Honors American History Final Exam Review

Which is true of the experiences of European and Asian immigrants?

• Europeans often faced shorter, easier entry into the US
• Asians often faced shorter, easier entry into the US
• Asians and Europeans often shared the same experience entering the US
• Each individual had a different experience entering the US

In cities, immigrants learned English and were taught American fashion, food, and social traditions. This process is called...

• Americanization
• Nativism
• Ethnocentrism
• American Exceptionalism

Social Darwinists would most likely support which of the following?

• enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act

• non-regulation for business

• relief for the unemployed

• guarantee of a living wage for workers

Many immigrants to the East Coast had to settle in low-cost, multifamily housing units that were designed to squeeze in as many families as possible. These units became known as…

• Vaudevilles
• Steerages
• Estates
• Tenements

What was a major reason American farmers failed to obtain a fair share of the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• Crops failed due to poor weather conditions

• The government controlled food price

• Farm crops were overproduced

• Banks refused to lend money to farmers

Why was this era referred to as the 'Gilded Age'?

• The United States looked better from the outside than it did internally
• It was an era of rapid industrialization
• Metal became an important product
• Jewelry was invented

One reason for the tension between the European powers was their intense pride in their homelands, called

• Imperialism.
• nationalism.
• progressivism.
• socialism.

In the case Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that

• freedom of speech could be curbed in wartime.
• immigrants from countries at war with the United States could be excluded from positions of power.
• the right to bear arms could be limited for immigrants.
• the Sedition Act was unconstitutional.

In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia and established a

• democratic government.
• monarchy.
• Communist government.
• temporary government.

What role did alliances play in WWI?

• Was the cause of the Berlin conference
• Allied strong nations against weak nations
• Separated powerful nations geographically
• Alliances made imperialistic nations unstoppable in their imperialistic campaigns to expand