History Final
Which of the following statements regarding Theodore Roosevelt is untrue? A)He had no interest in politics before running for the vice presidency. B)He was a Harvard graduate. C)He came from wealth and privilege. D)He was a man's man.
A)He had no interest in politics before running for the vice presidency
After the Civil War, what was the complaint about the federal tariff? A)It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices. B)It was not high enough. C)It was not generating enough revenue. D)It was allowing too many foreign imports into the American market. D)It was no longer needed.
A)It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices
By 1897, the United States had more of this than all the European nations combined A)Railroads B)Factories C)Bridges D)Automobiles E)Electricity-generating factories
A)Railroads
President Theodore Roosevelt's presidential plan was called the A)Square Deal. B)Final Frontier. C)Fair Deal. D)New Frontier.
A)Square Deal
What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution? A)Vast natural resources B)Socialized medicine C)An intelligent workforce D)A universal health care system E)Government-mandated quotas
A)Vast natural resources
Turner's "frontier thesis" argued that A)America's frontier had made it more democratic. B)America's frontier had made it less democratic. C)America's frontier had made it a weak country. D)America's frontier was a myth. E)America's frontier had made it less open.
A)America's frontier had made it more democratic
Which of the following did not aid the construction of taller buildings in the Gilded Age? A)Coal-burning furnaces B)Cast iron frames C)Steam radiators D)Steel frames E)Elevators
A)Coal-burning furnaces
After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language. A)English B)French C)Spanish D)German
A)English
Fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to the ______________ at the end of the 1910s. A)First Red Scare B)end of the American Socialist party C)Rise of the Populist party E)formation of the Central Intelligence Agency
A)First Red Scare
______________ and _________________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war. A)Great Britain, France B)Russia, Hungary C)United States, Great Britain D)Great Britain, Russia
A)Great Britain, France
What invention did not ease the ability of people to live outside of major urban areas yet still work there? A)Elevated steam trains B)Commuter trains C)Electric trolleys D)The automobile E)Cable cars
D)The automobile
What was a reason that married women were offered less pay during the Gilded Age? A)They were not as valuable. B)They were sharing the rent C)They didn't eat as much. D)Their husbands supported them. E)They were not as smart as men.
D)Their husbands supported them
Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it. A)recession, harness B)corruption, expand C)depression, contract D)expansion, control E)reform, counter
E)reform, counter
The so-called grandfather clause originated in what state? A)Mississippi B)Louisiana C)Georgia D)Virginia E)Alabama
B)Louisiana
The largest group employed in factories during the Gilded Age was A)children. B)African Americans. C)immigrants. D)Chinese. E)women.
C)immigrants
Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of A)poor hygiene amongst the poor. B)lack of understanding as to what caused the diseases. C)poor sanitation. D)mosquitoes. E)overcrowding.
C)poor sanitation
The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established the legal precedent of A)capital punishment. B)verticality. C)separate but equal. D)judicial review. E)separation of powers.
C)separate but equal
For a $10 million down payment, the Roosevelt administration arranged the use in perpetuity of A)Alaska. B)Wake Island. C)Guam. D)The Panama Canal.
D)The Panama Canal
During the period immediately following the Civil War, major cities in the United States A)experienced growth, sometimes up to four times their original population. B)experienced a crime wave as prohibition became legal. C)passed bonds to finance internal improvements to help rebuild their destroyed trade centers. D)suffered from the post-war recession, as factory workers returned to their farms. E)created Freedmen's Bureaus to provide economic assistance to the newly freed slaves.
A)experienced growth, sometimes up to four times their original population
The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company's industry is known as A)horizontal integration. B)a corporate-controlled market. C)vertical integration. D)an Invisible Hand market. E)a hostile takeover.
