APUSH Final

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle The working conditions described in the excerpt were most directly caused by which of the following developments in the Gilded Age?

A. A lack of governmental regulation due to laissez-faire economic policies

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, "The League of Nations Must Be Revised," 1919 The ideas described in the excerpt are an example of which of the following developments in the early 1900s?

A. A shift from international involvement to isolationism

PICTURE: Bull Moose Party Which of the following is most explicitly referenced in the cartoon?

A. A split in the Republican Party

PICTURE: Court Packed with Trust Companies Which group does this cartoon imply is exercising control over legislation in the US in the late 1800s?

A. Business owners should be considered "robber barons" who unfairly used their money and influence to take advantage of politics in the United States

PICTURE: Court Packed with Trust Companies Which of the following was an effect of the consolidated power of business leaders in the Gilded Age?

A. Owners of trust companies

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt and "Bad Trusts" Bear The main point of the cartoon is most comparable to the idea that...

A. President Roosevelt wanted to tame capitalism and not end it

PICTURE: Pullman Squeezing Low Wages and High Rent One problem faced by many employees such as the one portrayed in the cartoon when trying to improve their conditions was the...

A. Public perception that labor unions were radical and dangerous

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: A. Philip Randolph, A Call for A March on Washington, 1941 The sentiments expressed in the excerpt highlight the...

A. Tensions over continuing segregation and discrimination in the public and private sectors

PICTURE: A conductor evicting a black man from a first-class coach The argument against the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by the Supreme Court in 1896 was based on which of the following?

A. The Fourteenth Amendment

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Articles 1,3,7 of the Platt Amendment The sentiments expressed in the excerpt are most similar to those expressed in...

A. The Roosevelt Corollary

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt and the "Bad Trusts" Bear The cartoon was most likely influenced by which of the following events?

A. The Supreme Court decision that broke up the Northern Securities Company

PICTURE: Oglala Sioux Pictogram of the Battle of Little Bighorn Which of the following contributed most directly to the battle of Little Bighorn?

A. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Arthur Zimmermann, telegram to Ambassador Heinrich von Eckardt, 1917 Publication of this telegram in the United States newspapers helped to...

B. Convince the American public to support entrance into WWI

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: General Groves, Address to Officers Regarding the Atomic Bomb, 1945 According to the excerpt, which is the most likely reason that President Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

B. Dropping the bomb would prevent the additional loss of human lives that might result from a prolonged war

PICTURE: Pullman Squeezing Low Wages and High Rent Which figure would be most likely to agree with this cartoon?

B. Eugene Debs

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Sinclair's writing contributed most directly to which of the following trends?

B. Greater government regulation to protect workers and consumers

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth," 1935 Which of the following most directly expresses Franklin Roosevelt's view of Long?

B. He considered him a dangerous demagogue

PICTURE: John D. Rockefeller, Cartoon- 1901 Which of the following was the method bu which John D. Rockefeller accumulated great wealth?

B. Horizontal integration

PICTURE: Court Packed with Trust Companies The cartoon was most likely a reaction to...

B. Lack of governmental regulation of industry

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Franklin Roosevelt, Radio Address, 1933 President Roosevelt's comment that "things are a little better than they were two months ago" refers to which of the following?

B. Passage of the Emergency Banking Act

PICTURE: Court Packed with Trust Companies The cartoon above reflects which of the following concepts that were popular in the late 1800s?

B. Social Darwinism

PICTURE: Social Security Advertisement The Social Security Act was one of the most significant accomplishments of which of the following?

B. The Second New Deal

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The People's Party Platform, 1892 Which of the following precipitated the end of the Populist (People's) Party?

B. The co-opting of the free silver issue by Democratic presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: A. Philip Randolph, A Call for A March on Washington, 1941 One direct effect of A. Philip Randolph's threatened March on Washington was...

B. The creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Chief Red Cloud, Speech after Wounded Knee, 1890 One direct effect of the Wounded Knee Massacre was...

