US History II CLEP EXAM questions with correct answers

Which of the following best describes the experiences of the most recently freed people following the reconstruction? Correct Answer-They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for Correct Answer-temporary union military supervision of the former confedracy The second Sioux war () in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, was caused by all of the following EXCEPT Correct Answer-A- The extension of the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad ****ANSWER***** B- A concentrated effort on part of the major Protestant denominations to convert the Sioux to Christianity***** C- the gold rush in the black hills D- corruption within the department of the interior E- overland migration of settlers to the pacific northwest "This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgement, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community" Correct Answer-The Social Gospel Reformers of the Progressive Era proposed all of the following changes in the city government and politics at the turn of the century EXCEPT Correct Answer-****ANSWER***** A- a large city council elected by wards**** B- Civil service C- home rules for cities D- city manager and commission go