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BJU: US History Chapter 18
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1
Who invented the airplane?
Henry Ford
The Wright Brothers
The Smothers Brothers
The Ringling Brothers
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What was the legislative outcome of Upton Sinclair's the Jungle?
the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed
nineteenth amendment
pork rinds (gross) were outlawed
bacon was banned (tragedy)
3
In 1912 what party won the most electoral votes of any third party in presidential Histroy
The Free Soil Party
The Libertarian Party
The Progressive Party
The Green Party
4
Which US president is MOST closely associated with the Progressive movement?
William McKinley
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
5
In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court supported segregation.
False
True
6
Progressives believed that the income tax should be applied equally to all citizens.
True
False
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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
dangers faced by coal miners
business practices of the Standard Oil Company
illegal deals between special interests and the government.
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Who perfected the assembly line method of production?
Henry Ford
Carnagie
John D Rockefeller
JP Mogan
9
What term referred to progressive writers who exposed abuse and corruption?
investigative reporters
muckrakers
trustbusters
10
What was President Taft's foreign policy called?
Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick Diplomacy
Square Deal
Dollar Diplomacy
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What action resulted in a final split between Taft and Roosevelt?
firing of the head of the U.S. Forest Service
tariff reform fiasco
dollar diplomacy
antitrust suit against US Steel
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The Nineteenth Amendment...
Gave women the right to vote.
Outlawed the poll tax.
Outlawed alcohol.
Limited the president's terms in office.
13
The importance of the Northern Securities Co. v United States (1904) is that the Supreme Court
ruled child labor law unconstitutional
upheld the right of women to vote
established regulations for the New York Stock Exchange
used the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up a railroad monopoly
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The Pure Food and Drug Act was a good and effective form of government intervention.
True
False
15
What term was applied to laws in the South that segregated the races?
Abolition
separationist
Plessy v Fergusson laws
Jim Crow laws
16
The Roosevelt Corollary was popular among Europeans and Latin Americans.
False
True
17
Who gave the Square Deal?
Wilson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
18
Booker T. Washington told black people to better themselves economically before they could expect political rights.
True
False
19
What is the term for the 1919 ban on the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages?
Prohibition
Pragmatism
Revivalism
Suffrage
20
Which phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?
Square Deal
International Policeman
Great White Fleet
Big Stick
21
How did progressives try to prevent politicians from intimidating and bribing voters?
initiative
referendum
secret ballot
direct primary
22
What political organization was founded in 1909 to fight legal battles on behalf of blacks?
NAACP
NHLPA
NCAA
AFL-CIO
23
Theodore Roosevelt was a champion of which THREE things?
segregation
trustbusting
conservation
Panama Canal
24
The progressive movement opposed the growth of federal government.
False
True
25
Popular term for breaking up monopolies...
trustbusting
money crushing
26
Who popularized the peanut?
W.E.B. DuBois
George Washington Carver
Hiram Revels
Booker T. Washington
27
Who said, Speak softly and carry a big stick?
Theodore Roosevelt
Sitting Bull
John D. Rockefeller
William T. Sherman
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What was the principle of graduated income tax?
Less taxes for the rich.
The more money you earn, the more you give back to the state
If you couldn't pay tax, the state would give you a home.
Taxes for house pets.
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What did the sixteenth amendment do?
It required the direct election of senators
Gave Congress the power to ratify an income tax
It enforced prohibition
It prohibited businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition
