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1
The festival near Woodstock in 1969 is most closely associated with
counter-culture
women's liberation
gay rights
environmentalists
2
Schenk v. U.S.
No Freedom Of Press
No Racial Gerrymandering
Freedom Of Speech Limits
No illegal Immigration
3
What is
Laissez faire?
for the goverment to control the market
the name of adam smiths child
to let the market control itself without intervention
a french style of imperialism from the 1600's
4
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
was actually a minor event which generated little publicity
led to building codes requiring fire escapes
was due to bad electrical wiring in the building
thankfully did not involve injuries to the workers
5
One goal of many Harlem Renaissance writers was to
Wanted African Americans to create their own political party
Increase pride in African American culture
Support existing racial barriers
Cut off connections with mainstream American values
6
The Transcontinental Railroad was ...
A famous railroad in New York
A famous railroad owned by Rockefellar
A railroad traveling across the entire country
A railroad moving north and south
7
The Volstead Act
allowed government to purchase railroad companies
provided a tax cut for wealthy Americans
provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment
restricted immigration
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The main goal of the Americanization movement was to
assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
improve living conditions in America's largest cities
limit the number of immigrants in the country
encourage people to move people from the country to the city
9
Pure Food and Drug Act
Law to stop the sale of unclean food and drugs
National banking system began in 1913
Law reforming meatpacking conditions
Bill meant to lower tariffs on imported goods
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Why were the roaring 20s, "roaring"?
People were staying home and spending time with their families
There was a large drop in the stockmarket
People were sticking with traditions
People were indulging in new lifestlyes and breaking traditions
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Started the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
Passionate about Mentally ill and asylum reform
Leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
means not drinking alcohol
12
Which nation did the Platt Amendment make a U.S. protectorate?
Cuba
China
Mexico
Philippines
13
The Sussex Pledge stated
The German Alliance to help Austria-Hungary
German u-boats would not sink merchant ships without warning
The British Pledge to help Belgium if was invaded
United States would enter the war on the side of the Allies
14
Using the Beseemer process factories...
Built bridges that allowed trains to cross any terrain
Factories increased their production of locomotives and railroad tracks
Grew cities by expanding the railroad and allowing people to travel
All three
15
Dorthea Dix
established the right of workers to strike
reformer focused on the mentally ill
helped launch the Second Great Awakening
a political, cultural, and social center for its members.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Women who led the suffrage movement
Advocated abstinence from alcohol and then social changes
Advocated abstinence from alcohol and then economic changes
Women who led the abolition movement
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National Park System
Established by Woodrow Wilson
Established by Franklin Roosevelt
Established by George Washington
Established by Teddy Roosevelt
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Homesteader
settler who claimed land in Oklahoma by squatting on it
settler recruited in Europe by a railroad company
settler who farmed land given by the federal government
African American settler originally from the South
19
The New Deal
Decreased the size of State Governments
Increaded the size of the Federal Government
Decreased the size of the Federal Government
Increaded the size of State Governments
20
Transcendentalists considered which of the following as an important part of their beliefs
The expansion of slavery to western territories
Self reflection and appreciation of nature
Developing principles to foster free enterprise in the US
An emphasis on creating new technology
21
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
Recuritment procedures for the US military branches reformed
Membership in the U.S Communist Party increased.
U.S citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.
U.S. diplomats began to express political viewpoints freely.
22
What did the Gettysburg Address help Americans realize?
that the Muggles would never find out about the Civil War
helped them realize they should be two separate nations
helped them realize that it was a single nation, stay as one
what Gettysburg Address?
23
Declaration of Sentiments
Abolitionism
Child labor laws
breaking from England
Womens Rights
24
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Colleges in California must give every student a surfboard
Colleges must have campus security
Upheld use of race in college admissions
Colleges professors must be able to do a keg stand
25
Who sunk the USS Maine?
Assumption is Spain
Cuba
Unknown
France
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Spanish-American War
1954
1898
1896
1869
27
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
1999
1979
1989
1969
28
_____ was president during the Iranian Hostage Crisis
Ford
LBJ
Reagan
Carter
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On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901
the Monroe Doctrine
the Open Door Policy
Platt Amendment
30
Brown v. Board of Education established that....
