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1
Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business?
Industrial Production
Marketing
Management
Accounting
2
Why did the Russian army disintegrate?
The Russian army never disintegrated
The Russian Resolution distracted military leaders
The German invasion of 1916 killed several key commanders
Czar Nicholas 11 abolished all military conscription
3
Which of the following definitions best describes the work of muckrakers?
Investigate Journalists.
Organized crime hitmen
Legislators who defended lynching
Social Workers
4
All the following were candidates in the 1912 presidential election EXCEPT:
AI Smith
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
5
What was the most important aspect of the southern economy?
Textile mills
Tobacco production
Agriculture
Furniture making
6
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granted what to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?
The right to bear arms
The right to vote
Religious freedom
Equal protection under the law
7
Which U.S. president is closely associated with the Progressive Era and the passage of significant reforms?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Johnson
8
The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. How did this development impact the United States?
It opened up new markets for western goods
It led to the secession of several Southern states
It had no significant impact on the country
It led to a decline in the railroad industry
9
How did the Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine?
By encouraging the independence in the Philippines
Aggressive avoidance of dollar diplomacy and gunboat diplomacy
Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action in Latin America
By creating the Great White Fleet
10
Where did Germany first invade?
Denmark
Belgium
Germany waited to be invaded
Russia
11
Why did the League of Nations fail?
Refusal of the Germans to cooperate
Opposition from Britain
French demands for war reparations
American refusals to join
12
All of the following statements regarding the National Women's Party are true EXCEPT:
Advocated violent resistance to sexism
Led by Alice Paul
Over 150 members were arrested and imprisoned
Picketed the White House
13
What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters?
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
All of the above
Violence and intimidation
14
Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
Racial Violence
Unsafe working conditions
Union Protests
Corrupt law enforcement
15
How did Democrats in the South seek to solve the problems of racial strife?
Seeking to dismantle Jim Crow laws
Advocating for equal access to education for all
All of the above
Legislating segregation
16
Who advocated racial accommodationist?
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
17
What did the populists propose in the Omaha Platform?
All of the above
Establishment of a network of federally managed warehouses
Nationalizing the country’s railroad and telegraph.
Promoted in inflationary monetary policy by monetizing silver
18
The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over ____ strikes and lockouts.
500
20,000
1,200
8,000
19
Which ethnic group faced the most rigid immigration restrictions?
Chinese
Italians
Jews
Irish
20
What was the purpose of the Dawes General Allotment Act?
Modified the original Homestead Act to increase land availability
All of the above
The amount of land that would be given to each major railroad company
Splintered Native Americans reservations into individual family homesteads
21
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished:
Segregation
Taxation without representation
The right to bear arms
Slavery
22
The Triple Entente united all of the following nations EXCEPT.
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
23
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to:
Own property
Serve in the military
Hold public office
Vote in federal elections
24
The most decorated combat unit in World War I, was officially known as?
92nd Buffalo Division
1st Infantry Divisionb
42nd Rainbow Division
369th Infantry Regiment (HH)
25
Which of the following was a key aspect of the Progressive Era reforms?
An emphasis on social and political reform
A return to isolationism in foreign policy
A push for laissez-Faire economic policies
A focus on preserving the status quo in society
26
The percentage of immigrants from which region decreased in relation to other regions?
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
East Asia
Southern Europe
27
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost to the U.S.
How the American people learned of the sinking of the Lusitania
A misinterpreted message from the Ottoman Empire
The means by which European nations learned of the Russian Revolution
28
How did southern reformers seek to combat corruption?
Disenfranchising black voters
Southern reformers did not show a concern with corruption
Passing campaign finance reform
Invoking the Fifteenth Amendment in legal cases
29
How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. Du Bois respond to the war?
Supported the war and lobbied to include black soldiers
Supported the War but did not Black soldier to see combat
Remained silent
Opposed the war
30
By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps ___ percent of the nation’s wealth.
95%
90%
66%
75%
31
What was the Open Door Policy?
The use of gunboat diplomacy in establishing trade with Japan
A call for all western powers to have equal access to Chinese markets
A demand for the abolition of all tariffs
A commitment to free trade throughout the Pacific Rim
32
What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I?
Influenzia
Polio
Gangrene
Dysentery
33
Theodore Roosevelt first gained fame as a trustbuster by attacking which monopoly in 1902?
Standard Oil
Northern Securities
Morgan Chase
General Electric
34
Which of the following was a key aspect of Progressive Era reforms in the early 20th century?
A return to isolationism in foreign policy
An emphasis on social and political reform
A push for laissez-faire economic policies
A focus on preserving the status quo in society
35
W.E.B. Du Bois broke with mentor Booker T. Washington - why?
Was not bold enough
Was corrupt and immoral
Was too radical
Lacked the skills to organize a large movement
36
Which group founded the People’s Party (also known as the populists) ?
Northeastern union laborers
Asian Immigrants
African Americans in northern cities
Small farmers in the south, Midwest, and Great plains
37
What is “free silver”, as advocated by the populists?
A policy supporting the removal of tariffs on imported goods
A trade agreement with European countries
A plan to abolish property taxes
The elimination of gold standard & adding of silver
38
In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry?
New York
Chicago
Dallas
St. Louis
39
What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but equal
Lynch Law
No taxation without representation
Habeas Corpus
40
Women served in the armed forces during World War I. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT
Physicians
Naval yeomen
Telephone operators
Commissioned officers
41
Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West?
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Memphis
42
What most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?
State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration
Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge
Religion was a force of weakness
Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution
43
Which of the following writers most effectively used photography in their work?
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Rills
Edward Bellamy
Ida B. Wells
44
How did railroads transform the American economy?
Increased the role of government in the economy
Inspired the development of organized labor
Created a new white color middle class of managers
All of the above
45
Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel?
The belief that Christ would return to Earth
A religious movement of temperance activists
The goal of saving society as well as souls
A theological defense of segregation
46
What was the primary purpose of the ERA?
Require the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment
Give women the right to vote
Prosecute Lynchings
Eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
47
(HR) Who wrote, "we are achieving something like a spiritual emancipation.
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
W.E.B. DuBois
Alain Locke
48
Which group received more land from the government?
Homesteading Families
Railroad companies
Neither group received land from the government
Both received nearly an equal amount
49
What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?
Formation of the Triple Entente
Germany's adoption of the Schlieffen Plan
The sinking of the Lusitania
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie
50
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
Communist revolts in Eastern Europe
All of the above
A failed communist revolution in Mexico
Racial violence in twenty-five American cities
51
Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party?
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Immigrant voters were nearly equally divided in their party allegiance
Progressive Party
