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1. The function of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 was to
2. Which Native American nation is most associated with Wounded Knee?
3. Which of the following was not a result of the Haymarket Square riot of 1886?
4. Horizontal integration is best illustrated by
5. The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to
6. In response to the 1894 Pullman strike, the U.S. government
7. Which of the following statements best describes the condition of western cattle ranching during the 1880s?
8. Which of the following transformed the practice of post–Civil War agriculture?
9. Th e Wabash case, decided by the Supreme Court in 1886, led to the passage of which law?
10. Which of the following people is not correctly matched to the industry or business he is historically associated with?
11. What did the events that took place between Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé and the federal government illustrate about U.S.–Native American relations in the late 19th century?
12. In what way did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
13. Which of the following factors played the largest role in increasing the settlement of the Great Plains?
14. We shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them,  you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns.  You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. - This quotation is  associated with which late-19th-century leader?
15. Which of the following statements was not true of the 1862 Homestead Act?
16. The main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
17. During the late 19th century, a “robber baron” would be best defi ned as
18. Which of the following inventions is not associated with Th omas Edison?
19. What was a primary motivation for the Kansas Exodus of many African-Americans to the West following the Civil War?
20. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 when the Central Pacifi c Railroad and the Union Pacifi c Railroad met at
21. Andrew Carnegie engaged in the practice of vertical integration by
22. During the late 19th century, the reduction in price of American agricultural products led to
23. Farmers of the late 19th century did not benefi t from the
24. A monopoly is best defi ned as
25. Which of the following was not part of the Populist Party’s platform?

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