Semester Review
Booker T. Washington believed that the best
way for blacks to improve their status in the
United States was to?:
A. struggle militantly against all forms of racial
discrimination in order to gain educational
opportunity.
B. form a nationwide council to work for federal
laws against lynching.
C. leave the United States and return to their
African origins.
D. accommodate themselves to segregation and
disfranchisement while at the same time
working hard and proving their economic value
to society.
Mark Twain called the era following
the Civil War the "Gilded Age"
because?:
a) it was an age of universal benefit for all
Americans.
b) of the tremendous number of gold strikes
that took place.
c) the glitter and flashiness of the time seemed
to mask the ugliness and crass materialism
that lay beneath the surface.
d) the gold and silver issues seemed to
dominate the era
The industrial revolution caused many
social, political and economic
problems.
• True
• False
Social Darwinism is:
a) the belief that the business world and human
society reflected the law of the jungle
b) a belief that Upton Sinclair's theory as to the
animal world's survival was related to man's
world
c) applied to the late nineteenth century
d) all of these
The businessman and the industry
NOT in agreement is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
John D. Rockefeller - oil
Andrew Carnegie - beef trust
Cornelius Vanderbilt – railroads
J. P. Morgan- banking
Which one of the following is an
example of a monopoly?
a) John Edwards Books is competing against R.
A. Book Company
b) U.S. Beverages control all soft drinks sold in
the United States
c) Brown, Cole, and Bernard firm is one of
three doctor firms in a small town
d) none of these answers
Which policy toward business was
generally followed by state and federal
governments before 1880?
a) strict control over business
b) Many laws that related to safety, hours of
work, etc
c) government ownership
d) laissez faire
e) heavy taxes
The Progressive Era was characterized
by _____________________
A. expansion of U.S. territory.
B. financial panics.
C. economic, social, and political reform.
D. a cultural and artistic renaissance.
Public response to Upton Sinclair’s
The Jungle was largely responsible for
the passage of _____________
A. the Newlands Reclamation Act.
B. the Meat Inspection Act.
C. the Payne-Aldrich Tariff .
D. the Clayton Antitrust Act.
The term referendum refers to
________________
A. the regulation of industrial practices.
B. the conservation of the natural environment.
C. the citizens’ right to vote on recent local
legislation.
D. the creation of a secret ballot.
President Woodrow Wilson described
his program for the nation as
____________________
A. the Square Deal.
B. the Golden Rule.
C. the New Nationalism.
D. the New Freedom.
The direct primary system, in place
throughout the United States by 1916,
allowed voters to ______________
A. vote directly for the candidate of their choice.
B. vote for delegates who would then vote for
the candidate for office.
C. vote by secret ballot.
D. vote on recently passed local legislation.
Alice Paul is historically significant for
________________
A. investigative journalism.
B. leading the battle for women’s suffrage.
C. speaking out on the issue of conservation.
D. leadership in labor unions.
Urbanization refers to the growth of
large cities.
a. True
b. False
What was the nickname given journalists who
attempted to expose problems in government
and business?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Muckrakers
socialists
Imperialists
sharks
Which of the following presidents increased the
federal government's role in conservation of
wilderness and natural resources?
A. William McKinley
B. Herbert Hoover
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Woodrow Wilson
The women’s suffrage movement was led by
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her friend Susan B.
Anthony. To achieve their goals, they would
ultimately have to —
A. form a national organization.
B. create a series of “test cases” to be heard by
the Supreme Court.
C. amend the Constitution of the United States.
D. obtain support from various labor unions.
Which Progressive reformer was well-known for his
efforts in Wisconsin and became a model for other
Progressive reformers?
a. Eugene Debs
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. W.E.B. DuBois
d. Robert LaFollette
Ratification of the 17th Amendment gave the people
a greater voice in government by providing for--
a. direct election of U.S. senators
b. federal funding of local and state
governments
c. equal voting rights for African Americans
d. equal representation in the Senate and House
What writer was known for his
influence on the development of the
United States navy?
A) James G. Blaine
B) Hamilton Fish
C) Alfred T. Mahan
D) Kaiser Wilhelm II
What is neutrality?
A) a refusal to take sides in a disagreement
B) the boycotting of one country by another
C) the mutual lowering of trade barriers
D) the settlement of an argument by an
impartial group
Which of the following was NOT a
cause of world war I?
A)militarism
B)imperialism
C)alliances
D)isolationism
What were the terms of the Sussex
Pledge?
A)Germany pledged that it would issue warnings
before attacking any merchant ships.
B)Great Britain pledged that it would not attack
merchant ships.
C)The United States pledged that it would enter
the war if Germany attacked merchant ships
without warning.
D)The Allied nations pledged to defend one
another in World War I.
World War I marked the first war in which each
of the following new technologies was used
EXCEPT
A)tanks
B)airplanes
C)poison gas
D)iron-clad ships
Most members of Congress thought
that the Treaty of Versailles
__________.
A) would lead the United States into war
B) did not adequately punish Germany
C) would prevent future world wars
D) did not position the United States as a world
power
During the Red Scare, Americans often
linked __________ with radicalism.
