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The point of view of the first two paragraphs of the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments?
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Some political leaders pointed to traditions of self-determination when making foreign policy.
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The excerpt could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical developments?
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The persistence of popular isolationist sentiment in the United States in the early 1900s
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Which of the following is a limitation of using Bryan's speech to study the differences between imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early 1900s?
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The imperialist idea in the speech about the United States imitating the model of European activity overseas was similar to the foreign policy of anti-imperialists.
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The publication of the excerpt most likely had which of the following purposes?
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To increase opposition to the United States annexation of the Philippines
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The excerpt best explains which of the following historical situations during the late nineteenth century?
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The increased involvement of the United States in Asia and the Pacific
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The excerpt can best be used to explain which of the following situations that resulted from the Spanish-American War?
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The emergence of nationalist movements in areas under United States control
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Evidence from the excerpt could best be used to support which of the following arguments about journalists during the Progressive Era?
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They feared that unfair corporate practices were undermining smaller companies and promoting economic inequality.
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The situation depicted in the excerpt was most significant because it led to which of the following outcomes?
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Progressive Era reformers sought federal legislation and court action to help regulate economic markets.
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Which of the following would most likely be considered a significant limitation of the excerpt resulting from its purpose?
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Because the excerpt suggests that the Standard Oil Company was undemocratic and unethical, it overlooks the benefits of economic consolidation.
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Which of the following can be concluded based on the historical context in which the excerpt was produced?
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Americans were uncertain how to deal with the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
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The purpose of the speech in the excerpt best supports which of the following arguments about United States foreign policy in the 1910s?
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Political leaders advocated applying democratic principles to relationships between countries.
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A limitation of using the speech excerpted to study opposition to the League of Nations is that the speech
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was given before the Treaty of Versailles was concluded
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The speech could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical situations related to the First World War?
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The changes in traditional ideas about United States noninvolvement in Europe
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The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?
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Debates emerged over the proper role of the United States in the world.
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Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument made in the excerpt?
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The United States experienced persistent racial violence throughout the early twentieth century.
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Which of the following developments during the mid-to-late 1910s could best be used as evidence to refute the argument made in the excerpt?
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The economic situation of many African Americans in urban areas improved.
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Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument made in the excerpt?
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Population growth in the South slowed as many people moved to the North and West.
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Which of the following contexts between 1900 and 1919 best helps to explain the developments in the excerpt?
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Global conflicts led to new United States foreign policy to protect national security.
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Which of the following long-term developments in the second half of the 1800s best helps to explain the change in United States culture depicted in the excerpt?
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The creation of new manufacturing methods allowed factories to greatly increase production.
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The development by the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt represented a continuation of which of the following earlier developments?
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The growth of the middle class during the Gilded Age
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Which of the following explains a similarity between the United States economy in the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt and the United States economy in the first half of the 1800s?
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In both periods, new technology increasingly connected Americans to commerce and markets.
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A context that helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt is that, after 1920, Americans were debating
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the appropriate gender roles for women in society
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Which of the following contexts helps to explain the economic changes that contributed to the production of the excerpt?
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Women experienced growing opportunities to earn wages
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Which of the following social contexts best helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt?
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The United States population shifted from rural to urban areas.
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Which of the following best explains the main cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
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Episodes of credit and market instability undermined the financial system.
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Which of the following best explains a connection between policies intended to address the Great Depression and earlier Progressive Era reform policies?
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Both sought to create a stronger financial regulatory system
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Which of the following best explains changes in the federal government resulting from the Great Depression?
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Policymakers developed a limited welfare state to reduce the effects of mass unemployment and social upheavals.
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In which of the following ways did the New Deal mark a departure from previous government practices?
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The New Deal actively used government power to stimulate economic recovery.
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Which of the following best explains a long-term political change resulting from the New Deal?
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Political alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party.
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Which of the following best explains changes in migration patterns in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s?
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The Great Depression of the 1930s and the increased demand for war production in the 1940s led many Americans to migrate to cities in search of economic opportunities.
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Which of the following best explains the policy of the United States toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
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Strong isolationist sentiments after the First World War left many Americans wary of involvement in another European conflict.
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Which of the following best explains how the United States sought to engage in world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s, the decades immediately following the First World War?
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The United States used peace treaties and select military intervention to promote international order.
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Which of the following best explains the factor that most directly prompted United States entry into the Second World War in 1941 ?
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Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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Which of the following best explains the cause of the historical development depicted in the image?
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Workforce shortages led to calls for women to perform jobs previously reserved for men.
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Demands for labor like that depicted in the image explains which of the following related effects?
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Men and women migrated from rural areas to cities in order to work in defense industries
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The development depicted in the image best helps explain which of the following effects on United States foreign relations?
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The United States and its allies won the war in part because they had sufficient military supplies.
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Other world leaders most likely interpreted the excerpt as indicating that the United States was
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taking a leading role in world diplomacy.
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The point of view expressed in the excerpt most directly contributes to a historical understanding of which of the following issues?
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The role of the United States in the establishment of postwar peace settlements
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The excerpt could best be used to explain which of the following postwar situations?
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The emergence of the United States as a global superpower
