STAAR US History: Gilded Age through Cold War

In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of the American steel industry?

• government regulation

• employee ownership

• new production techniques

• the formation of labor unions

Which was an important benefit of the laissez-fair policies of the federal government in the late 19th century?

• American entrepreneurs were able to invest in their businesses with little government interference

• American businesses were able to avoid the ups and downs of the business cycle

• American workers found it easy to organize into labor unions

• American workers felt secure about the safety of conditions in factories

Nativists in California int he 1880s would most likely have supported the:

• creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants

• passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• continuation of the contract labor system

• assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by:

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

• providing free land to settlers

• removing all restrictions on immigration

• moving Native American Indians to reservations

Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should:

• prevent unfair business practices

• restrict immigration to the US

• reduce the number of small farms

• abolish private property ownership

Progressive Era reformers sought to expand voter participation in government by adopting:

• the initiative and referendum

• additional poll taxes

• tougher literacy tests

• a civil service system

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the US saw the need to build the Panama Canal because:

• new colonies had be acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

• the US navy could move more quickly between oceans

• US railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

Which policy sought to further American interests in Latin America by using the financial power of American business?

• Policy of "Watchful Waiting"

• Big Stick Policy

• balance of power

• Dollar Diplomacy

What was a major reason the US entered WWI?

• Japanese forces had occupied Manchuria

• German troops had landed on American soil

• The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium

• Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare

What was national attention drawn to William Jennings Bryan & Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial of 1925?

• The case represented a conflict between modern science and religion

• The case reversed a previous Supreme Court decision on free speech

• The case upheld the right of veterans to protest in Washington DC

• The case revealed the extend of prejudice against immigrants