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In 1877 the United States was confronted by all of the following EXCEPT:
1 Bitter regional divisions
2 The collapse of Reconstruction protections for former slaves
3 Rapid industrialization
4 Political corruption
5Lack of immigration
Lack of immigration
All of the following are reasons for the rapid industrialization of the United States EXCEPT:
Liberal patent laws
Strict government regulation of industry
Success of agriculture
Abundance of natural resources
Large domestic market
Strict government regulation of industry
The explosive growth of railroads in the late 19th century:
Was hampered by the growth of agriculture
Was aided by huge government subsidies
Created few jobs
Resulted in higher freight prices
Protected the economy from the boom and bust cycle
Was aided by huge government subsidies
Workers were confronted by all of the following challenges EXCEPT:
Standardization of work procedures
Technology reducing number of skilled jobs
Influx of cheap labor
Dangerous working conditions
The inability to organize into labor unions
The inability to organize into labor unions
The Homestead Strike:
Was the result of worker efforts to unionize
Was an attempt to break the Standard Oil trust
Made clear that government would side with capital
Resulted in little violence
Led to higher wages for the workers
Was the result of worker efforts to unionize
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was significant in American history because it:
1sent all the Chinese immigrants in the United States back to China
2 was the first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and class
3 was the first time Congress was unable to override a presidential veto of an immigration law
4 denied citizenship to any Chinese born in the United States
5 removed all restrictions from American immigration law
was the first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and class
Tenement houses in New York City:
1were cramped, yet offered more privacy than apartments
2 were urban, yet their courtyards offered children a sense of nature
3 had higher mortality rates than among the general population
4 were clean
5 usually had two to three families in each building
had higher mortality rates than among the general population
Urban immigrants:
Usually went back to their home country
Fell deeper into poverty the longer they were here
Demonstrated remarkable upward mobility
Were never able to escape poverty
Fell deeper into poverty the longer they were here
The story of the Sears catalog demonstrates all of the following EXCEPT:
The need for currency reform
All of the following were key political issues during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
Immigration restriction
High vs. low tariff
Currency reform
Civil service reform
Low voter turnout
Low voter turnout
Western imperialism in the late nineteenth century was stimulated by all of the following EXCEPT:
5an ongoing quest for markets
4 notions of racial superiority
3 the desire to Christianize Africa and Asia
2 an ongoing quest for raw materials
1 the fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the globe
the fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the globe
A major reason that the United States annexed the Philippines despite anti-imperialist opposition in the United States was because:
1Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo requested annexation
2 the islands were located very close to China and China’s potential markets
3anti-imperialist William Jennings Bryan agreed to become the civil governor of the territory
4 Americans wanted to avenge their defeat in the Philippine-American War
5the Philippines offered the largest and most developed untapped market in the entire Eastern Hemisphere
the islands were located very close to China and China’s potential markets
The Roosevelt Corollary:
1encouraged American bankers to help finance the shaky Latin American governments
2 justified the use of Marines in Morocco
3 rescinded most of the provisions of the Monroe Doctrine
4 justified American intervention in the Far East
5stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to forestall the intervention of other powers
stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to forestall the intervention of other powers
The Open Door policy:
1allowed a certain number of Japanese immigrants into the United States each year in return for special trading rights with Japan
2 allowed Cubans to enter the United States, and Americans to enter Cuba, freely
3 proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis
4 pledged economic aid to struggling Latin American republics
5closed Chinese immigration except for spouses and children of men already in America
proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis
As a result of Japan’s show of strength in the Russo-Japanese War:
1America was quick to send money and support troops to aid Russia
2Congress voted financial and military aid to Korea to help prevent a Japanese invasion of the Korean peninsula
3Congress lifted the limitations it had previously set on Japanese immigration
4 Americans began to doubt the security of the Philippines and access to the China market
5Americans cut a deal with Korea to protect the Open Door
Americans began to doubt the security of the Philippines and access to the China market
Jane Addams and her efforts in Chicago are an example of:
Social Gospel Movement
Settlement House Movement
Social Purity Movement
Muckraking
Union radicalism
Settlement House Movement
Muckrakers:
Called for churches to play a new role
Sought to eliminate prostitution
Helped increase awareness and create political will to demand reforms
Rejected Social Darwinism
Supported big business
Helped increase awareness and create political will to demand reforms
Roosevelt’s actions in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 demonstrated:
1That he was siding with big business
2 Unions now had the most power.
3 He was willing to use the authority of government as a countervailing force to corporations
4 His support for laissez faire policies
5 Efforts at conservation
He was willing to use the authority of government as a countervailing force to corporations
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?
Adopt a socialist program of public ownership.
Follow the principles of laissez-faire government.
Regulate big business.
Allow business to work out its own destiny.
Lower taxes so that companies would raise wages.
Regulate big business.
By the time Wilson took office Progressivism reflected all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:
Government power and authority must be expanded
Corporations must be regulated
Wealth should be redistributed to expand government
Minority groups should receive full equality
A radical change in traditional liberal views
Minority groups should receive full equality
When war broke out in Europe in 1914 the United States:
immediately declared war
Had one of the largest armies in the world
Was not influential in European diplomatic circles
Pledged economic support to Great Britain
Helped blockade Germany
Was not influential in European diplomatic circles
All of the following are factors contributing to U.S. entrance in WWI EXCEPT:
1German U-Boat warfare
2 Sinking of the Lusitania
3 Wilson’s commitment to support Great Britain in its conflict with Germany
4 Zimmerman telegram
5The increasingly negative view of Germany
Wilson’s commitment to support Great Britain in their conflict with Germany
All of the following were aspects of Wilson’s war policy EXCEPT:
Propaganda
Reduction in the size and scope of government
Curtailment of national liberties
Massive intervention in conflict
Expansion of the IRS
Reduction in the size and scope of government
Wilson’s 14 Points included all of the following EXCEPT:
Open covenants, openly arrived at
Arms reductions
Russian territory returned
Germans made to pay heavy reparations
Principle of self-determination
Germans made to pay heavy reparations
The Treaty of Versailles:
Returned Europe to pre-war boundaries
Left Germany in a strong position
Gave the U.S. very little influence on the world stage
Planted the seeds for the rise of Hitler and World War II
Made Wilson wildly popular in the U.S.
Planted the seeds for the rise of Hitler and World War II
