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Which group did Wilson most want to help during the second half of his term?
big business
women
everyday workers
entrepreneurs
everyday workers
Which of the following was the first public movement in which American women took leadership roles?
the temperance movement
the abolition movement
the suffrage movement
the property rights movement
the abolition movement
The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling stated that
segregation was unconstitutional.
the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional.
segregation was necessary to preserve public peace.
the Separate Car Act was unconstitutional.
segregation was necessary to preserve public peace
The main reason alcohol abuse caught the attention of the public in the early 1900s was an increase in
the number of men expressing concern about alcohol.
concern for improving cleanliness and hygiene in cities.
concern by young families for improving their lives.
the negative social effects of excessive drinking.
the negative social effects of excessive drinking.
Which was a direct result of bank failures in the 1920s and 1930s?
Unemployment rose.
Companies slowed production.
Depositors lost their savings.
People could not pay back their loans.
Depositors lost their savings.
An important environmental debate in the United States in 1900 was
whether to use wilderness resources.
whether to ban factories in cities.
whether to drill for oil offshore.
whether to use coal.
whether to use wilderness resources.
Which of the following is a legacy of Roosevelt's environmental policies?
clean air and water
national parks and forests
bans on deforestation
bans on hunting
national parks and forests
Which US group was one of the first to go on strike because of wage cuts?
the American Federation of Labor
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
the American Railway Union
the Lowell Mill girls
the Lowell Mill girls
Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?
She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
