How did the Progressive Era reforms affect the distribution of power in government?

U.S. Senators were elected directly by the people.

How did economic opportunities encourage the Chinese and the Irish to immigrate to the West ?

The transcontinental railroads needed builders.

Which New Deal program had the greatest effect on protecting the elderly from poverty?

the enactment of Social Security

Why was the League of Nations unacceptable to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge?

It was perceived as a threat to American sovereignty.

Which explains the growth of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?

Workers wanted better pay and conditions.

How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act affect American politics?

It ended patronage in the hiring of government employees.

How did the United States benefit from the labor movement raising the standard of living?

People had more money to spend and this created growth.

Which of the following describes the impact of television on the Vietnam War?

It strengthened anti-war protests.

How did Social Darwinism affect the social class structure of the late 1800s?

The wealthy used it defend their great wealth.

How did Brown v. Board of Education change the role of the government in public education?

It overturned arbitrary rules for states school systems.

How did the Progressive, Woodrow Wilson propose to help Americans achieve the American Dream?

by using the power of government to help the workers

Which statement is consistent with the goals of the 1935 Social Security Act?

People who had no means of support got aid.

How did political bosses affect the lives of immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s?

Political machines got immigrant votes through patronage.

How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?

It gave Johnson alone the authority to escalate the war.

How did American foreign policy change after World War II?

increased reliance on collective secutiry

Which scenario is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?

African-American students staged a sit-in in Greensboro.

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1
How did the Progressive Era reforms affect the distribution of power in government?
U.S. Senators were elected directly by the people.
The federal government gave up regulating food and drugs.
The federal government gained responsibility for highways.
The president was elected by the Electoral College.
2
How did economic opportunities encourage the Chinese and the Irish to immigrate to the West ?
The transcontinental railroads needed builders.
The massive cattle drives lacked cowhands.
Oil companies in Texas required drillers.
Corporate farms employed temporary farmhands.
3
What resulted from expanded automobile production and highway construction in the 1950s?
a mass migration of rural African Americans to the South.
the growth of sharecropping practices in the upper South
white flight to the suburbs
a reduced need for manual laborers in agricultural areas
4
What did John Hay seek to protect with his Open Door Notes?
American trade with China.
American coaling stations in the Pacific
American colonies in Central America
American Missionaries in China.
5
Which of the following gave African American artists, singers, and writers national exposure?
The Civil Rights Movement
The Ashcan school of art
The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
6
Which New Deal program had the greatest effect on protecting the elderly from poverty?
the enactment of Social Security
the building of suburbs
the insurance of federal deposits
the establishment of a minimum wage
7
Why was the League of Nations unacceptable to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge?
The League would require aid to foreign countries.
The league had committed to the cause of decolonization.
The league could require the payment of war reparations.
It was perceived as a threat to American sovereignty.
8
Which explains the growth of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?
Workers wanted better pay and conditions.
Passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
The federal government usually supported unions.
Business leaders sought to imporve working conditions.
9
How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act affect American politics?
It provided additional regulation of railroads.
It required government employees to pass a drug test.
It ended campaign contributions to political candidates.
It ended patronage in the hiring of government employees.
10
How did the United States benefit from the labor movement raising the standard of living?
Higher wages helped to end segregation in the South.
Women could spend time at home raising their families.
The United States expanded to new global markets.
People had more money to spend and this created growth.
11
Which of the following describes the impact of television on the Vietnam War?
It opened up new areas of cultural exchange with Asia.
It romanticized the war effort.
It strengthened anti-war protests.
It boosted anti-communist feeling.
12
How did Social Darwinism affect the social class structure of the late 1800s?
It supported government welfare programs for the needy.
It allowed most immigrants to achieve the “American Dream.”
It supported an increase in government “trust-busting.”
The wealthy used it defend their great wealth.
13
How did Brown v. Board of Education change the role of the government in public education?
It overturned arbitrary rules for states school systems.
It gave local school boards more power.
It prevented the U.S. interference in public education.
It required that boys and girls attend the same schools.
14
How did the Progressive, Woodrow Wilson propose to help Americans achieve the American Dream?
by using the power of government to help the workers
by requiring longer work days
by supporting the goals of big business
by supporting monopolies
15
Which statement is consistent with the goals of the 1935 Social Security Act?
More citizens got federal jobs.
Veterans got better health care.
New public housing facilities were constructed.
People who had no means of support got aid.
16
How did political bosses affect the lives of immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s?
Most immigrant joined anarchist movements in response.
Immigrants created ethnic neighborhoods.
Political machines got immigrant votes through patronage.
Immigrant voters took immediate control of cities.
17
How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?
President Nixon used the resolution to end the Vietnam War.
Congress used the resolution to declare war on China.
It gave Johnson alone the authority to escalate the war.
The president was prevented from using force in Vietnam.
18
How did American foreign policy change after World War II?
long term decreases in defense spending
an increased emphasis on neutrality
The U.S. became a free market country.
increased reliance on collective secutiry
19
Which of the following was a business practice used by trusts to elimitate competition?
using wealth to gain political office
price-fixing
stock watering
donations to controversial charities
20
Which scenario is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?
Malcolm X declared racial separation was a positive good.
race riots broke out in the Watts, part of L.A.
Stokely Carmichael advocated black power.
African-American students staged a sit-in in Greensboro.

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