All of the following proposals were included in the People's Party platform EXCEPT:
A) government ownership of railroads.
B) restriction of immigration.
C) a graduated income tax.
D) women's suffrage.
Answer: D
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Nothing proved more troubling to Florida's Indians than __________
A) the spread of livestock farming B) efforts to convert them to Christianity C) the importation of African slaves D) the introduction of maize and squash
As the Allstons began to reestablish their lives after the Civil War, they found that
A) all of their former slaves had fled from their plantations. B) the blacks had taken control of southern society. C) it would be fairly simple to reestablish the old patterns of society. D) new relationships would have to be established with their former slaves.
Why did the new colonists of Georgia demand slaves?
a. Farmers were given so many acres of land that they felt they could not farm efficiently without slaves. b. The main crop of Georgia, tobacco, could be cultivated only with slave labor. c. The colonists felt that since they had no voice in government, they needed a class of people even lower on the social rung than they were. d. The English settlers in Georgia were used to having slaves and demanded that they could not get along without them. e. The colonists believed that they could compete economically with South Carolina only if they were allowed to have slaves.
The aggressive secretary of state who instigated the purchase of Alaska and pushed his expansionist policies was
A) Josiah Strong. B) John Fiske. C) Henry Cabot Lodge. D) William H. Seward.