A)workers
B)immigrants
C)criminals
D)progressives
In the Teapot Dome scandal, one of
Harding's cabinet officers __________.
A)accepted bribes in exchange for the lease of
U.S. Navy oil reserves
B)accepted bribes in exchange for pardons
C)accepted bribes in exchange for the sale of a
German company
D)pocketed the proceeds from the sale of
publicly owned goods
For women of the 1920s, new fashions
represented __________.
A)their traditional values
B)the nation’s growing urbanism
C)their new social, economic, and intellectual
freedoms
D)the new wonders of industrialism
Who led the Rough Riders in capturing
Santiago?
A) George Dewey
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Emilio Aguinaldo
D) William T. Sampson
Which of the following lands came
under United States control as a result
of the Spanish-American War?
A) Guam
B) Panama Canal
C) Alaska
D) Hawai
What was "dollar diplomacy"?
A) efforts by a country to promote its financial
or commercial interests abroad
B) sending marines to a country to enforce a
decision
C) efforts by the United States to strengthen the
value of the American dollar
D) encouraging foreign companies to locate in
the United States
Why did the Dawes Act fail to
assimilate Native Americans?
A)Many Native Americans had little training or
enthusiasm to become farmers or ranchers.
B)Native Americans were unwilling to leave the
reservations.
C)Although Congress passed the Dawes Act, it
was never implemented on the local level.
D)The Dawes Act failed to establish a system by
which the reservation lands would be divided.
What effect did rising nativism have on
immigration policies during the late
1800s?
A)Despite rising nativism, the relative ease with which
immigrants entered the country remained unchanged.
B)Rising prejudice against immigrants stimulated new
laws that restricted immigration and withheld
citizenship from Chinese immigrants.
C)The emergence of anti-immigrant groups motivated
Congress to pass laws that made it a federal crime to
interfere with immigrants’ rights.
D)When rising nativism inspired new laws that restricted
immigration, Chinese immigrants successfully
petitioned to have the laws repealed.
What was the result of the Supreme
Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A)African Americans lost their right to vote.
B)African Americans were denied equal
protection under the law.
C)Legalized segregation was imposed upon
African Americans.
D)African Americans were barred from public
office.
Theodore Roosevelt eventually left the
Republican Party and helped create a 3rd party
for America in 1912. What was the nickname of
his party?
a) Roughriders
b) Teddies
c) Bull Moose Party
d) Socialists
Jane Addams and others created these within
cities in order to help immigrants and the poor
receive basic health and educational needs.
a) Monopolies
b) Settlement Houses
c) Labor Unions
d) Jim Crow Laws
The goal of the "Open Door" policy in
China was to
A) establish American settlements.
B) establish a trading monopoly for the United
States.
C) preserve equal trading opportunities for all
foreign nations.
D) close off all trade with foreign nations.
What was the name of the Upton Sinclair novel
which helped expose the issues within the
meatpacking industry during the Progressive
Era?
a) The Uprising
b) The Meat Industry
c) Rotten Meat
d) The Jungle
Henry Ford took this manufacturing
production idea and applied it to the
production of his cars.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Civil Disobedience
Temperence
Assembly Line
Direct Primary
What were people who believed that industrialization
and urbanization had created serious problems within
American society at the turn of the century?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Reconstructionists
Progressives
Founding Fathers
Robber Barons
W.E.B Dubois founded this organization which worked for equal
rights for all Americans and disagreed with the "separate but
equal" philosophy which was common to the US at the time.
a)
b)
c)
d)
IWW
National Black Alliance
AFL
NAACP
Which country made the first
declaration of war in WW1?
(A) Germany
(B) Serbia
(C) Russia
(D) Austria-Hunga
To which other prominent leader was
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany related?
(A) Woodrow Wilson of the United States
(B) Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary
(C) Nicholas II of Russia
(D) Winston Churchill of Britain
Germany’s attack upon which country
directly provoked Britain to go to war?
(A) France
(B) Russia
(C) Belgium
(D) Holland
Germany’s plan for fighting France and
Russia was called
A) The Hindenburg Plan
(B) The Schlieffen Plan
(C) Operation Barbarossa
(D) Sturm und Drang
A war of attrition is defined as
(A) A war in which both sides periodically
exchange prisoners and then continue fighting
(B) A war that is ended by a single crushing
strike
(C) A war that is won by cutting off the enemy’s
supply line
(D) A war in which victory is determined not by
which side seizes the most territory but by
which side loses the most men
The Zimmermann telegram urged
which country to attack the United
States?
(A) Mexico
(B) Cuba
(C) Panama
(D) Canada
What was the name of the first U.S.
civilian ship to be sunk by a German
submarine?
A) Lusitania
(B) Housatonic
(C) Titanic
(D) Maine
Who was the commander of U.S.
forces in Europe?
(A) Eddie Rickenbacker
(B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(C) Theodore Roosevelt
(D) John J. Pershing
Which of the following was not a
reason for American expansion during
the Age of Imperialism?
a)
b)
c)
d)
zeal to spread Christianity
need for markets and raw materials
desire for slaves
drive to increase national prestige