Who were the Rough Riders?

A volunteer cavalry unit, fought in the Spanish-American War

What was Wilson's hope for the League of Nations?

Hoped to create a world organization to end all world wars

Why did the United States act as an imperial power during the late 1800s?

A need for new markets for manufactured goods

Settlement Houses served what purpose?

To help immigrants and the poor

After WWI, why did many American farmers fail to share in the economic growth of the 20s?

over production and competition caused failing prices

Tax you had to pay before you could vote

What did the Social Security Act provide?

Provided a pension for the elderly

Which event launched the US into World War I?

German sinking of the Lusitania

What is Horizontal Integration?

Merging of companies producing similar products

Theory of Social Darwinism says...

Success and failure in business is control by natural law

What was the believe of the Social Gospel Movement?

Salvation can be gained through service to the poor

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

Put his cars on a moving assembly line

How did the US gain access to the Canal Zone in Panama?

US military helped rebels in Panama declare independence

Espionage and Sedition Act affected freedom of speech because...

Allowed gov't to silence ideas that challenged authority

How did industrial leaderss accumulate wealth during the late 1880s?

Creating monopolies and establishing trusts

What did Upton Sinclair expose in The Jungle?

Unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

Booker T. Washington believed to achieve racial equality...

Blacks should work and prove their worth in society

How did FDR try to influence future decisions of the Supreme Court?

Increasing the number of justices

What was the compliant of conservatives against the New Deal?

Made the federal government too powerful

What was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Separate but equal facilities were constitutional

What is Vertical Integration?

When a company buys out its suppliers

Why did the stock market crash in 1929?

Investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell

Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington?

Hoover would not allow early bonus payments to veterans

What was the purpose of America's Open Door Policy in China?

Provide access to trade w/o controlling the territory

What were the goals of the New Deal?

Provide relief, reform, and recovery

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance...

Explored the joys of being black in America

Some business leaders were known as Robber Barons because they...

Were ruthless in their business practices

The new emancipated woman of the 20s

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?

Growing number of homeless people

Why were immigrants more likely to settle in urban areas?

