US History Cumulative Exam Review Complete
What impact did Sinclair's book have on the era of Progressive reform?
The Jungle showed that if the public was informed about a certain issue, it had the power to demand reform from the government.
How did the efforts of Jane Addams differ from the efforts of Lincoln Steffens?
Addams worked to help immigrants; Steffens worked to reform the government.
Musician and composer George Gershwin was known for helping to spread jazz to
Europe.
What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 have on American public opinion of Germany?
It caused public opinion to turn against the Germans even more.
How did Alexander Palmer justify the Palmer Raids of 1919 and 1920?
Palmer warned of an imminent communist takeover.
Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. "No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government. Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution." On which point would Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois agree?
Slavery has lasting and extensive effects on every aspect of American society.
The final battle in the American Indian Wars occurred at
Wounded Knee.
Which of the following best describes an enclave?
a distinct group that lived or worked together within a larger community
In the wake of the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment
abolished slavery in the United States.
In the early 1800s, Chinese immigrants established the first Chinatowns in cities
along the western coast of the US.
Which best describes an unintended consequence of Prohibition?
an increase in "medicinal alcohol"
What was one reason for anti-immigrant sentiment in the early 1900s?
competition for jobs
In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
encouraging assimilation.
The Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruled that Louisiana's Separate Car Act
helped maintain public peace and good order.
A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was
higher wages.
What helped immigrants in the 1800s and early 1900s retain their cultures?
living in enclaves
In the consumer culture of the 1920s,
people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis.
After the Civil War, Southern governments passed laws called Black Codes that
restricted the rights of African Americans.
While anarchists became linked with violence in the late 1800s and early 1900s, socialists became linked with
the labor movement
Read the quotation. "Words . . . may become subject to prohibition when of such a nature and used in such circumstances as to create a clear and present danger." —Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Schenck v. United States, March 1919 According to this ruling,
the right to free speech had limits that could be enforced by the government.
What was Upton Sinclair's main purpose in writing The Jungle?
to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
Read the quotation from Lincoln Steffens's The Shame of the Cities. "My purpose was...the see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to American pride." Which of the following best describes Steffens' purpose in writing about government?
to describe corruption in city and state governments
Under the Dawes Act, the reservation land not allotted to American Indians was sold
to white settlers and railroad companies.
Which best describes Carrie Chapman Catt's "Winning Plan" to achieve national women's suffrage?
to win women's suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