B. The end of armed Indian resistance in the West

PICTURE: A conductor evicting a black man from a first-class coach The image most directly reflects which of the following?

B. The establishment of racial segregation in the post-Reconstruction South

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: A. Mitchell Palmer, 1920 Which of the following most directly led to the post-World War 1 "Red Scare?"

B. The fear that US labor strikes were linked to the Russian Revolution

PICTURE: Prohibition Raid, 1928 Which of the following was a direct effect of Prohibition?

B. The growth of organized crime

PICTURE: The American Empire, 1900 Which of the following was a contributing factor to US expansion in the Pacific?

B. The idea that the US had a mission to foster democracy and Protestant Christian civilization

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Letters from the Great Migration, 1917 One significant effect of the move to Chicago and other northern cities was...

B. The outbreak of race riots as white immigrants viewed blacks as competitors for jobs

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise Speech Booker T. Washington differed from W.E.B. DuBois in his approach to relations with whites in that...

B. Washington was more accepting of social segregation than DuBois

PICTURE: It's a Woman's War, Too- Join the Waves Why were women recruited as members of the Army and Navy during World War II?

B. Women were used in technical occupations such as telegraphy and nursing, which freed male recruits form combat roles

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Woodrow Wilson, Declaration of War, 1917 President Wilson's declaration of war most directly reflects which of the following principles?

C. A nation's right to self-determination

PICTURE: Prohibition Raid, 1928 The image best serves as evidence of which of the following?

C. A number of Americans violated the law prohibiting the production of alcohol

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Talking to African American Soldiers Returning from War The excerpt most directly reflects which one of the following ideas?

C. African Americans are entitled to the same rights they had fought to protect overseas

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt and the "Bad Trusts" Bear The cartoon focuses most explicitly on President Roosevelt's support of...

C. Corporate regulation

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Letters from the Great Migration, 1917 According to the excerpt, which of the following mattered LEAST when it came to the employment of African Americans in the South?

C. Education

PICTURE: Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads, 1879 Which of the following groups would be most directly affected by a railroad monopoly's ability to charge any freight rate?

C. Farmers

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Woodrow Wilson, Declaration of War, 1917 According to the excerpt, President Wilson ended the policy of US neutrality in response to which of the following?

C. Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann telegram

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise Speech The idea of the New South, as espoused by Henry Grady, relates to this passage in that...

C. Grady promoted a more industrial South, requiring more labor resources

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Benjamin Harrison, Report on Wounded Knee Massacre and the Decrease in Indian Land Acreage, 1891 Which of the following most directly contributed to the encroachment of white settlement on Indians' prime buffalo hunting lands?

C. Homestead Act of 1862

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Interest Of America in Sea Power, 1897 Which of the following actions by Teddy Roosevelt best reflects the ideal of the above quote?

C. Increasing the size of the US Navy

PICTURE: Social Security Advertisement One limitation of the original Social Security Act was that...

C. It did not include domestic workers, thereby shutting out many African Americans

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The Great Depression: An Oral Account, 1932 One direct effect of the Army troops' attack on the Bonus Marchers was that...

C. It further undermined President Hoover's reputation

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910 Which of the following is significant about Hull House and its place in the community?

C. It sought to be part of the community, rather than offer help from above

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Interest Of America in Sea Power, 1897 Mahan's opinion can be compared to what earlier philosophy?

C. Manifest Destiny

PICTURE: It's a Woman's War, Too- Join the Waves Which of the following most directly reflects how World War II impacted American women?

C. More women entered the work force than ever before and did jobs that had been previously only open to men

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt Raking the Meat Scandal Which of the following groups contributed most directly to exposing economic, social, and political evils in the Progressive Era?

C. Muckraking journalists

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Sinclair's writing could be used as evidence to support which of the following arguments?

C. Progressivism was led by educated, middle-class whites to benefit both the lower and middle classes

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Charles Lindbergh's Speech Which of the following would most likely have supported Lindbergh's views before 1941?

