2nd Semester Review Day 1

1.Define Muckraker

Journalists who
exposed corruption in
politics and horrible
business practices

2.Why were the
Interstate Commerce
Act and Sherman
Antitrust Act passed?

To Combat monopolies

3.Define the term Robber
Baron.

Rich industrialists who
use brutal tactics
towards competition
and laborers

4.Who were John D.
Rockefeller, Andrew
Carnegie and JP
Morgan?

Industrialist who made
their fortunes with
(respectively) Standard
Oil, Carnegie Steel and
banking/investing

Multiple Choice

What was one tool used to take down monopolies?

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Taft-Hartley Act

• Truman Act

• Roosevelt Corollary

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a Robber Baron?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• JP Morgan

• Theodore Roosevelt

Match

Match the following industrialist to his industry

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Steel

Oil

Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

Multiple Choice

Muckrakers typically used their skills to expose

• sports stories

• historical events

• corruption

• business news

5.What did farmers
want the Federal
Government to do in
the late 1800s?

Raise tariffs on foreign
goods

6. Define Monopoly

Controlling an
industry with only
one company

7. What branch of
government passes
initiatives, referendums,
and recalls?

Legislative

8. Describe Women’s
Suffrage.

The right for women
to vote, 19th
amendment

Multiple Choice

tariffs are taxes on

• imports

• sales

• property

• building

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT used to put political power back into the hands of the people?

• Referendum

• Initiative

• Literacy Test

• Recall

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was used to remove corrupt officials from office?

• Initiative

• Recall

• Literacy Test

• Referendum

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups was the last group to gain the right to vote?

• People who don't own land

• Women

• African American men

• 21 year olds

Multiple Choice

A Monopoly involves

• One person controlling an industry

• A few people controlling an industry

• A lot of charity

• The government controlling an industry

9. Why was the
Panama Canal built?

Connect Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans; faster
shipping and moving
warships

10. Define Roosevelt’s
Big Stick Policy

Show of force. Extension of Monroe
Doctrine; can
intervene in Latin
American affairs (Roosevelt Corollary)

11. Define Imperialism

Extending country
power over weaker
areas/countries

12. Describe President
Wilson’s 14 points.
What was the purpose
of creating it?

Freedom of the Seas, no
secret alliances, League of
Nations eliminating
imperialism, etc; trying to
prevent another World War

13. Why did Senators
oppose joining the
League of Nations?

Feared it would drag
us into another war

14. What was the
Zimmerman
Telegram?

Germany’s proposal that
Mexico start a war with US to
keep us out of WWI. It was
intercepted and was a major
cause for our involvement

Multiple Choice

What does the Panama Canal connect?

• North and South America

• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• The Great Lakes

• The railroad network

Multiple Choice

Wilson proposed an international organization to stop future wars. This was called

• The Justice League

• The United Nations

• The League of Nations

• The World Court

Multiple Choice

Why did the US not join the League of Nations?

• The British would be in charge

• It would be too weak

• The French would be in charge

• It could drag us into another war

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a cause for the US to join WWI?

• the attack on Pearl Harbor

• the Zimmerman Telegram

• the Lusitania

• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Multiple Select

The Zimmerman Telegram was between which 2 countries? (select 2)

• US

• Britain

• Germany

• Mexico