AMH1020 1/2
Panama's 1903 revolution against Colombia was a spontaneous event in which the United States played absolutely no role. True or False?
False (instigator)
The U.S. economy grew very little between 1878 and 1893. True or False?
False (it did well)
President Garfield was known to be paranoid and employed more than 50 Secret Service officers to work at the White House on an annual basis. True or False?
False (lax on security)
Abraham Lincoln selected Andrew Johnson to be his Vice-President because they had similar upbringings and were a lot alike, politically and philosophically. True or False?
False (opposites)
During Hayes' Administration, the first lady was nicknamed "Lemonade Lucy" because she always served lemonade to guests at the White House. True or False?
False (she banned lemonade)
The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites. True or False?
False (stricter)
President Wilson faced two crisis during the summer of 1914. The emergence of World War I and the near collapse of the American economy.
False (war and death of wife)
Most of the U.S. casualties in the Spanish-American War were the result of battlefield wounds. True or False?
False (yellow fever)
The Republican Party selected Warren G. Harding as its presidential candidate in 1920 because he was a tough, hard-nosed, competent leader.
False - controllable
Which state was the first to reorganize under President Lincoln's policy for reconstruction?
Louisiana
During the onset of World War I, the Austria-Hungarian Empire held ____________ responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Serbia
President Garfield took on the issue of Civil Service Reform and challenged the old system by taking on the powerful...
New York Senator, Roscoe Conkling
What did President Garfield try to do as a politician?
Please everyone
_________ dictated the post-war details and formally ended the Great War.
Treaty of Versailles
When WWI began Russia was part of the
Triple Entente (the Allies)
Although primarily a passenger liner, the British ship Lusitania was transporting munitions from New York to Great Britain when the Germans sank it.
True
Andrew Johnson was the first American President to gain the office by virtue of an assassination. True of False?
True
As President, Andrew Johnson vetoed more bills than any other president before him. True of False?
True
By the time Lincoln was inaugurated as President in March 1861, seven southern states had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. True or False?
True
Following the war with Spain in 1898, American became an imperial power.
True
Franklin Roosevelt selected Francis Perkins as his Secretary of Labor. This marked the first time a female was selected as a secretary.
True
Grover Cleveland became the first and only President to get married in the White House. True or False?
True
Part of what made Charles Lindbergh so popular was that he achieved his feat on his own.
True
President Harding's administration is most remembered for scandals and corruption.
True
The Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect on January 1, 1863, did not free all the slaves in the U.S.
True
The United States gave up ownership and control of the Panama Canal in the year 2000. True or False?
True
The term "Gilded Age" was coined by Mark Twain. True or False?
True
The women's suffrage movement regained momentum after Carrie Chapman Catt became president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1915. True or False?
True
What was the main reason for an easy U.S. victory Spanish-American War?
US naval superiority
After a Union victory at Vicksburg, MS, Lincoln named __________ the supreme commander of the Union forces.
Ulysses S. Grant
Which of the following was not a part of the postwar period in the United States?
a decline in the number of Americans who owned stocks
It is true that Warren G. Harding was
a handsome, genial political hack whose administration was riddled with corruption
Andrew Johnson was...
a southern Democrat, supporter of yeomen farmers, and the only senator from a Confederate state that did support the Confederacy
Booker T Washington's message was that African Americans should
accept segregation and disfranchisement and focus their energies instead on self-help and self improvement.
Capitalists, in the 1920s, boasted they had created a People's Capitalism that would
allow everyone to have a share of luxuries. narrow the gap between the rich and poor. banish poverty. allow all Americans to participate
"Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press"...
featured shocking and sensational stories designed to appeal to a mass audience.
Germany's airships were used to
float over areas and drop bombs
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to
fly solo across the atlantic
The peace treaty negotiated by the Allies
forced Germany to accept total responsibility for the war
The first American settlement house was...
founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, in Chicago.
