HY 136 Cooke | Test 1 Study Guide Multiple Choice
10. The word "suffrage" refers to a. The vote b. Suffering experienced at the hands of politicians c. The 19th century novel d. The fumes from a new Ford automobile
A
15. Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism as espoused by William Graham Sumner? a. State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak b. Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate c. Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable as facts d. Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution
A
16. Which of the following groups was the most radical? a. Knights of Labor b. American Federation of Labor c. Congress of Industrial Organizations d. United Auto Workers Union
A
20. The Civil War in the United States took place between a. 1861-1865 b. 1898 c. 1914-1918 d. 1917-1918
A
33. What was the purpose of the Dawes General Allotment Act? a. Splintered vast Native American reservations into individual family homesteads b. Determined the amount of land that would be given to each major railroad company c. Modified the original Homestead Act to increase land available to private settlers d. All of the above
A
35. In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry? a. Chicago b. New York c. St. Louis d. Dallas
A
38. Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party? a. Democratic Party b. Republican Party c. Progressive Party d. Immigrant voters were nearly equally divided in their party allegiance
A
42. What was the most important aspect of the southern economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? a. Agriculture b. Textile mills c. Tobacco production d. Furniture making
A
46. Which ethnic group faced the most rigid immigration restrictions? a. Chinese b. Italians c. Irish d. Jews
A
48. How did southern reformers seek to combat corruption? a. Disenfranchising black voters b. Invoking the Fifteenth Amendment in legal cases c. Passing campaign finance reform d. Southern reformers did not show a concern with corruption
A
50. Which of the following definition best describes the work of muckrakers? a. Investigative journalists b. Organized crime hitmen c. Social workers d. Legislators who defended lynching
A
53. Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? a. Unsafe working conditions b. Racial violence c. Corrupt law enforcement d. Union protests
A
55. W. E. B. Du Bois, founder the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, broke with his former mentor Booker T. Washington because, Du Bois believed that Washington . a. Was not bold enough b. Was too radical c. Was corrupt and immoral d. Lacked the skills to organize a large movement
A
59. What was the Zimmerman Telegram? a. A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if Mexico would side with Germany in WWI b. The means by which European nations learned of the Russian Revolution and the collapse of Czar Nicholas II c. The misinterpreted message from the Ottoman Empire that resulted in the Ottomans siding with the Triple Entente d. The means by which the American people learned of the sinking of the Lusitania
A
6. The Progressive Era best describes a. The politics and reform in the United States from about 1900-1915 b. A period that coerced many Americans and immigrants into confirming to WASP standards c. Efforts to decrease the power of monopolies in the United States during the early 20th century d. All of the above
A
65. Warren G. Harding won office by campaigning on which theme a. A return to normalcy b. An era of innovation c. Growing civil society d. Extending American liberty
A
67. The Teapot Dome Scandal sent several prominent members of the which presidential administration to jail? a. Harding b. T. Roosevelt c. Coolidge d. Hoover
A
77. The environmental catastrophe of the Great Depression was partly the result of agricultural mismanagement. Which of the following was the most consequential example of this mismanagement? a. Farmers plowed up natural ground cover to grow more crops, cover that had taken ages to form in the relatively dry sates of the Plains b. Creating excessive windbreaks which ironically enhanced windstorms c. Insufficient irrigation d. Excessive fertilization that poisoned groundwater
A
69. What percent of married women worked outside of the home in the 1920s? a. 10% b. 25% c. 50% d. 80%
A 10%
1. The Homestead Act of 1862 was important because it a. Provided an official title to 160 acre plots of land b. Allowed people to move West c. Increased tension between indigenous peoples and settlers, leading to death and destruction d. All of the above
A All three
56. Which of the following environmental thinkers advocated preservation rather than conservation? a. John Miur b. Gifford Pinchot c. Alice Hamilton d. All of the above
A John Miur
70. A vibrant homosexual culture developed during the 1920s in which American city? a. New York b. Boston c. Los Angeles d. San Francisco
A New York
76. How did the Federal Reserve respond to the financial collapse? a. Overcorrected by raising interest rates and tightening credit b. Flooded the market with low interest rates, increasing inflation c. The Federal Reserve did not take any consequential action d. Raised interest rates but increased subsidies for lenders
A Overcorrected by raising interest rates and tightening credit
22. The Spanish American War took place between a. 1861-1865 b. 1898 c. 1914-1918 d. 1917-1918
B
23. The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over strikes and lockouts a. 500 b. 1,200 c. 8,000 d. 20,000
B
24. Why were southerners unable to maintain unity in the People's Party? a. Lack of coordination b. Racial conflict c. Economic depression d. Ideological conflict between leaders of the party
B
32. Which group received more land from the government? a. Homesteading families b. Railroad companies c. Both received nearly equal an equal amount d. Neither group received land from the government
B
34. What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis?" a. An argument that European socialism had created an opportunity for the United States to create an international empire b. American culture was forged by the struggle between civilized settlers and savage frontier life, giving it a democratic and hardworking spirit c. The belief that Manifest Destiny was an immoral reading of scripture d. All of the above
B
