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The racial segregation and poverty experienced by
African Americans in the South during the 1920's
led them to
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(1) \President Supports Child Labor
Legislation"
(1) move to the North in great numbers to nd
factory jobs
(2) \Mckinley Asks Congress To annex Hawaii"
(2) join with whites in strong national movements
to protest unjust laws
(3) \Populists Demand Change in the Gold
Standard"
(3) evolve their own strong labor movement
(4) \Spanish Authorities Butcher Innocent
Cubans"
(4) support Federal programs that gave them their
own farmland
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5.
In the United States during the late 1800's, a
major population trend was the
(1) movement of people from the farms to the
cities
In the early 20th century, which policy for the
advancement of African Americans was favored by
W.E.B. Du Bois and the newly formed National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)?
(1) mass migration to northern cities
(2) sharp decline in the birthrate
3.
Which 1890's headline is the best example of
yellow journalism?
(3) decline in the yearly number of immigrants
(2) immediate action to end segregation and win
equal rights
(4) mass migration of people from the North to
the South
(3) establishment of a new republic in Africa for
freedmen
(4) emphasis on economic advancement over
social equality
Which headline is the best example of \yellow
journalism," as practiced in the late 1890's?
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(1) Maine Sunk in Havana Harbor
(2) Several Sailors Die in Maine Sinking
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was
primarily concerned with
(1) carrying out Reconstruction in the South
(3) Maine Split by Enemy's Secret Infernal
Machine
(2) limiting immigration to the United States
(4) Anti-Imperialists Oppose War with Spain
(3) bringing about equal rights for women
(4) promoting the settlement of western territories
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During the 1890s, Joseph Pulitzer and William
Randolph Hearst used yellow journalism to
generate public support for the
(1) War of 1812
(1) election of Populist Party candidates
(2) Mexican War
(2) presidential candidacy of William McKinley
(3) Civil War
(3) goals of workers in the Pullman strike
(4) Spanish-American War
(4) Spanish-American War
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12.
The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca
Falls Convention of 1848 proclaimed that
(2) increased demand for natural resources
(2) all men and women are created equal
(3) federal regulation of business trusts
(3) California should be admitted as a free state
(4) growth of industry
(4) the sale of alcoholic beverages should be
illegal
13.
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to
Japan was important to the United States because
it
During the late 1800's, a major purpose of pools,
trusts, and holding companies in United States
business practice was to
(1) reduce competition
(1) ended the United States policy of neutrality
(2) promote socialist policies
(2) opened new trading opportunities in Asia
(3) share management skills
(3) began a military alliance between the two
nations
(4) lower corporate income taxes
(4) acquired cheap labor for America's factories
10.
During the late 1800s, which development led to
the other three?
(1) formation of labor unions
(1) the abolition of slavery was necessary
9.
Which war is most closely associated with the
emergence of the United States as a world power?
14.
In the late 1800s, rapid industrial development
resulted in
(1) a decrease in tari
One e ect of monopolies on the United States
economy is that they have tended to
(1) reduce business competition
(2) keep prices low
rates
(3) give consumers a greater choice in purchasing
goods and services
(2) a decrease in population growth
(3) an increase in the rate of urbanization
(4) lead to a greater variety in the price for a
particular product or service
(4) an increase in the price of farm products
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Which two philosophies dominated the thinking of
most political and business leaders during the late
19th century in the United States?
(1) Many business practices were developed to
eliminate competition.
(1) social Darwinism and laissez-faire
(2) utopian socialism and the social gospel
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(3) populism and pragmatism
(2) Workers determined working conditions and
factory output.
(4) communism and anarchism
(3) The gross national product decreased steadily.
(4) Basic industries were taken over by the
government.
During the period 1865{1900, government
contributed to the growth of corporations mainly
by
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(1) giving them direct aid when they went
bankrupt
(2) allowing them to develop with few restrictions
The term \robber barons" is used to describe
many industrialists of the late 19th century mainly
because they
(1) made large charitable donations to worthy
causes
(3) providing low-cost housing for their workers
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Which statement best describes a major economic
trend in the United States during the period from
1865 to 1900?
