1865-present U.S. History CLEP exam 2023/2024

Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction? -->They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. The Reconstruction acts of 1867 provided for... -->temporary Union military government in the former Confederacy. The second Sioux war (), in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, was caused by all of the following EXCEPT... -->a concentrated effort on the part of the major Protestant denominations to convert the Sioux to Christianity. The second Sioux war (), in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, was caused by... -->a. the extension of the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad. b. gold rush in the Black Hills. c. corruption within the Department of the Interior. d. 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 judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community." The sentiments expressed above are most characteristic of... -->the Gospel of Wealth. Reformers of the Progressive Era proposed all of the following changes in city government and politics at the turn of the century EXCEPT... A. the establishment of civil service B. home rule for cities C. city manager and commission governments D. nonpartisan elections E. a large city council elected by wards -->E. a large city council elected by wards. The anti-combination laws passed by numerous states in the late 1880s were a response to which of the following organizational innovations? -->The use of stock- holding 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? -->The division of lands traditionally owned by Indian tribal groups among individual members. The late-nineteenth-century photograph shown above was intended to serve which of the following purposes (see doc)? -->To advocate social reform. Which of the following would have been most likely to vote for William Jennings Bryan in 1896? -->A Kansas farmer. Unionization efforts in the late-nineteenth century were countered by 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? -->Labor unions should concentrate on increasing wages and benefits. During the late-nineteenth century, urban political machines were organizations that... -->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, Frederick Jackson Turner focused on the importance of the... -->frontier experience in fostering democracy. The 1896 presidential election was significant in United States history because it... -- >strengthened the image of the Republican Party as the party of prosperity and national greatness. In the period , all of the following were generally true about African Americans EXCEPT... A. voting rights previously gained were denied through changes in state laws and constitutions. B. the federal government passed legislation protecting the voting rights of African Americans. C. African American leaders disagreed on the principal strategy for attaining equal rights. D. numerous physical attacks on African American individuals occurred in both the North and the South. E. African A -->B. the federal government passed legislation protecting the voting rights of African Americans. The 1907 painting shown above is representative of the... -->Ashcan School art of John Sloan. Between 1890 and 1914, most immigrants to the United States came from... -- >southern and eastern Europe