What led William McKinley to order a preemptive attack on the ...

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Question 1

hat were the key elements of Booker T. Washingtons Atlanta Compromise?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What explains why no viable workers party or socialist movement emerged in late nineteenth-century America?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Explain Frederick Jackson Turners frontier thesis. Why did he think that 1890 was a turning point in American history?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

The Platt Amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from __________.
 
  A) Guam
  B) Puerto Rico
  C) Philippines
  D) Cuba

Question 5

Mark Hanna and Mark Twain agreed that __________ was insane.
 
  A) Theodore Roosevelt
  B) William McKinley
  C) William Jennings Bryan
  D) Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 6

What led William McKinley to order a preemptive attack on the Philippines in 1898?
 
  A) He looked to open trade with Japan.
  B) He aimed to involve the British in a war with Spain.
  C) He wanted to gain control of China.
  D) He hoped to hobble the Spanish navy.

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Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Washington urged blacks to remain in the South.
  


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  He wanted them to concentrate on acquiring manual skills that would bring a measure of self-sufficiency.
  


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  Washington proposed that blacks refrain from agitating for civil rights, such as the vote.
  


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  Whites, in return, would refrain from attacking innocent men, women, and children.
  


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  Whites hailed Washingtons Atlanta Compromise proposal as one that endorsed segregation and second-class citizenship for blacks.
  


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  Many black leaders opposed it, W. E. B. Du Bois among them.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Farmers and industrial workers shared many goals, but they found it difficult to ally with each other.
  


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  Employers manipulated racial, ethnic, and religious prejudices among workers to keep them estranged.
  


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  Skilled workers distanced themselves from those who tended machines.
  


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  Many American workers aspired to own their own land or business.
  


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  High rates of geographic mobility also prevented workers from committing themselves to a particular union in a particular place.
  


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  Anti-union forces wielded considerable power.
  

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  According to Turner, the process of settling the West had shaped all of American history.
  


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  He argued that during the colonial period, the rigors of taming the land had transformed English colonists into Americans.
  


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  With each successive wave of western settlement, American society renewed itself.
  


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  Turner suggested that the United States could guarantee equality of opportunity for all as long as people had access to western lands.
  


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  Based on the 1890 Census, Turner concluded that the American frontier had disappeared.
  


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  He saw this event as marking the end of the first period of American history.
  

Answer 4

Answer: D

Answer 5

Answer: A

Answer 6

Answer: D

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