A)horizontal integration
Republican Protestants during the Gilded Age had a tendency to consider __________ the central social evil in the United States. A)saloons B)Democrats C)theaters D)brothels E)immigrants
A)saloons
A major concern toward those labeled "new immigrants" was A)that they resisted assimilation. B)that they were primarily socialists. C)that they were competing with native-born Americans for highly skilled jobs. D)that they brought with them diseases from the old world. E)that they were unwilling to work and therefore a drain on society.
A)that they resisted assimilation
The Panic of 1893 started when A)the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy. B)the Populist Party was elected to Congress and their representatives passed unfavorable laws. C)the cattle market collapsed because of the blizzard of 1892. D)the Sherman Silver Purchase Act pumped $4.5 million of silver into the market each month. E)the Texas cotton market collapsed because of drought.
A)the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy
The post-Civil War South industrialized in all of the following areas except A)the weapons industry. B)the housing industry. C)the production of iron ore. D)the coal industry. E)the tobacco industry.
A)the weapons industry
In 1900 ______ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty. A)25 million B)10 million C)43 million D)63 million
B)10 million
Many Americans in the late 19th century assumed some races, like _________, were superior and other races, like ______________, were inferior. A)French, English B)Anglo-Saxons, Indians C)English, Spanish D)Indians, Africans
B)Anglo-Saxons, Indians
The "frontier thesis" focused primarily on A)Indian men. B)Christian white men. C)black women. D)white women. E)Indian women.
B)Christian white men
What is the term given to describe the ability of companies to afford technological improvements and the workforces to propel them into the modern age? A)Innovation B)Economies of scale C)Invisible hand theory D)The American system E)Rugged industrialism
B)Economies of scale
After the Second Industrial Revolution, corporations tried their hands at A)Mining. B)Farming. C)Politics. D)Manufacturing. E)Oil drilling.
B)Farming
This early union was more interested in working to craft state laws important to their members than directly bargaining with employers. A)American Steel Worker's Union B)National Labor Union C)Knights of Labor D)American Federation of Labor E)The Workingmen's Movement
B)National Labor Union
Ratified in 1920, the ________________ rewarded women who had worked so hard during the Great War with the right to vote. A)Fourteenth Amendment B)Nineteenth Amendment C)Eighteenth Amendment D)Thirteenth Amendment
B)Nineteenth Amendment
The first monopoly broken up by President Theodore Roosevelt was A)General Electric. B)Northern Securities Company. C)American Oil Corporation. D)IGN Railroad.
B)Northern Securities Company
Perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the Gilded Age was the assassination of A)J. P. Morgan. B)President Garfield. C)J. D. Salinger. D)President Grant. E)President Roosevelt.
B)President Garfield
The _______________________ were a special regiment made up of good shots and good riders that Theodore Roosevelt joined during the War of 1898. A)Tough Riders B)Rough Riders C)Centurions D)Rowdies
B)Rough Riders
This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of the "Kingdom of God." A)Social engineering B)Social gospel C)Social security D)Social capitalism
B)Social gospel
The first "progressive" president was A)William McKinley. B)Theodore Roosevelt. C)Warren G. Harding. D)Woodrow Wilson.
B)Theodore Roosevelt
After living for a time in the West, Theodore Roosevelt maintained that Indians were A)much oppressed. B)a "lesser race." C)treated unfairly by the United States government. D)equal to whites.
B)a "lesser race"
The Legal Tender Act of 1862 A)led to the depression of 1872. B)allowed for the printing of paper currency. C)called for the coinage of money in gold and silver. D)forbade the printing of paper currency. E)called for the coinage of money in gold.
B)allowed for the printing of paper currency
Because of the Roosevelt-Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to A)not seek a third term in office. B)break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office. C)refuse to return to the United States while Taft was still president. D)not nominate Taft to be chief justice.
B)break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office
President Cleveland made the Panic of 1893 worse by A)abolishing the spoils system. B)convincing Congress to switch back to only minting gold. C)allowing the government to default on their deficit. D)refusing to honor their debt with England. E)buying more silver and putting it into the market.
