2021 Night School USHA Final

After 1921, cheap labor workers decreased in America.  What was the reason for the lack of immigrants? (Red Scare)

• Less people wanted to come to the United States
• Immigrants were not looking for jobs.
• Most of the immigrants were already working.
• Adoption of stricter immigration quotas

According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?

• The East
• The North
• The South
• The Midwest

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

• The creation of the Temperance Society.

• The repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.

• The initiation of the Settlement House movement.

• The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

A student learning about U.S. history is instructed to write a paper about W. E. B. Du Bois and race relations in the United States. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student’s assignment?

• The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens.

• The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market.

• The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement.

What was the most likely result of the publication of images such as this 1906 political cartoon?

• The government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.

• Private companies refused to import foreign foods.

• The government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.

• Labor unions protested unsafe working conditions.

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

• Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

• Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.

The Progressive goal to implement women’s suffrage was accomplished by —

• A national referendum.

• An executive order.

• A Supreme Court decision.

• A constitutional amendment.

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams’s Settlement House movement in Chicago?

• The founding of women’s colleges.

• The introduction of prison reform.

• The assimilation of immigrants.

• The establishment of public libraries.

What is one way the Progressive Era reform outlined in this diagram has affected U.S. politics?

• More women have been elected to Congress.

• Citizens have a more direct influence on lawmaking.

• Corrupt officials can be removed from office.

• Primary elections are prohibited in several states.

There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. . . . The halls and... verandas are gaudy with primary colors and hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile.... There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden. . . . By midnight the hilarity had increased.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

How does this excerpt reflect a significant turning point in American history?

• It depicts the reaction to victory in the Spanish-American War.

• It portrays the changing social norms of the Jazz Age.

• It describes the experiences of immigrant workers during the Gilded Age.

• It details the industrial progress of the post–World War I era.