C. Republican leaders in Congress

PICTURE: John D. Rockefeller, Cartoon- 1901 Which of the following legislation did the US Government eventually use to bring suit against the Standard Oil Company?

C. Sherman Antitrust Act

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Benjamin Harrison, Report on Wounded Knee Massacre and the Decrease in Indian Land Acreage, 1891 The excerpt's reference to "an Indian messiah" most directly reflects which of the following developments?

C. The Ghost Dance movement

PICTURE: Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads, 1879 Which of the following refers to the accumulation and lavish spending of wealth by some American capitalists in the post-Civil War era?

C. The Gilded Age

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Majority opinion, Korematsu c. United States, 1944 The main point argued in the excerpt is most consistent with the sentiments presented in which of the following?

C. The Supreme Court ruling in Schenck v. United States

PICTURE: John D. Rockefeller, Cartoon- 1901 This image of John D. Rockefeller most directly depicts which of the following?

C. The base of Rockefeller's empire is his monopoly control of oil

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Henry W. Grady, The New South, 1887 Which of the following contributed most directly to changes in the post-Reconstruction South?

C. The expansion of railroad lines

PICTURE: Prohibition Raid, 1928 The image depicting the destruction of a still by federal agents most directly reflects which of the following?

C. The federal government can promote moral behavior

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910 The excerpt from Twenty Years at Hull House most directly reflects which of the following?

C. The idea of collective action to improve urban and industrial society

PICTURE: Social Security Advertisement The advertisement for Social Security most directly reflects which of the following developments during the New Deal?

C. The idea that government could provide citizens with some aid to deal with life's vicissitudes

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: A. Mitchell Palmer, 1920 Which of the following precipitated the end of the Palmer Raids?

C. The lack of evidence of a widespread conspiracy

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt Raking the Meat Scandal The political cartoon featuring President Theodore Roosevelt trying to clean up a mess most directly reflects which of the following?

C. The meat-processing scandal exposed by Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Chief Red Cloud, Speech after Wounded Knee, 1890 The excerpt most directly reflects which one of the following ideas?

C. The misunderstanding resulting from the clash of cultures

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth," North American Review, 1889 Which of the following most directly contradicts Andrew Carnegie's proposed 'ties of brotherhood' between rich and poor?

C. The response to the Homestead Strike at Carnegie's plant

PICTURE: How is it in your city? The image of the party boss most directly reflects which of the following?

C. The rise of political machines that provided social services in exchange for political support in nineteenth-century America

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: A. Philip Randolph, A Call for A March on Washington, 1941 How did members of the Roosevelt administration initially react to his plan for an all-black march on Washington DC?

C. They questioned his patriotism and tried to get him to postpone or cancel the march

PICTURE: The American Empire, 1900 How did the US acquire Guam and the Philippines?

C. They were ceded by Spain after the War of 1898

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The Great Depression: An Oral Account, 1932 According to the excerpt, what did Coxey's Army have in common with the Bonus Marchers?

C. Unemployed men marching to the nation's capital to petition the government

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, "The League of Nations Must Be Revised," 1919 Which founding document could Lodge use to most directly support his argument?

C. Washington's Farewell Address

PICTURE: Oglala Sioux Pictogram of the Battle of Little Bighorn The battle of Little Bighorn resulted in which of the following?

D. An immediate Indian victory but long-term defeat for the Sioux as they were relocated onto smaller reservations

PICTURE: How is it in your city? Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the illustrated trend?

D. Cities were the major entry points for immigrants who desperately needed social services

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910 One direct effect of the Settlement movement espoused by Addams was that...

D. College-educated women were able to find a social niche outside the home

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Based on Upton Sinclair's depiction, which of the following most directly was a result?

D. Congress responded by passing a series of acts to protect the American consumer

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Charles Lindbergh's Speech Which of the following could serve as evidence that FDR believed that US entry into the war was inevitable much earlier than most Americans?