(4) buying large amounts of corporate stocks
(2) sought to maximize their pro ts by
eliminating competition and exploiting
workers
A person who believes in the Social Darwinist
theory of survival of the ttest would agree that
(3) attempted to stimulate the economy by
keeping the prices of their products as low as
possible
(1) poor people should get help from the
government
(4) opposed the entry of poor and uneducated
immigrants into the United States
(2) rich nations should give substantial aid to
help poor nations
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(3) individuals should succeed through their own
e orts
Mark Twain labeled the late 1800s in the United
States the \Gilded Age" to describe the
(1) end of the practice of slavery
(4) government should tax the rich to help the
poor
(2) absence of international con icts
(3) extremes of wealth and poverty
(4) achievements of the labor movement
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In a United States history textbook, the terms
bread and butter unionism, Gospel of Wealth, and
mechanization would most likely be found in a
chapter entitled
(1) government ownership of industry
(1) Reconstruction (1865{1877)
(2) a shorter workday and higher wages
(2) Industrialization (1870{1900)
(3) increased fringe bene ts and medical coverage
(3) Imperialism (1898{1905)
(4) equal pay for equal work
(4) The Roaring Twenties (1920{1929)
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25.
In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890),
Congress intended to
What was a major cause of labor-management
con icts in the last of the 19th century?
(1) Public opinion sided with labor rather than
management.
(1) prevent large corporations from eliminating
their competition
(2) The Federal Government actively encouraged
labor unions to strike.
(2) distinguish good trusts from bad trusts
(3) Most labor union members were also
stockholders.
(3) regulate rates charged by railroads
(4) Business leaders opposed the e orts of labor
unions to organize and improve conditions.
(4) force large trusts to bargain with labor unions
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A basic economic goal of labor unions of the late
19th-century was to achieve
Which was a major obstacle to the formation of
labor unions in the United States during the period
1860{1900?
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Collective bargaining, meditation, and arbitration
are best describes as
(1) methods used to resolve labor-management
disputes
(1) prohibition of labor organizations by the
Constitution
(2) means the government uses to enforce safety
standards in factories
(2) general government support of management
(3) excellent working conditions in United States
factories of the time
(3) e orts by lobbyists to bring about passage of
consumer-protection laws
(4) status of factory workers as equal partners
with management
(4) weapons used mainly by employers in labor
disputes
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29.
In the United States, which development was a
result of the other three?
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
\Crouched over the coal chutes, the boys sit
hour after hour, picking out the pieces of
slate : : : I once : : : tried to do the work a
twelve-year-old boy was doing day after day,
for ten hours at a stretch, for sixty cents a
day. The gloom appalled me. : : : "
(1) unsanitary working conditions in factories
(2) unequal distribution of pro ts between
management and workers
(3) formation of labor unions
(4) 12-hour workday
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| John Spargo
Situations such as the one described in this
passage most often existed in the
Which statement best describes the status of the
labor union movement in the United States in
1900?
(1) West during the frontier period
(2) South during Reconstruction
(1) Most of the labor force was organized into
unions.
(3) Northeast during the Age of Industrialization
(2) Government and business opposition had
destroyed the labor union movement.
(4) Midwest during the Granger period
(3) Unions were still struggling to gain public
acceptance.
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(4) Unions had won the right to strike and
bargain collectively.
Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, and John L.
Lewis all strongly supported the e orts of
(1) the Federal Government to favor business in
disputes between labor and management
(2) the Populist Party to make government more
democratic
(3) organized labor to improve conditions for
workers
(4) business leaders to avoid Federal regulation
of their activities
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The slogan \Eight hours for work, eight hours for
sleep, eight hours for what we will" was used in
the late 1800s to promote a major goal of
(1) farmers
(2) politicians
(3) industrialists
(4) organized labor
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The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) of
1935 strengthened labor unions because it legalized
(1) collective bargaining
(1) neutrality
(2) blacklisting
(2) isolationism
(3) the open shop
(3) imperialism
(4) the sit-down strike
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(4) international cooperation
In the late 1800's, which reason led the United
States to give greater attention to the world beyond
its borders?
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(1) fear of revolution in Latin America
\Hawaiian Planters Urge American Annexation"
\U.S. and Germany Negotiate for Control of
the Samoan Islands"
\U.S. Gains Control of Wake Island and Guam"
Which conclusion can best be drawn from these
headlines?
(2) fear of Russian expansion in Alaska
(3) interest in nding places to settle surplus
population
(1) The Anti-Imperialist League strongly
in uenced Congress.
