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FINAL TEST QUESTIONS--MR. J. DANSON
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12. Breaking a job down into separate tasks and having each worker perform a different task is known
Matching
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Thomas A. Edison
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. anarchists
d. Andrew Carnegie
e. Henry Bessemer
f. scabs
g. Samuel F. B. Morse
h. John D. Rockefeller
i. Homestead
j. Samuel L. Gompers
k. George Pullman
l. social Darwinists
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inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
inventor who developed the idea of a central electric power station
inventor who developed a new way to make steel
industrialist who preached the “gospel of wealth”
industrialist who established Standard Oil
workers called in to replace striking workers
political radicals who oppose all government
inventor who patented the telegraph
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. collective bargaining
b. social Darwinism
c. business cycle
d. patent
e. division of labor
f. scabs
g. anarchists
h. socialism
i. cartel
j. trust
k. monopoly
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9. The theory that discouraged government interference in economic matters was ____.
10. When a company has no competition in selling its product, it is said to have a ____.
11. A loose arrangement of similar businesses formed to control production and keep prices high is called
a ____.
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as ____.
____ is the philosophy that advocates public rather than private control of property.
When workers negotiate as a group with employers, they are engaging in ____.
Employers sometimes replace striking workers with other workers called ____.
Political radicals who violently oppose all government are known as ____.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Chief Joseph
b. Exodusters
c. Populists
d. boomers
e. Chief Sitting Bull
f. land speculators
g. the Grange
h. Frederick Jackson Turner
i. William Jennings Bryan
j. George Armstrong Custer
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migrated to western lands to escape racial violence faced in the South
led the Sioux in war after the federal government allowed miners on Sioux reservation
led the United States cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn
led the Nez Percé in their flight from the United States Army
raced across Indian Territory to stake land claims
helped farmers form cooperatives
ran as the Democratic and Populist Party nominee in the presidential election of 1896
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. the Grange
b. long drive
c. Battle of Little Bighorn
d. Morrill Land-Grant Act
e. Massacre at Wounded Knee
f. Homestead Act
g. sooners
h. William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody
i. land speculators
j. Exodusters
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24. The ____ distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments.
25. ____ bought up large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a large profit.
26. American citizens and immigrants who had applied to become citizens could acquire land directly from
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27. Custer’s cavalry was wiped out at the ____.
the government through the ____.
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Homesteaders called ____ staked land claims in Indian Territory before noon on April 22, 1889.
During the ____, cowboys herded cattle from distant ranges to railroad centers.
Oliver H. Kelley founded ____ to help farmers form cooperatives.
____ is famous for his popular Wild West shows.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. steerage
b. ghetto
c. political machine
d. social gospel movement
e. laissez faire
f. Munn v. Illinois
g. blue laws
h. quarantine
i. Chinese Exclusion Act
j. suburb
k. Pendleton Civil Service Act
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hands-off approach by government on business matters
local regulations that prohibit private activities such as drinking alcoholic beverages on Sundays
legislation to reform the spoils system
large open area beneath a ship’s deck in which most immigrants traveled
residential community near a city
section of cities in which certain ethnic and racial groups live
unofficial organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power
reform campaign that tried to apply the teachings of Jesus Christ directly to society
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. political machines
b. laissez faire
c. restrictive covenants
d. Gilded Age
e. subsidies
f. social gospel movement
g. blue laws
h. aliens
i. quarantine
j. steerage
k. ghettos
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42. During the Gilded Age, Republicans wanted to enforce ____, which prohibited certain private activities,
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like drinking alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
Most immigrants traveled in ____ as they crossed the Atlantic to America.
Immigrants were placed in ____ if they were thought to carry a contagious disease.
Some urban areas became ____, home to certain ethnic and racial groups.
Sometimes homeowners made agreements called ____ promising that they would not sell real estate to
certain groups.
47. The ____ sought to apply the teachings of Jesus Christ directly to society.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct description below.You will not use all the items.
a. ragtime
b. vaudeville
c. mail-order catalogs
d. yellow journalism
e. assimilation
f. philanthropists
g. grandfather clause
h. literacy
i. Jim Crow
j. poll tax
k. lynching
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The ability to read and write is called ____.