The modern civil rights movement began with the...
founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
World War I is known as the first truly
global war
Economically, the 1920s was a period of
growth, prosperity, and unprecedented productivity.
While President Harding was at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco
he had a heart attack and died.
When President Wilson arrived in Europe to attend the peace conference
he was met by huge crowds who hailed him as a savior.
The battle of Verdun became a symbol of French
heroic resistance
Which of the following reasons did reconstruction end?
high costs and taxes of reconstruction and white Southerners could not accept African Americans exercising basic civil rights, holding office, or voting
Lincoln's statement that "this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free" is known to history as his...
house divide speech.
The concept of colonization to benefit the mother country is called
imperialism
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was...
in retaliation for his opposition to congressional reconstruction.
With the rise of mass marketing in the 1920s advertising professionals believed they were helping people to manage their lives by
increasing satisfaction and pleasure
Spanish minister to Washington, Depuy de Lome outraged U.S. public opinion when he
insulted McKinley
Woodrow Wilson's obsession after World War I was
league of nations
The railroad strike of 1877...
led many cities to construct armories.
Nationalism is a belief that
loyalty to one's nation and its political goals are most important.
In the Gilded Age the most important advertising medium was...
magazines
President Woodrow Wilson said America was entering the war to
make the world safe for democracy
The 15th Amendment prohibited states from denying _____ the right to vote.
men
The glorification of arms strength and the idea that might makes right is called
militarism
What finally put an end to the Great Depression?
mobilization for WW2
The term "flapper" referred to
modern, single, women who smoked and wore short dresses.
After leaving the presidency, Taft achieved his lifelong dream of being
named Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Theodore Roosevelt's environmental policy reflected his belief that...
national forests and wildlife should be preserved for future generations.
Which public statement did President Theodore Roosevelt come to regret?
not to seek reelection
The Interstate Commerce Act...
outlawed unfair pricing activities on the part of railroads.
In the Treaty of Paris of 1898, the United States
paid $20 million for the Philippines.
Which of the following did not play a role in the United States going to war against Spain in 1898?
persecution of Christians in Cuba
The Progressives joined forces with the Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon league in order to...
persuade the nation to accept Prohibition
Abraham Lincoln earned the nickname "Honest Abe" while...
practicing law in Springfield.
The Progressives introduced the _____ to undermine the power of party bosses.
primary
William McKinley ordered the Maine into Havana's harbor in order to
protect US citizens in Cuba
As a result of the Scopes trial,
publishers eliminated references to Darwin's theories from science textbooks.
_____ laws were meant to disfranchise citizens who showed no interest in voting.
registration
The introduction of the Australian ballot...
required voters to vote in private rather than in public
The sinking of the Lusitania caused America to
rethink neutrality policy
President Calvin Coolidge had a unique way of exercising. His method included
riding a mechanical bull
Southern Whites who helped the Republicans during Reconstruction were called _____ by southern Democrats.
scalawags
In the Teapot Dome scandal, Harding's
secretary of the interior took bribes and awarded fraudulent leases to oil companies.
In the late 19th century, Americans became interested in extending their country's influence abroad in all of the following ways...
selling goods overseas overseas business and trade imperial expansion missionary trips
Harding's "Ohio Gang" gained notoriety for
selling government appointments and judicial pardons.
What was it that William McKinley could not control during his early tenure as president?
sensational stories published in the newspapers
President Wilson was the first democrat to win reelection
since andrew jackson
Which safety-net program was created under FDR's New Deal?
social security
Which of the following was created in the decades following the Civil War?
symphonies opera companies public libraries museums
Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a _________________ in the oval office at the White House
telephone
President Hayes was the first president to have a ____________ in the White House.
telephone
The Teller Amendment declared
that the United States would not use war to acquire Cuban territory
According to the armistice that ended hostilities in Cuba, Spain relinquished its claims to all of the following except...
the Philippines
During which listed period was democracy most prevalent for the entirety of the American population?
the Reconstruction
Lincoln, as a Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846, was unpopular with Illinois voters for his strong stance against...
the U.S. war with Mexico.