41. What was the Lost Cause? a. A belief that the South could never have won the war because northern soldiers exerted greater virtue and courage b. A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves c. The belief among northerners that southerners would never accept racial equality d. All of the above
B
5. "American Empire" refers to American efforts to a. Rule over Denmark b. Enact what they believed was the "White Man's Burden" c. Follow Turner's instructions regarding the American Frontier d. Install electricity across the United States
B
51. What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson? a. Habeas corpus b. Separate but equal c. No taxation without representation d. Lynch law
B
52. Theodore Roosevelt first gained fame as a trustbuster by attacking which monopoly in 1902? a. Standard Oil b. Northern Securities c. J.P. Morgan Chase d. General Electric
B
54. Who advocated racial accommodationism? a. W.E.B. DuBois b. Booker T. Washington c. Eugene Debs d. Ida B. Wells
B
8. The 1920s in the United States are often called the "New Era" because a. It successfully went back to what Warren Harding called "normalcy" b. It featured what some at the time called the "new woman," the "new Negro," the flapper, and the Jazz Age c. The world had been made safe for democracy d. Of the closing of the frontier
B
71. One of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Rennaissance wrote that "we are achieving something like a spiritual emancipation." Who was this intellectual? a. Langston Hughes b. Alain Locke c. W.E.B. DuBois d. Zora Neale Hurston
B Alain Locke
78. Upon assuming office, how did Roosevelt respond to the collapsing bank system? a. Waited for the Glass-Steagall Banking Act to take effect in June and then enforced new regulation b. Declared a bank holiday and then pushed through the Emergency Banking Act c. Closed all banks until the economy recovered from the Great Depression d. Invested major public funds on the day after his inauguration to stabilize the banking systems
B Declared a bank holiday and pushed through the emergency banking act
79. What did the Works Progress Administration do? a. Gave grants to private corporations to build new manufacturing plants, thereby creating new manufacturing jobs b. Put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments c. Coordinated employment through a new bureaucracy in attempt to discourage racial discrimination in hiring d. Dismantled the first public housing program in favor of privatizing low income housing
B Put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments
3. The phrase "the 19th century" refers to what time period? a. The 1700s b. The 1800s c. The 1900s d. The 2000s
B The 1800s
58. Where did Germany first invade? a. Russia b. Belgium c. Denmark d. Germany waited to be invaded and then responded with a series of counter-attacks
B belgium
31. Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West? a. St. Louis b. Chicago c. Cincinnati d. Memphis
B chicago
73. Two events are widely credited with inspiring the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. One is the lynching of Leo Frank. What was the second? a. Death of Colonel William Joseph Simmons b. The release of the film The Birth of the Nation c. End of World War I d. Creation of a Women's Auxiliary in Indianapolis, Indiana
B the release of The Birth of the Nation
66. The National Origins Act restricted the number of immigrants from any given country to percent of the number of current Americans from that country a. One b. Two c. Five d. Ten
B. Two
11. Choose the option that matches the same time period described by the 1900s a. The eighteenth century b. The nineteenth century c. The twentieth century d. Autumn
C
13. What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers? a. The turn to skilled labor b. Increased international demand c. The adoption of interchangeable parts d. Government loans
C
14. By 1913, the United States produced of the world's industrial output. a. half b. Ten percent c. one-third d. 90 percent
C
17. One decade equals how many years? a. One b. Two c. Ten d. One hundred
C
18. One century equals how many years? a. One b. Ten c. One Hundred d. One Thousand
C
25. Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the Gold Standard? a. He owned a controlling interest in a silver mining firm b. He wanted to decrease inflation to stabilize the economy c. He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of farmers debts d. He believed that the Gold Standard was inhibiting American exports
C
30. What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River War? a. They had no demands. The official policy of the U.S. government was to call for the extinction of the Comanche b. The Comanche were instructed to worship the Christian God and renounce their traditional spiritual practices c. The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government reservations d. The Red River War did not involve the Comanche
C
45. Women participated in the global influence of the United States in many ways, including as all of the following EXCEPT a. Missionaries b. Teachers c. Diplomats d. Medical professionals
C
47. How did progressive Democrats in the South seek to solve the problems of racial strife? a. Advocating for equal access to education for all b. Seeking to dismantle Jim Crow laws c. Legislating segregation d. All of the above
C
9. The phrase "The Great Depression" refers to 1930s America, a time in which a. A meteor fell to the earth, wiped out the dinosaurs, and left a big "depression" in Yellowstone national park b. The United States alone fought terrible economic times while other nations thrived c. The United States joined the rest of the world in terrible economic times d. The power of the nuclear bomb because known for the first time ever
C
72. Marcus Garvey created a movement encouraging black Americans to migrate to Africa. To do this he created which of the following: a. A new immigration-friendly government in Ghana b. A church that spread throughout the United States and the Caribbean c. A shipping company called the Black Star Line d. A widely circulated newspaper called The Crisis that promulgated his ideas
C A shipping company called the black star line
7. During the Great War, the United States a. Eagerly joined in so that it could prove itself as a world power b. Supported Germany and Italy because of all its Italian immigrants c. Attempted to maintain an Isolationist stance d. Jumped in immediately after the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898.
