Which of the following ideas would NOT be part of the Roosevelt Corollary?

Monroe Doctrine would expand to include Asia & the Americas.

What was the Open Door Policy?

US Policy that would give all nations equal access to China

Why was the Open Door Policy important to the United States?

It ensured that the U.S. would have access to China.

The fighting at Wounded Knee

resulted in the massacre of Indians

Big Bill Heywood tried to turn his union, the ___, into “one big union” based on Marxist ideals

International Workers of the World

Which is NOT a reason that many Indians found it impossible to assimilate into US culture?

US refused to build schools to teach children US customs

American foreign policy prior to the 1870s was characterized by

US avoiding formal ties with Europe & keeping it out of West

The Northern Securities Co. v. United States Supreme Court case ruled

The proposed merger of the railroads violated the Sherman Antitrust Act

Commodore George Dewey was noteworthy to the Spanish-American War for

Sinking the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay

Extraterritoriality is

foreigners being exempted from the local law in China

The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

Upheld the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Which of the following best describes the state of the US economy between 1865 and 1900?

US had economic growth unsurpassed to that time in the world

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave

160 acres to anyone who could develop & remain for 5 years.

Which of the following is NOT true concerning Jim Crow laws?

Most Progressives were opposed to segregation

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Exam #4 Review - Chapters 15-19

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1
The uprising in China in which Western and Chinese Christians were slaughtered was known as the
Taiping Rebellion
Insular cases
Boxer Rebellion
Sino-Japanese War
2
Which of the following muckraker journalists is NOT matched with the focus of his reporting?
Upton Sinclair—abuses in the meatpacking industry
All of the above are correct
Frank Norris—railroad control of state government
Lincoln Steffens—political corruption
3
Which of the following ideas would NOT be part of the Roosevelt Corollary?
The U.S. could act as an international police force.
US had the right to intervene in Latin-American conflicts.
US would continue limiting Europe in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine would expand to include Asia & the Americas.
4
The largest source of government income until the passage of the 16th amendment in 1913 was the
Tariff
Federal sales tax
Federal property tax
Federal income tax
5
A group of companies that is controlled by a single group of business leaders is an example of
Communism
A monopoly
An oligopoly
A trust
6
What was the Open Door Policy?
England Policy that would give all equal access to China
US Policy that would divide China in “spheres of influence”
Chinese Policy to expel foreign influence from their country
US Policy that would give all nations equal access to China
7
Why was the Open Door Policy important to the United States?
It locked European nations out of Chinese markets.
It gave the U.S. colonial territory in Asia.
It ensured that the U.S. would have access to China.
It allowed China to invest in the U.S.
8
Which of the following technological developments were NOT a result of the railroad industry?
Telephones
Steel rails
Locomotive construction
Air brakes
9
The control of the market by a few companies is known as
A corporation
An oligopoly
A monopoly
A trust
10
Books sold widely to young boys that told stories of impoverished youngsters were written by _________.
Horatio Alger
Grover Cleveland
Horatio Gates
Terrence Powderly
11
The fighting at Wounded Knee
was Custer’s redemption after the Battle of Little Bighorn
resulted in an Indian victory
started by a sneak attack by the Sioux on the 7th Calvary
resulted in the massacre of Indians
12
What was the name of Upton Sinclair's book that described the wretched work conditions, in meat packing industry?
The Meatpackers
The Shame of the Cities
The Octopus
The Jungle
13
Big Bill Heywood tried to turn his union, the ___, into “one big union” based on Marxist ideals
Knights of Labor
International Workers of the World
Western Federation of Miners
American Federation of Labor
14
Which of the following presidents was NOT assassinated between 1865 and 1900?
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
James Garfield
William McKinley
15
Who were the 2 chiefs who led the troops in the plains after the Black Hills gold rush?
Geronimo and Iron Eyes
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Black Eagle and Geronimo
Red Eagle and Crazy Horse
16
Which is NOT a reason that many Indians found it impossible to assimilate into US culture?
US refused to build schools to teach children US customs
Indian culture lacked the idea of individual land ownership
Farming and husbandry were traditionally feminine roles
Many feared the US was trying to eradicate Indian culture
17
American foreign policy prior to the 1870s was characterized by
US using the Marines as a police force throughout the West
US avoiding formal ties with Europe & keeping it out of West
US having a strict isolationist policy with foreign nations
The U.S. seizing colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean
18
The Northern Securities Co. v. United States Supreme Court case ruled
The proposed merger of the railroads violated the Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional
The Sherman Antitrust Act was declared constitutional
Theodore Roosevelt gave up the attempt to bust trusts
19
Abstention by government from interfering in the workings of the free market is called
Laissez-faire
Socialism
Social Darwinism
Entrepreneurialism
20
Commodore George Dewey was noteworthy to the Spanish-American War for
Sinking the Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor
Sinking the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay
Capturing Puerto Rico
Preventing Spanish reinforcements from reaching Cuba
21
Extraterritoriality is
Japan’s policy of modernization
policy that nations must claim a territory it controls
policy proposed by US to allow equal access to China
foreigners being exempted from the local law in China
22
Unlike a small business, a corporation
Passes liability to stockholders
Is owned by stockholders
Depends upon an owner or owners for its existence
Is not publicly owned or traded on the stock market
23
Which of the following is NOT true concerning many of the mining camps in the late 1800s?
All of the above are true.
They were havens of vice, gambling, liquor, and crime.
They lacked churches, schools, & other civilization staples.
Prostitution was common.
24
Former slaves who migrated to the West hoping for freedom from segregation in the South were
Mormons.
Grangers.
Homesteaders.
Exodusters.
25
A debt investment in which an investor loans money for a fixed time and amount is called
A bond
A stock
Capital investment
A trust
26
What label did some commentators give William Taft's policy of private US investments in underdeveloped regions?
The Good Neighbor Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
New Nationalism
Missionary Diplomacy
27
The first female elected to Congress was Jeanette Rankin from the state of
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
28
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
Ended segregation in the United States.
Allowed African Americans to serve in the armed forces.
“separate but equal” applied only to private businesses.
29
Which of the following best describes the state of the US economy between 1865 and 1900?
The United States experienced mild economic growth.
US had economic growth unsurpassed to that time in the world
US had a series of booms and busts ending with govt takeover
US had a long-term depression because of the Civil War.
30
Investment capital raised by a business through subscription is called
A stock
A trust
A bond
A corporation
31
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave
Large reservations for Native Americans of the Great Plains.
40 acres of land and a mule to every freedman.
160 acres to anyone who could develop & remain for 5 years.
federal land to states that would establish colleges.
32
After the attack on New Mexico, President Wilson sent US forces into Mexico to search for
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Porfirio Diaz
Venustiano Carranza
Victoriano Huerta
33
Who would have been most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan?
A Chicago industrial worker
A Kansas farmer
A New York Republican party member
A Philadelphia merchant
34
The American Protective League was fanatically
anti-Semitic
anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic
anti-Catholic
anti-immigrant
35
Which of the following is NOT true concerning Jim Crow laws?
Blacks and whites were segregated into separate schools
Such laws were upheld by the Supreme Court until 1954
Most Progressives were opposed to segregation
blacks voting rights were restricted by literacy tests

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