All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s
the automobile made vacations and camping trips popular. advertising increased consumer demand. women were encouraged to use cosmetics. new appliances eased the burden of housework
According to the video, President Harding's most important achievement was
the budget and accounting act of 1921.
Marcus Garvey was
the founder of a black separatist organization
The bulk of U.S. war financing came from
the sale of bonds
Woodrow Wilson was the first sitting president to travel
to Europe
Woodrow Wilson is the only president
to have a PhD
Rutherford Hayes was the first president to travel...
to the west coast
To avoid being caught in deadly machine-gun fire, troops practiced
trench warfare
By 1929, as many as 7 million Americans, most of them people of ordinary, middle-class means, owned stock.
true
During FDR's presidency, most people were not aware that he had polio and was confined to a wheelchair.
true
Franklin Roosevelt was a "C" student at Harvard University.
true
Herbert Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi River.
true
The Sedition and Espionage Act was signed into law by President Wilson and made it a crime to maliciously speak against the government.
true
Warren Harding was elected President of the United States on his birthday.
true
Woodrow Wilson's only elected position prior to the presidency was his election as Governor of New Jersey.
true
As a result of military alliances, Europe was divided into
two hostile camps
Ulysses S. Grant was guilty of...
unwise appointments of public officials.
In Tocqueville's America...
very few Americans lived in cities. people worked for themselves. the majority of white males owned property. most Americans lived on farms.
Alfred Thayer Mahan...
was an imperialist whose book showed how the United States could become a world power.
The Spanish-American War...
was short and successful for US
Radical Republicans objected to Lincoln's initial Reconstruction plan because it...
was too lenient and restored the political rights of white men who had fought against the Union.
The nation's time zones...
were initially created by a consortium of railroads.
Germany's airships were called
zepplins
The 1896 election was unexciting and attracted little voter interest. True or False?
False (high voter interest)
Under the U.S. Constitution, impeachment by the House removes an official from office. True or False?
False (impeachment is only to formally charge)
Author H.W. Brands explains in the video that if a single person pushed America into war with Spain it would be
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's favorite foreign policy slogan was
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
After Wilson's and Roosevelt's tenures in office, which of the following statements could not be said to be true?
"Trusts" still monopolized the US economy.
What did President Lincoln say the Union must experience during his Gettysburg Address?
"a new birth of freedom"
Lincoln gained national fame after he defeated Stephen Douglas in a U.S. Senate election following a series of famous debates, known as the Lincoln/Douglas debates. True or False?
False (did not win election)
What was were accomplishments of Chester Arthur?
- He signed a federal law stating that government jobs should be awarded based on merit. - He advanced the building and enlargement of the U.S. Navy. - He routinely enjoyed afternoon walks and indulging in wine and shopping. - He was known to be a bit lazy while serving as President.
Progressives wanted to do all of the following...
- discourage gambling. - cleanse politics of corruption. - fight against drinking. - tame the power of the "trusts."
All of the following were part of the Fourteenth Amendment:
1) created a constitutional definition of citizenship. 2)gave all citizens equal protection of the law. 3)disqualified a significant number of ex-Confederates from holding office. 4)gave Congress broad powers to enforce the amendment.
The western front largely became a stalemate with trenches stretching an estimated __________ miles.
1,000
The United States emerged as a world power following the Spanish-American War. When did the Spanish-American end?
1898
As an environmentalist, President Roosevelt cared deeply about the American landscape. By the end of Roosevelt's term, he had preserved around ____________ acres of land.
230 million
How many slaves were freed following the Civil War?
4 million
During President Cleveland's administration, capitalism was at its most divisive, with 1/8 of the population owning_______ of the wealth.
7/8
Muckraking was coined by...
