U.S History Final
One major reason for the growth in urbanization between 1860 and 1900 was that
many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes
The Zimmermann Note Proposed
that in case of war, Mexico join with Germany against the United States.
Map question about Numbers of U.S banks, 1926-1940 According to this graph, by approximately what percentage did the number of banks decline from 1926 to 1940?
55
Quote about Eleanor Roosevelt When Eleanor Roosevelt referred to "living up to the principles upon which it was founded" she most likely meant?
Achieving equal rights for all racial groups
"Hand in hand..." FRD inaugural speech What is President Roosevelt's message in this excerpt from his inauguration speech?
Action must be taken to help farmers and people living in rural areas
Quote about Truffaut In this Text, which from of warfare from WW1 is Truffaut discussing?
Chemical Warefare
In the post-Cilvil War era, which group of people faced the greatest discrimination on the West Coast?
Chinese Immigrants
What is the theme of this illustration? I feed you all
Farmers have an important job in American Society
"Go into any of the 'respectable' tenement neighborhoods... you shall come away agreeing [that] ... life there does not seem worth living... [T]he airshaft.... seems always so busy letting our foul stenches that it had no time to earn its name by bringing down fresh air...." —Jacobs Riis, How the Other Half Lives In this paragraph, Riis drew attention to the?
Living Conditions of the urban poor
Which problem was the muckraker Upton Sinclair most concerned to expose?
Poor conditions in American Factories
Its a quote about FDR What actions did Roosevelt take during the first year of his presidency that show a sentiment expressed in this quote?
President Roosevelt acted quickly and proposed a number of major relief and reform bills in his first Hundred Days in office
The supreme Court decision cited in the text declared that?
Racial segregation was not not unconstitutional
This painting demonstrates the nineteenth-Century trend towards
Realistic settings
"Morals and values rise and fall together. If combinations have no morals, they can have no values. If the tendency to combination is irresistible, control of its imperative. Monopoly and antimonopoly, odious as these words have become to the literary ear, represent the two great tendencies Of our time........." -Henry Lloyd, "The Lords of Industry," 1884 In this Text , which activity does Lloyd say shows a patriotic tendency?
Regulating Monopolies
"[Mexican Americans] quote According to this quotation, Mexican Americans?
Suffered discrimination in many industries
Which two acts form the early twentieth century shown in the table were most closely related to one another?
The Meat Inspection Act &' The Pure Food And Drug Act
Cartoon picture that says He Can't Put it Out What does this 1917 political cartoon illustrate?
The failed attempts to stop passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
This political cartoon references Who stole The people Money? - Do tell
The illegal activities of Boss Tweed in New York City
Cartoon picture of FDR What does this cartoon suggest about FDR's plan to expand the Supreme Court?
The plan will allow for FDR to choose justices who agree with New Deal legislation
Picture of a women with to kids What was the purpose of photographs such as this?
To raise awareness about the plight of American Famers
In Europe, WW1 was a defensive rather than offensive war mainly due to the use of
Trenches
"I love to roam over the prairies....[B]ut when I go down to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo... We have to protect ourselves. We also have to save our country. We have to fight for what is ours" —-Chief Satanta In this quote, Chief Satanta is explaining?
Why the Native Americans resisted the white men
President Grant is remembered as a corrupt president because he?
allowed members of his administration to engage in corruption
What did Calvin Coolidge suggest when he said "The man who builds a temple"?
People who build productive businesses deserve the highest respect
"There is not among these three hundred bands of Indians one which has not suffered cruelly at the hands either of the Government or of white settlers. The poorer, the mote insignificant, the more helpless the band, the more certain the cruelty and outrage to which they have been subjected.... It makes little difference where one opens the record of the history of the Indians; every page every year has its dark stain..." —-Helen Jackson,1881 In this quote, Helen Hunt Jackson is giving her support to?
Allowing the Native Americans to continue their way of life
Which of the following was a great American war hero during WW1?
Alvin York
Map question What is the trend in the graph below- Improvements for children in the Progressive Era
Between 1870 and 1910, more children went to school and fewer children worked
Picture What event from 1929 does this photo depict?
Black Tuesday
Map question - Regions Affected by the Boxer Rebellion According to this map, which foreign country held controlling power in the port cities in the main area where the Boxer Rebellion was centered?
Britian
From which country did the rate of emigration to the United States drop between 1880 &' 1890?
France
Which reform does this statement from Jane Addams support?
Greater social acceptance of recent immigrants
What is Andreae's position on Prohibition?
He opposes it, thinking that only a minority backs Prohibition and will impose it unfairly.
"I make my money form supplying a public demand....." In this quote, what is Capone Defending?
His involvement in Bootlegging
"1918 has gone: a year momentous as the termination of the most cruel war in the annals of the human race...." to which disease does the arthur of the text refer?
Influenza
How did the Federal Government affect the practices of mining in the West?
It provided land and patents for new inventions for large mining companies
Cartoon picture of the "Oil Scandal" What is the cartoon suggesting about the Teapot Dome Scandal?
It would have a significant impact on the Harding Presidency
What is G.Harding's presidential administration mainly remembered for?
Its internal corruption
"Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is not precedent in the history of the world; our annual agricultural productions amount to billons of dollars in value, which must, within a few weeks or months, be exchanged for billons of dollars' worth of commodities consumed in their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, the impoverishment of the producing class. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with the terms of our platform..." —-Preamble, Populist Platform Which solution did the Populists propose to solve the problem of crop prices not meeting their cost of production?
Minting silver coinage to increase inflation
Map question - 1900s Migration Corridors According to this map, in which migration corridor did populations move from urban to rural locations?
None
What "Ocean possession" is Beveridge referring to in this statement?
The Philippines
Picture of women These women have gathered to promote
The banning of alcohol sale and prodocution
Which of the following did the National Reclamation Act of 1902 led to?
The contraction of the Hoover Dam
How did the U.S government encourage American Industry in the late nineteenth century?
by enacting protective tariffs
To which industry in the late 1800s does this political cartoon allude?
journalism
John Wanamaker changed consumer culture by
offering free delivery to rural areas
One of the most important pieces of the New Deal labor legislation, the Wagner Act
recognized the right for employees to join labor unions and bargain collectively
Which type of people were most likely to support the Populist Party in the 1890s?
small farmers
What was a goal of the War Industries Board during WW1?
to regulate industries related to the war effort
As a whole, the presidents of the Gilded Age could be best described as
weak