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A history review to prepare for the midterm! (Thanks Sarah B.)
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What was the group of lobbyists/politician group supporting farmers' rights?
The Wabbashers
The Grange
The Robber Barons
The Free Smilers
2
The US wold build this, though Columbia was against it, from 1904-1914? It helped shipping.
Panama Canal
New ports in Guam
Suez Canal
New ports in Alaska
3
Which amendment
prohibited alcohol
?
20th
17th
18th
14th
4
Which amendment gave
US Citizenship
to former slaves?
14th
13th
15th
19th
5
Which amendment gave rights to
women's suffrage
? (After WWI)
17th
13th
15th
19th
6
What is
"Yellow Journalism?"
(led to the Spanish American War)
Exaggerating news headlines and stories (propaganda).
Reporting only the cold hard facts.
Reporting only foreign affair stories.
Reporting domestic issues within the USA.
7
Upton Sinclair's book that cause the government to pass the
Pure Food and Drug Act
? (FDA)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Jungle
Super Size Me
Wizard of Oz
8
What did the
Populist Movement
support?
big businesses taking over agriculture
farmers increasing their political power
Dorothy getting back to Kansas
immigrant rights
9
The US proclaimed this at the start of Wold War I in Europe? (in 1914)
Be isolationistic to all of Europe.
Claimed to be a neutral nation
Openly supported the Triple Enetente'
Supported the Central Powers
10
Why was the Spanish American War considered a
"splendid little war
?"
(two correct answers)
It was so close to the US border to fight.
It was confined to one specific area of land
It was the shortest "official war" in US history.
USA gained a great deal of overseas territories.
11
US Trade policy with China after the Boxer Rebellion?
NAFTA Trade Agreement
Pan-Asian Trade Policy
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
12
The
Progressives
(TR, Taft, Wilson) supported this group in times of general labor strikes?
Business owners
Big investors
Farmers
Factory workers
13
Hiring only people born in American and
not
Immigrant labor?
Socialism
Social Darwinism
Americana
Nativism
14
Which court case made "Jim Crow laws" legal in 1896?
Please v. Ferguson
Red Scott v. Sanford
Brown v. Board of ed.
Roe v. Wade
15
What was the goal of Teddy Roosevelt's
Square Deal
?
worker rights and protection
Conserve natural resources/land
All of these
Regulate Corporations
16
Many European immigrants coming into the USA in the late 19th Century had to legally enter through?
US Customs in Boston, in Mass.
US Customs in Newport News, in Virginia
US Customs in San Diego, CA
US Customs in Ellis Island, in New York
17
Known as the "Prince of Steel." This robber baron created Pittsburg, PA.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
John D Rockefeller
18
Funky Trivia
: The Panama Canal is how roughly many miles long?
50 miles
5 miles
25 miles
10 miles
19
What islands had an
"Insurrection"
(rebellion) against the US and wanted its independence?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Hawaii
Guam
20
What triggered the start of Wold War I in Europe in 1914?
German navy attacks Morocco.
The Central Powers declare war on Serbia.
The Triple Entente' Alliance is formed.
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
21
The belief that a culture or society is stronger (and thus should survive) over another is called?
"Social Darwinism"
Safer environment at the workplace
Good education for kids
"Social Equality"
22
What did the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act accomplish?
(two correct answers)
Stopped businesses from taking control over farmland
Attacked the power of the trusts.
Allowed trusts to remain in certain areas in the East
Outlawed monopolies in the US.
23
Which groups came over during
New Immigration
? (After the Civil War)Many went to work in the factories.
Latin Americans
Irish, Germans English
Italians, Russians, Eastern Europeans
Germans, British
24
The
Open Door Policy
connected US trade with which foreign country?
Japan
Russia
China
Italy
25
Movement to end the use, abuse and sale of alcohol?
Civil Rights Movement
Child Protection Laws.
Temperance Movement
Suffrage Movement
26
Teddy Roosevelt help build a powerful modern US Navy in the 1890s. This was the?
Roosevelt Corollary
The Great White Fleet
The High Seas Fleet
Dollar Diplomacy
27
Famous "Machine Made" corrupt politician of New York?
J. P. Morgan
William McKinley
William M. "Boss" Tweed
James A. Garfield
28
Term... meaning giving funds back to society for the betterment of humanity/society?
Social Darwinism
Socialism
Philanthropy
Nativism
29
Jim Crow Laws
did which of the following?
Segregated society based on economics.
Limited immigration into cities.
Segregated society based on race.
Segregated society based on education.
30
To deflate the $ dollar, farmers wanted currency backed by?
Stocks
Silver
Certified Bonds
Gold
31
Which of these was
NOT
a cause of the Spanish American War?
The Explosion of the USS Maine
American Expansion
Impressment of US Sailors
Yellow Journalism
32
Which group from Asia was instrumental in the laborers for the
Transcontinental Railroad
?
Koreans
Japanese
Chinese
Hawaiians
33
The US bought ______ from Russia for around 2 cents an acre. It was nicknamed "
Seward's Icebox
"
Phillipines
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Hawaii
34
The 1823 US foreign policy statement, the
Monroe Doctrine,
prevent further?
Spanish land gains in South America.
European colonization or intervention into Latin America.
United States intervention into other areas of W. Hemisphere
French involvement into South America.
35
Who was nicknamed "The Commodore" and was also responsible for shipping and railroads?
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
36
Who was responsible for creating the petroleum industry and the powerful
"Standard Oil Trust?"
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
37
Targeting the Chinese, this set up the immigration quota system, and denied US citizenship
Open Door Policy
Jim Crow Laws
Chinese Labor Laws
Chinese Exclusion Act
38
When a nation going beyond its natural borders to gain land, resources, and global influence?
Nationalism
Nativism
Militarism
Imperialism
39
What was the main purpose of
"Big Stick Diplomacy
?"
To get everyone to despise the USA
to protect the President's administration
To assert the power of USA though a strong foreign policy.
To gain more territory through war.
40
The use of a country's financial power to extend its international
economic influence
is called
Dollar Diplomacy
Conservation Movement
Militarism
"Big Stick" Diplomacy
41
The
Triple Entente'
Alliance would include?
Germany, Austro-Hungaria and Italy
France, Britain and Russia
France, Germany and Austro-Hungaria
Italy, the USA and France
42
The US
annexed
which set of islands as a jumping off point to China and Asia?
The Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
American Samoan Islands
Guam