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant depended on this group for his presidential victory in 1868.
African Americans
The richest and most feared gangster in America during Prohibition was
Al Capone
President Grant's adminstration experienced several scandals during his tenure as president and as a result, his presidency is ranked below average. Of the below presidents, which one would most likely be ranked lower than President Grant.
Andrew Johnson
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
The New South passed laws during Reconstruction with the purpose of restricting freedom and rights for African-Americans. The laws were modified from those of the Old South, changing the word "slave to the word "negro". What were these laws called?
Black Codes
The American Expeditionary Force arrived too late to prevent the surrender of Paris to the Germans in early 1918
False (did prevent)
Who was the author of the utopian romance Looking Backward?
Edward Bellamy
Prior to the presidency, William H. Taft had distinguished himself as governor-general of Cuba.
False
The Republicans chose Teddy Roosevelt over William Taft in the Republican Primary in 1912.
False
The Wade-Davis Bill granted the franchise to black Americans. True or False?
False
Abraham Lincoln had more military and political experience than his confederate rival Jefferson Davis. True or False?
False (Davis had more experience)
President Johnson agreed with the Radical Republicans that freed slaves should be granted citizenship and the right to vote. True or False?
False (Johnson disagreed)
Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State, Samuel Chase, and Lincoln's Vice President were targeted for assassination the same night Lincoln was killed. True or False?
False (Secretary of State was Seward)
According to Historian James McPherson, during the Presidential Campaign in 1868, Ulysses Grant was heavily criticized and only well known in the North East.
False (Ulysses S. Grant was popular)
Lincoln was assassinated before his re-election as president. True or False?
False (after re-election)
The Triple-Alliance (Central Powers) had more member countries in its alliance than the The Triple Entente (the Allies). T or F?
False (allies had more)
Abraham Lincoln lived long enough to see his vision of Reconstruction carried out in the U.S. True or False?
False (assassinated first)
Teddy Roosevelt once stated he did not build the canal, he stole it. T or F?
False (created)
Lincoln graduated from law school in Illinois and practiced law in Springfield. True or False?
False (did not attend law school)
The Civil War began when the Confederates fired on the Union fleet at _______.
Fort Sumter
The largest number of battle-related deaths during the First World War occurred among
Germans
Which of the following countries was not part of the Triple Entente (the Allies) Alliance of WWI?
Germany
The United States entered the "Great War" when
Germany violated the Sussex Pledge and returned to unrestricted submarine warfare.
The ____________ is the most famous speech of Lincoln's presidency.
Gettysburg Address
By 1900, all of the following territories were included in America's South Pacific Empire...
Guam Samoa Philippines Hawaiian Islands
Abraham Lincoln was born in...
Hardin County, Kentucky
____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.
Horace Greenly
Which of the following is true regarding the Great Railroad strike of 1877?
It was the worst labor violence in US history to that time.
After reconstruction, what laws were passed with the purpose of reducing freedoms and opportunities for African Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
President Wilson gave the State of Union Address in person. He was the first to do this since president
John Adams
Which of the following did NOT occur as education reform during reconstruction?
Johnson attempted to integrate all southern schools with equal white/black enrollment
Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?
Knights of Labor
Which of the following is true about Lincoln's and Johnson's views of reconstruction?
Lincoln wanted quick and easy reunion and reconciliation, while Johnson believed the South never had the right to secede in the first place.
Which of the following bills were passed during Theodore Roosevelt's tenure in office?
Public Lands Commission Hepburn Act Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act
Which of the following was NOT a policy of the Radical Republican's 1867 Reconstruction Act?
Ratification of the 15th amendment, allowing the freedom of the vote, was mandatory.
By 1858, Lincoln left the Whig Party in order to join the...
Republican Party
Which political party was the average black citizen most likely to vote for during the reconstruction?
Republican party
Which of the following person found celebrity status in the 1920s as a result of the movies?
Rudolph Valentino
When the Austrian-Hungarian Empire went to war against Serbia,_____entered the conflict to help Serbia.
Russia
Germany's attack of both France and Belgium in 1914 is called the
Schlieffen plan.
The 1920s in American History is often remembered as a decade of indulgence and delight. Which novel authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald captured that sparkle of the 1920s?
The Great Gatsby
Muckraker Upton Sinclair published ______ in the early 1900s that created a popular outcry.
The Jungle
According to the video, what was President Grant's War on Terror?
The Ku Klux Klan
During reconstruction, what previous system did sharecropping replace?
The South's system of slavery
Which of the following is true about black politicians during the reconstruction era?
They helped lead to the allowance of Black juries and a decrease in discrimination
The winner of the 1896 presidential election was...
William McKinley.
Which of the following is not true about women during the 1920s?
Women who held the same jobs as men were just as likely to receive an increase in pay for hard work.
_______ was the first state to grant women the right to vote.
Wyoming
The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the...
armed resistance by striking steel workers.
The United States gave up ownership and control of the Panama Canal in the year 2000.
arrested for trespassing on the grounds of the capital.
When Germany renewed submarine warfare in 1917 it
assumed the U.S. would enter the war but hoped to secure victory before the U.S. could mobilize.
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution
banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
The sports figure who achieved the greatest celebrity fame in the 1920s was
baseball star babe ruth
In the Fourteen Points, Woodrow Wilson proposed that territorial settlements be
based on the principle of self-determination.
Theodore Roosevelt was given the nickname "trust buster"
because he broke up or regulated illegal monopolies.
President Harrison presided over the first ____________ dollar Congress.
billion
America's presence in Europe helped win the war because it
brought new equipment and fresh troops.
Alfred Thayer Mahan called for the United States to do all of the following...
build a canal through Central America. acquire overseas bases and colonies. modernize and enlarge its navy. acquire Hawaii
The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for...
capitalism. the gap between the rich and poor. social inequality. wage labor.
Northerners who settled in the South during Reconstruction were called...
carpetbaggers
World War I is called the first "total war" because
combatants devoted virtually all of their military, social, and industrial resources to the war.
Charles A. Lindbergh became a celebrity in the 1920s when he
completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
U.S. newspaper accounts of the Cuban-Spanish conflict
created a ground swell of support for Cuba.
_________ treaties of the European nations hastened the rush toward WWI.
defense
Clashes between enemy airplanes during WWI was called
dogfights
Benjamin Harrison was the first president to put_____________ in the White House.
electricity
The Zimmerman telegram revealed Germany's plan to
encourage Mexico to attack the Southern United States.
When the Colombian legislature rejected as insufficient President Roosevelt's offer for the canal zone, Roosevelt
encouraged Panamanians to revolt against Colombia.
In order to avoid war the United States, President McKinley made all of the following demands of Spain:
ending the fighting with the Cuban rebels. committing itself to Cuban independence. payment of an indemnity for the Maine. abandoning its concentration camps in Cuba.
In 1904, President Roosevelt issued his "corollary" in order to
ensure U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
During World War I, the complicated alliances of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were
entente: Great Britain, France, Russia; alliance: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy.
The Ford Motor Company remained the world's largest car manufacturer during the 1920s.
false
Though it never went into circulation, the $10,000 bill featured the face of Woodrow Wilson.
false (100.000)
During Woirld War I Herbert Hoover organized a relief effort that saved millions of people from starvation in war-torn Germany.
false - beligum
Franklin Roosevelt broke George Washington's precedent by serving more than two terms as Presdient. President Roosevelt went on to serve a total of 5 terms.
false - died in 4th term
As President, Calvin Coolidge had a reputation of speaking loud and often.
false - quiet
F.D.R. used television to bring the presidency closer to the people. It is estimated that as many as 60 percent of Americans tuned in for some of his fireside chats.
false - radio