Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge Indian reservation change?

White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains. Native Americans refused to remain on the Plains. Native American populations decreased and needed less land. The Plains failed to meet the needs of Native American peoples.

What was central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800s?the horseland ownershipthe extended familythe buffalo

Most Native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the U.S. government byabiding by signed treaties ignoring the restrictions.moving from their lands.seeking monetary compensation.

Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers?The land was too difficult to farm.Few settlers wanted to move West at the time.Most of it was taken by people seeking profits.The government put too many restrictions on

its use.

Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency forsilver only.gold only.neither gold nor silver.either gold or silver.

Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?the railroadbarbed wiresheep ranchingbonanza farming

The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was tobuild the transcontinental railroad.steal railroad money for its shareholders.obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry.obtain political positions for its shareholders.

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s excepta wealth of natural resources.government support for businessa growing urban population.the emergence of the middle class.

 

Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?Electricitysteel beamsrailroadsthe telephone

The Sherman Antitrust Actoutlawed the formation of trusts that interfered

with free trade.was supported by millionaire industrialists.was used by labor unions to fight for workers'

rights.encouraged the establishment of large-scale

businesses.

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?cheap electric powerfire safety standardsthe invention of the elevatornew methods of making steel

Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following exceptthe existence of poverty.the success of big business.the power of millionaire industrialists.government regulation of business.

Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involvesbuying out raw material producers and

distributors.merging with companies producing similar

productsforming trusts.using new methods to increase production.

The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefittelephone and telegraph operators.railroad companies and train travelers.manufacturers who dealt in interstate tradefactory owners whose workers had set

schedules.

Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?It had one main industry.It specialized in a regional product.It owed its prosperity to the railroads.It was built by a company to house its workers.

Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?hard workIndustrializationgovernment regulationthe accumulation of wealth

In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?Haymarket Squarethe Pullman factorythe Triangle Shirtwaist FactoryCarnegie Steel's Homestead Plant

What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s?CorruptionMonopoliesCompetition interstate commerce

Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?the imprisonment of company officialsthe passage of the Sherman Antitrust Actthe adoption of equal wages for men and

womenchanges in local labor laws for women and

children

What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act? to build new railroadsto destroy the railroad industryto lower excessive railroad ratesto increase the power of railroads

The main goal of the Americanization movement was tolimit the number of immigrants entering the

country.assimilate people of various cultures into the

dominant culture.improve the living conditions in America's

largest cities.encourage people to move from the country to

the city.

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Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s bynew immigrants.social reformers.political machines.industrial workers.

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is callednativism.civil service.gentlemen's agreement.graft.

Which of the following issues prompted the assassination of President Garfield?TariffsKickbacksImmigrationcivil service reform

 

What is the main purpose of patronage?to increase government fund to increase government efficiencyto reward one's supporters to avoid concentrating power in one individual

or group

Tammany Hall was the name of a famous settlement house.a New York Customs House.a New York City political machine.the federal courthouse in New York City.

Which of the following is an example of graft?using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud saying a project cost more than it did and

keeping the difference for yourself choosing your friends for political officesusing the threat of force to get people to vote

for a particular candidate

An example of patronage would bebribing a government official.assassinating a public official.saying one thing and doing another.appointing a friend to a political position.

Which of the following does not describe a typical supporter of a political machine?PoorUrbanfactory workeropposed to immigration

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required applicants for government jobs to pass

examinations.native-born Americans to treat immigrants

with courtesy.government workers to renounce all party

loyalties.cities to provide services such as clean water

to their residents.

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was todecrease Chinese immigration.create segregated classrooms.settle a disagreement between China and the

United States.stop Chinese Americans from attending school

in the United States.

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was calledEllis Island.Tammany Hall.Angel Island.Hull House.

The factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools wasracism.poverty.language differences.transportation problems.

Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them tokeep uneducated whites from exercising their

right to vote.distinguish between recent immigrants and

longtime citizens.keep African Americans from voting while

allowing whites to do so.deny voting rights to African Americans who

passed the literacy test.

Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following exceptsubways.skyscrapers.airplanes.suspension bridges.

Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of safer fire escapes. larger bricks and stronger cement. the elevator and a steel framework. the airplane and the bicycle.

Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society? W. E. B. Du BoisIda B. WellsBooker T. WashingtonWilliam Torrey Harris

Which of the following did not keep African Americans in the South from votingpoll taxesgrandfather clausesthe separate-but-equal doctrineliteracy tests

How did George Eastman contribute to an explosion in the popularity of photography? by taking photographs of the Wright brothers'

first flight at Kitty Hawkby inventing a camera that was larger and

heavier than mostby inventing a camera that could develop

pictures on the spotby inventing a camera that used roll film

instead of heavy glass plates

In the Southwest, many Mexicans earned a living as railroad workers and agricultural laborers.small business owners. dockworkers and canal diggers.household servants and mail carriers.

Jim Crow laws were laws thatseparated the races.denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.taxed voters.promoted discrimination against women.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled thatlynching was a federal crime.school segregation was unconstitutional.voting rights could not be tied to any form of

tax.racial segregation in public facilities was legal.

The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals exceptprotecting social welfare.promoting business monopolies.creating economic reform.fostering efficiency in the workplace.

Muckrakers werepoliticians.conservationists.suffragists.journalists.

A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known asa recall.an initiative.a referendum.an amendment.

Who gained most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?party bossesordinary citizensstate legislatorsindustrial leaders

Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?to eliminate the sale of alcohol to minorsto eliminate the use of alcohol in societyto reduce accidents in the workplaceto reduce the availability of alcohol to minors

In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked asservants.teachers.clerks.telephone operators.

Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?his overuse of the bully pulpit his failure to continue the trustbusting of

Roosevelthis refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tariffhis failure to unify the Republican Party

What effect did World War I have on the suffragist movement?It delayed action as attention turned to the war

effort.It had little effect.It caused a split within the NAWSA.It hastened passage and ratification of the

Nineteenth Amendment.

What was the primary motivation for passage of the Sixteenth Amendment?to curb the power of corporationsto replace revenue lost by enacting lower

tariffsto reduce the gap between rich and poorto create a war chest to pay for future wars

Which of the following was not a result of the introduction of the assembly line?higher worker turnoverreduced hours of the workdaydecreased productivityhigher wages

All of the following were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women exceptElizabeth Cady Stanton.Susan B. Anthony.Florence Kelley.Carrie Chapman Catt.

 

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed dangers faced by coal miners.corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil

Company.unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing

industry.illegal deals between special interests and the

government.

The first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was William H. Taft.Theodore Roosevelt.Woodrow Wilson.William McKinley.

The law that required truthful labels was thePure Food and Drug Act.Meat Inspection Act.Sherman Antitrust Act.Interstate Commerce Act.

The primary goal of the NAACP wasvoting rights for women.better working conditions.regulation of the banking industry.equality among the races.

 

In the election of 1912, the candidate considered least pleasing to reformers wasEugene V. Debs.Theodore Roosevelt.William H. Taft.Woodrow Wilson.

Which of the following did not stimulate U.S. imperialism?need for a new source of cheap laborthirst for new economic marketsdesire for military strengtha belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-

Saxon culture

Which country's residents became citizens of the United States in 1917CubaHawaiiPuerto Ricothe Philippines

Who told the artist Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"?José MartíTeddy RooseveltWilliam McKinleyWilliam Randolph Hearst

All of the following were imperialist powers in the late 1800s exceptJapan.Spain.China.the United States.

The United States gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal bynegotiating with Colombia.invading and attacking Colombia.implementing the Open Door Policy.encouraging and supporting Panamanian

independence. 

Teddy Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy reflected the proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" becausehe allowed U.S. troops to beat foreign natives

for breaking U.S. laws.he studied West African methods for

negotiating with foreign powers.his soft-spoken personality made foreign

leaders trust and admire him.his negotiations were always backed by the

threat of military force.

Of the following statements, the one that best reflects an anti-imperialist attitude is "It is not necessary to own people to trade with

them.""The expansion of our trade and commerce is

the pressing problem.""Is there no nation wise enough, brave enough

to aid this blood-smitten land?""Fate has written our policy for us; the trade of

the world must and shall be ours. . . ."

For which action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize? leading the Rough Ridersdeveloping the Roosevelt Corollarynegotiating the Treaty of Paris of 1898negotiating an end to war between Russia and

Japan

Which of the following did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution?the Boxer Protocolthe Platt Amendmentthe Teller Amendmentthe Roosevelt Corollary

What was included in the de Lôme letter?de Lôme's resignation as Spanish minister to

the United Statesan apology to the U.S. governmentcriticisms of President McKinleyan incitement for war

What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?Spanish-American WarRusso-Japanese WarPhilippine-American WarCuban war for independence

On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?Monroe DoctrineOpen Door PolicyPlatt AmendmentHay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901

Which of the following was not a cause of World War I?American isolationismimperialist competitionthe stockpiling of weaponsEuropean nationalism

What caused widespread starvation in Germany?a severe droughtthe devaluation of German currencythe British blockadethe Allied bombing of German farms

What did the United States use to overcome the threat of German U-boats?Airplanesgroups of guarded shipsships flying neutral flagsa fleet of American submarines

Which of the following was a result of the Selective Service Act?African Americans could not become Army

officers.Women could serve in combat positions.Troops were segregated by race.Men were required to register for military

service.

Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I?battlefront trenchesairplanes and tankshydrogen bombspistols and bayonets

Which of the following nations suffered the fewest casualties?FranceGreat BritainAustria-Hungarythe United States

Which of the following nations was not a member of the "Big Four"?ItalyFranceRussiaGreat Britain

Who rejected Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace plan?Allied leadersthe Germansthe U.S. Senatethe League of Nations

What reason did Senators give for opposing U.S. membership in the League of Nations?It would lead to international instability.It would drain American finances.It would interfere with free-trade agreements.It would drag the United States into European

conflicts

The policy that kept the United States out of the war for three years was callednationalism.the alliance system.neutrality.the convoy system.

Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay reparations for war

damages.barred Germany from maintaining an army.stripped Germany of its colonies in the Pacific.forced Germany to accept sole responsibility

for the war.

Gains made by American women during World War I includeacceptance as full-fledged members of the U.S.

Army.the beginnings of a movement for woman

suffrage.equal pay for equal work in many war

industriesincreased support for women's right to vote.

The Treaty of Versailles overlooked the importance of identifying the guilty party in a war.treating all nations justly, including the losers

of a war.including powerful nations like the United

States in international peace-keeping organizations.

crippling any nations that might prove dangerous in the future

Of the following, the most compelling reason for the United States to enter the war wasa moral obligation to halt the refugee crisis in

Belgium.concern over the repayment of Allied debts to

American banks.a desire to become more involved in the affairs

of Europe.the outrage of American citizens over German

submarine warfare.

The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because theyforced restaurant owners to offer "liberty

sandwiches" rather than "hamburgers."allowed the government to silence ideas that

challenged its authority.forced the repeal of the First Amendment.promoted biased ideas designed to sway

people's thinking.

Which constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote? 16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of, treason for being associated with anarchist

groups. anarchy for rebellion openly in public about the

unfairness of US taxation laws. receiving bribes from contractors in an effort

to defraud the government at Teapot Dome. robbery and murder even though very little

evidence suggested they were involved in the crime.

Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from

big business and the trusts they had established. political radicals and anarchists such as Sacco

and Vanzetti. corruption and fraud such as those associated

with the Teapot Dome Scandal. labor union members and their leaders like John

L. Lewis.

The Teapot Dome scandal centered around gold mines in Wyoming and the environmental

damage that was caused by the Mercury leaching into the watershed .

union members whom went on strike shutting down America’s Coal and Steel manufacturing.

high tariffs such as the Fordney-McCumber Tariff that raised tariffs to their highest levels.

oil-rich lands in Wyoming, where the Secretary of the Interior was found to have accepted bribes from the Sinclair Oil Company.

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to help Britain and France pay off their war

debts. raise taxes on goods entering the United

States. help Germany pay off its war debts. raise taxes on goods leaving the United

States.

To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being

spies working for the new communist regime in Russia.

Communists looking to overthrow the government.

bigots whom supported an extension of segregation laws in the South.

nativists whom felt they deserved more rights than the immigrants they were replacing.

It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons exceptmany people were determined to break the

laws. insufficient funds were provided to pay for

enforcement. many law enforcement officials took bribes

from smugglers and bootleggers. prohibition banned only alcoholic beverages

manufactured in the United States.

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as

speakeasies or blind pigs. penthouses which sold liquor to the wealthy

in the cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles .

tenements where the closeness of the buildings allowed for liquor to be transported and hidden easily from police officers .

tea rooms whom hid the fact that they really weren’t selling tea and cookies to affluent women.

John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of

biology in religious schools that promoted creationism.

evolution over creationism in biology classes. creationism over evolution in biology classes. fundamentalism in school since science had

proven the evolution was true.

Fundamentalists believed that evolution and creationism could coincide only

if Darwin’s Theory could be proven. prohibition should be repealed so that the

government could earn tax income of liquor sold.

the Bible should be taken literally. drinking alcohol was acceptable and that

prohibition was mistake.