____ was a kind of inexpensive variety show that became popular in the 1870s.
____ attracted readers by presenting “sensational” news stories.
To keep African Americans from voting, some southern states charged a(n) ____ to cast a ballot.
People who give donations to worthy causes are known as ____.
A system of laws called ____ legally segregated and degraded African Americans.
40. A government that practices ____ plays a very limited role in business.
41. American railroad companies accepted ____ from the government to help them develop their
industries.
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. philanthropist
b. assimilation
c. lynching
d. literacy
e. mail-order catalog
f. yellow journalism
g. poll tax
h. grandfather clause
i. rural free delivery
j. department store
k. Jim Crow
l. ragtime
m. vaudeville
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the ability to read and write
process by which people of one culture become part of another culture
a type of inexpensive variety show that became popular in the 1870s
term used to describe “sensational” news coverage
musical style that originated among African American musicians in the South and Midwest in the 1880s
fee that some southern states demanded before a person could vote
murder of an accused person by a mob without a trial
a post office service extended to farmers in 1896
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69. policy that established the United States as “an international police power”
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. direct primary
b. Clayton Antitrust Act
c. New Freedom
d. muckrakers
e. initiative
f. home rule
g. New Nationalism
h. injunctions
i. recall
j. social welfare programs
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70. In the 1890s, business leaders often asked the courts for ____, prohibiting workers from striking.
71. Under ____, cities exercised a limited degree of self-government.
72. Progressives wanted government to create various ____ to ensure a basic standard of living for all
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Roosevelt Corollary
b. imperialism
c. dollar diplomacy
d. jingoism
e. sphere of influence
f. Open Door Policy
g. arbitration
h. concession
i. annex
j. compulsory service
k. Rough Riders
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policy under which stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations
to join a new territory to an existing country
settlement of a dispute by a person chosen to listen to both sides
national pride combined with a desire for an aggressive foreign policy
areas of economic and political control
policy giving the United States equal access to trading rights in China
a grant of land in exchange for a promise to use it for a specific purpose
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Americans.
In a(n) ____, voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections.
Citizens can propose new laws through the ____ process.
Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election through the ____ procedure.
The ____ legalized strikes and peaceful picketing.
Calling his policy the ____, Woodrow Wilson promised to enforce antitrust laws without threatening
free economic competition.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. New Freedom
b. direct primary
c. muckrakers
d. municipal
e. home rule
f. New Nationalism
g. civil disobedience
h. conservationists
i. holding company
j. social welfare programs
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having to do with city government
a limited degree of self-government for cities
efforts made by the government to ensure a basic standard of living for all Americans
election in which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections
people concerned with the care and protection of the environment
Theodore Roosevelt’s name for his Progressive reform program
name of Woodrow Wilson’s reform policy during the presidential campaign of 1912
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85. nonviolent refusal to obey a law
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countries that fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I
Germany’s promise that its U-boats would warn ships before attacking
speech or actions that encourage rebellion
cease-fire between opponents in a war
organized killing of an entire people
worldwide organization aimed at ensuring security and peace
payment from one nation to another for economic injury suffered during a war
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Fourteen Points
b. self-determination
c. Liberty Bonds
d. Zimmermann note
e. U-boat
f. Versailles Treaty
g. reparations
h. Sussex pledge
i. League of Nations
j. American Expeditionary Force
k. price controls
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____ 100. The ____ was signed by the European powers, ending World War I.
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Sussex pledge
b. Versailles Treaty
c. Allies
d. Fourteen Points
e. reparations
f. League of Nations
g. mobilization
h. genocide
i. sedition
j. armistice
k. Central Powers
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Germany’s use of the ____ changed the rules of naval warfare.
In the ____, Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico.
The United States sold ____ to help it finance the war.
President Wilson’s program for peace came to be known as the ____.
Austria-Hungary’s ethnic groups sought ____, the power to make decisions about their own future.