(4) interest in obtaining markets for surplus goods
34.
Which United States policy is most closely
associated with the annexation of Hawaii and the
Philippines?
(2) Respect for native cultures motivated United
States foreign policy.
The Spanish-American War brought about a major
change in United States foreign policy in that the
United States
(3) United States territorial expansion increased
in the Paci c Ocean.
(4) Construction of a railroad to Alaska was a
major policy goal.
(1) gained the Panama Canal
(2) lost vast acreage to the Spanish
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(3) became a colonial power
(4) ended its policy of intervention
Trustbusting, the su ragettes, and the Pure Food
and Drug Act are associated with the
(1) New Deal
35.
Which United States foreign policy was most
directly related to the rise of big business in the
late 1800s?
(1) containment
(2) imperialism
(3) detente
(4) neutrality
(2) Progressive Era
(3) return to \normalcy"
(4) Great Society
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42.
Which helped to bring about the enactment of
Federal meat inspection laws in the Progressive
Era?
(1) need to improve race relations in the United
States
(1) a decline in farm exports
(2) pressures the United States experienced as a
result of becoming a world power
(2) economic demands of the cattlemen
(3) writings of the muckrakers
(3) industrialization and urbanization of the
United States
(4) the unhealthy conditions of newly arrived
immigrants
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(4) demands of the post-Civil War Southern
leaders for social change
A primary goal of the Progressive Movement in
the United States in the early 20th century was to
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(1) correct political and economic injustices
resulting from industrialization
What is generally considered to be Theodore
Roosevelt's greatest contribution to the reform
movement of the early 20th century?
(1) his support of monopolies
(2) maintain the traditional laissez-faire attitude
toward business
(2) his success in limiting factory wages
(3) encourage big business to become more
e cient through mergers and monopolies
(3) his willingness to support old-age insurance
(4) his success as a leader of conservationism
(4) solve the racial tensions that existed in
northern industrial states
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The Progressive movement was mainly a response
to the
44. Which would be the most appropriate heading for
this list?
The graduated income tax was favored by
Progressive reformers because it
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(1) fell equally on all persons
A) Transition from laissez faire to
government regulation
(2) was based on the ability to pay
B) Democratic reforms of corrupt
political practices
(3) made possible a balanced budget
(4) provided equal bene ts for all persons
C) Concern for the problems of
workers and urban dwellers
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(1) Reconstruction
(2) Progressive Era
(3) Cold War Era
(4) New Frontier
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During which period in United States history were
the amendments concerning the income tax, direct
election of Senators, Prohibition, and women's
su rage enacted?
(1) Reconstruction
(2) The Gilded Age
(3) Progressive Era
(4) New Deal
\: : : This, then, is held to be the duty
of the man of Wealth: First, to set an
example of modest, unostentatious living,
shunning display or extravagance; to provide
moderately for the legitimate wants of those
dependent upon him; and after doing so to
consider all surplus revenues which come to
him simply as trust funds, which he is called
upon to administer, and strictly bound as a
matter of duty to administer in the manner
which, in his judgment, is best calculated to
produce the most bene cial results for the
community| : : : "
What was a signi cant impact of the Progressive
movement on American life?
(1) increased government regulation of business
(2) increased restrictions on presidential powers
|Andrew Carnegie, \Wealth,"
North American Review, June 1889
(3) decreased in uence of the media on public
policy
Andrew Carnegie carried out the ideas expressed
in this statement by
(4) reduced government spending for social
programs
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(1) funding numerous libraries and educational
institutions
Which long-awaited goal of the women's rights
movement was achieved during the Progressive
Era?
(2) serving many years in the federal government
(3) investing his fortune in several new industries
(1) right to vote
(4) promoting programs to bene t the wealthy
(2) right to own property
(3) equal pay for equal work
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(4) equal access to employment and education
48.
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
What was a major result of Prohibition in the
United States during the 1920s?
Which idea led to the creation of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal
Trade Commission, and the Food and Drug
Administration?
(1) Business activity must sometimes be regulated
in the public interest.
(1) restriction of immigration
(2) Workers should be allowed to bargain with
owners for working conditions.
(2) growth of communism
(3) Domestic industry should be protected from
foreign competition.
(3) destruction of family values
(4) increase in organized crime
(4) The economy works best without government
regulation.
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