Transcript Practice Test US History Unit Three

Practice Test
US History
Unit Five
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Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
fought for this cause by entering saloons, singing, praying,
and asking saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol.
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– Prohibition
This allowed for the popular, or direct,
election of U.S. senators.
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– 17th Amendment
This is a bill initiated, or launched, by
citizens.
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– Initiative
This enabled voters to remove public officials from elected
positions by forcing them to face an election before the end
of their term if enough voters requested it.
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– Recall
This is a vote on an initiative.
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– Referendum
This a term used to describe a journalist who exposed
government abuses and big business corruption to the
readers of mass circulation magazines and newspapers.
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– Muckrackers
An advocate for improving the lives of
women and children
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– Florence Kelley
Muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible
conditions of the meatpacking industry
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– Upton Sinclair
The movement to protect America's natural
resources
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– Conservation
The term used to describe the progressive reforms
of President Theodore Roosevelt
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– Square Deal
Watchdog agency given the power to stop
unfair business practices
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– Federal Trade Commission
President whose actions split the Republican party
after he angered both progressives and
conservationists
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– William Taft
This legislation was used by Roosevelt to file
44 antitrust suits.
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– Sherman Antitrust Act
At 42 years old, he was the youngest
president.
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– Theodore Roosevelt
This was settled when Roosevelt got
involved in the negotiations.
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– 1902 Coal Miner’s Strike
Wilson’s plan that reformed how American banks
were organized
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– Federal Reserve System
A leader of the woman suffrage
movement
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– Susan B. Anthony
The progressive movement regarded all
of the following as worthy goals except
a. protecting social welfare.
b. promoting business monopolies.
c. fostering efficiency in the workplace.
d. creating economic reform.
Muckrakers were
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– Journalists
A bill that originates from the people
rather than legislators is known as
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– Initiative
In the mid-1800s, the majority of women
who held jobs worked as
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– Servants
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
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– unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing
industry.
The law that required truthful labels was
the
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– Pure Food and Drug Act
The primary goal of the NAACP was
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– equality among the races.
Which of the following was not a result of
the introduction of the assembly line?
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– decreased productivity
Who gained most from the ratification of
the Seventeenth Amendment?
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– Ordinary citizens
Which of the following best states the
primary goal of prohibitionists?
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– to eliminate the use of alcohol in society
Why were early progressive attempts to
enact federal bans on child labor
unsuccessful?
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– The Supreme Court ruled such bans
unconstitutional.
Which strategy was not employed by
woman suffragists to obtain their goal?
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– They called for female workers to strike.
Which statement best characterizes
Roosevelt's position on trusts?
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– Some trusts were harmful to the public
interest.
Which of the following actions led to the
defeat of Taft in 1912?
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– his failure to unify the Republican Party
What was the primary motivation for
passage of the Sixteenth Amendment?
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– to replace revenue lost by enacting lower
tariffs
What effect did World War I have on the
suffragist movement?
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– It hastened passage and ratification of the
Nineteenth Amendment.
This is a sensational style of writing that
exaggerates the news to lure readers.
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– Yellow Journalism
This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a
famous land battle near Santiago, Cuba.
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– Rough Riders
This Cuban poet and journalist launched
a Cuban revolution in 1895.
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– Jose Marti
Soon after this was destroyed, the United
States declared war on Spain.
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– USS Maine
This nation gained its independence in
the Spanish-American War.
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– Cuba
This general forced Cubans to relocated to
concentration camps where thousands of them died.
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– General Valeriano Weyler
Its criticism of the American president caused American
resentment toward Spain to turn to outrage.
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– De Lome letter
After the war, the United States paid 20 million
dollars to Spain for the annexation of this land.
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– Philippine islands
This term refers to the policy of using the U.S.
government to guarantee loans made to foreign
countries by American business people.
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– Dollar Diplomacy
Its construction ranks as one of the
world's greatest engineering feats.
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– Panama Canal
This term refers to the policy of denying recognition of Latin
American governments that the United States viewed as
oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests.
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– Missionary Diplomacy
Also known as "big stick" diplomacy, this official American
policy stated that disorder in Latin America could force the
United States to send its military into Latin American nations
to protect American economic interests.
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– Roosevelt Corollary
Which of the following did not stimulate
U.S. imperialism?
a. thirst for new economic markets
b. need for a new source of cheap labor
c. a belief in the cultural superiority of the
Anglo-Saxon culture
d. desire for military strength
Which country's residents became
citizens of the United States in 1917?
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– Puerto Rico
In which of the following conflicts were
U.S. military troops not involved?
a. the Boxer Rebellion
b. Cuba's second war for independence
c. the Russo-Japanese war
d. the Hawaiian revolution
Which of the following did the United States
insist that Cuba include in its constitution?
a. the Roosevelt Corollary
b. the Teller Amendment
c. the Platt Amendment
d. the Boxer Protocol
What was included in the de Lôme
letter?
