Final Exam Flashcards
The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment:
a) makes slavery illegal.
b) establishes birthright citizenship, a non-racial definition of citizenship, the due process clause, and the equal protection clause.
c) established that the right to vote is not contingent upon one’s race.
d) all of the above.
b) establishes birthright citizenship, a non-racial definition of citizenship, the due process clause, and the equal protection clause.
The Freedmen’s Bureau:
a) never materialized because the bill never became law.
b) won much southern African American appreciation because it assisted them with education, sustenance and work contracts.
c) enjoyed the strong support of President Andrew Johnson in its work on behalf of civil rights.
b) won much southern African American appreciation because it assisted them with education, sustenance and work contracts.
During the Gilded Age, political power in Washington usually involved a:
a) Democratic party majority in Congress and a Democratic party President.
b) Democratic party majority in Congress and a Republican party President.
c) Republican party majority in Congress and a Democratic party President.
d) Republican party majority in Congress and a Republican party President.
b) Democratic party majority in Congress and a Republican party President.
Sitting Bull:
a) lived in Pine Ridge Agency reservation next door to BIA agent Ulysses Grant.
b) never allowed his people to leave the reservation.
c) had a vision that US army soldiers were falling from the sky to be taken by Native American warriors.
d) had a vision that U.S. army soldiers would defeat Native American warriors and that the people would then be forced to live in square houses.
c) had a vision that US army soldiers were falling from the sky to be taken by Native American warriors.
Richard Pratt was:
a) President Wilson’s Secretary of the Interior.
b) the commander of the United States Army’s 7th cavalry, who died at Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn
c) founder of the Indian School System
d) the Republican Party candidate for president in 1912 and 1916
c) founder of the Indian School System
Carrie Chapman Catt:
a) wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations.
b) was a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet.
c) was the president of NAWSA.
d) led a suffrage parade riding a white horse.
e) was the leader of the National Woman’s Party who organized the picket lines at the White House.
c) was the president of NAWSA.
Which of the following is NOT true about Andrew Johnson?
a) He grew up in poverty.
b) He became a successful politician.
c) He was a senator from a seceded state but remained loyal to the United States.
d) He brought about the end of the Reconstruction.
e) Lincoln’s party nominated him for Vice President in 1864 in hopes of extending its influence into the South.
d) He brought about the end of the Reconstruction.
Civil Service Reform gained political support:
a) soon after Ulysses S. Grant was assasinated.
b) soon after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated.
c) soon after James Garfield was assasinated.
d) soon after John D. Rockefeller was assasinated.
e) soon after Woodrow Wilson was assasinated.
c) soon after James Garfield was assasinated.
“Waving the bloody shirt” refers to:
a) anti-labor violence in the 20th century.
b) political partisan differences in the Gilded Age.
c) the 19th-century Indian wars in the Great Plains.
d) warfare in WWI.
e) None of the above.
b) political partisan differences in the Gilded Age.
The term “combined strategies” refers to:
a) Northen Republican efforts to end Reconstruction.
b) Native American efforts to support the boarding school system.
c) Southern Democratic efforts to reform federal civil service.
d) Suffrage Movement efforts to gain suffrage.
e) None of the above.
d) Suffrage Movement efforts to gain suffrage.
The U.S. Senate rejected the Treat of Versailles because:
a) it was supported by Republicans.
b) it was written by Henry Cabot Lodge.
c) it created the United Nations.
d) Article X of the League of Nations Covenant included a collective security requirement.
e) None of the above.
d) Article X of the League of Nations Covenant included a collective security requirement.
Woodrow Wilson’s political ideology included all of the following ideals EXCEPT:
a) public ownership of all property.
b) self-determination.
c) freedom of the seas.
d) settlement of disputes by peaceful means.
a) public ownership of all property.
The Great Depression shaped the lives of Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a) there was massive unemployment.
b) many Americans lived in Hoovervilles.
c) the American suicide rate declined.
c) the American suicide rate declined.
The Share Our Wealth movement was:
a) led by Henry Ford and directed at Americans over the age of 60.
b) led by Father Charles E. Coughlin and directed at Catholics.
c) led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following.
d) introduced by Herbert Hoover as part of the New Deal.
c) led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following.
The Glass-Steagall Act:
a) maintained the gold standard.
b) had no impact on the banking system.
c) made legal the buying and selling of stocks by banks.
d) established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
d) established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Gangsters in the 1920s and early 1930s:
a) did not exist.
b) were all imprisoned after 1924.
c) were popular American folk heroes.
d) were not very powerful.
c) were popular American folk heroes.
The Works Progress Administration:
a) employed only industrial workers.
b) was directed by Huey Long.
c) included projects in the arts.
d) focused only on urban renewal.
c) included projects in the arts.
During the 1920s:
a) the Works Progress Administration aggresively regulated businesses.
b) Nebraska senator Huey Long represented big business.
c) the Warren G. Harding administration applied a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution in reference to government’s relation to the economy.
c) the Warren G. Harding administration applied a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution in reference to government’s relation to the economy.
The program that began in 1942 that allowed experienced Mexican agricultural workers to cross the border to work under government labor contracts was called the:
a) bracero program.
b) Chicano program.
c) “zoot suit” program.
d) pueblo program.
a) bracero program.
“Rosie the Riverter”:
a) refers to a movie start during WWII.
b) was a term applied only to black women workers.
c) refers to a poster image of a female industrial laborer.
d) refers to a type of industrial machinery.
e) all the above.
c) refers to a poster image of a female industrial laborer.
The Four Freedoms include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) freedom from want.
b) freedom of speech.
c) freedom from fear.
d) freedom of enterprise.
e) freedom of religion.
d) freedom of enterprise.
The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
a) was authored primarily by Eleanor Roosevelt.
b) was a collective international response to the atrocities of Hitler’s Nazi concentration camps and the horrors of WWII.
c) is an important lasting legacy of the Allies winning WWII.
d) applies to all people everywhere, is a logical progression of political governance, develos the Enlightenment principles upon which the United States was founded, and is one of America’s finest ethical contributions to the world.
e) All of the above.
e) All of the above.
The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the United States government since 1776.
False
The Pendleton Act created the Civil Service Commission.
True
The Civil War was devastating to the South, which lost more than 1/5 of its adult male population.
True
Opponents of Radical Reconstruction could not accept the idea of former slaves voting, holding office, and enjoying equality before the law.
True
Alice Paul was a teacher at Carslile Indian Industrial School.
False
The Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI punished Germany.
True
The Share Our Wealth Society’s national wealth redistribution program was economically sound.
True
The New Deal improved the lives of most Americans.
True
The only people killed in the German Holocaust were Jewish people.
False
The Wagner Act banned child labor, set the minimum wage law, and required overtime pay for hours of work exceeding 40 per week.
False
