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Grapes of Wrath

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Name: Period: Date: English Language Arts The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: Study guide: Chapters 1-5 Question Quotation/Answer/Analysis --- Include page where you found the event/quotation What does the following excerpt from the poem, ?Battle Hymn of the Republic? by Julia W. Howe mean? How is it connected to the book, The Grapes of Wrath? Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. Discuss with your neighbors and write the answer to the right.

Judging James Monroe

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Judging James Monroe National Security-9 I give James Monroe an eight because he did have a peaceful time after the War of 1812 and the nation did prosper and grow to be very healthy. This was called the ?Era of Good Feelings?. Economy-8 Although the ?Era of Good Feelings? did boost the nation?s condition, James Monroe did spend a lot of money. He spent five million dollars to buy Florida from Spain and he let speculators borrow huge sums of money to settlers and banks. This used up a lot of the nation?s money. Relationship with foreign countries-8

Judging James Madison

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Judging James Madison National Security-7 ??????????? James Madison deserves a seven because he did start the War of 1812. He complained a lot on the British impressment of American merchants and sailors. He also complained about the British continuing violation of U.S. neutrality. He said that the British were in a state of war against the United States. So then James Madison started the war. The war was on water and land. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. In the end, Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Ghent. Economy-8

Chapter 31 Test

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Chapter 31 32. The red scare of 1919?1920 was provoked by a. the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities. b. the strict enforcement of prohibition laws. c. evolutionary science?s challenge to the biblical story of the Creation. d. the public?s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution. e. the threat created by the Communist Revolution in Russia. 33. Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except a. denounce ?radical? foreign ideas. b. condemn ?un-American? life-styles. c. enter a decade of economic difficulties. d. shun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries. e. restrict immigration. 34. Businesspeople used the red scare to a. establish closed shops throughout the nation.

Chapter 28 Test

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Chapter 28 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 43. As one progressive explained, the ?real heart? of the progressive movement was to a. preserve world peace. b. use the government as an agency of human welfare. c. ensure the Jeffersonian style of government. d. reinstate the policy of laissez-faire. e. to promote economic and social equality. 44. Progressives, who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early- twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from a. the Federalists. b. the Greenback Labor party and the Populists. c. foreign nations. d. progressive theorists, like Jacob Riis. e. social Darwinists. 45. Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism.

Chapter 27 Test

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Name ___________________________ Date ________________ A.P. U.S. History & Government Mr. Ferretti Chapter 27 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 26. In his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah Strong advocated American expansion a. based on a powerful new navy. b. to open up new markets for industrial goods. c. to spread American religion and values. d. to ease labor violence at home. e. to maintain white racial superiority. 27. By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in a. population. b. wealth. c. industrial production.

Chapter 26 Test

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Chapter 26 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 45. In post-Civil War America, Indians surrendered their lands only when they a. chose to migrate farther west. b. received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies. c. lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. d. were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. e. traded land for rifles and blankets. 46. In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military, the a. Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. b. soldiers showed great mobility on their swift horses. c. Indians? superb horsemanship often defeated U.S. soldiers. d. Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers.

Chapter 25 Test

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Chapter 28 America on the World Stage, 1899?1909 Name ___________________________ Date ________________ A.P. U.S. History & Government Mr. Ferretti Chapter 25 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 31. The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was a. uniquely American. b. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. c. attributable to the closing of the frontier. d. a trend that affected Europe as well. e. a result of natural reproduction. 32. The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was a. the development of the skyscraper.

Chapter 24 Test

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Chapter 24 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 38. When private railroad promoters asked the United States government for subsidies to build their railroads, they gave all of the following reasons for their request except that it was a. too risky without government help. b. too costly without government help. c. too costly to move people in some areas without government help. d. too unprofitable in some areas without government help. e. impossible to serve military and postal needs without government help. 39. During the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons a. rejected government assistance. b. built their railroads with government assistance. c. relied exclusively on Chinese labor. d. refused to get involved in politics.

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