US History Fall Final Exam Review #1

How did the legislation excerpted above affect the relationship between the U.S. government and its citizens?

• It allowed the government to tax investment income.

• It allowed people to have more direct input in government decisions.

• It made most people distrust the power of the government.

• It made the government more responsible for the people's economic welfare.

To fight the Great Depression of the 1930's, the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do was to

• provide direct relief to the unemployed

• set up massive public works programs

• restore confidence in the nation's banking system

• Provide mortgage assistance to farmers.

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

When first building the rail lines, a shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from

• Ireland

• China

• Japan

• Mexico

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by

• giving them land for farming

• reintroducing the buffalo to native lands

• returning them to their native lands

• sustaining their previous way of life

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by -

• campaigning for women's suffrage

• advocating the use of poll taxes

• making improvements in urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

Upon entering World War I, the United States enlarged its military by -

• creating the Veterans Administration

• passing the Selective Service Act

• enacting the GI Bill

• establishing the Marine Corps

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

What were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption called?

• efficiency progressives

• muckrakers

• reformers

• suffragists

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.