President Wilson hoped that membership in the ____ would ensure security and peace for all members.
Britain wanted ____, payment for economic injuries suffered during the war.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
____ 101. Which of the following revolutionized American communications in the late 1800s?
a. steam engines and steamships
b. the telegraph and telephone
c. a workable light filament
d. refrigeration and sewing machines
____ 102. The American Federation of Labor organized
a. farmers, factory workers, and white-collar workers.
b. railway and construction workers.
c. only skilled workers.
d. women and children.
____ 103. John D. Rockefeller gained control over much of the oil industry by
a. managing a trust made up of Standard Oil and allied companies.
b. buying large sections of the transcontinental railroad.
c. going into partnership with Andrew Carnegie.
d. charging higher prices than his competitors.
____ 104. Andrew Carnegie argued that the success of wealthy industrialists
a. helped the entire nation.
b. should be limited by the government.
c. was illegal according to the Sherman Antitrust Act.
d. had no effect on average Americans.
____ 105. The nation’s first major labor strike was started by
a. anarchists in several city governments.
b. steel workers upset by the use of scabs.
c. railway workers angered by wage cuts.
d. women protesting discrimination.
____ 106. Some employers forced workers to sign “yellow dog contracts” stating that
a. workers would not join labor unions.
b. workers would work 12-hour days.
c. no scabs could be hired.
d. women and children would be prohibited from the workplace.
____ 107. According to the theory of social Darwinism, what was the role of government in economic matters?
a. to protect workers and consumers
b. to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act
c. to tax the profits of big business
d. to stay out of the affairs of business
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____ 108. The nation’s first major labor strike was begun by
a. railway workers angered about wage cuts and unsafe trains.
b. steel workers upset by the use of scabs.
c. women protesting lack of advancement in factories.
d. Pinkerton agents who threw a bomb at police.
____ 109. As a result of the Pullman Strike, for the next 30 years the government
a. supported labor unions.
b. tried to break up monopolies.
c. denied recognition to unions.
d. outlawed collective bargaining.
____ 110. What did the Morrill Land-Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common?
a. They provided ways for settlers to acquire western lands.
b. They forced Native Americans onto reservations.
c. They discriminated against African American families.
d. They enabled railroad companies to develop the land near their tracks.
____ 111. Which statement best describes the lifestyle of homesteaders?
a. Homesteaders lived in isolation and avoided social contact.
b. Most women worked outside their homestead.
c. Homesteaders lived simple and secure lives.
d. Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities.
____ 112. Many agreements between Native Americans and the federal government fell apart because
a. Native Americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership.
b. Native Americans wanted to work as tenant farmers or sharecroppers.
c. Many settlers objected to the reservation system.
d. Most of the treaties were never signed.
____ 113. In the West, the combination of big business and new agricultural techniques resulted in
a. placer mines.
b. the long drive.
c. bonanza farms.
d. reservations.
____ 114. Western farmers wanted “free silver” because they felt it would
a. stabilize interest rates.
b. increase crop prices.
c. depress crop prices.
d. decrease the amount of money in circulation.
____ 115. The experiences of Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé illustrate how
a. the U.S. government allowed some Native Americans to keep their homelands.
b. Christian missionaries converted Native Americans.
c. violent conflicts arose among settlers, the federal government, and Native
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____ 116. Most American farmers in the late 1800s protested
a. free silver.
b. high tariffs on manufactured goods.
c. the Interstate Commerce Act.
d. Farmers’ Alliances.
____ 117. In their platform, the Populists included provisions for
a. free silver, a progressive income tax, and an eight-hour day.
b. changing to the gold standard and ending any government regulation of business.
c. private ownership of communications and transportation systems.
d. excluding African Americans from Populist Party membership.
____ 118. Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis held that the frontier
a. destroyed the West and the Americans who went there.
b. helped create the strong, individualistic American spirit.
c. would continue to exist for at least another 50 years.
d. had little effect on the American character.