Factories provided much needed jobs

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1
Who were the Rough Riders?
A volunteer cavalry unit, fought in the Spanish-American War
Cuban revolutionaries who battled for Spanish independence
Newspaper owners who influence public opinion
Spanish generals in Cuban who mistreated civilans
2
Which of the following was one way that Americans escaped their concerns during the 1930s?
Following the stock market
Moving out of the country
Avoid watching the news on television
Going to the movies
3
What was Wilson's hope for the League of Nations?
Hoped it would insist Germany pay war reparations
Believed it would prevent freedom of the seas
Hoped to create a world organization to end all world wars
Wanted people to be able to choose their own form of gov't
4
Why did the United States act as an imperial power during the late 1800s?
A desire for new gold mines
A desire to control oil producing nations
A need to decrease its military experience
A need for new markets for manufactured goods
5
A bill that originates fromt he people rather than legislators is known as...
Initiative
Amendment
Recall
Referendum
6
This person stressed that powerful countries needed powerful navies?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
William Seward
Alfred T. Mahan
7
Buying stock on margin remained profitable as long as what occurred?
Stock prices rise
Buyers did not acquire collateral
Stock prices fall
Buyers did not take out loans
8
Settlement Houses served what purpose?
Holding area for immigrants before sending them out
To give people a place to stay after release from jail
To help immigrants and the poor
To give Native Americans homes when kicked off reservations
9
What were American soldiers in World War I known as?
Freedom Fighters
GIs
Doughboys
Zimmerman's
10
What change did the 16th Amendment enact?
Abolition of prohibition
Direct election of senators
Poll Taxes
Federal income taxes
11
This amendment banned the drinking, distribution, and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages?
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
12
After WWI, why did many American farmers fail to share in the economic growth of the 20s?
Immigrants were settling west and competing with farmers
Fed gov't reduced the # of acres farmers could subsidize
over production and competition caused failing prices
Farmers could not produce enough to keep up with demand
13
What is a poll tax?
Tax you have to pay to get out of jail
Tax that had to be paid before you get married
Tax you pay in order to attend school
Tax you had to pay before you could vote
14
What did the Social Security Act provide?
Guaranteed bank deposits
Declared a national bank holiday
Ended the Great Depression
Provided a pension for the elderly
15
How did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act attempt to reform US business in the late 1880s?
Made monopolies illegal
Prevented US business from establishing subsidiaries
Allowed fed gov't the right to seize private business
Created a bimetallic standard based on gold and silver
16
Which event launched the US into World War I?
German invasion of Belgium and Holland
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
German sinking of the Lusitania
Launch of the German battleship Bismarck
17
What is Horizontal Integration?
A negotiation tactic used by labor unions
Controlling all the phases of product development
A business owned by a single person/family
Merging of companies producing similar products
18
Theory of Social Darwinism says...
Success& failure in business based on how much you produce
Survival of the fittest animal
Survival of the unfittest animal
Success and failure in business is control by natural law
19
The first stop in the United States for immigrants arriving from Asia?
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Miami Beach
Rikers Island
20
What was the believe of the Social Gospel Movement?
Salvation can be gained through service to the poor
Government should not regulate business
Child labor encouraged discipline and a strong work ethic
Laws shortening the workweek were unconstitutional
21
During the 1920s, who advocated a return to African for African Americans?
David Walker
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
22
How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?
Put his cars on a moving assembly line
Location of the Ford plant
Used techniques of the Chicago meatpacking industry
Kept his workers happy
23
How did the US gain access to the Canal Zone in Panama?
Panama negotiated with the US to be an independent country
US military helped rebels in Panama declare independence
US military took control by using money and investments
US got control of Columbia and the Canal Zone from Spain
24
Someone whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars is known as..
Draft Dodger
Catholic Priest
Okie
Conscientious Objector
25
Espionage and Sedition Act affected freedom of speech because...
Promoted biased ideas to sway people's thinking
Forced the repeal of the First Amendment
Forced restaurants to sell "liberty sandwiches"
Allowed gov't to silence ideas that challenged authority
26
How did industrial leaderss accumulate wealth during the late 1880s?
Collective bargaining and forming unions
Developing new farming techniques
Creating monopolies and establishing trusts
Selling stock to employees
27
The New Deal program that insures bank deposits in case of bank failure?
CCC
TVA
AAA
FDIC
28
What did Upton Sinclair expose in The Jungle?
Illegal deals between special interest groups and the gov't
Corrupt business practices of Standard Oil Company
Unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
Dangers faced by coal miners
29
Booker T. Washington believed to achieve racial equality...
Blacks should work and prove their worth in society
Blacks should have immediate equality
Had no opinion
It would never happen
30
How did FDR try to influence future decisions of the Supreme Court?
Increasing the number of justices
Paying bribes to several justices
Asking congressmen to start impeachment charges on justices
Appointing a new Chief Justice
31
What was the compliant of conservatives against the New Deal?
Brought changes that were too radical for most Americans
Concerned only with saving America's banking system
Made the federal government too powerful
Promoted free enterprise and individualism
32
What was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Labor unions were made illegal
Separate but equal facilities were constitutional
Jim Crow laws were unconsitutional
Business trusts were made illegal
33
Oliver Hudson Kelley's organization, aka the Grange, helped farmers and fought for RR reform?
Farmformers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Patrons of Husbandry
Railroad Reformers
34
What is Vertical Integration?
When a company buys out its suppliers
When companies who produce similar products merge
When a company only allows immigrants to work there
A business owned by three or more families
35
What reform did the 19th Amendment enact?
Ban on child labor
Temperance laws
African American men's suffrage
Women's suffrage
36
What was the primary goal of the NAACP?
Pay all poll taxes
Equality among the races
Segreation for all races
End the reservation system
37
Which factor added to the hardships of Midwestern farmers during the Great Depression?
Creation of the War Industries Board
Ending of Prohibition
Dust Bowl
Election of FDR
38
Why did the stock market crash in 1929?
The federal reserve increased the money supply
Investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell
Depositors lost their investments and withdrew everything
Germany ceased reparation payment to the United States
39
William Randolph Hearst used what technique to engage the Spanish-American War?
Transcendentalism
Muckraking
Yellow Journalism
Censorship
40