C Attempted to maintain an isolationist stance
64. What was the Red Summer of 1919? a. Communist revolts in Eastern Europe b. A failed communist revolution in Mexico c. Racial violence in twenty-five American cities d. All of the above
C Racial violence in twenty five american cities
60. How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. DuBois respond to the war? a. Opposed the war as an example of American imperialism b. Supporter the war effort and lobbied to include black soldiers in front-line combat positions c. Supported the war, but did not want to see black soldiers in dangerous combat positions d. Remained silent, neither supporting nor opposing the war effort
C Supported but didn't want to see black soldiers in dangerous combat situations
81. What was FDR's "court-packing scheme" a. An attempt to unseat justices who ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional b. The use of legal language in legislation to nullify the ability of the Supreme Court to overrule new proposed programs c. An attempt to appoint up to six new justices who would be friendly to his interests d. An economic agenda that created the "Roosevelt Recession"
C appoint up to six new justices
62. What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I? a. Dysentery b. Gangrene c. Influenza d. Polio
C influenza
57. What was the particular spark that ignited World War I? a. The sinking of the Lusitania b. Germany's adoption of the Schlieffen Plan c. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie d. Formation of the Triple Entente
C. Assassination of Archduke ferdinand and Grand Duches Sophie
12. Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business? a. Marketing b. Management c. Accounting d. Industrial production
D
19. The year 1877 is significant in American history because it a. Denotes the end of Reconstruction b. Is the year of a Great Railroad Strike c. Is the year that federal troops were removed from the South d. All of the Above
D
21. The United States participated in the Great War during these years: a. 1861-1865 b. 1898 c. 1914-1918 d. 1917-1918
D
36. How did railroads transform the American economy? a. Created a new white collar middle class of managers b. Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class c. Increased the role of government in the economy d. All of the above
D
37. By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population? a. 20% b. 33% c. 50% d. 60%
D
39. From 1880 to 1950, approximately African Americans were murdered by white mobs. a. 139 b. 345 c. 870 d. 5,000
D
40. What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters? a. Poll taxes b. Literacy tests c. Violence and intimidation d. All of the above
D
43. Which of the following statements regarding "muscular Christianity" are true: a. Motivated by a fear that the country had become a nation of emasculated men b. Sought to stiffen young men's' backbones by putting them in touch with their primal manliness c. Built summer camps and gymnasiums where young American men could strengthen their bodies and spirits d. All of the above
D
44. Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico? a. Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president, Francisco Madero b. Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention c. Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors d. All of the above
D
49. In the election of 1896, 130,000 black Louisianans voted. In 1900 the number was . a. 158,450 b. 139,482 c. 53,459 d. 5,320
D
75. What was the consequence of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930? a. Lowered prices on international goods b. Increased American exports c. Loosened banking regulation to increase financial liquidity d. International trade collapsed
D
80. Which of the following actions did FDR take to advance civil rights for African Americans? a. Abolished the poll tax b. Ensured that African American farm workers had access to Social Security c. Created a federal sentencing law to prosecute perpetrators of lynching d. None of these occurred
D
63. Why did the League of Nations fail? a. Refusal of the Germans to cooperate b. Opposition from Britain, who was more interested in extending its empire c. French demands for war reparations d. American refusals to join
D American refusal to join
61. Women served in the armed forces during World War I. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT a. Naval yeomen b. Telephone operators c. Physicians d. Commissioned officers
D commisioned officers
68. What was the primary purpose of the failed Equal Rights Amendment? a. Require the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment b. Give women the right to vote c. Prosecute lynchings d. Eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
D eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
4. This semester we began by studying Capital and Labor, which highlighted a. Equally shared wealth between the leaders of corporations and their laborers b. The rise of less expensive goods c. Strikes and violence d. B and C, but not A
D, The rise of less expensive goods and Strikes and Violence
2. All of the following statements regarding the Philippine-American War are true EXCEPT e. The United States received the territory of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War f. The Filipinos were fighting in attempt to earn independence g. The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic h. The beginning of the Philippine-American War was marked with confusion
G. False
26. What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West? i. Railroad work j. Gold mining k. Military work as Indian fighters l. Access to land for agriculture
L
27. The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event? m. Civil War Era reforms to western Indian policy n. The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men o. A Sioux ambush at Redwood Ferry p. Governor Alexander Ramsay's new use of the militia to disarm Sioux hunters
N