(MC)The following excerpt was written in 1882: “[F]rom and a…
(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?
Read Details(MC)This quotation is from Theodore Roosevelt’s annual messa…
(MC)This quotation is from Theodore Roosevelt’s annual message to Congress in 1905: “Chronic wrongdoing . . . may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly . . . to the exercise of an international police power.” Source: http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=56 Which statement summarizes Roosevelt’s stance on foreign policy in this quotation?
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(MC)The excerpt below is from 1892: “The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold…thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people.”Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us25.cfmWhich of the following describes the source of the excerpt above?
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