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(MC)The following excerpt was written in 1882: “[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: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=47&page=transcript What did the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act reflect about American society in the late 1800s?

(MC)In what way did economic factors influence political developments in the annexation of Hawaii?

(MC)The excerpt below is from 1866: “A system for the support of indigent persons in the United States was never contemplated by the authors of the Constitution.” Source: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1940 President Johnson used the quote above to support vetoing which of the following?

(MC)The cartoon below was created in the late 1800s: ©The Granger Collection/Image Quest 2012 Which of the following would have supported the actions shown in this cartoon during Reconstruction?

(LC)How did farming change from the first Industrial Revolution to the second Industrial Revolution?

(HC)Study the poster below from 1918.© 2021 Library of Congress [POS – US .A01, no. 35]Which word best describes the intent of the message?

(MC)The image below shows a postage stamp from 1955: Public Domain Which legislation made possible the commemorative stamp above?

(HC)In The Significance of the Frontier in American History, Frederick Jackson Turner wrote: “The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.” Source: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner How did advocates of expansionism react to Turner’s frontier thesis?

(MC)Which of these was the main motivation for the United States’ entry into World War I?

(LC)Which inventor created a delivery system for electricity?