Review 1

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the effect of Jane Addams's work is BEST supported by the excerpt?

• It resulted in men and women remaining in traditional gender roles.

• It influenced city government designs based on successful business plans.

• It led to the rise of activities that bypassed the political process.

• It contributed to breakthroughs in women's suffrage and participation in government.

Multiple Choice

What does women's suffrage mean?

• The right of women to own property.
• The right of women to work in any profession.
• The right of women to vote in elections.
• The right of women to receive an education.

Open Ended

What does women's suffrage mean?

The answer is correct if it explains that women's suffrage means...

Open Ended

Which statement about the effect of Jane Addams's work is BEST supported by the excerpt?

The statement should reflect her role in improving social conditions or advocating for the underprivileged.

Multiple Choice

What was the main idea of this political cartoon?

"The World's Constable"

• The United States expanded immigration from other countries.

• The United States mediated conflicts between other countries.

• The United States traded natural resources to other countries.

• The United States supported voting rights in other countries.

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of the Temperance Movement as depicted in the cartoon?

• To promote alcohol consumption

• To stop people from drinking alcohol and to help society.

• To encourage women to drink

• To support the production of alcohol

Multiple Choice

What does Temperance mean?

• Randomness in choices
• Moderation or self-restraint.
• Complete denial of desires
• Excessive indulgence

Multiple Choice

What is the 18th Amendment?

• The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
• The 18th Amendment allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
• The 18th Amendment established a national drinking age of 21.
• The 18th Amendment legalized the production of wine and beer for personal use.

Multiple Choice

What is the 19th Amendment?

• The 19th Amendment granted men the right to vote.
• The 19th Amendment established income tax.
• The 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote.
• The 19th Amendment abolished slavery.

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• to ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier

• to remove import taxes for goods shipped from one state to another

• to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

• to protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition

Multiple Choice

What does regulation of railroads mean?

• It refers to the privatization of railroad companies.
• It means the elimination of all railroad regulations.
• It involves the deregulation of freight pricing.
• It means government oversight and control of railroad operations. Usually lowering the price of railroad fees.

Multiple Choice

What does monopoly mean?

• A monopoly is a type of government regulation.
• Monopoly means exclusive (total) control of a service in a market.

• Monopoly refers to a game played with dice.
• Monopoly means having multiple competitors in a market.

Multiple Choice

What does monopolistic practice mean?

• Monopolistic practice means actions that create or sustain a monopoly in a market.
• A practice that encourages competition in the market.
• A strategy to lower prices for consumers.
• Actions that reduce market share for all companies.

Open Ended

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

Incorrect: Any answer not mentioning the regulation of railroads or monopolistic practices.

Multiple Select

What financial actions did American banks take despite the U.S. declaring neutrality?

• They stopped lending money

• They extended credit to the Allies like France and Great Britain

• They loaned money to European nations

• They invested in war laptops

Multiple Select

Which chapter titles identify the MOST DIRECT reasons that the United States declared war on Germany in 1917?

• The Supreme Crime Against Civilization: The Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania

• Destroying the Priceless Monuments of Civilization

• Deadly submarine and its Stealthy destruction

• How "Neutral" Waters Are Violated

Multiple Choice

What is a labor union?

• A labor union is a government agency that regulates worker rights.
• A labor union is a type of investment group for business owners.
• A labor union is a social club for employees to meet and socialize.
• A labor union is an organization of workers that aims to protect and advance their rights and interests.

Multiple Choice

In the late 1800s, which action taken by American workers was MOST successful in addressing the problems described in this excerpt?

• Seizing the means of production from business owners

• Joining the organized labor union movement

• Working longer hours for better pay

• Accepting lower wages to keep jobs

Multiple Choice

What does the big stick policy represent?

• A strategy focused solely on economic sanctions.
• The use of dollar diplomacy 1st, then backed by military strength.

• The promotion of trade without military intervention.
• A policy of isolationism in foreign affairs.

