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Guilded Age, Progressive Era and W.W. I
Guilded Age, Progressive Era and W.W. I
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1
Which 19th century business leaders' pairing is correct with his area of industry?
Thomas Edison and the telephone
Andrew Carnegie and railroads
Rockefeller and oil
Edwin Drake and steel
2
During the Industrial Revolution, new technology affected the economy of the United States by-
decreasing urban population
Limiting profits
generating tax revenues
Increasing worker productivity
3
Taking over lands that are not clearly within your natural boundaries is called:
Jim Crow
Dollar Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Imperialism
4
President Taft developed the Dollar Diplomacy policy to support-
Equal trading in Japan
U.S. citizens traveling to Europe
U.S. business investing in Latin America
Trade with Guam
5
Title given by M. Twain of late 19th century Am. who tolerated gross waste and corruption
None of the above
The Gilded Age
The Nightmare Years
Era of Good Feelings
6
What year did the U.S. enter World War I?
1914
1919
1917
1900
7
Thomas Alva Edison invented:
the first successful incandescent light bulb
the air brake for trains
the internet
the airplane
8
Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?
role of women
segregation
consumption of alcohol
organized religion
9
After 1890, most immigrants were:
from Mexico
from northern and western Europe
from southern and eastern Europe
of Teutonic and Celtic origin
10
Nickname to journalists who worked to expose abuses of corporate wealth and power?
Populists
trust-busters
Muckrakers
Unions
11
What year did World War I begin?
1914
1917
1919
1900
12
Who of the following was responsible for the Fourteen Points?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Rutherford B. Hayes
William H. Taft
13
Woodrow Wilson is famous for the formation of what international peace keeping organization?
The League of Nations
US Steel
Niagra Movement
NAACP
14
Who was the first president sympathetic to the Progressive Movement?
Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
15
Name given to a series of south segregation laws and customs that started after Reconstruction
John Doe
Monroe Doctrine
Jim Crow
Black Codes
16
Am. business leaders in late 1890s believed their best chance for future growth depended on
laws abolishing child labor
the establishment of foreign markets
tighter government regulation
the increase of labor unions
17
In 1882, Congress passed a law which in effect stopped immigration from
Mexico
Germany
China
Western Europe
18
The United States failed to join the League of Nations because-
membership was restricted to European countries
the Senate rejected the treaty
the President vetoed the treaty
membership was limited by European leaders
19
The Open Door Policy was important to the United States because its goal was to-
Ensure free trade with Europe
Control Latin America
Ensure free trade with China
Grant trading rights with Hawaii
20
The first transcontinental railroad:
was built primarily by Chinese and Irish immigrants
followed a route through TX, and AZ and N. Mex. Territories
was completed in 1885
led to the bankruptcy of "Commodore" Vanderbilt
21
The law designed to regulate monopolies by outlawing anti-competitive business practices-
Tariff Act
21st Amendment
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
16th Amendment
22
Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the U.S. to enter World War I?
France's fall to the Central Powers
Vladimir Lenin's rise to power in Russia
Britain's naval blockade of Germany
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
23
The Homestead Act of 1862 contributed to the growth of the western part of the United States by
Expanding the railroad beyond the Rockies
Paying Americans to move west of the Mississippi
Providing free public land to people who would live in west
Recruiting foreigners to move to the West
24
Name of novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was:
"The Great American Fraud"
"The Jungle"
"Maggie"
"Chicago"
25
Who sent the "Great White Fleet" around the world in a show of America's naval strength?
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
26
Who was the president of the United States during World War I?
William H. Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
27
The young reporter who wrote, "How the Other Half Lives" was:
Jacob Riis
Tom Brokaw
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Caroline Astor
28
Which of the following was an early labor union in the United States?
Knights of Labor
United Steelers
All of the above
Trust-Busters
29
The 17th Amendment:
prohibited the sale and use of alcohol
authorized the popular election of U.S. senators
authorized the federal income tax
gave women the right to vote
30
What treaty ended World War I?
None of the above
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Ghent