The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed, which "muckraking" journalist published their investigations of Chicago's stockyards?
a. Jacob Riis
b. Upton Sinclair
c. Ida Tarbell
Ans: b. Upton Sinclair
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a. warning against entangling alliances with foreign powers b. asking for the kind of federal involvement he and most Republicans once opposed c. opposing new laws which would limit the growth of slavery d. campaigning against Thomas Jefferson in a close re-election campaign
A Confederate victory at Antietam in September 1862 probably would have won the Confederacy independence because
a. the Union armies were already heavily demoralized. b. France and Britain were on the verge of recognizing the Confederate government and providing it with critically needed military assistance. c. the Republicans would have lost the subsequent congressional elections. d. Lincoln would have been unable to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. e. the Border States would have joined the Confederacy.
The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified
a. during the Civil War. b. as mining operations receded in the West. c. when big business took over the mining industry. d. as the mining frontier expanded. e. after the Battle of Wounded Knee.
Students for a Democratic Society was formed
A. in reaction to the Kennedy assassination. B. as a branch of the Democratic Party. C. to protest the Vietnam War. D. primarily by college students from prestigious universities. E. to support civil rights efforts in the South.