AP US History Exam Review

Who fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel?

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Aaron Burr

• Samuel Adams

The Teller Amendment applied to

• The Federal Reserve system.

• Interstate commerce in banking.

• The Spanish-American War appropriations bill.

• A Congressional promise to give Cubans their political and economic freedom.

All of the following were true of the Muckrakers EXCEPT

• The exposing of evil became a flourishing industry among American publishers.

• A group of aggressive ten-and fifteen-cent popular magazines surged in popularity.

• Magazines dug deep for the dirt that the public loved to hate.

• President Roosevelt branded the magazines “muckrakers” because of their zeal.

All of the following were Populist reforms adopted by the Progressives EXCEPT

• Referendum

• Initiative

• Recall

• Inversion

All of the following were true of the Meat Inspection Act EXCEPT

• Preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection.

• Congressional passage was unconnected the novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

• The largest packers accepted it as an opportunity to drive their smaller competitors out of business.

• Meat packers and producers could receive the government’s seal of approval on their exports.

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was

• Passed over by President Roosevelt’s veto.

• Enthusiastically supported by the patent medicine industry.

• Struck down by the Supreme Court.

• Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act did all of the following EXCEPT

• Conferred long-overdue benefits on labor.

• Failed to prohibit price discrimination and interlocking directorates.

• Exempted labor and agricultural organizations from antitrust prosecution, while legalizing strikes and peaceful picketing.

All of the following are true of the Zimmerman Note EXCEPT

• It was intercepted and published by the United States government on March 1, 1917.

• It made very little political impact on Americans’ attitude towards Germany.

• German secretary Arthur Zimmermann had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance.

• it tempted Mexico with promises of recovering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

President Wilson’s Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT

• Abolishing secret treaties.

• Political self-determination for oppressed minority groups.

• Arms reduction.

• America and European powers maintaining their colonial possessions.

The country that suffered the greatest amount of casualties in World War 1

• Germany

• Russia

• United States Of America

• France

• Great Britain