B)convincing Congress to switch back to only minting gold
According to your textbook, after the Civil War, Americans generally favored ___________________ in foreign policy. A)world domination B)isolationism C)careful expansion into Europe D)rapid expansion around the globe
B)isolationism
During the Great War, the Espionage and Sedition Acts A)was used by Wilson against Democrats. B)stifled free speech. C)sent convicted spies to Canada. D)deported thousands of Mexicans to Mexico.
B)stifled free speech
Need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at A)McCall's magazine publisher. B)the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. C)George Pullman's factory in Philadelphia. D)United States Steel manufacturing.
B)the Triangle Shirtwaist factory
Populism was based on the idea that A)America was under foreign influence politically. B)the common man should have more of a say in politics. C)the rich were more qualified to be politicians. D)America was run by freedmen. E)politicians were well qualified to rule.
B)the common man should have more of a say in politics
Part of Wilson's anti-trust program was A)the creation of the Bureau of Corporations. B)the creation of the Federal Trade Commission. C)the reenactment of the Bank of the United States. D)the abolishment of the Railroad Commission.
B)the creation of the Federal Trade Commission
Which statement regarding the crop-lien system is most accurate? A)The system helped poor blacks. B)The system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair. C)The system was efficient and fair. D)The system worked well for all. E)The system was inefficient.
B)the system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair
The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat in ________________; the United States entered the Great War officially in _______________. A)1914, 1917 B)1917, 1918 C)1915, 1917 D)1915, 1918
C)1915, 1917
Eugene V. Debs and the ___________ became famous during the ____________. A)International Workers of the World, Anthracite Coal Mine Strike B)Pinkerton Agency, Homestead Steel Strike C)American Railway Union, Pullman Strike D)Workingmen's Union, Sandlot Incident E)Knights of Labor, Haymarket Riot
C)American Railway Union, Pullman Strike
Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money? A)Shipper B)Land developer C)Banker D)Farmer E)Rancher
C)Banker
What invention spurred the industrial and urban development? A)Subway system B)Elevators C)Electricity D)Steel factories E)Coal-burning furnaces
C)Electricity
Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives? A)Effective regulation of businesses B)Better lives for Americans C)Equality for minorities D)Efficient government
C)Equality for minorities
Who is best associated with the Hull House? A)Angela Sims B)Upton Sinclair C)Jane Addams D)Ida Tarbell
C)Jane Addams
_____________________ was the name given to the violent racism against successful blacks that appeared in late 19th century. A)Racism B)Prejudice C)Negrophobia D)Jim Crow E)Segregation
C)Negrophobia
Which political party during the Gilded Age promoted the plight of miners and farmers? A)Republicans B)Progressives C)Populists D)Democrats E)Mugwumps
C)Populists
_______________ are the payment of money for war damages. A)Tariffs B)Taxes C)Reparations D)Retributions
C)Reparations
The ______________________ in foreign policy asserted the United States' right to intervene in Latin American nation to prevent others from doing so. A)Monroe Doctrine B)Teller Amendment C)Roosevelt Corollary D)Roosevelt Amendment
C)Roosevelt Corollary
Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which industry? A)Railroad B)Iron C)Steel D)Oil E)Banking
C)Steel
Which of the following was not a reason to move to the cities during the Gilded Age? A)The introduction of agricultural machinery made it possible for one farmer to do more. B)Cities sprung up around major landmarks, like mines and rail yards. C)Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs. D)The demand for jobs occurred in urban areas, thus causing people to move there. E)Life was more exciting in cities.
C)Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs
After the Civil War, how did Congress often finance its economic plans? A)The printing of paper money B)Raising the income tax rate C)Through the gifts of free land D)Raising the tariff rate E)Foreign loans
C)Through the gifts of free land
This lowered tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War. A)Federal Reserve Act B)Dingley Tariff C)Underwood-Simmons Tariff D)Mongrel Tariff
C)Underwood-Simmons Tariff
As America developed industrially, it needed access to all of the following raw materials except A)rubber. B)tin. C)aluminum. D)copper.