____ 119. Who owned much of the western land near prime transportation routes?
a. Exodusters
b. “land-grant” colleges
c. squatters
d. railroads
____ 120. What were the Exodusters trying to escape from?
a. unfair land taxes
b. Confederate prisons
c. racial violence
d. the eight-hour day
____ 121. In 1889, Congress responded to pressure from squatters and other would-be settlers by opening up
a. the Indian Territory.
b. Wounded Knee.
c. Little Bighorn.
d. the Great Plains.
____ 122. Once all the loose gold had been mined from streams, who moved into the mining towns?
a. large mining corporations
b. farm families
c. cattlemen
d. the federal Department of Agriculture
____ 123. Bankers supported deflation because this policy would
a. increase the money supply.
b. end the gold standard.
c. increase the value of money.
d. enable farmers to pay off their debts.
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____ 124. William Jennings Bryan lost the election of 1896 because he could not
a. make a persuasive speech.
b. accept a policy of free silver.
c. carry the western farming districts.
d. carry the urban and industrial centers.
____ 125. What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s?
a. repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
b. the desire for free land
c. jobs with American railroad companies
d. the Gentlemen’s Agreement
____ 126. Prohibitionists and purity crusaders shared the goal of
a. making charity “scientific.”
b. redistributing the nation’s wealth.
c. ending immigration from Asia.
d. improving the personal behavior of individuals.
____ 127. During the Gilded Age, Republicans and Democrats held differing views on
a. establishing a state religion.
b. the gold standard and government aid to business.
c. the development of suburbs.
d. repealing the Interstate Commerce Act of 1877.
____ 128. The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to
a. place additional regulation on the railroads.
b. end Japanese immigration to the United States.
c. end the spoils system.
d. print money backed by silver rather than gold.
____ 129. In 1894, Coxey’s army marched on Washington, D.C., with the demand that the government
a. protect union organizers.
b. return the country to the gold standard.
c. maintain its laissez faire attitude.
d. create jobs for the unemployed.
____ 130. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated most against
a. Asians.
b. Europeans.
c. agricultural workers.
d. Mexicans.
____ 131. Prohibitionists and purity crusaders both
a. promoted political machines.
b. opposed government intervention in citizens’ daily lives.
c. sought to rid society of behavior they thought immoral.
d. worked to end discrimination against immigrants.
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____ 132. One example of government’s trying to help American business was
a. high tariffs.
b. patronage.
c. blue laws.
d. Munn v. Illinois.
____ 133. The Interstate Commerce Act outlawed the railroads’ practice of
a. charging equally for long and short hauls.
b. giving special rates to powerful customers.
c. favoring Stalwarts over Half-Breeds.
d. bribing the Interstate Commerce Commission.
____ 134. How were Asians regarded by many white Americans?
a. with suspicion and hostility
b. with respect and admiration
c. as productive farmers
d. as good neighbors
____ 135. Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of cities?
a. migration to the suburbs
b. improvements in transportation
c. construction of skyscrapers
d. immigration
____ 136. Which of the following best characterizes urban areas by the early 1900s?
a. slums and tenements
b. a growing middle-class population
c. open spaces, trees, and grass
d. ethnically mixed neighborhoods
____ 137. What powerful position did William Marcy Tweed hold?
a. head of the U.S. Immigration Bureau
b. governor of New York State
c. New York City’s Democratic Party boss
d. a political cartoonist in Cincinnati
____ 138. Nativist groups such as the American Protective Association supported
a. the Comstock Law.
b. the social gospel movement.
c. immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
d. the teaching of only American culture in schools.
____ 139. Idealists in the settlement movement believed that social workers should
a. be members of the lower class.
b. make charity a scientific enterprise.
c. have a northern European background.
d. live in poor neighborhoods.
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____ 140. Public schools played an important role in
a. teaching religion.
b. helping immigrant children assimilate.
c. training women for the workplace.
d. decreasing literacy.
____ 141. During the early 1900s, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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was an example of how African Americans
a. used the court system to fight discrimination.
b. formed their own political parties.
c. ended all segregation in the South.
d. founded settlement houses in black neighborhoods.
