20-21 3rd Quarter Midterm

20-21 3rd Quarter Midterm

Multiple Choice

What did Calhoun say about the economy?

• Needed slavery or it would fall apart

• Slavery was unnecessary

• Capitalism is wrong

• The US should be like England

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What did DuBois say about the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Didn't help blacks enough

• needed to prevent racist laws

• needed to help blacks get better jobs

• All of the above

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What did Carnegie believe?

• Government should charge more taxex

• Rich and poor are equal

• Social Darwinism: Rich are superior to poor and need the help of the rich

• Capitalism is bad

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What is capitalism?

• People own businesses and property, not the government

• Citizens make economic decisions, not the government

• People decide how to make and spend money, not the government

• All of the above

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What bad part of capitalism did Jacob Riis expose?

• People own businesses and property, not the government

• horrible living conditions in tenement buildings

• People decide how to make and spend money, not the government

• All of the above

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What bad part of capitalism did Cesar Chavez fight against?

• People own businesses and property, not the government

• horrible living conditions in tenement buildings

• poor wages and working conditions of farm workers

• Too many government taxes

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How did Reagan try to help the economy during a recession?

• Tax cuts on rich to so they would create more jobs

• fought against horrible living conditions in tenement buildings

• supported poor wages and working conditions of farm workers

• raised taxes

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What bad part of capitalism did Sinclair fight against?

• Tax cuts on rich to so they would create more jobs

• fought against horrible living conditions in tenement buildings

• supported poor wages and working conditions of farm workers

• unsanitary environments and unsafe working conditions of meatpacking factories

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What did Washington believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Stay neutral

• Rule the world

• All of the above

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What did Monroe believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Stay neutral

• Get involved if our neighbors were attacked or interfered with

• All of the above

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What did Wilson believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Stay neutral

• Get involved if our neighbors were attacked or interfered with

• Stay neutral, but get involved if we are threatened or attacked

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What is Manifest Destiny?

• Belief the US should expand territory

• Own territory from Atlantic to Pacific

• Get land by business deals, war and treaties

• All of the above

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How did the Mexican American War complete Manifest Destiny?

• Belief the US should expand territory

• Own territory from Atlantic to Pacific

• Added territory from Mexico including CA, Nevada and more

• All of the above

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What is imperialism?

• When stronger nations extend their power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• Own territory from Atlantic to Pacific

• Added territory from Mexico including CA, Nevada and more

• All of the above

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For the US, how was the Spanish American War an example of Imperialism?

• When stronger nations extend their power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• Own territory from Atlantic to Pacific

• Added territory from Mexico including CA, Nevada and more

• After defeating Spain, the US gained Puerto Rico and got influence in Philippines and Cuba

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Why did Mark Twain criticize the US during Spanish American War?

• When stronger nations extend their power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• To complete Manifest Destiny

• Believed US only helped Cuba to satisfy American desire for imperialism

• He hated all war

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What did Roosevelt believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Always be neutral

• Stay neutral, but get involved if threatened or attacked

• All of the above

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Why did Pearl Harbor cause Roosevelt to get the US involved in World War II?

• Americans are racist against Japanese

• After months of peace talks, Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor

• Roosevelt wanted any excuse to join the war

• All of the above

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What was Eleanor Roosevelt's idea for keeping world peace?

• Use nuclear weapons to end Cold War

• Execute anyone who doesn't protect human rights

• US should be world police

• Get the UN to focus on protecting human rights

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What did George Bush believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Always be neutral

• Stay neutral, but get involved if threatened or attacked

• All of the above

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What was the reason Bush started the War on Terror?

• To stop the spread of terrorism after the attacks on 9/11

• To have a reason to fight a war

• To get revenge for Pearl Harbor

• All of the above

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How did the terrorists attack the US on 9/11?

• hijacked and crashed trains

• sneak attack on Pearl Harbor

• nuclear weapons in Cutler

• hijacked and crashed planes

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What did George Bush believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Always be neutral

• Stay neutral, but get involved to stop something terrible such as genocide

• All of the above

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Why did the US and NATO have to get involved in the Bosnian Civil War?

• They were bored

• To show Soviet Union who was boss

• To end the Cold War

• Stop the ethnic cleansing or genocide of Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs

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What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe about the role of the US should be in world conflicts?

• Be world police

• Always be neutral

• Stay neutral especially if the American people are against it

• All of the above