SSUSH 11 - 14

During the Progressive Era, journalists who exposed corruption in business and politics were called

• populists

• nationalists

• suffragists

• muckrakers

Use the political cartoon below to answer the question.

How is the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine expressed in this cartoon?

• Roosevelt lacks authority for change

• Roosevelt is asking for a new diplomacy

• Roosevelt has assumed new police powers in the Caribbean and Central America

• Roosevelt has given up power to other countries

What effect did Thomas Edison's patent of the electric light bulb in 1880 and George Westinghouse's invention of an alternating current system in 1886 have on the American system?

• together they reduced the demand for child labor

• together they allowed for the growth of factories away from waterways

• together they assisted in the formation of labor unions

• together they improved working conditions in New York City

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court established that "separate but equal" laws did not violate the United States Constitution. This decision allowed states to enact

• zoning laws

• Jim Crow laws

• immigration quotas

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

In 1893, American sugar growers orchestrated a coup to take over the government of Hawaii. In 1894, the Republic of Hawaii was formed, with American sugar grower Stanford Dole as president. In 1898, Congress approved the annexation of Hawaii. The islands officially became a U.S. territory in 1900. What conclusion can be made from this information?

• the United States had little economic interest in Hawaii

• American imperialism extended to the islands of the Pacific

• sugar growers in Hawaii had minimal effect on political events

• the government of Hawaii favored annexation by the United States

Use the photo to answer the question.

Efforts to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment and wartime employment were examples of what change in society during the early 1900s?

• the role of women

• growth of labor unions

• civil rights legislation

• urban reform movements

The Dawes Act (1887) gave authority to the president of the United States to allot 160 acres of reservation land to individual Native Americans. United States citizenship and ownership of the land would occur once the individual lived on the land for 25 years. Following the passage of the Dawes Act, more than half of all reservation land was opened to railroads and white settlement.

What was the effect of the Dawes Act?

• it provided new independence for Native Americans

• Native Americans flourished under the new policy

• it resulted in renewed loss of native lands

• it was not well received in Congress

In response to growth in the railroad industry, large steel mills were built in Pennsylvania and Ohio during the 1870s. Growth in the railroad and steel industries led to the development of

• gold mines in California

• the cotton industry

• monopolies and trusts

• western ghost towns

What was the purpose behind the formation of the American Federation of Labor, led by Samuel Gompers, in 1881?

• to plan social gatherings for laborers

• to improve labor relations with management

• to create small unions specific to each trade

• to fight for better working conditions in America's industries

Jane Addams established Hull House in 1890. This and other settlement houses like provided child care and medical services

• for families living on homesteaded land

• for children living in poor urban areas

• for the wives of wealthy robber barons

• for women waiting for government services