Unit 7 Progress Check: MCQ Questions & Answers 2024 ( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED)

Unit
7
Progress
Check:
MCQ
"[John
D.
Rockefeller,
the
owner
of
the
Standard
Oil
Company]
secured
an
alliance
with
the
railroads
to
drive
out
rivals.
For
fifteen
years
he
received
rebates
of
varying
amounts
on
at
least
the
greater
part
of
his
shipments,
and
for
at
least
a
portion
of
that
time
he
collected
drawbacks
of
the
oil
other
people
shipped;
at
the
same
time
he
worked
with
the
railroads
to
prevent
other
people
getting
oil
to
manufacture,
or
if
they
got
it
he
worked
with
the
railroads
to
prevent
the
shipment
of
the
product.
If
it
reached
a
dealer,
he
did
his
utmost
to
bully
or
wheedle
him
to
countermand
his
order.
If
he
failed
in
that,
he
undersold
until
the
dealer,
losing
on
his
purchase,
was
glad
to
buy
thereafter
of
Mr.
Rockefeller.
.
.
.
"We,
the
people
of
the
United
States,
and
nobody
else,
must
cure
whatever
is
wrong
in
the
industrial
situation,
typified
by
this
narrative
of
the
growth
of
the
Standard
Oil
Company.
That
our
first
task
-
ANS
*Excerpt*
Which
of
the
following
can
be
concluded
based
on
the
historical
context
in
which
the
excerpt
was
produced?
-
ANS
Americans
were
uncertain
how
to
deal
with
the
transition
from
an
agricultural
to
an
industrial
economy.
The
purpose
of
the
speech
in
the
excerpt
best
supports
which
of
the
following
arguments
about
United
States
foreign
policy
in
the
1910s?
-
ANS
Political
leaders
advocated
applying
democratic
principles
to
relationships
between
countries.
A
limitation
of
using
the
speech
excerpted
to
study
opposition
to
the
League
of
Nations
is
that
the
speech
-
ANS
was
given
before
the
Treaty
of
Versailles
was
concluded
The
speech
could
best
be
used
by
a
historian
studying
which
of
the
following
historical
situations
related
to
the
First
World
War?
-
ANS
The
changes
in
traditional
ideas
about
United
States
noninvolvement
in
Europe The
ideas
expressed
in
the
excerpt
best
reflect
which
of
the
following
developments?
-
ANS
Debates
emerged
over
the
proper
role
of
the
United
States
in
the
world.
"We
are
returning
from
war!
.
.
.
.
Tens
of
thousands
of
Black
men
were
drafted
into
a
great
struggle.
.
.
.
We
fought
gladly
and
to
the
last
drop
of
blood;
for
America
and
her
highest
ideals,
we
fought
in
far-off
hope;
for
the
dominant
southern
oligarchy
entrenched
in
Washington,
we
fought
in
bitter
resignation.
For
the
America
that
represents
and
gloats
in
lynching,
disfranchisement,
caste,
brutality
and
devilish
insult—for
this,
in
the
hateful
upturning
and
mixing
of
things,
we
were
forced
by
vindictive
fate
to
fight
also.
"But
today
we
return!
We
return
from
the
slavery
of
uniform
which
the
world's
madness
demanded
us
to
don
to
the
freedom
of
civil
garb.
We
stand
again
to
look
America
squarely
in
the
face.
.
.
.
We
sing:
This
country
of
ours,
despite
all
its
better
souls
have
done
and
dreamed,
is
yet
a
shameful
land.
.
.
.
"This
is
the
country
to
which
we
Soldiers
of
Democracy
return.
This
is
the
fatherland
for
w
-
ANS
*Excerpt*
Which
of
the
following
pieces
of
evidence
could
best
be
used
to
support
the
argument
made
in
the
excerpt?
-
ANS
The
United
States
experienced
persistent
racial
violence
throughout
the
early
twentieth
century.
Which
of
the
following
developments
during
the
mid-to-late
1910s
could
best
be
used
as
evidence
to
refute
the
argument
made
in
the
excerpt?
-
ANS
The
economic
situation
of
many
African
Americans
in
urban
areas
improved.
Which
of
the
following
pieces
of
evidence
could
best
be
used
to
modify
the
argument
made
in
the
excerpt?
-
ANS
Population
growth
in
the
South
slowed
as
many
people
moved
to
the
North
and
West.