History Chapter 9 and 10

Theodore Roosevelt's expansion of federal regulatory power reflected his belief that (10.2)

Congress's power was constitutionally superior to that of other branches of government or the executive branch could best create social stability and avert revolution

Opposition to economic consolidation by big business in the late nineteenth century was manifested in what way? (9.2)

Demands for regulatory laws

Which industrialist was known for using both vertical and horizontal integration in consolidating his business? (9.2)

John D. Rockafeller

How did many African Americans who supported the ideas of Booker T. Washington respond to Jim Crow laws in the South? (9.2)

Many became accommodationists, learning a trade to earn a living and become economically independent.

A person who signed this document would be most likely to support (10.2)

New Nationalism

What group would most likely support the passage of the legislation in the excerpt? (10.2)

Progressive Era reformers

Which of the following government actions represented a historical continuity with the legislation in the excerpt? (10.2)

Prosecution of the Northern Securities Company and Standard Oil trust

The beliefs stated in this document most clearly contributed to which of the following? (10.2)

Support for Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Point peace plan, committing the United States to participate in the League of Nations

Which statement best describes the change in the nature of work in the United States during the nineteenth century? (9.2)

The factory system required workers to conform to schedules that maximized efficiency.

Andrew Carnegie is most closely associated with which event? (9.2)

The growth of the American steel industry

The concept of Social Darwinism influenced which trend in the United States during the late nineteenth century? (9.2)

The justification of the "superiority" of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants

What change in policy had the least significant effect on the development of the American West? (9.2)

The relocation of American Indians to reservations

The results of the 1912 presidential election signaled (10.2)

a continuation, with some redirection, of a national economic reform agenda

The main focus of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to (9.2)

break up business monopolies

The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was the first treaty that (9.2)

called for the placement of American Indians on reservations

Which of the following groups would most strongly agree with the criticism embodied in the political cartoon? (9.2)

civil service reformers

Intervention in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Mexican Revolution demonstrated that President Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy (10.2)

continued an expansion of the United States' role in the world

Vertical integration in business is best described as (9.2)

control of all aspects of an industry from origin to distribution in the marketplace

The context illustrated by the political cartoon was (9.2)

corrupt elections in major cities run by political machines

Compared with rates during the Gilded Age, voter participation at all levels of government during the Progressive Era (10.2)

decreased

The high rate of voter participation in the late nineteenth century existed (9.2)

despite the fact that the major parties did not have significant policy differences

Urban reformers sought to limit the power of the political bosses by (10.2)

establishing settlement houses with visiting nurse services

President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom campaign agenda was exemplified by all the following except (10.2)

expansion of women's suffrage through a constitutional amendment

The immediate events that led to a U.S. declaration of war against Germany in World War I included all the following except (10.2)

fall of Tsarist Russia

On the home front, the United States' entry into World War I led to an expansion of (10.2)

federal power

Disgruntled farmers in the North and the South reacted to unresponsive federal policies of the late nineteenth century by (9.2)

forming a new political party

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine centered on the belief that the United States should (10.2)

fund the development of fledgling nation-states in the Caribbean

The progress of labor unions during the late nineteenth century can be described as (9.2)

hampered by government officials at the state and federal level

Key components of Woodrow Wilson's Peace without Victory plan included all the following except (10.2)

imperialism

When President Woodrow Wilson proposed the Fourteen Points, the Allied nations responded by (10.2)

incorporating the idealistic tone of the Fourteen Points into the Treaty of Versailles

The business innovations of Gustavus Swift took place in (9.2)

integrated meat packing

A strategy industrialists used to counteract their negative public image was to (9.2)

invest in popular philanthropic causes

The most significant factor that brought European immigrants to the United States during the late nineteenth century was (9.2)

jobs resulting from the industrial revolution

Progressives within the Republican Party viewed the presidency of William Howard Taft as (10.2)

lacking reform fervor

The political cartoon most directly illustrates a government policy that (9.2)

limited immigration of selected groups

The publication of this document was most directly shaped by (10.2)

negative reaction to violations of civil liberties at the end of World War I

Theodore Roosevelt's accomplishments as president included all the following except (10.2)

passage of consumer protection legislation

All the following were true of the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century except (10.2)

progressives were a diverse group with often competing goals

Theodore Roosevelt's presidency expanded the regulatory powers of the executive branch by all the following actions except (10.2)

publicly supporting mine owners in the anthracite coal strike

What industry had the most significant impact on the development of industrialization in the United States in the late nineteenth century? (9.2)

railroads

The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 (9.2)

sought to end tribal identity by parceling and redistributing reservation land

Much Progressive Era reform started at the local and state levels because (10.2)

the U.S. Constitution did not grant the federal government power in matters of the health, safety, and the welfare of citizens

Life in the South in the 1880s was more difficult for African Americans than during the period of Radical Reconstruction due to (9.2)

the activity of the Ku Klux Klan

The legislation in the excerpt most directly reflected a growing belief that (10.2)

the federal government needed to provide regulatory oversight in antitrust laws

By the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States was undergoing massive changes, including all the following except (10.2)

transition to an economy based on self-sufficient farmers and skilled artisans

The illustrator of this political cartoon would most likely support (9.2)

unrestricted Chinese immigration

During the lead-up to World War I, President Woodrow Wilson's focus on freedom of the seas was challenged by (10.2)

unrestricted submarine warfare