DCA #1 Review

This Founding Father was an ambassador to Spain and France during the American Revolution and the 1st Chief of the Supreme Court

• John Jay
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• James Madison

This Founding Father is also known as the "Father of the Constitution" and wrote the Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments).

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• James Madison
• Andrew Hamilton

Between 1865 and 1900 the U.S. government increased the number of people moving West through

• Providing price supports for farm products
• Offering low-interest loans to businesses
• Free coinage of silver
• granting land to railroads companies

The direct election of Senators was adopted through which Amendment?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Acquiring territories such as Hawaii were taken by the U.S. Government in order to

• gain overseas markets and raw materials
• begin the policy of Manifest Destiny
• establish military alliances with other nations
• Support isolationist forces in Congress

Which event caused the immediate entry of the U.S. into WWI in 1917?

• League of Nations requested help 
• U.S.S. Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor
• Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy
• German submarine warfare on American ships

The Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad are both examples of the U.S. commitment to

• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Reconstruction
• Racial Equality
• Manifest Destiny 

Farmers in the 1870's and 1880's had a hard time making a profit off their goods because:

• Railroad companies charged high rates for transporting farm products
• Prices of agricultural products were increasing
• Farm labor was inionized
• Agricultural output was declining rapidly

During the progressive Era, Progressive reformers wanted to fix which problem from industrialism 

• Lack of capital for railroad expansion
• Unfair taxes on the wealthy
• Use of child labor in the workplace
• Restrictions on the use of natural resources

Sears, J.C. Penny and Montgomery Ward are all examples of this type of business created at the end of the 1800's:

• Boutique
• Specialty Store
• Shopping Mall
• Department Store