How did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision affect racial relations in the South?
a. It forced whites and African Americans to use the same public facilities.
b. It allowed segregation to continue legally.
c. It improved the quality of African American facilities.
d. It ordered that segregation should be ended in public schools.
What caused newspaper publishers to encourage “sensational” reporting?
a. competition for readers
b. the high price of paper and ink
c. growing interest in sports
d. the popularity of comic strips
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was
a. an example of yellow journalism.
b. a popular magazine in the late 1800s.
c. a popular novel with local color.
d. the name of a vaudeville show.
What was one result of northern whites’ fears of racial equality?
a. race riots
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. poll taxes
d. literacy tests
Which of the following provided self-help guidance for African Americans?
a. the Niagara Movement
b. the Civil Rights Act of 1875
c. the National Negro Business League
d. all of the above
How did most women view the woman question by 1900?
a. supported drastic social change
b. rejected marriage as an important goal
c. wanted only economic equality
d. agreed with the principle of greater rights for women
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____ 148. Which event led to the Spanish-American War?
a. Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule.
b. The United States annexed Cuba.
c. Spain destroyed American-owned sugar plantations in Cuba.
d. The Spanish navy sank two American ships in the Pacific.
____ 149. As a result of the Spanish-American War,
a. Puerto Rico became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
b. Cuba was divided into spheres of influence.
c. the Philippines became a Spanish colony.
d. the United States gained rights to the Panama Canal.
____ 150. The building of the Panama Canal was important because it
a. helped stabilize the economies of Latin American countries.
b. improved relations between Colombia and the United States.
c. facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports.
d. promoted European investment in the United States.
____ 151. Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to
a. dominate a weaker country.
b. sell its products to a weaker country.
c. create an empire.
d. all of the above.
____ 152. The United States annexed the Midway Islands to set up
a. cotton plantations.
b. a naval refueling and repair station.
c. markets for food and other goods.
d. a farm-machine factory.
____ 153. The banana republics of Central America were
a. controlled by American business interests.
b. annexed by the United States in 1867.
c. popular with American tourists.
d. invaded by several European nations in the late 1800s.
____ 154. American business leaders favored expansion in order to
a. establish an empire throughout the world.
b. solve the economic problem of overproduction.
c. establish military equality with European nations.
d. stop Russian expansion into Alaska.
____ 155. Americans sided with the Cuban rebels against Spain as a result of
a. the charge up San Juan Hill.
b. the Platt Amendment.
c. the Treaty of Paris.
d. yellow journalism.
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____ 156. As a result of the peace treaty with Spain, the United States gained
a. Honduras, Colombia, and Cuba.
b. the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
c. Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile.
d. Samoa, the Philippines, and Hawaii.
____ 157. The United States annexed Hawaii because
a. Queen Liliuokalani executed several foreign merchants.
b. the United States needed naval stations in the Pacific.
c. Hawaiians requested American protection.
d. the Boxers started a rebellion.
____ 158. Among Latin Americans, United States actions related to the Panama Canal created
a. hope for a prosperous future.
b. ill will toward the United States.
c. calls for Roosevelt’s impeachment.
d. a long-lasting economic crisis.
____ 159. Roosevelt feared that the war between Japan and Russia would
a. close the door to U.S. trade with China.
b. end American control in Manchuria.
c. cause an American economic crisis.
d. upset the balance of power in Asia.
____ 160. Anti-imperialists argued that imperialism rejected the principle of
a. liberty for all.
b. universal suffrage.
c. manifest destiny.
d. religious freedom.
____ 161. Some anti-imperialists feared the existence of
a. foreign markets.
b. different races in the United States.
c. large standing armies.
d. a new frontier.
____ 162. To others, foreign lands were new frontiers that would help Americans
a. keep their competitive edge.
b. develop new farming technology.
c. maintain their independence.
d. find more sources of gold and silver.
____ 163. Imperialists argued that the United States needed to
a. develop markets for goods within its own borders.
b. gain access to foreign markets.
c. end its racist policies.
d. encourage people of many races to move to the United States.
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____ 164. People in foreign lands turned against the United States when it
a. closed its doors to immigrants.
b. refused to sell manufactured goods.
c. supported unpopular governments.
d. insisted on “liberty for all.”
