LEAP 2025 Review US History Part 1

Someone who investigates and exposes the problems of society

• muckraker

• social gospelist

• social darwinist

• capitalist

This innovation helped link the country's natural resources from the west with the factories on the east.

Lack of jobs, poverty, famine, war, and persecution are all examples of:

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulyssess Grant
• William Jennings Bryan
• William McKinley

Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all:

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

Another name for the capitalist business owners ...

• Robber Barons

• Gilded Agers

• Industrialites

• Winners

This cartoon best associates with...

• Big Business

• Nativism

• Settlement Houses

• Labor Unions

Established the ICC & gave the federal govt the power to regulate the railroad industry.

• Interstate Commerce Act
• Clayton Anti-trust Act
• 16th Amendment
• Railroad Regulation Act

Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?

• The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe.

• The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern United States.

• The rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States.

Answer explanation

As more immigrants came to America people in America felt it was important that those that came "Americanize" themselves to the country and behave as "Americans" do.

The direct election of US Senators was allowed because of what amendment?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th