American Unit 3 Modified Test

During the late 1800's and early 1900's, where did most of the immigrants to the United States settle?

• cities of the Northeast

• plantations of the New South

• mining regions of the Far West

During the Progressive Era, why did muckrakers publish articles?

• to advance their own political careers

• to provide entertainment for readers

• to make Americans aware of problems in society

What was the goal of the Progressive movement?

• reduce the government's involvement in social issues

• promote laissez-faire policies

• correct the problems caused by industralization

What social reform movement developed from a new religious philosophy that sought to address societies many problems?

• Social Gospel

• Social Darwinism

• Nativism

Which statement most accurately describes racial segregation at the turn of the century?

• it was prohibited by the 14th Amendment

• it was firmly in place by 1900

• It was formally ended in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to

• keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote

• distinguish between recent immigrants and longtime citizens

• keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so

The battle for women's suffrage ended with the ratification of the

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which amendment to the US Constitution established Prohibition?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

The term yellow journalism refers to

• introduction of a new, yellow tinted paper for news print

• printing sensational stories designed to sell newspapers

• a strict code of journalistic ethics that prevents stories from being exaggerated.

• t

Which was not a cause of the Spanish American War?

• Building of the Panama Canal

• sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

• Yellow Journalism