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100 Late American History Multiple Choice

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1. Most countries built empires because they needed raw materials and natural resources. However, the need for raw materials was NOT a reason for the US to build an empire.
True ✓
False ✓
2. The sinking of the USS Maine was also a cause of the Spanish American War. The USS Maine blew up in Havanna Harbor. The investigation said the USS Maine hit a mine but it was actually an accidental fire.
True ✓
False ✓
3. Teddy Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish American War. They were made up of cowboys, rugged easterners and college athletes. They captured San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill.
True ✓
False ✓
It was rugged westerners, not easterners.
4. The Federal Reserve Act protected the economy from having too much money in the hands of one person, bank or region. It also set up a system of regional banks and set interest rates.
True ✓
False ✓
5. In the Civil Service system, government jobs are awarded based on qualifications and employees keep their job regardless of the party in power. Most Civil Service jobs are in the judicial branch.
True ✓
False ✓
It was executive branch, not judicial branch.
6. An economic system in which businesses were owned by private individuals is known as:
Consumerism ✓
Communism ✓
Capitalism ✓
Catholicism ✓
7. The policy that states that businesses can operate under little to no government regulation is known as:
Laissez Faire ✓
Un Temps ✓
Underwood ✓
Capital ✓
8. If you focus on the good things business leaders did such as creating jobs, boosting the economy, and donating money, you consider them to be:
The Money Makers ✓
Future Business Leaders of America ✓
Robber Barons ✓
Captains of Industry ✓
9. If you focus on the bad things business leaders did such as hurting small businesses, paid low wages, and joining their trust with small profit, you consider them to be:
Big Bad Business Boys ✓
Robber Barons ✓
The Monarchs of Business ✓
The Evil Executives ✓
10. A _____ is where you buy out competitors or force them out of business.
Cartel ✓
Trust ✓
Monopoly ✓
Patent ✓
11. A ___ is where businesses making the same product agree to set production levels and drive up prices.
Cartel ✓
Trust ✓
Monopoly ✓
Patent ✓
12. In the late 1800s, people wanted and bought the many new items on the market. Mark Twain referred to this as:
Conspicuous consumerism ✓
Conspicuous capitalism ✓
Conspicuous communism ✓
Conspicous catholism ✓
13. Which of these was NOT a labor impact of the late 1800s?
Unions were split over socialism ✓
Unions were associated with violence ✓
Unions became powerful enough to stop big business ✓
Neither ✓
14. What did the Coinage Act of 1873 establish?
Quaters will now have trimed edges ✓
Gold coins will now be part of the American currency ✓
All gold and silver will be sent to the government ✓
US would not coin both silver and gold ✓
15. What did the Sherman Anti-Trust act do?
Regulate and control trusts ✓
Get rid of trusts ✓
Make even more trusts ✓
None of the above ✓
16. When Teddy Roosevelt became president, he promised a “Square Deal” in which he would he would keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business and the poor. He also promised to take care of the lazy and that everyone would achieve a middle class lifestyle.
True ✓
False ✓
He never promised that at all.
17. The need for new markets to sell products was a reason the US built an empire in the late 1800s.
True ✓
False ✓
18. In their book "The Communist Manifesto," Karl Marx and Frederick Engles denounced capitalism. They predicted the poor/workers would rise up and overthrow capitalism.
True ✓
False ✓
19. The Supreme Court case Yick Wo vs Hopkins stated that segragation was allowed as long as the facilities were seperate but equal.
True ✓
False ✓
It was Plessy vs Ferguson. Yick Wo vs Hopkins was in part of chinese discrimination
20. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage were two popular novels in the late 1800s. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets was about the harsh realities of city life and the Red Badge of Courage was about the psychological aspects of war.