C)aluminum
The reason that Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1912 was A)because the people were tired of Republican presidents. B)because the voters knew Wilson would not take them to war in Europe. C)because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote. D)that he ran a better campaign than his opponents.
C)because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote
The biggest stumbling block to progressivism during the Progressive Era was A)Congress. B)the president. C)big business. D)state legislatures.
C)big business
As a result of the publication of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, the United States A)increased the size of the army. B)developed the torpedo. C)built eleven new steel battleships. D)built eleven new destroyers.
C)built eleven new steel battleships
Because of President Arthur's reform programs A)he lost his attempt to win a second term. B)he was not chosen by the Democrats as their candidate for a second term. C)he was not chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for a second term. D)he was elected to another term. E)he was the first president to win a third term.
C)he was not chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for a second term
President Taft won office because A)the democrats ran an unknown candidate for office. B)he ran on an anti-reform ticket. C)he was supported by Roosevelt. D)he was the only candidate who ran for office.
C)he was supported by Roosevelt
As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain received $20 million from the United States in return for all of the following territories except A)Puerto Rico, Guam, and Wake Island. B)the Philippines, Guam, and the Dominican Republic. C)the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. D)the Dominican Republic, Guam, and Wake Island.
C)the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
According to your textbook, at the very end of the War of 1898 A)the Philippines was an American territory. B)the Philippines was given back to Spain. C)the status of the Philippines was unresolved. D)the Philippines was an American colony.
C)the status of the Philippines was unresolved
The Homestead Strike ended with A)the Pinkerton Detective Agency being hired to break up the strike. B)the abolishment of immigrant labor at the plant. C)the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned. D)the establishment of an 8-hour day. E)a 10 percent raise in pay for all piece work.
C)the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned
By the 1890s, the largest ethnic population in Hawaii was A)Haoles. B)English. C)Americans. D)Asians.
D)Asians
_______________________ was the leader of the Filipino nationalists during the War of 1898. A)Theodore Roosevelt B)Caesar Chavez C)William McKinley D)Emilio Aguinaldo
D)Emilio Aguinaldo
During the Progressive Era, who was considered a leading reformer? A)Samuel Gompers B)Upton Sinclair C)Willa Cather D)Jane Addams
D)Jane Addams
Which of the following is an example of a land grant college? A)University of Texas B)Sam Houston State University C)University of Southern California D)Kansas State University E)Harvard
D)Kansas State University
John D. Rockefeller is best associated with which industry? A)Banking B)Steel C)Railroad D)Oil E)Iron
D)Oil
The end of the Pullman Strike came when A)Eugene V. Debs was thrown in jail for his communist beliefs. B)the Haymarket Riot killed the Knights of Labor union and they could no longer fund it. C)the Supreme Court ruled that unions did not have federally protected civil rights. D)President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks. E)the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in to bust up the strike.
D)President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks
Which of the following was not a reform advocated by the Knights of Labor? A)Paper currency B)Equal pay for men and women C)Creation of workers cooperatives D)Providing access to jobs for reformed convicts E)An 8-hour workday
D)Providing access to jobs for reformed convicts
In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the A)Free Market Act. B)Terrell Act. C)Interstate Commerce Act. D)Sherman Anti-Trust Act. E)Merrill Enforcement Act.
D)Sherman Anti-Trust Act
In the cities, what helped spur the development of professional sporting events? A)The rise of the sports sections in newspapers B)Radio broadcasts C)Public organizers D)Streetcars E)Mass media campaigns
D)Streetcars
What incident set off the Taft-Roosevelt feud? A)Roosevelt's refusal to follow the two-term tradition B)The abolishment of slavery C)The loss of the Lusitania and Taft's refusal to declare war on Germany D)The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
D)The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson's involvement in negotiating an end to the Great War is incorrect? A)Wilson's efforts were clumsy at best. B)Wilson ignored Republicans. C)Wilson urged the election of a Democratic Congress. D)Wilson was very popular among Republican congressmen.
