Based on your reading, which statement best completes the flow chart?
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Responses
Many Chinese laborers finished their work and went back home.
Many Chinese laborers finished their work and went back home.
Many Chinese immigrants began adopting American traditions.
Many Chinese immigrants began adopting American traditions.
Congress passed laws to punish violence against Chinese immigrants.
Congress passed laws to punish violence against Chinese immigrants.
Congress passed an act preventing Chinese laborers from entering the country.
Congress passed an act preventing Chinese laborers from entering the country.
Why does the term “gilded age” accurately describe the period of the late 1800s?
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Responses
It was a time when voter turnout rose and political corruption declined.
It was a time when voter turnout rose and political corruption declined.
It was a time when the government enacted reforms to help the poor.
It was a time when the government enacted reforms to help the poor.
It was a time when a thin layer of wealth seemed to cover up a great deal of corruption.
It was a time when a thin layer of wealth seemed to cover up a great deal of corruption.
It was a time when corruption fell to one of its lowest points in U.S. history.
It was a time when corruption fell to one of its lowest points in U.S. history.
It was a time when a thin layer of wealth seemed to cover up a great deal of corruption.
Based on this text, which statement best summarizes the reason many Progressives supported the idea of holding primaries before general elections?
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Responses
The primary guaranteed the best possible candidate for general elections.
The primary guaranteed the best possible candidate for general elections.
The primary strengthened the role of voters, rather than party leaders, in elections.
The primary strengthened the role of voters, rather than party leaders, in elections.
The primary prevented party leaders from taking a role in choosing candidates.
The primary prevented party leaders from taking a role in choosing candidates.
The primary was conducted by the state government.
The primary was conducted by the state government.
The primary strengthened the role of voters, rather than party leaders, in elections.
What popular form of entertainment drew from the immigrant experience?
(1 point)
Responses
Ragtime
Ragtime
baseball
baseball
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
basketball
Vaudeville
What underlying cause led states to pass laws in the late 1800s requiring children to attend school?
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Responses
the necessity of an educated workforce
the necessity of an educated workforce
the growth of the civil rights movement
the growth of the civil rights movement
the increasing number of women who worked out of the home
the increasing number of women who worked out of the home
the increasing rate of youth crime