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AMS Midterm Review 2016-17
AMS Midterm Review 2016-17
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1
Which of the following would most likely advocate laissez-faire government policies?
a steel factory owner in Pittsburgh
a steel worker in Pittsburgh
a railroad executive at Central Pacific
a farmer from Nebraska
2
Most southern farmers post-Civil War:
worked in sharecropping or crop lien system
owned their own land
left farming for factory work
were slaves
3
Members of the Populist Party advocated:
U.S. expansion abroad
individual rights
the Gospel of Wealth
stronger government intervention in the economy
4
This WWI era law made it illegal to speak against the government:
Open Door Policy
Treaty of Versailles
Alien Act
Sedition Act
5
Progressive leaders were primarily:
immigrant activists
educated and middle class
uneducated midwestern farmers
industrialists
6
Which of these was a vocal opponent of the New Deal?
Huey Long
Southern Democrats
Harry Truman
Calvin Coolidge
7
Between 1865 - 1930, crop prices in the U.S. did this on average:
rose dramatically
fell dramatically
remained stable
8
The Populist Party advocated all of the following EXCEPT:
coinage of silver
government ownership of utilities
direct election of the president
secret ballot
9
Which of these New Deal programs was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Industrial Recovery Administration
Social Security Administration
10
The largest number of immigrants to the U.S. 1880 - 1920 came from which region?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Latin America
Africa
Asia
11
Booker T. Washington:
wrote The Souls of Black Folk
advocated full racial equality immediately
led the Niagara Movement
founded the Tuskegee Institute
12
The use of mechanization in manufacturing starting in the late 1800s:
dramatically reduced the goods available
allowed the use of unskilled labor
made it possible to eliminate the human workforce altogether
dramatically raised the price of goods
13
The Homestead Act of 1862
conserved land for national parks
granted land for RR construction
provided land for settlers free with stipulations
preserved land for Indian settlement
14
Jacob Riis worked primarily on THIS Progressive cause:
political machine
woman suffrage
racial inequality
urban poverty
15
All of the following were Muckrakers EXCEPT:
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Horatio Alger
16
All of the following are arguments supporting late 19th c imperialism EXCEPT:
imperialism is undemocratic
new markets would help the economy
spread Protestantism & democracy
Social Darwinism
17
The Pullman Strike was prompted by:
employment of immigrant labor at less than minimum wage
Pullman firing all union members and hiring "scab" workers
Pullman refusing to hire African Americans
cutting of wages without cutting rent at company housing
18
The primary adversary to President Wilson in the battle over the League of Nations:
Warren G. Harding
Andrew Mellon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Teddy Roosevelt
19
Immigration to the U.S. dropped dramatically in the 1920s because
world-wide economic conditions improved
Congress restricted it
there was a lack of interest in emigrating to the U.S.
world-wide depression lowered emigration
20
A business that is horizontally integrated:
does not form trusts or monopolies
owns all the means of production in the field
has bought out all competitors
21
The Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896:
upheld only Jim Crow laws that applied to education
abolished Jim Crow laws in the South
upheld the idea of separate but equal facilities
allowed segregation for a limited time in the South
22
Which of these was MOST influential in causing the Sioux Wars?
Chief Joseph attacking Custer's men
destruction of the buffalo
the Ghost Dance
discovery of gold in the Black Hills
23
The PRIMARY motivation for The Great Migration was:
racial equality in the North
economic opportunities created by WWII
economic opportunities created by WWI
racial inequality in the South