D)Wilson was very popular among Republican congressman
Which of the following was not an example of a group created during the Progressive Era to promote social justice? A)General Federation of Women's Club B)Women's Christian Temperance Union C)Chicago Women's Club D)Young Women's Christian Association
D)Young Women's Christian Association
The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for A)direct election of senators. B)prohibition. C)universal suffrage for women. D)an income tax.
D)an income tax
Americans at the turn of the century generally felt safe because of all of the following reasons except A)the Pacific Ocean. B)militarily weak neighbors. C)the Atlantic Ocean. D)atomic technology.
D)atomic technology
In 1919, the same year the Great War officially concluded, the United States saw all of the following except A)women's suffrage. B)race riots. C)terrorist bombings. D)full employment.
D)full employment
The United States government encouraged western settlement by doing all of the following except A)the construction of transcontinental railroads. B)offering low price land to railroad companies. C)distributing land at low cost to miners. D)giving land to former slaves. E)military conquest of the Indians.
D)giving land to former slaves
Miners were drawn to Nevada's Comstock Lode by the discovery of _____________ there in the 1850s. A)iron B)copper C)coal D)gold E)silver
D)gold
Which of the following industries was the United States not a world leader in by 1900? A)Oil B)steel C)cotton D)gold E)Wheat
D)gold
Which of the following industries was the United States not a world leader in by 1900? A)cotton B)steel C)Wheat D)gold E)Oil
D)gold
The cash crop that made Hawaii valuable to the United States was A)palm oil. B)pineapple. C)macadamia nuts. D)sugar cane.
D)sugar cane
The Knights of Labor's decline began because of its perceived involvement in A)the Sandlot Incident. B)abolishing child labor. C)the Pinkerton Agency. D)the Haymarket Riot. E)the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
D)the Haymarket Riot
Which of the following was developed before the Civil War? A)Steam turbines B)Vacuum cleaner C)Typewriters D)Telephone E)Cotton gin
E)Cotton gin
What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age? A)The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote. B)The Supreme Court ruled that property cannot vote. C)Congress passed a law giving them the right to vote for president. D)The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment removed their right to vote. E)Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote.
E)Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote
____________________________ argued that the black response to racial prejudice should be "ceaseless agitation." A)Henry Smith B)Alfred Waddell C)James Plunkett D)Booker T. Washington E)W.E.B. Du Bois
E)W.E.B. Du Bois
One of the biggest political issues of the late 19th century was A)immigration issues. B)civil rights issues. C)tariff issues. D)pension issues for Civil War veterans. E)monetary issues.
E)monetary issues
Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked A)in a textile factory. B)in a mine. C)on a ship. D)in a lumberyard. E)on a farm.
E)on a farm
Thanks to the electrical light, A)more shifts were possible for more pay. B)more immigrants were hired to fill vacancies. C)factories made more light bulbs. D)unskilled workers could go to college in the evenings and learn a skill. E)owners made their workers work longer.
E)owners made their workers work longer
Advocates of a New South believed that A)the South should focus on cotton production. B)the South did not need to change. C)the South needed racial equality. D)the South should remain exclusively agricultural. E)the South needed to embrace new technologies
E)the South needed to embrace new technologies
Examples of Jim Crow segregation include all of the following except A)blacks-only water fountains. B)blacks-only cemeteries. C)blacks-only restrooms. D)blacks-only railroad cars. E)the grandfather clause.
E)the grandfather clause
When one company buys everything needed to produce, market, and deliver their product, they have participated in A)a hostile takeover. B)horizontal integration. C)an Invisible Hand market. D)a corporate-controlled market. E)vertical integration.
E)vertical integration
The practice by Republicans of reminding voters who caused the Civil War was known as A)patronage. B)memorialization. C)abolitionism. D)remembrance. E)waving the bloody shirt.
E)waiving the bloody shirt
