Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans in the 1880s and 1890s argued that the United States should take a more expansionist role in the world?
A) Many believed that for the United States to be a great nation, it had to have an empire.
B) Many believed that American economic health depended on finding overseas markets for American products.
C) Many believed that Americans had a mission to bring Christianity and civilization to the world's weaker races.
D) Many believed that a great nation had to have a great navy, and a great navy needed bases abroad.
E) Demographic studies indicated that if immigration continued at the current rate, the U.S. would run out of unoccupied land by 1910.
E
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A. 1800 B. 1808 C. 1820 D. 1825
What was the experience of lost if the "new immigrants" who arrived in the United States from southern and Eastern Europe in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
A. They lived in urban areas and most held low paying jobs B. They obtained free land in the west and became farmers C. They became discouraged with America and returned to their homelands D. They were easily assimilated into mainstream American culture
How did the labor movement change in the early twentieth century?
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A) the China trade B) the cattle business C) the fur trade D) the search for gold