Standard 3 EOC topics

 “…We therefore formulate, and for ourselves adopt the following pledge, asking our sisters and brothers of a common danger and a common hope, to make common cause with us, in working its reasonable and helpful precepts [principles] into the practice of everyday life. I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same.…”

— National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1908 (adapted) 

 Which of the following beliefs is reflected above?

• Social problems are best addressed by the federal government

• Religion had no place in American politics

• Alcohol consumption was damaging American society

• Congress should repeal Prohibition

Read the following list:

"Trustbuster"

Used his Bully Pulpit

Known for Conservationism.

Which man is the list describing?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Grover Cleveland

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevlet

Which of the following BEST contributed to the 1912 election of Woodrow Wilson?

• His party was openly opposed to a federal income tax

• Wilson had promised to raise tariffs and lower anti-trust laws

• The Republican vote had been split between Progressive and Conservative party members

• The Republican and Democratic parties joined forces against the Free Soilers

What was a main purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

• to promote financial stability

• to reduce competition among states

• to support stock speculation

•  to limit private investment opportunities 

What would be a result of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

• The creation of the Sherman Antitrust Act 1890

• The creation of the Meat Inspection Act & the Pure Food and Drug Act 1906

• The creation of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919

• The creation of the 19th Amendment in 1919

Why were secret ballots started along with initiatives, referendums, and recalls?

• to give more power to the political machines

• to limit the power of the political machines

• to take power away from the people

• to change society to a totalitarian society

Which Progressive amendment would happen in part due to the image pictured?

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Which of the following was a MAIN reason the Chinese Exclusion Act was supported at both the state and national levels?

• Religious leaders wanted to stop the influx of Chinese monks from converting Americans to Taoism

• The U.S. government wanted to retaliate against Chinese attacks on the U.S. Navy

• Political and economic leaders wanted to reduce competition from Chinese laborers

• West Coast leaders wanted to reduce the amount of opium being smuggled into the U.S.

Nativism, economic problems on the West Coast, and controversy over lower wages all led to the passage of which law?

• the Patriot Act

•  the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the Voting Rights Acts

• the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

What was the primary objective of the Dawes Act?

• To promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• To promote immigration from China for laborers

• To reduce the amount of Chinese Immigrants

• To promote Chinese immigration to urban areas