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1. secretary of war during the andrew johnson administrationÐ'--edwin stanton

2. democratic presidential nominee in the election of 1876.--- Samuel tilden

3. Established to investigate conditions in the south at the end of the civil war.--- KKK

4. designed to guarantee blacks the right to vote--- 14th amendment

5. designed to prevent president johnson from removing edwin stanton as secretary of war. --- Tenure of Office Act

6. designed to prevent intimidation of voters in the south during the grant administration.--- 15th amendment

7. promised permanent constitutional protection of the civil rights of blacks.--- joint comitee on reconstruction

8. republican presidential nominee in the election of 1876--- Rutherford b. hayes

9. commissioner of freedmen's bureau.--- o.o howard

10. in the era between 1865 and 1900 american workers

a. passively accepted their working conditions.

b. often protested against their working conditions

c. seldom used the strike.

d. successfully unionized the majority of the work force.

11.an important consequence of industrialization in the United States was

a.increasing migration from the city to the farm

b. widespread pollution

c. a decline in immigration to the united states

d. an increase in the.size of the american family

12. the transformation of the american economy during the late nineteenth century resulted in

a. an end to depressions in the united states

b. a stabilization of the economic cycle.

c. increase instability in the economic cycle

d. an increase in farm prices

13. important in facilitating the conversion of american industry to mass production was

a. a shift to the use of steam power

b. increase use of water power

c. reduction in the use of coal

d. an increase in the number of small businesses

14. the social geography of the industrial city in america during the late nineteenth century indicated that

a. people tend to be separated by class but not by race

b. people tended to be separated by race but not by occupation

c. people tended to be separated by class, occupation, and race

d. all classes tended to live in the same neighborhood

15. the social ethic which prevailed in late nineteenth- century america stressed that

a. family background should determine social rank.

b. greed that more to do with success than good character did

c. econimic success was available to anyone who wored hard

d. social class sould determine social rank

16. the years from 1865 to 1900, middle-class men in america enjoyed

a. greater job opportunities

b. fewer career opportunites in the professions

c. fewer career opportunities as doctors and lawyers but not as engineers and architects

d. few educational opportunities

17. as a result of economic developmwnra in the united states during the late nineteenth century,

a. occupational and class mobility greatly increased

b. the united states became one of the major industrial countries of the world.

c. most american workers enjoyed general prosperity

d. there was less discrimination against immigrants by native-born americans

18. the first major attempt to establish a national labor organization after the civil war was made by the

a. national labor union

b. congress for industrial organization

c. knights of labor

d. american federation of labor

19. in its approach to union organizations, the knights of labor officially

a. welcome both skilled and unskilled workers

b. encouraged use of strike

c. discrimination against blacks and women

d. stressed organization of workers by craft

20. an important factor in the rapid development of industry in the united states during the last half of nineteenth century was

a. a stable economic cylce

b. increasing competition in the oil business

c. the availability of capital for investment purposes

d. effective regulation of monopolistic business practices by the national government

21. success and upward mobility in late nineteenth-century america were generally

a. more available to native-born, middle-class whties

b. out of reach for hard-working immigrants

c. unlimited and equal for anyone, regardless of background

d. mythic and had no basis in reality

22. the 'new immigratns' whose migration to the united states increased after 1880 came mainly from

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