US History Review 11

Which term is most closely associated with the start of the Spanish-American War?

• Socialism

• Populism

• Yellow Journalism

• Isolationism

In the late 1890s, yellow journalism most directly influenced the United States government’s decision to

• Build the Panama Canal

• Open Japan to trade within the West

• enter the Spanish-American War

• purchase Alaska and Hawaii

In the 1920s, the passage of the Quota Acts and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti illustrate that many Americans were

• intolerant of ethnic minorities

• committed to racial integration

• worried about foreign wars

• determined to increase immigration

During the 1920s, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, the Palmer raids, and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan demonstrate that

• nativist sentiments were on the rise

• cultural values were similar between urban and rural Americans

• popular support for international involvement was increasing

• public support for limiting immigration was declining

These 1898 headlines are best understood as an example of

• political advertising

• yellow journalism

• public opinion polling

• isolationist policies

“Radical Immigrants Deported”

“Bombs Explode on Wall Street”

“Palmer Raids Criticized by Congress”

These post–World War I headlines are most closely associated with the

• Volstead Act

• Ku Klux Klan

• Scopes Trial

• Red Scare

After World War I, one way in which the Red Scare, the passing of the Quota Acts, and the growth of the Ku Klux Klan were similar is that they all

• exploited fears about people who were considered un-American

• encouraged the assimilation of new immigrants into American society

• supported the goals of the suffrage movement

• exhibited prejudice against African Americans

The explosion of the USS Maine and the practice of yellow journalism played a significant role in the

• public’s support for the Spanish-American War

• creation of the Open Door policy

• acquisition of Florida

• purchase of Alaska

The convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti in the 1920s most closely reflected the

• increase in nativist attitudes

• federal government’s war on crime

• corruption of political machines

• rise in labor unrest

Which characteristic of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?

• hostility toward woman’s suffrage

• support for segregation

• opposition to separation of church and state

• intolerance toward immigrants