quizzes 1-6
The song that best characterizes the Great Depression is -
Brother can you spare a Dime
What country is the U.S attempting to have an "Open Door" trade policy?
China
Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was-
Eugen Debbs
What ended the Great Depression?
World War II spending
The Industrial Workers of the World:
advocated a workers revolution
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:
brought in its wake increased union organizing among New York City garment workers and much needed safety legislation
The 'Declaration of Principles" adopted by W.E. Du Bois's Niagara Movement:
called for complete economic and educational equality
The Populist platform:
called for government control of economy
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandies:
crafted an intellectual defense of civil liberties in the 1920's
The Wagner Act:
created the National Labor Relations Board
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States:
emerged as an imperial power
Booker T. Washington:
encouraged blacks to adjust to segragation and abandon the rush for civil rights
During the 1920"s:
government policies reflected the pro-business ethos of the decade
In negotiating with the Big Four over many postwar territorial issues, President Wilson:
had to compromise his principle of self determination
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 reflected the :
impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the actions of militants in the U.S.
The New Deal:
included a reliance on economic planning
The silver issue:
refers to increasing the money supply by minting silver money
American foriegn policy during the 1920's:
reflected the close working relationship between government and business
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to -
regulate the nation's money supply
Keynesian economics:
relied on large- scale government spending
A major reason that the U.S annexed the Philippines despite ant-imperialist opposition in the U.S. was because
the islands were located very close to China and China's potential markets
An unintended consequence of the Boston Police riots in 1919 led to-
the launching of Calvin Coolidge's presidential career
The theory of Social Darwinism argued that:
the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor
Which was the first labor strike to end with the president intervening on behalf of theworkers?
1894 Pullman Strike
Which speaker's statement is most directlyrelated to the political concepts of initiative,referendum, and recall?
A
What did the "Gospel of Wealth" suggest as an answer to the inequality Carnegie observed?
Benefactors should use their wealth to create greater economic opportunity.
The Ludlow masacre was a tragic confrontation between:
Colorado mine workers and militia
Which two New Deal programs did the Supreme Court rule unconstitutional?
Agricultural Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administration
The War Industries Board:
All of these
Why did FDR try to change the balance on the Supreme Court?
He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security Act
What changes led to the inequality Carnegie described during the late 19th century?
Increasing industrialization and economic consolidation
Many of the nations colonized were rich in natural resources. How did Social Darwinists view the mining of natural resources in these colonized lands?
It was their right to take what they wanted
A frank acceptance of the benifits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind:
New Nationalism
Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT the-
Poll tax
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?
Regulate big business
Which generalization about labor unions in the United States is most clearly supportedby information on the map?
Strikes by labor unions were often suppressed by government actions
Which of the following is the message of this political cartoon?
That the naval officers aboard the USS Maine were murdered by the Spanish
Which act barred commercial banks from becoming involved in the buying and selling of stocks?
The Glass-Steagall Act
What answer below is the best defintion of what the Progressive Era means?
The period 1890-1920 when many diverse groups in American society launched efforts to reform or eliminate the many social problems resulting from industrialization,immigration,and urbanization.
What impact did the Indian boarding schools have on Native American culture?
They accelerated the cultural assimilation process although not in a uniform fashion.
What position did the Populist Party take on laissez-faire economics?
They opposed laissez-faire economics because it rejected government regulation.
How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894?
To help supress strikers on behalf of the owners
On April 2, 1917,Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war:
against Germany, : to make the world safe for democracy>"
The new concepts of a "living wage" and the "American standard of living":
allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power
The New South as promoted by Henry Grady:
attempted to appeal to northern business interests but failed to bring prosperity to the region
The Seventeenth Amendment-
authorized the popular election of senators
Railroads were to the late nineteenth century what _______ were to the 1920's
cars
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:
clustered in the West as agriculture workers
Besides work and school the most active agents of Americanization during the 1920's were:
dance halls, department stores,and movie theaters
The term "Fordisim":
describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
The Teller Amendment :
disavowed any American designs on Cuban territory
The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans -Mississippi West was:
dramatic as an agricultural empire grew
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:
ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
The change in the rate of unemploymentbetween 1941 and 1942 is best explained by the
entry of the U.S into World War II
The National Industrial Recovery Act:
established codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries
During World War I, federal powers:
expanded greatly
Agriculture in the 1920's:
experienced declining incomes and increased bank foreclosures
The Ku Klux Klan:
flourished in the early 1920's especially in the North and West
Between 1898 and 1934, the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:
in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and business interests
between 1898 and 1934, the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:
in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and interests
The Great depression was caused by all of the following Except:
increased government regulation of banking and the stock market
Thomas Edison:
invented among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity
The election of 1896:
is sometimes called the first modern presidential campaign
One of the reasons that the Great Strike of 1877 was important is that:
it underscored the tensions proved by the rapid industrialization of the time
The "clear and present danger" principle statedby the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States(1919) had the effect of
limiting freedom of speech during wartime
All of the following contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
low tariffs
The economic development of the American West was based on:
lumber,mining industries, farming, and ranching
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation :
made loans to failing businesses
In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:
national health insurance
During the Progressive era:
new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak
During the Roosevelt administration, the Democratic Party emerged into a coalition that included all of the following EXCEPT:
northern business elite
In the 1890s, the main goal of those who supported United States imperialism was to-
obtain overseas markets and naval bases
The Industrial Workers of the World and most of the Socialist Party:
opposed the war
Senator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, andFather Charles Coughlin are best known as
outspoken critics of President Franklin D.Roosevelt's New Deal
This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the CarlisleIndian School was to
promote cultural assimilation
The Equal Rights Amendment:
proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
The Fourteen points attempted to:
provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order
In response to the Russian revolution that led to the creation of the communist Soviet Union, the United States:
pursued a policy of anticommunism that would remain at the center of American foreign policy during the twentieth century
The Civilian Conservation Corps:
put younger men to work in national parks
The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918):
restricted freedom of speech
The program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices was called:
scientific management
The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT-
shifted the U.S Treasury back to the gold standard
A major difference between the philosophies ofPresident Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt
supported direct relief to people out of work
The Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark ruled that:
the Fourteenth Amendment gave Asians born in the United States citizenship
What political policy or situation is satirized in this cartoon?
the Open Door Policy
Western Imperialism in the late nineteenth century was stimulated by all of the following EXCEPT-
the fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the world
Farmers believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
to civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term
Why did Theodore Roosevelt send the "Great White Fleet" on a world tour between 1907 & 1909?
to demonstrate that the United States was now a world power
In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:
used the campaign slogan " He kept us out of war."
The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:
voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week
This cartoon shows is accurately described by all of the following statements EXCEPT-
was last a political issue when Woodrow Wilson tried to get liberal justices on the court to protect Progressive legislation
The severe depression of 1893:
was marked by high and long term unemployment, exlemplified by Coxey's Army
In the nineteenth century pools, trusts, and mergers were:
ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace
By the end of the nineteenth century, African - American men in the South:
were forced out of politics and leadership passed to African-American women activists such as those in the National Association of Colored Women
