Why was the mining industry able to use environmentally harmful methods such as open-pit mining in places like Minnesota's Mesabi Range as illustrated in this photograph?
A) The harmful effects of open-pit mining were limited to minimal scarring on the landscape.
B) An environmental movement had not yet been created in the United States.
C) Western states did not have the political power to regulate the mining industry.
D) Political officials in the West received kickbacks and bribes from the mining industry.
C
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A) the Democrats' diversity versus the Whigs' narrowness of vision B) the Democrats' focus on tradition versus the Whigs' vision of progress C) the Democrats' egalitarianism versus the Whigs' inclusiveness D) the Democrats' emphasis on spontaneity versus the Whigs' emphasis on intellectualism E) the Democrats' reaching out to the common man versus the Whigs' more elitist vision
This cartoon portrays American imperialism as being primarily compelled by
A) curiosity. B) greed. C) evangelism. D) altruism. E) aggression.
Rutherford B. Hayes's election to the presidency in 1876 meant the __________.
A. continuation of federal military occupation of the South B. beginning of active federal involvement in regulating the economy C. nullification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the Civil Rights Act D. solidification of Republican rule of the South
The AFL considered a strike __________.
A. a last resort if negotiations failed B. to be a worker's right in response to any slight by management C. unacceptable under any circumstances D. only useful for unskilled workers