Ch. 19-20 Review APUSH

Question 1

The 19th amendment

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allowed women the right to vote

Question 2

Which of the following muckrakers exposed the illegal business practices of Standard Oil?

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Ida Tarbell

Question 3

Group of journalists in 1800s & early 1900s who attacked corruption in business & govt...

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Muckrakers

Question 4

The Populist Party emerged in response to which of the following 19th Century trends?

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The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy

Question 5

The United States took control of part of the Samoan Islands after a long dispute with

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France and Spain

Question 6

This reform in government allows a citizen to submit legislation directly to the voters

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initiative

Question 7

The cartoon suggests that the different groups that favored the Populist Party typically shared

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belief that fed govt play a stronger role in the US economy

Question 8

In, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Alfred T. Mahan argued which of the following?

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Great empires are based on naval supremacy.

Question 9

Teddy Roosevelt opposed Taft’s handling of the antitrust suit against U.S. Steel because

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reflected badly on Roosevelt's presidency

Question 10

The Populist Party emerged most directly in response to which of following 19th Cent. trends?

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The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy

Question 11

The US was finally pushed into war with Spain by all of the following developments EXCEPT

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Spain threatened to attack Cuban communities in Florida

Question 12

All of the following were associated with limiting the power of “Boss Rule” EXCEPT

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the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Question 13

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stated that

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the US could intervene in the affairs of Latin American

Question 14

Which nation’s people were given the status of U.S. citizen in 1917?

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Hawaii

Question 15

The most progressive state and governor was

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Wisconsin/Robert La Follette

Question 16

Many African American leaders of the Gilded Age followed a moderate course that called for

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gradual accommodation

Question 17

Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in which of the following?

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Separate, but equal led to 2nd class citizenship for blacks

Question 18

The Platt Amendment, incorporated into the Cuban constitution, gave Cuba

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economic independence

Question 19

Which nation’s people were given the status of U.S. citizen in 1917?

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Puerto Rico

Question 20

In the Wizard of Oz, the Tinman represents

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labor and industry

Question 21

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Populist Party?

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Sharecroppers

Question 22

In the decade following the Spanish-American War, the US gave partial independence to

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Cuba

Question 23

All of the following were pro-imperialists EXCEPT

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Mark Twain

Question 24

In the Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow represents

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farmers

Question 25

William Randolph Hearst achieved fame and wealth as a

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newspaper publisher

Question 26

Which of the following statements best summarizes Theodore Roosevelt’s position on trusts?

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Good trusts should be tolerated while bad trusts manipulated

Question 27

The term “Dollar Diplomacy” refers to the

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policy of using investment to further U.S. econ. in Lat Am

Question 28

The 1902 United Mine Workers Strike is a significant moment for labor unions because

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TR suggested fed. arbitrator instead of siding w/ managers

Question 29

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Populist Party?

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Sharecroppers

Question 30

The Populist Party platform included all of the following proposals EXCEPT

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federal support for national banks

Question 31

During the Age of Imperialism which resource was most often vital to colonial powers?

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silver

Question 32

The Treaty of Paris of 1898 involved all of the following countries EXCEPT

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Hawaii

Question 33

Prior to 1900, most African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South

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became sharecroppers or tenant farmers

Question 34

The United States acquired the Hawaiian Islands as a result of all the following factors EXCEPT

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the U.S. Marines were sent in assist the planters revolt

Question 35

Although reformers often differed about what Progressivism meant, most agreed that

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government should play a role in correcting society’s ills

Question 36

In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy represents

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everyman

Question 37

The political cartoon on the left depicts the idea that

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Philippines would be treated well if they cooperated

Question 38

President Teddy Roosevelt secured the Canal Zone in Panama by

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engineering a Panamanian revolt against Colombia

Question 39

The yellow journalism of the late 19th Century might best be described as

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reporting news in an exaggerated, sensationalized manner.

Question 40

The Rough Riders were

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a cavalry regiment in the army led by Teddy Roosevelt

Question 41

The cartoon suggests that the different groups that favored the Populist Party typically shared

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belief that the fed govt play a stronger role in US economy

Question 42

In the early 1900s, the man who became famous as the leader of the Socialist Party was

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Eugene V Debs

Question 43

Leader who became the spokesman for the Civil Rights Movement & who helped to found NAACP was

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W.E.B. DuBois

Question 44

In the Wizard of Oz, the Wizard represents

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the President

Question 45

Progressives reforms included all of the following EXCEPT

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party nominating conventions

Question 46

The political cartoon on the left upholds the idea that the United States

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had duty to spread Christianity to uncivilized ppl

Question 47

The political cartoon on the left represents the ideas upheld by

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Imperialists

Question 48

Most of the territory that the United States acquired in the 1890’s was in the

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Pacific Ocean

Question 49

The U.S. president who asked for a declaration of war against Spain in 1898 was

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William McKinley

Question 50

US expansionists of late 1800’s offered all of the following reasons for their policies EXCEPT

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US needed new sources of immigrant labor for factories

Question 51

In the Philippine War of 1898 to 1902, the United States

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suppressed a revolt that most Filipinos supported

Ch. 19-20 Review APUSH

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Ch. 19-20 Review APUSH

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