____ 165. In the late 1800s, journalists Henry George and Edward Bellamy both
a. discouraged single-tax speculation.
b. wrote about ideas for reforming society.
c. promoted plans to increase free enterprise profits.
d. warned Americans about the pace of industrialization.
____ 166. Municipal reformers aimed to
a. solve rural problems.
b. end government corruption.
c. increase immigrant rights.
d. curb union power.
____ 167. Which did municipal reformers favor in the early 1900s?
a. strong, independent political machines
b. city control of utilities
c. abolishment of home rule
d. federal regulation of city services
____ 168. Over what issue were Republican insurgents angry at President Taft?
a. his support of the Seventeenth Amendment
b. his support of women’s suffrage
c. his handling of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair
d. his refusal to enforce antitrust cases
____ 169. Which of the following caused a split in the women’s suffrage campaign?
a. Alice Paul’s aggressive strategy
b. Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan”
c. the decision to press for a constitutional amendment
d. World War I
____ 170. Journalists known as muckrakers worked at
a. praising government policies.
b. exposing political and business corruption.
c. attacking the ideas of socialists.
d. opposing government regulation of business.
____ 171. Jane Addams and Florence Kelley both worked to reform
a. the meatpacking industry.
b. working conditions for miners.
c. abuses by land speculators.
d. local labor conditions.
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____ 172. In the election of 1912, a split in the Republican Party helped
a. Wilson win.
b. Taft win.
c. the Socialists win.
d. the Progressives win.
____ 173. The anti-suffrage movement argued that if women could vote, they would
a. actually lose power.
b. become too masculine.
c. prevent prohibition.
d. fail to exercise their voting rights.
____ 174. The battle for women’s suffrage ended with the ratification of the
a. Sixteenth Amendment.
b. Seventeenth Amendment.
c. Eighteenth Amendment.
d. Nineteenth Amendment.
____ 175. The woman who led NAWSA to victory was
a. Carrie Chapman Catt.
b. Susan B. Anthony.
c. Lucy Burns.
d. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
____ 176. Which of the following best describes the first few years of World War I?
a. Both sides were locked in a stalemate.
b. The Central Powers had conquered most of Europe.
c. Victory for the Allies seemed to be coming soon.
d. There was little actual fighting.
____ 177. Which country actively encouraged anti-German feeling in the United States?
a. Mexico
b. Great Britain
c. Russia
d. Austria-Hungary
____ 178. Which was true of African Americans during World War I?
a. Almost as many African Americans served in the war as did white Americans.
b. African Americans were not allowed to serve in the war.
c. African American troops were usually reserved for battle.
d. African American troops were segregated and rarely allowed to fight.
____ 179. Why did the “irreconcilable” senators oppose the Versailles Treaty?
a. They did not want the United States to join the League of Nations.
b. They wanted harsher terms for Germany.
c. They believed the treaty violated the Fourteen Points.
d. They opposed reparations for the Allies.
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____ 180. The Selective Service Act was a means of
a. getting money to support the war effort.
b. getting women to take over jobs formerly done by men.
c. drafting young men for the military forces.
d. finding jobs for men after they left military service.
____ 181. The government increased control of the economy during World War I by
a. filing a record number of antitrust suits.
b. enacting price controls and rationing.
c. overseeing war-related production.
d. forbidding any unions to strike.
____ 182. The violent act in Bosnia that triggered World War I was
a. the torpedoing of a Serbian ship.
b. the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
c. the execution of Kaiser Wilhelm.
d. the use of machine guns in no man’s land.
____ 183. One of the main causes of the war, imperialism, involved
a. invading Belgium and France.
b. acquiring uncolonized areas of the world.
c. blockading enemy ports.
d. acting in a nation’s own interest.
____ 184. Americans responded to the Selective Service Act
a. with enthusiasm.
b. with antiwar riots.
c. by refusing to register.
d. by becoming conscientious objectors.
____ 185. The death toll from World War I was
a. the highest for American troops.
b. low, because of advances in weapons.
c. extraordinarily high.
d. high for Germany but low for the Allies.
