Chap 20 - Americas

Question 1

Which products and processes were crucial in the development of the Second Industrial Revolution?

a. steel and electricity
b. steam, steel and petroleum
c. petroleum and steel
d. steel, petroleum and electricity
e. electricity and steam

Answer 1

d.steel, petroleum and electricity

Question 2

Who were the inventors of the light bulb?

a. Alexander Graham Bell and V. A. Huber
b. Joseph Swan and V. A. Huber
c. Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
d. Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison
e. V. A. Huber and Thomas Edison

Answer 2

e.V. A. Huber and Thomas Edison

Question 3

Alexander Graham Bell invented

a. steel
b. internal combustion engine
c. telephone
d. radio waves

Answer 3

c.telephone

Question 4

Which of the following occurred at Kitty Hawk in 1903?

a. first automobile production
b. first public streetcar system
c. first airplane flight
d. first telephone communication

Answer 4

c.first airplane flight

Question 5

The Second Industrial Revolution opened the door to new jobs for

a. women
b. children
c. illiterates
d. foreign competition

Answer 5

a.women

Question 6

Between 1870 and 1914, which country replaced Britain as the industrial leader of Europe?

a. Italy
b. France
c. Spain
d. Germany

Answer 6

d.Germany

Question 7

Who were the authors of the Communist Manifesto?

a. Fritz Mannheim and Karl Marx
b. Friedrich Engels and Fritz Mannheim
c. Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
d. Friedrich Reichstag and Fritz Mannheim
e. Karl Marx and Friedrich Reichstag

Answer 7

c.Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

Question 8

The Communist Manifesto closes with the words,

a. “Proletarians of the world, unite!”
b. “Socialists of the world, unite!”
c. “Women of the world, unite!”
d. “Bourgeoisie of the world, unite!”

Answer 8

a.”Proletarians of the world, unite!”

Question 9

What was the SPD?

a. Germany Social Democratic Party
b. German Republican Party
c. British Bicameral Union
d. British Union of Labour

Answer 9

a.Germany Social Democratic Party

Question 10

What happened on May Day during the years of the Second International?

a. destruction of unions
b. voting
c. demonstrations and destruction of unions
d. strikes
e. strikes and demonstrations

Answer 10

e.strikes and demonstrations

Question 11

Nineteenth century urban reformers were concerned primarily with

a. urban conditions
b. medical rights
c. women’s rights
d. urban factories

Answer 11

a.urban conditions

Question 12

Octavia Hill is an example of a

a. romantic artist
b. health reformer
c. private landlord
d. urban sewage expert

Answer 12

c.private landlord

Question 13

Women suffragists lobbied for the right to

a. own property
b. vote
c. run for office
d. attend universities

Answer 13

b.vote

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a mass society leisure activity?

a. newspapers
b. team sports
c. All of these answers
d. tourism
e. amusement parks

Answer 14

c.All of these answers

Question 15

The leader of the revolution for agrarian reform in Mexico between 1910 and 1920 was

a. Francisco Madero
b. Gorge Ayala
c. Emiliano Zapata
d. Porfirio Diaz

Answer 15

c.Emiliano Zapata

Question 16

As a result of the Spanish-American War, which country became an American protectorate?

a. Mexico
b. Guatemala
c. Cuba
d. Honduras

Answer 16

c.Cuba

Question 17

Which amendment to the U. S. Constitution guaranteed black Americans the right to vote?

a. Thirteenth
b. Fourteenth
c. Sixteenth
d. Fifteenth

Answer 17

d.Fifteenth

Question 18

National progressivism was evident in the administration(s) of

a. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
b. Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Abraham Lincoln
e. William McKinley

Answer 18

a.Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

Question 19

The lower house of the German parliament was known as the

a. Reichstag
b. Labour Party
c. Wehrmacht
d. Liberals

Answer 19

a.Reichstag