APUSH Progressive Era to WWI

Question 1

What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information in WWI?

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To rally American support for the war through propaganda

Question 2

The Spanish American War was, in part, caused by the way the Yellow Press described this event?

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The sinking of the Maine

Question 3

Which was not one of the 3 Cs that Teddy Roosevelt governed by?

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Commitment to overseas expansion

Question 4

Working conditions and safety standards in factories & stores improved following this disaster

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Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Question 5

Which of the following are true of the great migration?

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African Americans migrated from the South to the North in WWI, Race riots in northern cities ensued after the migration

Question 6

Causes of the Spanish-American War include all of the following except:

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Spain's invasion of Cuba

Question 7

In the 1912 presidential election results

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Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote

Question 8

In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt

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ordered federal arbitration

Question 9

This agency spread propaganda during World War I to convince Americans that the cause was just:

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The Creel Commitee

Question 10

His "Frontier Thesis" suggested that the US frontier ended in 1890.

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Frederick Jackson Turner

Question 11

Prior to World War I, US foreign policy can best be described as:

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Isolationist

Question 12

The 1920's saw the passing of the 19th amendment:

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Giving women the right to vote

Question 13

To President Wilson, what was the MOST important part of the 14 points?

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The creation of a league of nations

Question 14

The issue that concerned the Anti-Imperialist League most was:

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The treatment of the Filipino people

Question 15

Why did the United States never join the league of nations?

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The United States was following a policy of isolationism

Question 16

Which of the following pieces of technology helped make WWI into a modern war

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Poisonous Gas, The Machine Gun, U-Boats and Planes, The Tank

Question 17

Prohibition was repealed by the:

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21st Amendment

Question 18

Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" resulted in the

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Meat Inspection Act

Question 19

Women gain the right to vote through which Amendment?

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19th

Question 20

It was a critical piece of legislation that more successfully dealt with monopolies.

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The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Question 21

The US attempted to convince European nations to keep an "open door" policy toward what nation?

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China

Question 22

All of the following reforms were adopted during the Progressive era EXCEPT

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Stronger restrictions on the press

Question 23

As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approvalfor

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the direct primary, initiative, and referendum

Question 24

Prohibition was enacted by the:

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18th Amendment

Question 25

Which did the US not acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?

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Cuba

Question 26

The Industrial Workers of the World (The Wobblies)

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was the most radical American labor union

Question 27

Document that helped further encourage the US to join WWI

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The Zimmerman Note

Question 28

Which of the following was NOT a cause of American imperialism in the late 19th Century?

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The United States needed land for its growing immigrant population

Question 29

Which of the following was not impacted by the expose the Jungle?

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The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Question 30

Which organization led the fight for equal rights and education for African Americans

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NAACP

Question 31

Which of the following nations was NOT a part of the Central Powers in WWI?

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Belgium

Question 32

Industry that transforms production 2 make it affordable by implementing the assembly line

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Ford's Automobiles

Question 33

Which of the following was not a part of Roosevelt's Square Deal?

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Banking Regulation

Question 34

Which President is known for following "Dollar Diplomacy?"

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Taft

Question 35

Schenck vs. The United States challenged which of the following:

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The Espionage & Sedition Acts

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a reason the US gets involved directly in WWI?

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To protect US oil interests in Europe

Question 37

The strongest resistance to signing the Treaty of Versailles in the United States was:

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Article X of the League of Nations

Question 38

Which organization experienced dramatic growth in the U.S. in the early 1920s red scare?

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The KKK

Question 39

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

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was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him

Question 40

Added to the Monroe Doctrine, by giving the US "policing power" in the Western Hemisphere

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The Roosevelt Corollary

Question 41

He wrote a book that likely influenced the US to expand it navy and empire.

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Alfred T. Mahan

Question 42

Which of the following amendments provided for a federal, graduated income tax?

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16th

Question 43

Journalism that exposed the conditions of inner cities, corruption in politics, etc was called:

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Muckraking

Question 44

Which of the following would not be seen as an example of Roosevelt's "Big Stick Policy"?

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Moral Diplomacy

Question 45

As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt

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added extensive land area to the national forest system.

Question 46

Which one of the following individuals took a gradualist approach to African Americanconcerns

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Booker T. Washington

Question 47

Which of the following was not a cause of the US joining WWI?

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US oil interests in and around Japan

Question 48

The first director of the National Forest Service & appointed by Teddy Roosevelt was

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Gifford Pinchot

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APUSH Progressive Era to WWI

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