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington?
Congress did not pass a bill to pay veterans their bonuses
Federal Reserve refused to pay veterans their bonuses
General MacArthur attacked protesters demanding bonuses
Hoover would not allow early bonus payments to veterans
41
What was the purpose of America's Open Door Policy in China?
Gain political influence with the Emperor
Convert China to a US territory
Increase Chinese immigration in the US
Provide access to trade w/o controlling the territory
42
What were the goals of the New Deal?
Provide relief, reform, and recovery
Create schools and protect farms
Reform the govenrment and decrease spending
Increase spending on defense and trade
43
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance...
Explored the joys of being black in America
Argued for the separation of races
Explored the origins of Jazz Music
Is largely forgotten today
44
This is the illegal use of political influence for personal gain?
Political Bosses
Graft
Grange
Political Pressure
45
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad meet?
San Francisco, California
Promonotory Point, Utah
Charlotte, North Carolina
Salt Lake City, Utah
46
A journalist who wrote about corruption in business and public life during the progressive era
Yellow Journalist
Investigative Journalist
Muckraker
Undercover reporter
47
Some business leaders were known as Robber Barons because they...
Gained all their wealth by illegal means
Bought titles of royalty from foreign governments
Were ruthless in their business practices
Stole money from state and local governments
48
Who were flappers?
Women who worked for the government
Women who served in Congress
The new emancipated woman of the 20s
Women who decided to enlist in the army
49
Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
Crisis in the farming sector
Availability of easy credit
Growing number of homeless people
Tariffs on foreign goods
50
Why were immigrants more likely to settle in urban areas?
Factories provided much needed jobs
Immigrants knew nothing of farming techniques
Housing was plentiful
Immigrants could receive faster citizenship
51
What were the makeshift shantytowns set up by homeless people during the Depression called?
Coolidgetowns
Roosevelt Commons
Hoovervilles
Harding Stations
52
Which factor contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Government regulation of business
Decreased investment of business
Increased agricultural prices
Over Speculation
53
The Red Scare was the fear of what?
Communists taking over America
The color red
America losing World War I
Irritated eyes
54
The Boxer Rebellion was an attempt by Chinese revolutionaries to do what?
Set up a democratic government in China
Restore Mao Zedong to power
Set up a Communist government in China
Remove foreign influence from China
55
The first stop in the US for immigrants arriving from Europe?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Miami Beach
Rikers Island
56
Speech by William Jennings Bryan that supported bimetallism?
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You Speech
Bimetallism Speech
Farewell Address
Cross of Gold Speech
57
Who was the author of A History of Standard Oil?
Lincoln Steffins
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
58
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help farmers?
Sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices
Attracted industry with the promise of cheap power
Created jobs for over 2 million citizens
Regulated the stock market and made investments safer
59
What was the purpose of the Works Progress Administration?
built bridges, dams, and other government buildings
Provided medical care for all Americans
Regulated the Stock Market
Name given to FDR's cabinet
60
What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?
European nations should stay out of the Western Hemisphere
US should use Manifest Destiny & take over Latin America
Intervention in Latin America for protection of businesses
Countries should "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
61
A group that controls the activities of a political party in a city?
Activist Group
Progressive
Special Interest Group
Political Machine
62
The plan where the United States loaned Germany money to pay off war reparations
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Volstead Act
Homestead Act
Dawes Plan
63
The US got Puerto Rico and what other territories out of the Spanish-American War?
Cuba and Guam
Cuba and the Philippines
The Philippines and Guam
The Philippines and Hawaii
64
What was the purpose of the Civilan Conservation Corps?
Provided pension to older Americans
Created a civilian military force
Provide manual jobs for young men paying $30 a month
Regulated the stock market
65
Why did the Senate reject the United States' membership to the League of Nations?
Would drain American finances
Would interfere with free trade agreements
Would bring the US into European conflicts
Lead to international instability
66
Why did Theodore Roosevelt build the Great White Fleet?
To help him win the Nobel Peace Prize
To compete with the Russian Navy
To establish the US as a naval power
To protect US interests in Japan
67
What was the ruling in Schenck v. United States?
Immigrants could not be tried in court
First Amendment always applies
Unconstitutional to require males to register for the draft
First Amendment does not always apply
68
The was the aim of the Americanization Movement?
To ensure Americans knew the words to the National Anthem
To assimilate immigrants to of American culture
To ensure all white Americans understood all US laws
To kick all immigrants out of America
69
Why did Hoover respond cautiously to the Great Depression?
Distracted by the dust storms on the Great Plains
Thought the business cycle would correct itself
Believed the fed gov't needed to actively approach recovery
Did not have experience with business methods and economics
70
WEB Dubois believed to achieve racial equality...
Blacks should work hard and prove their worth in society
It would never happen
Blacks needed immediate equality
Had no opinion
71
Why was Alaska nicknamed "Seward's Folly"?
Believed the US should direct energies in Latin Ameirca
Support over the purchase of Hawaii
Contradicted the idea of Manifest Destiny
Why purchase a vast tundra with little resources
72
These were former slaves who left the South after Reconstruction and moved to Kansas and OK?
Native Americans
Exodusters
Manifest Destinyers
Crop Dusters
73
What is bimetallism?
Backing of coins by gold and silver
Eliminating segregation in the South
Establishment of higher protective tariffs
Creating a graduated income taxed
74
Which event is associated with the outbreak of war between the US and Spain in 1898?
Pancho Villa Raids
Sinking the USS Maine
Sinking the Lusitania
Announcment of Mexican independence
75
Midwestern farming was difficult in the 1870s and 1880s because...
Farm labor was becoming more unionized
Prices of agriculture products were increasing
Railroad companies charged high rates
Agricultural output was declining rapidly
76
Which congressional act was passed to end the abuses of the Spoils System?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
McKinley Tariff
77
The movement of African Americans to Northern cities during and after WW1?
Northern Renaissance
Great Movement
Underground Railroad
Great Migration
78
Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reforms were called?
New Deal
Big Deal
Square Deal
New Freedom
79
This granted 160 acres of land to any citizen who was a head of household & agreed to move west
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
Dawes Act
Free Land Act
80
What was the final battle of the Indian Wars out West?
Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
Sand Creek
Gettysburg

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