Question #3 refers to the excerpt below: “To those of my…
Question #3 refers to the excerpt below: “To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimated the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I say: ‘Cast down your bucket where you are’—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.…” Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, 1885 Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (1900), 218–225. The speech above attempts to
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Question #7 refers to the excerpt below. “We demand a graduated income tax … Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads … The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited … We demand a free ballot and a fair count … to every legal voter … We favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people.” People’s (Populist)Party platform, 1892 Activists formed the Populist Party most directly in response to the
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Question #1 refers to the image below: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Banquet Hall of the Biltmore Estate, home of George W. Vanderbilt, 1895 Which economic development of the late 19th century most directly made possible the great wealth displayed in the above photo?
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Question #2 refers to the image below: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Banquet Hall of the Biltmore Estate, home of George W. Vanderbilt, 1895 Which of the following policies would business leaders who accumulated great wealth such as is displayed in the above photo most likely have supported?
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Question #3 refers to the excerpt below: “Article 2: The United States now solemnly agrees that no persons … shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in … this reservation for the use of said Indians. “Article 11: The tribes who are parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they will relinquish all right to occupy permanently the territory outside their reservations … but yet reserve the right to hunt on any lands north of North Platte, and on the Republican Fork of the the Smoky Hill river, so long as the buffalo may range thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase … They will withdraw all opposition to the construction of the railroads now being bult on the plains … They will not attack any persons at home or travelling, nor molest or disturb any wagon trains, coaches, mules, or cattle belonging to the people of the United States.” Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the United States government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 The conflict between the Sioux and the United States was primarily driven by differing
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Question #4 refers to the excerpt below: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, December 2, 1882 SIR: I desire to call your attention to what I regard as a great hindrance to the civilization of the Indians, viz, the continuance of the old heathenish dances, such as the sun-dance, scalp-dance, & c. These dances, or feasts, as they are sometimes called, ought, in my judgment, to be discontinued, and if the Indians now supported by the Government are not willing to discontinue them, the agents should be instructed to compel such discontinuance.” — Office of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Code of Indian Offenses, 1883 The above excerpt best reflects the changing nature of government policies towards the American Indian by the late 19th century in which of the following ways?
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