Protestors could not demonstrate at public schools
separate schools for black & white students was illegal.
Schools could be segregated as long as they were "equal"
separate schools for black & white students was legal.
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Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal" did what...
Broke apart Monopolies
Segregated Public Schools
Supported Women's Suffrage
Supported Factory Owners
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What is yellow journalism?
Sensational journalism without proof
Scared journalism
Journalism in Communist countries
Journalism about the sun
33
Margaret Sanger
was a member of the NAACP
helped make social work a profession
wealthy philanthropist
launched the birth control movement
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Second Great Awakening
campaign for public education to create an educated society.
scientific thinking that helped to create new inventions.
religious revival movement inspiring people to be helpful.
35
William Lloyd Garrison pledged his dedication to
shipping free blacks back to Africa
immediate abolition of slavery in the South
preventing expansion of slavery beyond the South
outlawing the slave trade
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When President Taft called for "Dollar Diplomacy," he advocated
purchasing foreign-owned territories
the rejection of the Open-Door Policy
U.S. businessmen should invest in underdeveloped countries
encouraging foreign exports by reducing tariffs
37
Mikhail Gorbachev:
Appeared in Rocky IV as Ivan Drago's trainer
German leader who brought about change to political spectrum
South African nationalist leader who protested apartheid
Soviet leader who made refors that brought about the fall of the USSR
38
What led to the Boxer Rebellion in China?
ill-fitting garments
Fists lacking harmony and righteousness
The forced trimming of queues (ponytails)
Resentment of foreign culture
39
All the following are true of Reaganomics EXCEPT:
it resembeled the "trickle down economics of the 1920s"
it was also known as "supply side economics"
it was considered Conservative
it called for increased government spending on domestic programs
40
Jacob Riis focused his efforts to
establish special homes for juvenile delinquents
publicize poor housing and sanitation conditions
bar obscene materials from the United States postal system
encourage the end of prostitution
41
The Reconstruction Amendments.....
Allowed Congress to restrict immigration
provided and extended civil rights to all citizens
limited the power of the executive branch of government
prevented civil rights to all citizens
42
Executive Order 9066
authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans
exempted all those who were technically American citizens
authorized the internment of Italian-Americans
authorized the internment of German-Americans
43
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
A rule that limit the debating on a subject
Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol
Convention held to argue for women's rights
Social customs that restricted women to caring for the house
44
War Powers Resolution
Was declared unconstitutional
Gives the president the sole power to declare war
Requires presidents consult with Congress after 60 days
Gave the Secretary of State the power to declare war
45
Korematsu v U.S.
freedom of speech
makes segregation legal "Seperate but equal"
upheld internment camps of Japanese American
no more segregated Law schools
46
Executive Order 9981.....
Desegregated schools
Desegregated the millitary
Segregated schools
Segregated the military
47
Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" and Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" were similar in that
both removed rights of unions to organize within workplaces
both expanded rights to regulate businesses in states
both removed restrictions on rights of women and minorities
both expanded government's role in regulating business
48
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
iff made unemployment worse in industries that could no longer
which established the highest protective tariff in United States history
farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition.
earning American currency to buy American goods. The tar
49
Both the New Frontier and the Great Society shared the idea that
the government should provide aid for those less fortunate
foreign trade should be cut to a minimum
taxes should be raised to stimulate consumer spending
key industries should be nationalized
50
Appomattox Court House was...
where the end of the Civil War took place.
where the Dred Scott case was heard.
the location of the raid carried out by John Brown.
an old slave auction house.
51
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bans discrimination based on race, religion, sex, pregnancy, national orgin
Bans pay discrimination based on sex
Bans discrimination based on Vietnam Era Veterans
Bans discrimination based on age
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Law that restricted Chinese to immigrate to U.S
Chinese were excluded from working on railroads
Chinese excluded Americans
An act where most Chinese are kicked out from China