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– criticisms of President McKinley
What war ended with the Treaty of Paris
of 1898?
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– Spanish-American War
What was the purpose of the Foraker
Act?
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– to end military rule and set up civil
government in Puerto Rico
All of the following were imperialist
powers in the late 1800s except
a. Japan.
b. the United States.
c. China.
d. Spain.
All of the following countries came under some
form of U.S. control as a result of the SpanishAmerican War except
a. Hawaii.
b. Cuba.
c. the Philippines.
d. Puerto Rico.
Of the following statements, the one that
best reflects an anti-imperialist attitude is
a. "Fate has written our policy for us; the trade of the
world must and shall be ours. . . .“
b. "The expansion of our trade and commerce is the
pressing problem.“
c. "Is there no nation wise enough, brave enough to
aid this blood-smitten land?“
d. "It is not necessary to own people to trade with
them."
The Boxer Rebellion was an attempt by
Chinese revolutionaries to
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– remove foreign influence from China.
The United States gained control of the land it
needed to build the Panama Canal by
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– encouraging and supporting Panamanian
independence.
The Open Door Policy was designed as
a way for the United States to further
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– its trade interests.
The rapid growth of industry in the United
States helped fuel imperialism because
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– the United States was producing too many
goods for its own people to buy.
Teddy Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy
reflected the proverb "Speak softly and carry a
big stick“ because
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– his negotiations were always backed by
the threat of military force.
His assassination sparked World War I
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– Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This British liner was sunk by a German
U-boat.
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– Lusitania
These people opposed World War I
because they perceived all wars as evil.
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– Pacifists
These people opposed World War I because
they saw it as an imperialist struggle.
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– Socialists
In 1914, this alliance consisted of
France, Great Britain, and Russia.
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– Allies/Triple Entente
In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
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– Central Powers/Triple Alliance
This contained a suggestion of an alliance
between Mexico and Germany that deeply
angered the American people.
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– Zimmerman Note
This long-term cause of the war involved the
development of the armed forces and their use
as a tool of diplomacy.
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– Militarism
Closely linked with industrialization, this longterm cause of the war involved a contest for
colonies.
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– Imperialism
In the Battle of the Somme, this resulted in the
exchange of seven miles of territory at the cost
of 1.2 Million casualties.
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– Trench Warfare
This long-term cause of the war encouraged competitiveness
between nations and encouraged various ethnic groups to attempt
to create nations of their own.
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– Nationalism
Admiral William S. Sims convinced the British
to use this as a hindrance to German U-boat
attacks.
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– Convoy System
This term describes a person who
opposes warfare on moral grounds.
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– Conscientious Objector
This began with the introduction of the
tank and the airplane as weapons
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– Mechanized Warfare
Having shot down at least 29 enemy planes,
he was America's leading ace pilot in the war.
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– Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
This involved merchant vessels traveling in
large groups with naval ships acting as guards.
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– Convoy System
This required men to register with the
government in order to be randomly selected
for military service.
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– Selective Service Act
Which of the following was not a cause
of World War I?
a. the stockpiling of weapons
b. European nationalism
c. imperialist competition
d. American isolationism
Where did the assassination that
triggered World War I occur?
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– Bosnia
What caused widespread starvation in
Germany?
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– The British Blockade
What did the United States use to
overcome the threat of German U-boats?
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– Groups of guarded ships
Which of the following was a result of the
Selective Service Act?
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– Men were required to register for military
service.
Which weapons of mechanized warfare
were introduced in World War I?
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– Airplanes and tanks
Which of the following nations was not a
member of the "Big Four"?
a. France
b. Russia
c. Italy
d. Great Britain
Who rejected Wilson's "Fourteen Points"
peace plan?
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– Allied Leaders
What reason did Senators give for opposing
U.S. membership in the League of Nations?
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– It would drag the United States into European
conflicts
The policy that kept the United States out
of the war for three years was called
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– Neutrality/isolationism
Because militarism had been a major cause of
the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles
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– Barred Germany from maintaining an army
The war might have involved only two nations,
Austria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for
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– The alliance system
The Schlieffen Plan was effective
because it
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– Allowed Germany to drive quickly toward the
French capital
Of the following, the most compelling reason
for the United States to enter the war was
a. concern over the repayment of Allied debts to
American banks.
b. the outrage of American citizens over German
submarine warfare.
c. a moral obligation to halt the refugee crisis in
Belgium.
d. a desire to become more involved in the affairs of
Europe.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected
freedom of speech because they
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– allowed the government to silence ideas
that challenged its authority.
Labor leaders were targeted by the Espionage
and Sedition Acts because they
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– demanded better conditions for workers,
even during a war crisis.
Gains made by American women during
World War I include
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– increased support for women's right to
vote.
The Treaty of Versailles overlooked the
importance of
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– Treating all nations justly, including the losers
of a war.
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2. Who is waiting outside the door?
3. Who holds the key to the door?
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