True ✓
False ✓
21. What Populist Party goals eventually became reality?
Campaigning directly to the people ✓
Income tax ✓
Flexible monetary system ✓
Racially intergrated groups ✓
All of the above ✓
22. What were the goals of the Progressive Movement?
Honest government/eliminate party bosses ✓
Busts trusts that hurt competition ✓
Women's Suffrage ✓
All of the above ✓
23. Which amendment was direct election of senators?
16th ✓
17th ✓
18th ✓
19th ✓
24. Which amendment established prohibition of alcohol?
16th ✓
17th ✓
18th ✓
19th ✓
25. Which amendment established an income tax?
16th ✓
17th ✓
18th ✓
19th ✓
26. Which amendment granted the women the right to vote?
16th ✓
17th ✓
18th ✓
19th ✓
27. Which Civil Rights leader established the Tuskegee Institute to teach industrial skills and citizenship?
Booker T Washington ✓
W.E.B DuBois ✓
Michael De Santa ✓
Ida Wells ✓
28. Which Civil Rights leader was born in Massachusetts and earned a PhD from Harvard?
Booker T Washington ✓
W.E.B DuBois ✓
Michael De Santa ✓
Ida Wells ✓
29. List women’s rights goals other than the right to vote in the late 1800s to early 1900s:
Property rights ✓
Access to education ✓
Banning alcohol ✓
All of the above ✓
30. What were the goals of the Populist Party?
Womens Suffrage ✓
Coinage of silver ✓
Government ownership of railroads ✓
All of the above ✓
31. The Foraker Act established a civil government in Puerto Rico. The US president could appoint a governer and part of the legislature. Puerto Rican citizens could elect the other part of the legislature.
True ✓
False ✓
32. Alfred Mahan's book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, stated that having a powerful navy would not be important in the 20th century and encouraged governments to develop an air force instead.
True ✓
False ✓
Any sort of air force never existed back when the book was released.
33. The Supreme Court case of Schenck vs US declared the Sedition act unconstitutional. the court felt that the law violated the first amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.
True ✓
False ✓
The court said that it never violated the first amendment rights.
34. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act spelled out specific activities in which businesses could not engage. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act prohibited unions from being attacked as trusts.
True ✓
False ✓
35. The Shame of the Cities was a muckraker book that was a collection of articles on political corruption, such as excessive fees and election tampering.
True ✓
False ✓
36. Which of these was a way President Taft was different from President Teddy Roosevelt?
Broke twice as many trusts ✓
Lowered tarrifs but not as much as Roosevelt wanted ✓
Made US Steel sell a coal company that Roosevelt allowed them to buy ✓
All of the above ✓
37. Which law said the federal government could determine where and how water was distributed? It allowed the government to build dams and reservoirs.
National Reclamation Act ✓
The FDC Act ✓
The Income Act ✓
National Reformation Act ✓
38. What law cut tariffs so manufacturers could not charge unfairly high rates and made it easier for Americans to buy foreign products?
The Elkins Act ✓
The Jones Act ✓
Underwood Tariff Bill ✓
Income Bill ✓
39. How did the Grandfather clause worked?
You were able to vote as long as one of your ancestors was a president ✓
You were not able to vote if your ancestors were slaves ✓
You were able to vote as long as your grandparents worked for the government ✓
You were able to vote as long as your ancestor was allowed to vote prior to 1866 ✓
40. Which government reform allows voters to vote to accept or reject an existing law?
Initiative ✓
Referendum ✓
Recall ✓
None of the above ✓
41. Which government reform gave people the right to put a new law on the ballot by gaining signatures on a petition?
Initiative ✓
Referendum ✓
Recall ✓
None of the above ✓
42. Which government reform allowed an option to remove an elected official before his/her term is over?
Initiative ✓
Referedum ✓
Recall ✓
None of the above ✓
43. Sensational investigative reporting that uncovered a wide range of problems was called:
Mackering ✓
Muckraking ✓
Monstrosity ✓
Maninity ✓
44. Which best describes a community center with better living conditions that offered English classes, and art and theater programs for residents?
Apartments ✓
Town houses ✓
Settlement houses ✓
Sweatshop ✓
45. Who is credited with creating the community centers with better living conditions that offered English classes, and art and theater programs mentioned in the previous question?
Jane Addams ✓
Alice Paul ✓
Robert Lafollette ✓
Carrie Chapman Patt ✓
46. The book Christianity and the Social Crisis applied Christian values such as charity and social justice to the progressive movement. The book discussed ending child labor, equal rights for African-Americans, and limiting the power of corporations and trusts.