____ 186. Herbert Hoover, head of the Food Administration, worked to
a. enforce loyalty.
b. increase farm output and reduce waste.
c. pass the Eighteenth Amendment.
d. save gasoline for the war effort.
____ 187. The passage of a literacy test for immigrants marked a revival of
a. preparedness.
b. antiwar sentiment.
c. vigilante justice.
d. nativism.
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____ 188. Under the terms of the peace treaty, Germany had to
a. give its colonies independence.
b. pay reparations to the Allies.
c. break up Czechoslovakia.
d. give its tanks and artillery to France.
____ 189. African Americans migrated north in the early 1900s mainly because of
a. offers of free land.
b. the climate.
c. an industrial boom.
d. a widespread business slowdown.
____ 190. In the 1920s, trolleys to the suburbs were largely replaced by
a. horse-drawn carriages.
b. subways.
c. buses.
d. taxis.
____ 191. In Charles Lindbergh and other heroes, Americans recognized
a. a hunger for fame.
b. the virtues of the good old days.
c. a willingness to compromise.
d. the wildness of the American West.
____ 192. One of the most exciting heroes of this era was the baseball star
a. Babe Ruth.
b. Jack Dempsey.
c. Gertrude Ederle.
d. Nellie Tayloe Ross.
____ 193. Jazz was brought to northern cities by
a. older generations.
b. musicians from the Mexico City area.
c. southern African Americans.
d. World War I veterans.
____ 194. What was one of the unforeseen results of Prohibition?
a. racketeering
b. a revival of the Ku Klux Klan
c. bloody riots in Chicago
d. the Volstead Act
____ 195. What legal right was at issue in the Scopes trial?
a. the right to open a speakeasy
b. the right to hold fundamentalist beliefs
c. the right to hold modernist beliefs
d. the right to teach evolution in schools
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____ 196. In the 1920s, fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in
a. the repeal of Prohibition.
b. the theory of evolution.
c. a literal interpretation of the Bible.
d. a larger role for technology in everyday life.
____ 197. Flappers danced the Charleston, a new dance that embodied the spirit of
a. the Harlem Renaissance.
b. the Jazz Age.
c. the Lost Generation.
d. Prohibition.
____ 198. How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920s?
a. They led to a sharp decline in average wages.
b. They inspired Americans to cut back on luxury items.
c. They fueled the growth of the consumer economy.
d. They reinforced the demand for lower tariffs.
____ 199. Productivity, a worker’s level of output over a given period, rose during the 1920s because of
a. new resources.
b. new management methods.
c. new technologies.
d. all of the above.
____ 200. Many Americans believed that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed because they were
a. subversives trying to overthrow the government.
b. Communist agitators who helped organize strikes.
c. responsible for setting off bombs that damaged A. Mitchell Palmer’s home.
d. immigrants with radical beliefs during the Red Scare.
____ 201. The passage of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, which raised import taxes to very high levels,
a. upset the balance of trade with European nations.
b. hurt both U.S. industry and European nations that had to pay back war debts.
c. was part of the U.S. policy of disarmament after World War I.
d. none of the above.
____ 202. Many Americans believed that Communists were behind the
a. labor strikes of 1919.
b. election of President Harding.
c. Fordney-McCumber Tariff.
d. immigration policies of the Republicans.
____ 203. Henry Ford’s dream was to sell cars that
a. came in many colors.
b. could travel 100 miles per hour.
c. ordinary people could afford.
d. would attract wealthy business owners.
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____ 204. When Hoover took office in 1929, most Americans expected
a. to become millionaires.
b. a depression or some other disaster.
c. more bank failures.
d. prosperity to continue.
____ 205. Practices such as buying on margin reflected Americans’
a. moral virtue.
b. demand for safe, secure investments.
c. “get-rich-quick” attitude.
d. lack of faith in the stock market.
____ 206. One sign that the economy might be weakening in the 1920s was
a. uneven distribution of national wealth.
b. underproduction of consumer goods.
c. an increase in personal savings.
d. the collapse of large corporations.