​Dollar Diplomacy and Military Backing Dollar Diplomacy (early 1900s, especially under President William Howard Taft) was the U.S. policy of using economic power and investments to influence other countries, particularly in Latin America,Carribeans, and East Asia. The idea was that American banks and businesses would invest in foreign nations, creating stability and strengthening U.S. influence without direct conflict. However, when investments or U.S. interests were threatened, the United States often followed up with military strength (sending troops, occupying territories, or supporting certain governments). Example: In Nicaragua (1911–1912), the U.S. encouraged American bankers to loan money to the government (dollar diplomacy). When unrest broke out, the U.S. sent Marines to protect its interests and stabilize the government.

Multiple Select

What are 3 effects of the policy?

• Maintaining a Navy

• Sending troops to the Carribeans

• 13th Amendment

• Opening the Panama Canal

Multiple Choice

Which opinion of President Roosevelt do both cartoonists share?

• Roosevelt recognized that maintaining peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere could not be done without Europe’s help.

• Roosevelt protected the interests of America while making sure the people of Colombia and Panama were not mistreated.

• Roosevelt did whatever was necessary to accomplish the foreign policy goal of building a canal through Latin America.

• Roosevelt understood the importance of using only the force of the American military when dealing with foreign nations.

Multiple Choice

What are 3 geographic problems faced in the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Flat desert landscape
• Cold arctic climate
• Urban infrastructure challenges
• 1. Dense tropical rainforest 2. Mountainous terrain 3. Diseases like malaria and yellow fever

Multiple Select

What are 3 geographic problems faced in the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Diseases like malaria and yellow fever

• Cold arctic climate
• Mountainous terrain

• Dense tropical rainforest

Open Ended

What are 3 geographic problems faced in the construction of the Panama Canal?

Multiple Choice

How did President Wilson justify his request for a declaration of war?

• Wilson demonstrated that the U.S. military was superior to that of the Germans.

• Wilson stated that the Germans had violated the rights of neutral countries.

• Wilson suggested that other countries would aid the U.S. military effort.

• Wilson expressed that Americans had opposed remaining neutral.

Multiple Choice

What does the "N" in MAIN stand for?

• Nucleus
• Neutral

• Name
• Node

Multiple Choice

What was one response to the conditions described in this excerpt?

• Factory owners stopped workers from using mass production techniques.

• Workers threatened to strike to convince employers to meet demands.

• Immigrant workers took naturalization classes sponsored by employers.

• Industrialists adopted socialist policies to retain workers.

Multiple Choice

Selected features of the Homestead Act of 1862:

• Adult citizens were granted 160 acres of public land.

• People claiming the land were required to improve the land by building a home and farming the land.

• After 5 years on the land, the person claiming the land paid a registration fee and officially owned the land.

What was one effect of the act described in this list?

• The debt of the federal government increased.

• The population of settlers in the American West increased.

• The number of conflicts with American Indians decreased.

• The demand for natural resources decreased.

Multiple Choice

Why was the development of electric lighting important to the economic development of the United States?

• It limited production to certain geographic regions.

• It increased the need for producers to manage costs.

• It expanded the available hours for production.

• It lowered the cost of energy for manufacturers.

Multiple Choice

Which factor contributed to the population shift described in this excerpt?

• The granting of citizenship to American Indians

• The building of transcontinental railroads

• The relaxation of immigration quotas

• The introduction of sharecropping

Multiple Select

Why did people such as President William McKinley and Sanford B. Dole argue that the annexation of Hawai'i would benefit the United States? Select TWO correct answers.

• The United States could establish its policy of isolation.

• The U.S. military would gain bases in the Pacific Ocean.

• The United States would gain valuable metal and lumber resources.

• The U.S. economy would benefit from new resources such as fruit and sugar.

• The U.S. military could protect Latin America from European forces.

Multiple Select

Why did people such as President William McKinley and Sanford B. Dole argue that the annexation of Hawai'i would benefit the United States? Select TWO correct answers.

• The United States could establish its policy of isolation.

• The U.S. military would gain bases in the Pacific Ocean.

• The United States would gain valuable metal and lumber resources.

• The U.S. economy would benefit from new resources such as fruit and sugar.

• The U.S. military could protect Latin America from European forces.