True ✓
False ✓
Social justice AND the kingdom of God, it also never discussed anything about rights for African-Americans nor limiting the power of corporations and trusts.
47. Florence Kelley was a militant women's suffrage leader. She formed the National Woman's Party which was the first protest outside the White House with picket signs.
True ✓
False ✓
She wasn't a women's suffrage leader. It was Alice Paul that did that.
48. Supreme court case, Mueller vs Oregon, argued that long hours hurt women and their families. Court ruled that women's workday can be limited to ten hours.
True ✓
False ✓
49. The Adamson Act limited railroads employees to an 8 hour workday.
True ✓
False ✓
50. The Graduated Income Tax was made for the wealthy to pay a higher percentage of their income than the poor. It makes up for any revenue lost by cutting tariffs.
True ✓
False ✓
51. When a country has exclusive access to the ports and markets in another country is it referred to as?
Monroe doctrine ✓
Sphere of influence ✓
Open door policy ✓
None of the above ✓
52. What did the Insular Cases establish?
Puerto Rican citizens not having the same rights as Americans ✓
Puerto Rican goods getting taxed ✓
Neither ✓
Both ✓
53. Which of these was a way that the civil war encouraged industry?
Needed to transport goods ✓
Needed to mass produce food ✓
Needed to produce weapons ✓
All of the above ✓
54. A high tax on imports to protect American industry is called:
Fanum tax ✓
Income tax ✓
Protective Tariff ✓
User fee ✓
55. The idea that some people were "less fit" and that nothing should be done to help them is known as:
Progressivism ✓
Social Darwinism ✓
Communism ✓
Capitalism ✓
56. A high tariff on what product led to the United States annexing Hawaii?
Wheat ✓
Cotton ✓
Sugar ✓
Meat ✓
57. What stated that the US had no interest in annexing Cuba?
Teller Amendment ✓
Jones act ✓
Platt Amendment ✓
Maine ✓
58. What were the four MAIN causes of WW1?
Monstrosity, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism ✓
Militarism, Athiesim, Imperialism, Nationalism ✓
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism ✓
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Narcotism ✓
59. What was the Anti-Imperialist League’s main argument against imperialism?
It went against the ideals of the government ✓
It felt too horrible ✓
It shows unfairness for other countries ✓
It is such a dumb thing to do ✓
60. The Keating-Owens act outlawed child labor, but it was overturned by the supreme court.
True ✓
False ✓
61. To support the war, Herbert Hoover raised the price of grain. This encouraged farmers to produce more.
True ✓
False ✓
62. The US had to import resources from other countries to industrialize.
True ✓
False ✓
63. In the election of 1912, no one won the popular vote, but Teddy Roosevelt won in an electoral collage landslide.
True ✓
False ✓
Woodrow Wilson won the collage vote.
64. The Schlieffen Plan was a failure because Belgian resistance slowed the German advance and gave France time to defend Paris. This led to a stalemate and years of trench warfare.
True ✓
False ✓
65. Which Muckraker took photos of the terrible living conditions and shocked the public into action?
Lincoln Steffins ✓
Ida Tarbell ✓
Upton Sinclair ✓
Jacob Riis ✓
66. In the election of 1896, which candidate supported the coinage of silver and campaigned directly to the people?
William Jennings Bryan ✓
William Taft ✓
William Clinton ✓
William McKinley ✓
67. Awarding government jobs to loyal party members is known as:
Nepotism ✓
Cronyism ✓
The spoils system ✓
Laissez Faire Policy ✓
68. What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk establish?
Russia made peace with Germany ✓
Ended World War 1 ✓
Russia made peace with England and France ✓
Russia made an alliance with the US ✓
69. Which supreme court case said Chinese immigrants rights could be restricted?
Plessy vs Ferguson ✓
Yick Wo vs Hopkins ✓
Muller vs Oregon ✓
Lochner vs New York ✓
70. Which of these was a way progressives were actually trying to control immigrants as opposed to pushing for legitimate reforms?
