Question

In the late 1800s, American cities suffered from serious environmental pollution due to which of these causes?

smokestack emissions from hydroelectric power plants

B.
improper disposal of used car batteries

C.
inadequate city sewer systems

D.
clear cutting of forests in suburban parks
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Answer 1

C

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(3 pt) Which American author viewed the Gilded Age as a time of "ridiculous excess"?

A.
Mark Twain

B.
Emma Lazarus

C.
Joseph Pulitzer

D.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 5

A Twain

Answer 6

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Answer 9

Which constitutional amendment did the Supreme Court cite in ruling that Chinese laundryman Lee Yick had been unfairly convicted?

A.
14th Amendment: "...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

B.
7th Amendment: "...the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

C.
5th Amendment: "...nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself...

D.
13th Amendment: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States...

Answer 10

A

Answer 11

Voters in which U.S. territory became the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869?

A.
Arizona

B.
Montana

C.
Wyoming

D.
Oregon

Answer 12

C

Answer 13

The first elections were held in Wyoming Territory in September 1869. William H. Bright, President of the Council of the Wyoming Territorial legislature, introduced a woman suffrage bill in the legislature's first session.

Answer 14

:D

Answer 15

Which statements about immigrants in the late 1800s are true?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
Many immigrants arrived in America unable to speak English and with no job skills.

B.
Most immigrants stayed in America to work for only a few years, then went home.

C.
Many immigrants were fleeing political oppression in their homelands.

D.
Most immigrants were upper class industrialists looking to build new factories in America.

Answer 16

A C for sure

Answer 17

Many native-born Americans wanted to restrict immigration to the United States in the late 1800s. Which statement does not describe a reason they gave?

A.
They pointed out that their jobs could be taken by immigrants who didn't object to lower pay.

B.
They objected to paying for social services for immigrants.

C.
They said there was no more room in the country to take in more immigrants.

D.
They believed that immigrants who looked different or spoke a foreign language would never fit in.

Answer 18

D

Answer 19

Any thing else?

Answer 20

Who were leaders of the women’s rights movement during the nineteenth century?

A.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

B.
Carry Nation and Bella Abzug

C.
Willa Cather and Mildred Rutherford

D.
Ward Hunt and Horace Greeley

Answer 21

A

Answer 22

Susan B. Anthony’s trial focused attention on the right of every citizen (man and woman) to a fair trial by jury. Which was another result of that trial?

A.
Susan B. Anthony was convicted and spent the next five years in prison writing her memoirs.

B.
Americans were so outraged they demanded that Congress immediately give women the vote.

C.
The news coverage of her speeches before and after the trial earned much publicity for the suffrage movement.

D.
Women were finally granted the right to attend public universities and run their own businesses.

Answer 23

Susan B. Anthony’s trial focused attention on the right of every citizen (man and woman)to a fair trial by jury. Which was another result of that trial?

A.
Susan B. Anthony was convicted and spent the next five years in prison writing her memoirs.

B.
Americans were so outraged they demanded that Congress immediately give women the vote.

C.
The news coverage of her speeches before and after the trial earned much publicity for the suffrage movement.

D.
Women were finally granted the right to attend public universities and run their own businesses.

Answer 24

Susan B. Anthony's trial focused attention on the right of every citizen (man and woman) to a fair trial by jury. Which was another result of that trial?

A.
Susan B. Anthony was convicted and spent the next five years in prison writing her memoirs.

B.
Americans were so outraged they demanded that Congress immediately give women the vote.

C.
The news coverage of her speeches before and after the trial earned much publicity for the suffrage movement.

D.
Women were finally granted the right to attend public universities and run their own businesses.

Answer 25

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Which of the following sectors had Hamiltons support?
agriculture
industry
trade
tourism