D. He instituted a peacetime draft

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Franklin Roosevelt, Radio Address, 1933 Which of the following most directly led to the widespread public support that Roosevelt enjoyed in his first term?

D. His ability to connect with his audience in a personal way

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Talking to African American Soldiers Returning from War Which of the following would most directly prompt Francis Grimke to refer to "liberty, equality, and fraternity?"

D. His beliefs that the French under which many African American troops served treated them better than their white American counterparts

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth," North American Review, 1889 The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following views of economic inequality?

D. It is a sign of progress and beneficial for the advancement of civilization

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Benjamin Harrison, Report on Wounded Knee Massacre and the Decrease in Indian Land Acreage, 1891 Which of the following most clearly describes the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887?

D. It terminated tribal ownership of most reservation land, allocated some parcels to individual Indians, and opened the remainder to white settlement

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Robert D. Johnston, "The Possibilities of Politics" Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most likely support the excerpt?

D. Progressives were a diverse group who supported various reforms

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth," 1935 Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of Huey Long in the excerpt?

D. Rural Louisianans

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Chief Red Cloud, Speech after Wounded Knee, 1890 In the excerpt, Chief Red Cloud gives a Native American perspective on which of the following?

D. The Ghost Dance movement

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Henry W. Grady, The New South, 1887 Which of the following best describes Grady's vision of the New South?

D. The South would develop an industrial economy

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise Speech Which one of the following examples supports Booker T. Washington's proposal for social interactions between blacks and whites?

D. The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The People's Party Platform, 1892 Which of the following explains the Populist (People's) Party demand for unlimited coinage of silver?

D. The gold standard created a tight money supply and made it more difficult for farmers to pay debts or sell products

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: General Groves, Address to Officers Regarding the Atomic Bomb, 1945 The development of the atomic bomb was accompanied by similar breakthroughs in medicine and technology. Which of the following best explains these advances?

D. The involvement of American businesses in developing products that would help the war effort

PICTURE: Teddy Roosevelt Raking the Meat Scandal The problem highlighted in the cartoon led to...

D. The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The People's Party Platform, 1892 Which of the following contributed most directly to the Populist (People's) Party demand for the direct election of senators?

D. The perception that big business was corrupting government and the desire for greater democracy

PICTURE: Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads, 1879 The image of Cornelius Vanderbilt controlling his rail empire most directly reflects which of the following?

D. The post-Civil War creation of corporations of a size not previously known in the US

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: The Great Depression: An Oral Account, 1932 Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of the Bonus Army?

D. They were a racially integrated group of World War 1 veterans who camped together many months in Washington DC in order to demand early payment of bonuses

PICTURE: It's a Woman's War, Too- Join the Waves How were American women discriminated against in the war effort?

D. They were usually paid less than male workers

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Letters from the Great Migration, 1917 One of the reasons for the worsening of conditions for African Americans in the South was...

D. Widespread racist violence, such as lynchings

PICTURE: The American Empire, 1900 The map above most directly reflects which of the following?

D. American territorial acquisitions in the Pacific

PICTURE: Bull Moose Party The cartoon is meant to depict...

D. The results of the 1912 election

PICTURE: Oglala Sioux Pictogram of the Battle of Little Bighorn The image most directly reflects which of the following?

C. A Native American view of Custer's Last Stand

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Charles Lindbergh's Speech The excerpt from Charles Lindbergh's radio address best serves as evidence of which of the following?

C. The belief that a handful of people were pushing the country into war

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth," 1935 In the excerpt, Long's endorsement of a homestead allowance most directly reflects which of the following?

C. The belief that home ownership is a key guarantor of success

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: "The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest...The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God." - John Rockefeller Business leaders used the ideas above to justify...

C. The creation of trusts

DOCUMENT EXCERPT: Henry W. Grady, The New South, 1887 Another aspect of the New South ideology was...

D. Racial Segregation