US HISTORY MYA

Define a carpetbagger.

Is Schultz shown in a positive or negative light? How can you tell?

Based on your knowledge of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?

• The federal government is ruining the oil industry by placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.

• The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.

• The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.

• Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.

How did the wealthy industrial feel about taking advantage of workers and consumers?

How did Americans feel about trust and big business?

William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic candidate for president in 1896 on a platform illustrated in the cartoon shown above. Bryan’s campaign positions on economic issues were very close to which of the following political groups of Bryan's period?

• Republican Party

• Populist Party

• Progressive Party

• Prohibitionist Party

What is the Big Stick Policy?

After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty

• did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough

• did not give the United States an important role in world affairs

• would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty

• would require the United States to assume the cost of rebuilding the war-torn European economies

The following excerpt is from the Thirteenth Amendment which was passed by the U.S. Congress on December 6, 1865. After reading it, choose which statement best summarizes the Amendment. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

• The 13th Amendment freed all slaves and therefore allowed them the same rights as all other US citizens.

• The 13th Amendment freed all slaves which now allowed therefore allowed any type of discrimination.

Based on your knowledge of written works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which of the following most likely inspired the demand being made by the women pictured to the right?

• The Great American Fraud by Samuel Hopkins Adams

• The Shame of Cities by Lincoln Steffens

• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

• How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis