DCA 1/FINAL Exam Review

Question 1

A need for workers in California forced Central Pacific RR to hire about 10,000 workers from

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China

Question 2

Influx of immigrants fromsouthern/eastern Europe after 1880 afffected industrial workers by-

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Immigrants working for low wagesreduced union power.

Question 3

Which U.S. foreign policy helped increase trade with Asia?

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Open Door Policy

Question 4

Af Am music popularizedduring the 20s was —

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jazz

Question 5

Susan B. Anthony led the campaign to amend the U.S. Constitution to-

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allow women to vote

Question 6

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the US were

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Eastern & Southern Europe

Question 7

One result of the construction of the Panama Canal was —

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increased trade b/w U.S. & other countries

Question 8

Ford revolutionized automobileindustry with assembly-lines whichhelped automobiles become

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more affordable and accessible to more Ams.

Question 9

Many Americans opposed joining the Leagueof Nations because the organization —

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could require participation in warsw/o approval frm congress

Question 10

Founder of Tuskegee Institute

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Booker T. Washington

Question 11

Eco& military competition from ________ helped convince Ams that US should become world power

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Europe

Question 12

Germany’s resumption of unrestrictedsubmarine warfare in 1917 was perceived inthe U.S. as —

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a direct threat to the U.S. position ofneutrality

Question 13

Which of the following was a result of theHarlem Renaissance?

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More people aware of the literaryachievements of AfAms.

Question 14

Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

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the government

Question 15

The application of the theory of evolution and natural selection to human society was known as

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Social Darwinism

Question 16

Nativists reacted to immigration in the late 1800s by

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pressuring the government to limit or cut off immigration

Question 17

Opened Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants and working poor

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Jane Addams

Question 18

One reason the United States entered World War I was the German policy of —

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unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 19

A movement to increase the political power of farmers

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Populism

Question 20

Alfred Mahan’s book The Influence ofSea Power upon History pushed theU.S. into worldpower by —

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convincing government officials tostrengthen the U.S. Navy

Question 21

As a result of the Spanish-American War, theUnited States acquired —

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Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Question 22

In 1898 the U.S. went to war with Spain. War was a turning point in U.S. history because it —

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helped move the United States into a position of world power

Question 23

Believed wealthy Ams should use their wealth to help people help themselves

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Andrew Carnegie

Question 24

The army encouraged the killing of buffalo in order to

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force Native Ams onto reservations

Question 25

Which one of the following is not considered one of the Tocqueville's Five Values?

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Productivity

Question 26

The goal of both the Open Door policy and Dollar Diplomacy was to protect U.S. —

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economic interests

Question 27

When the USS Maine exploded, whom did many Ams hold responsible?

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Spain

Question 28

When a single compnay achieves control of an entire market, it is konwn as

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a monopoloy

Question 29

Which of these is NOT true about theProhibition era?

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Smuggling declined in the United States.

Question 30

Progressivism was a reaction against ____ eco, which emphasized an unregulated free market

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laissez-faire

Question 31

Most urban working class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

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tenements

Question 32

In the late 1800s, many rural Americans moved to big cities in search of

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better paying jobs

Question 33

Operated Standard Oil

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John D Rockefeller

Question 34

The Gospel of Wealth was a phliosophy that wealthy Americans had a responsibility to

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engage in philanthropy

Question 35

Supporters of annexing the Phillippines after the Sp-Am War believed that

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the islands would provide the US with a naval base

Question 36

Primary goalof the Nat. Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)has been —

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gain equality for African American citizens

Question 37

What stated the idea of "separate but equal"& established legal basis for segregation

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Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 38

Cavalry commander at the Battle of Little Bighorn

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General George Custer

Question 39

People who risk their own money to organize and run businesses are known as

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entrepreneurs

Question 40

The Platt Amendment made Cuba into an American

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protectorate

Question 41

Belief that if US business leaders supported Latin American development, everyone would benefit

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dollar diplomacy

Question 42

Under the Open Door policy, the governmentof China was encouraged to —

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allow the United States to do business inChina

Question 43

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

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they could produce goods more cheaply & efficiently

Question 44

By calling the era the "Gilded Age", author Mark Twain was

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criticizing corruption

Question 45

An extreme dislike for foreigners by native born people

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nativism

Question 46

Campaigned for free coinage of silver in the 1896 election

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People's Party

Question 47

One way states prohibited African Ams from voting was when it required that all citizens pay a

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poll tax

Question 48

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

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strikebreakers

Question 49

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Ams by

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giving them land for farming

Question 50

Founder of a steel company in Pittsburgh (hence...Pittsburgh Steelers!!)

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Andrew Carnegie

Question 51

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the US from becoming citizens?

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 52

The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they ____ for five years.

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lived on it

Question 53

Early in the Industrialization Revolution, Congress believed tariffs were necessary to

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protect new industries from foreign competition

Question 54

@ the end of the 19th C, immigrants were a significant % of some of the U.S.'s largest

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cities

Question 55

The US would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 56

Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist who launched a campaign against

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lynching

Question 57

The idea that English speaking nations were superior to other nations

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Anglo-Saxonism

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