did female Progressives who widely used Lydia E.
 
  Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a popular cure-all tonic for women, discover? A) The compound actually contained 15 percent alcohol.
  B) The syrup was made with more sugar than vegetables.
  C) The formula essentially was composed of male hormones.
  D) The mixture really did restore a person's physical beauty.

Question 2

Why was a charging buffalo, as shown in the cartoon The Buffalo Hunt, selected as the symbol of Martin Van Buren's Free-Soil Party in the 1848 presidential election?
 
  A) The buffalo symbolized the party's support for extending slavery into the West.
  B) Free-Soilers held their nominating convention in Buffalo, New York.
  C) The buffalo was an aggressive animal known to charge its enemies.
  D) Free-Soilers wanted to bring attention to the endangered status of the buffalo.

Question 3

What governmental issue was championed, although for different reasons, by both Progressives and socialists?
 
  A) the federal regulation and inspection of meat
  B) the creation of city-run utilities
  C) the use of violent strikes by urban workers
  D) desegregated facilities for African Americans



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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
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