____ 207. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average began to drop sharply in late October 1929,
a. investors bought record shares of stock.
b. bankers pardoned personal loans and mortgages.
c. President Hoover warned Americans to stop investing.
d. investors raced to get their money out of the stock market.
____ 208. A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as
a. the Dust Bowl.
b. the Grapes of Wrath.
c. Black Tuesday.
d. the Great Crash.
____ 209. How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929?
a. They called in their loans.
b. They pooled money to buy stock.
c. They raced to sell their stocks.
d. They pledged their stocks as collateral.
____ 210. President Hoover believed that the best strategy for ending the Depression was
a. encouraging massive government spending.
b. lowering import duties.
c. setting up federal relief programs.
d. encouraging voluntary controls in the business sector.
____ 211. The collapse of the American economic system
a. affected only the German economy.
b. boosted American investment in Europe.
c. led to a worldwide depression.
d. increased demand for American-made goods.
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____ 212. What did some people agree to do when a foreclosed farm was auctioned?
a. hold an auction party
b. cooperate to buy and run the farm
c. keep bids low
d. give the original owners free seeds
____ 213. What was one dramatic symbol of hope during the Depression?
a. Hooverville
b. the Empire State Building
c. the Model T
d. Calvin Coolidge
____ 214. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation aimed to
a. create a national bank.
b. provide government credit to banks.
c. give loans to war veterans.
d. build houses for the homeless.
____ 215. To get the Bonus Army marchers to leave the capital, General MacArthur
a. used force.
b. negotiated with the veterans’ leaders.
c. gave a patriotic speech.
d. paid them their bonus.
____ 216. Roosevelt easily won the 1932 presidential election by promising
a. a New Deal for Americans.
b. repeal of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
c. lower taxes.
d. a White House conference on business.
____ 217. What criticism did many Progressives make of the New Deal?
a. It unfairly taxed successful, hardworking people.
b. It promoted a regimented, militaristic society.
c. It did not do enough to redistribute wealth.
d. Many of its programs smacked of “Bolshevism.”
____ 218. In his first few months in office, President Roosevelt
a. abolished the banking system and government building projects.
b. avoided direct action and sent problems to committees for study.
c. pushed Congress to pass legislation to improve the economy.
d. concentrated on programs that strengthened big business.
____ 219. The “black cabinet” was
a. an unofficial group of African American officeholders.
b. a loose coalition of opponents to the New Deal.
c. the nickname given to Roosevelt advisers Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes.
d. African American Cabinet members who opposed the New Deal.
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____ 220. Many Republicans criticized the New Deal for
a. going too far in its attempts to reform the economy.
b. not doing enough to address the nation’s ills.
c. failing to address unemployment.
d. trying to put an end to the unequal distribution of wealth.
____ 221. Which of the following best characterizes Roosevelt’s first hundred days in office?
a. He abolished the banking system and government building projects.
b. He avoided direct action and sent problems to committees for study.
c. He pushed Congress to pass legislation to improve the economy.
d. He concentrated on programs that strengthened big business.
____ 222. How did Roosevelt try to help business?
a. by raising tariffs
b. by stabilizing industrial prices
c. by expanding foreign trade
d. by abolishing the minimum wage
____ 223. How did Eleanor Roosevelt help the President?
a. by running New Deal agencies
b. by assisting Frances Perkins
c. by designing New Deal policies
d. by reporting on conditions in the country
____ 224. What was the Second New Deal?
a. a series of tax laws that benefited the rich
b. legislation designed to balance the national budget
c. programs that mainly aided African Americans
d. legislation aimed at helping ordinary Americans
____ 225. Which statement best describes Roosevelt’s bid for reelection in 1936?
a. He won by a landslide.
b. He won only Maine and Vermont.
c. He lost to Alfred Landon.
d. He won, but the New Deal lost.
____ 226. Sit-down strikes were so successful that
a. the Supreme Court outlawed them.
b. employers hired only nonunion workers.
c. unions won all their demands.
d. Congress passed the Wagner Act.
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