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(HC) This quote is from Lincoln Steffen’s 1904 book The Shame of the Cities. In this excerpt, Steffens describes a speech given by a corrupt Philadelphia official who was trying to counter charges that his ward was “low down”: “[The orator] reminded his hearers that his was the ward of Independence Hall, and naming over signers of the Declaration of Independence, he closed his highest flight of eloquence with the statement that ‘these men, the fathers of American liberty, voted down here once. And,’ he added, with a catching grin, ‘they vote here yet.'” Which statement expresses the irony of this particular kind of corruption to the democratic process? (3 points)

(MC) How did mass production change the roles in the workplace? (2 points)

(MC) The poster below was created during World War I: © 2012 Library of Congress [POS – WWI – US, no. 138] What opportunities for service did trained nurses such as those recruited by this poster have during the war? (2 points)

(MC) Which statement explains how political bosses were able to gain and maintain power? (2 points)

(LC) How did the population move in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s? (1 point)

(MC) As the United States entered World War I what was significant about the fact that the two largest immigrant groups in the United States were German Americans and Irish Americans? (2 points)

(HC) The diagram below shows the result of nationalist movements in countries such as Italy and Germany in the late 1800s: © 2012 FLVS Which word correctly completes the diagram? (3 points)

(LC) What legislation did the federal government use to assimilate Native Americans into white culture? (1 point)

(HC) The photograph below was taken circa 1900: © The Granger Collection/Image Quest 2012Which of the following does this image illustrate about life in the 1900s? (3 points)

For the following ECG strips, determine the rhythm rate using the 300 method. (show your work on scratch paper) Capture(2).PNG