History 1302 - Blinn College - Exam 1 -
Mr. Cooper Questions and Verified
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Government policies between 1860 and 1900 - ✔✔aided and encouraged
industrial growth
The Populists and Progressives generally had different - ✔✔backgrounds
IN the post war- Civil War South, Southern Democrats regained their dominance
of local power by: - ✔✔Manipulating
Which political party expressed ideas that were close to the Grange -
✔✔Peoples Party (Populist)
Which party essentially dissolved as a result of the 1896 election - ✔✔The
Peoples Party
After the Civil War farmers in the South... - ✔✔Grew more cotton but made less
money
Prior to disenfranchisement, blacks' participation in politics in the South was -
✔✔Active and influential
in 1910 W.E.B. DuBois was instrumental in the founding of what organization? -
✔✔The Nationals Association of Colored People (NAACP)
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, What did the federal government do to promote railroad construction during
the period after the Civil War? - ✔✔Passed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
What congressional act established the civil service system? - ✔✔The Pendleton
Act
What region was opened up to development because of industrialization's
impact on agricultural - ✔✔The Great Plains
Who developed the concept of Vertical Integration - ✔✔Andrew Carnegie
What company owned the Homestead Plant outside Pittsburgh Pennsylvania -
✔✔Carnegie Steel Company
Whites began passage through and into Indian Territory in 1849 largely because
of - ✔✔Discovery on gold in California
Who was the first president to behave Articles of Impeachment brought against
him by the house of representatives - ✔✔Andrew Johnson
A Major difference between Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents of the
Gilded Age was: - ✔✔Roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of
presidential powers?
Which of the following presidents was elected on a platform that included
imperialist planks - ✔✔William McKinley
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Mr. Cooper Questions and Verified
Detailed Answers
Government policies between 1860 and 1900 - ✔✔aided and encouraged
industrial growth
The Populists and Progressives generally had different - ✔✔backgrounds
IN the post war- Civil War South, Southern Democrats regained their dominance
of local power by: - ✔✔Manipulating
Which political party expressed ideas that were close to the Grange -
✔✔Peoples Party (Populist)
Which party essentially dissolved as a result of the 1896 election - ✔✔The
Peoples Party
After the Civil War farmers in the South... - ✔✔Grew more cotton but made less
money
Prior to disenfranchisement, blacks' participation in politics in the South was -
✔✔Active and influential
in 1910 W.E.B. DuBois was instrumental in the founding of what organization? -
✔✔The Nationals Association of Colored People (NAACP)
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, What did the federal government do to promote railroad construction during
the period after the Civil War? - ✔✔Passed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
What congressional act established the civil service system? - ✔✔The Pendleton
Act
What region was opened up to development because of industrialization's
impact on agricultural - ✔✔The Great Plains
Who developed the concept of Vertical Integration - ✔✔Andrew Carnegie
What company owned the Homestead Plant outside Pittsburgh Pennsylvania -
✔✔Carnegie Steel Company
Whites began passage through and into Indian Territory in 1849 largely because
of - ✔✔Discovery on gold in California
Who was the first president to behave Articles of Impeachment brought against
him by the house of representatives - ✔✔Andrew Johnson
A Major difference between Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents of the
Gilded Age was: - ✔✔Roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of
presidential powers?
Which of the following presidents was elected on a platform that included
imperialist planks - ✔✔William McKinley
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