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Which term from the 1920s is most closely associated with Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes

Harlem Renaissance

Whose work most influenced state and local governments to address the conditions shown in this photograph

Jacob Riis

Which statement best illustrates the meaning of federalism?

The Constitution delegates certain powers to the national government but reserves other power for the states.

What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation

The South was allowed to pass Jim Crow laws and restrict voting rights.

In the 1840s and 1850s, immigration to the United States was characterized by

a large influx of Irish and German immigrants

In this passage, James Madison argues for the governing principles known as?

checks and balances

Which document encouraged public support for declaring independence from Great Britain?

common sense

President George Washington made this statement in response to concerns over United States involvement in the?

continuing conflict between England and France

The establishment of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison (1803) gave the Supreme Court the authority to

decide the constitutionality of a law

What was a major success of the national government under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1788)?

developing a plan for the admission of new states

In colonial America, geography most directly influenced?

economic activities

In the late 19th century, what was the major goal in developing the "New South?"

expanding the industrial base

Which geographic factor most directly influenced the rapid settlement of the Great Plains after the civil war

huge amounts of fertile farmland

European Enlightenment writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America's colonial development by providing?

ideas about self-government and political rights

The Meat Inspection Act (1906), the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that each

increased government regulation of business

The Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) were important because they

increased the power of the federal government

The authors of the United States Constitution established a bicameral legislature primarily because they?

reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation

The Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, extended government control over the banking system by

regulating interest rates and the money supply

The main goal of the fi rst Agricultural Adjustment act was to

stabilize farm prices by reducing the amount of surplus crops

According to the passage, President Abraham Lincoln's primary goal in fi ghting the Civil War was to

use any means necessary to save the Union