36) Which of these was behind the War of the Pacific?

A) competition over nitrate fields
B) ideological conflicts
C) racial conflicts
D) competition for export markets


Answer: A

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a) The 14th Amendment b) The Civil Rights Act of 1875 c) The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson d) The decision in Brown v. The Board of Education

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The Democratic platform for the 1872 presidential election focused on

A) civil service reform and tariffs. B) Republican corruption and states' rights. C) civil service reform and states' rights. D) Republican corruption and civil service reform.

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The depression-era homeless poured into shantytowns called, in an ironic tribute to a former president, "_______."

A. hoovervilles B. hobotowns C. gypsy camps D. spikes

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