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fbq8i · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

As a result of journalist David Graham Phillips's investigative article entitled The Treason of the Senate, President Theodore Roosevelt began to call such journalists __________.

A) mugwumps
B) the Talented Tenth
C) muckrakers
D) socialists

Question 2

How did American political and business leaders perceive material abundance in the postwar United States?

A) They feared that, if a recession hit, families risked losing everything.
B) They admired citizens' patriotism in purchasing American-made products.
C) They believed this demonstrated the superiority of capitalist societies over communist ones.
D) They were concerned that the public was becoming too dependent on credit.

Question 3

The Hart Room, representing the home of a prosperous colonist, indicates that affluent colonists in the early eighteenth century __________.

A) lived in primitive conditions much like those of the earliest settlers
B) had simple homes that lacked ornamentation and were sparsely furnished
C) demonstrated the fine furnishings and carpets imported from England
D) used highly specialized construction techniques

Question 4

The successful passage of the initiative, referendum, and recall by Progressive lawmakers resulted in __________.

A) the establishment of strong mayors at the municipal level
B) greater civil rights for African Americans
C) enactment of more conservative legislation
D) the reduction of power of corrupt political parties and officials

Question 5

Although both Whigs and Democrats tried to avoid the slavery issue in Congress after the election of 1848, what event first resurrected slavery as a major concern for the federal government?

A) the Gold Rush
B) the Fugitive Slave Act
C) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford