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(06.01 LC)Massive hunting of what animal negatively impacted the American Indians of the West?

(07.03, 07.04 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”I saw the sky in front of me light up brilliantly with all kinds of colors. At the same time I felt the taste of lead in my mouth. And where we had seen the city on the way in, I (now) saw nothing but a bunch of boiling debris with fire and smoke and all of that kind of stuff. It was devastating to take a look at it.”Source: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola GayHow did observations such as those described in the excerpt lead to debate in American society?

(06.03 LC)Which of the following would be a goal of a company that practiced horizontal expansion?

(09.02 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”We pursued another of our major objectives: that of seeking means to lessen tensions with the Soviets and ways to prevent war and keep the peace. Now, this policy is now paying dividends—one sign of this in Iceland was the progress on the issue of arms control. For the first time in a long while, Soviet-American negotiations in the area of arms reductions are moving, and moving in the right direction—not just toward arms control, but toward arms reduction…So, if there’s one impression I carry away with me from these October talks, it is that, unlike the past, we’re dealing now from a position of strength. And for that reason, we have it within our grasp to move speedily with the Soviets toward even more breakthroughs…So, there’s reason, good reason for hope. I saw evidence of this is in the progress we made in the talks with Mr. Gorbachev.”Source: Ronald Reagan, “Address to the Nation on the Meetings with Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev in Iceland,” October 13, 1986How did meetings like this one affect the nature of American foreign relations?

(06.04 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”[F]rom and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension, it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days to remain within the United States.”Source: The Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882What did the passage of this act reflect about American society in the late 1800s?

(06.03 LC)How did horizontal expansion help businesses?

(06.01 LC)Which of these had the most direct impact on the American Indians of the Great Plains?

(06.06 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is not precedent in the history of the world; our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must, within a few weeks or months, be exchanged for billions of dollars’ worth of commodities consumed in their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, the impoverishment of the producing class.”Source: Populist Party Platform, 1892What proposal did the Populist Party make to address the problems outlined in its platform?

(06.05 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, for it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.”Source: Andrew Carnegie, from The Gospel of Wealth, 1889Based on the quote, which of the following would Carnegie likely support?

(06.04 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”The bill is of the simplest kind. The first section excludes from the country all immigrants who cannot read and write either their own or some other language. The second section merely provides a simple test for determining whether the immigrant can read or write and is added to the bill so as to define the duties of the immigrant inspectors and to assure all immigrants alike perfect justice and a fair test of their knowledge.”Source: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, speech, 1909What led to Senator Lodge’s recommendation, and what effect would the bill have had on the United States in the early 20th century?