Taught protestant values ✓
Taught them to dress and act american ✓
Prohibition was aimed at immigrants ✓
All of the above ✓
71. Which of these did Woodrow Wilson NOT attack?
Tariffs ✓
Banks ✓
Trusts ✓
Alcohol ✓
72. Which of these were ways Taft did to restore order in the Phillippines when he acted as Governer General?
Censored the press ✓
Put dissidents in jail ✓
Both ✓
Neither ✓
73. Which of these acts expanded the army?
National Offense Act ✓
Naval Construction Act ✓
National Defense Act ✓
Neither ✓
74. Which of these acts expanded the navy?
National Offense Act ✓
Naval Constuction Act ✓
National Defense Act ✓
Neither ✓
75. The Jones Act stated that the Philippines will EVENTUALLY be independent.
True ✓
False ✓
76. The Sedition Act was that the post office would not send treasonous materials, severe penalties for anyone engaging in treasonous acts.
True ✓
False ✓
It was the Espionage Act.
77. The Espionage Act made it illegal to use disloyal or profane language towards the US government, used to prosecute communists.
True ✓
False ✓
It was the Sedition Act.
78. The Selective Service Act was men age 18 must register to the draft, assigned a number, if their number was called, they must report for military service.
True ✓
False ✓
79. In a battle in the Philippines during the Spanish American War, Commodore Dewey destroys the Spanish fleet, no US sailors were killed, Aguinaldo leads filipino rebellion.
True ✓
False ✓
80. In the Treaty of Paris 1898, Spain lost:
Cuba ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
Guam ✓
All of the above ✓
81. Which of these groups said the US should isolate from hostilities?
Isolationists ✓
Interventionists ✓
Internationalists ✓
None of the above ✓
82. Which if these groups said the US should help the Triple Entente?
Isolationists ✓
Interventionists ✓
Internationalists ✓
None of the above ✓
83. Which of these groups said the US should play an active role, but actually avoid fighting?
Isolationists ✓
Interventionists ✓
Internationalists ✓
None of the above ✓
84. Who won the election of 1920 and was campaigned to reject Wilson's idealism?
Warren Harding ✓
Rutherford B Hayes ✓
Herbert Hoover ✓
William Jennings Bryan ✓
85. Which of these means glorification of military arms race?
Militarism ✓
Alliances ✓
Imperialism ✓
Nationalism ✓
86. Which of these means bound together to help each other if they are attacked?
Militarism ✓
Alliances ✓
Imperialism ✓
Nationalism ✓
87. Which of these means gaining territory and began natural boundries?
Militarism ✓
Alliances ✓
Imperialism ✓
Nationalism ✓
88. Which of these means extreme patriotism, and ethnic groups should have their own country?
Militarism ✓
Alliances ✓
Imperialism ✓
Nationalism ✓
89. This assasination was a HUGE cause of World War 1.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ✓
Assassination of Archduke Ghengis Khan ✓
Assassination of Archduke Saddam Hussein ✓
Assassination of Archduke Admiral Akbar ✓
90. The Niagra Movement was created by W.E.B Dubois and William Trotter, both of whom graduated from Harvard. They denounced the ideas of gradual progress and teaching only trade skills to African Americans.
True ✓
False ✓
91. Horatio Alger published a book titled "Ragged Dick or Street Life in New York". This book told the story of a poor boy who rose to wealth and fame by working hard.
True ✓
False ✓
92. The Triple Entente were England, France, Russia.
True ✓
False ✓
93. The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
True ✓
False ✓
94. New Nationalism restored the goverment's trust busting power.
True ✓
False ✓
95. Rule of Reason allowed monopolies as long as they did not squeeze smaller companies.
True ✓
False ✓
96. Which of these was a goal of the Grange?
Education for farmers ✓
Ten hour workday ✓
Regulation of railroads ✓
Both 1 and 3 ✓
97. Which of these was an effect of World War 1
An influenza outbreak ✓
The Red Scare ✓
Labor unrest ✓
All of the above ✓
98. The Department of Commerce and Labor was created to:
Monitor interstate business ✓
Keep capitalists from abusing power ✓
Both ✓
Neither ✓
99. What is known as sensational headlines to win public support for the war?
Yellow Journalism ✓
Red Journalism ✓
Blue Journalism ✓
Green Journalism ✓
100. A ____ gives an inventor the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time.
An idiot ✓
Entrepenuer ✓
Executive ✓
Patent ✓
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