CLEP US History II QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE CLEAR ANSWERS 2023/2024

CLEP US History II QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE CLEAR ANSWERS 2023/2024 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 governments E- non partisan elections The anti combination laws passed by numerous states in the 1880's a response to which of the following organizational innovations? - correct answer The use of stockholding trusts to create business monopolies Which of the following constituted a significant change in the treatment of American Indians during the last half of the nineteenth century? - correct answer The division of lands traditionally owned by Indian tribal groups among individual members The late 19th century photograph - correct answer Advocate social reform Which of the following would have been most likely to vote for William Jennings Bryan in 1896? - correct answer Kansas Farmer Unionization efforts in the 19th century were countered by the - correct answer The use of federal troops to help end strikes Which of the following best states the goals of the "pure and simple unionism" advocated by Samuel Gompers - correct answer Labor unions should concentrate on increasing wages and benefits During the late-nineteenth century, urban political machines were organization that - correct answer were controlled by politicians who dispensed jobs and other patronage in return for political support In his interpretation of the historical development of the United States Fredrick Jackson Turner focused on the importance of the - correct answer The frontier experience in fostering democracy The 1896 presidential election was significant in United States history because it - correct answer strengthened the image of the republican party as the party of prosperity and national greatness