Practice Test Module 6 U.S. Imperialism (Advanced)

Which of the following was true of voting restrictions in the South?

• Only blacks were affected by a poll tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote.

• All southern states imposed some form of voting restrictions on African Americans.

• The Supreme Court overturned the poll tax and grandfather clause in the 1880s.

• Strict federal guidelines determined who passed and failed the literacy tests.

Why was the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson important?

• It increased the number of rights for African Americans.

• It permitted legalized racial segregation for many years.

• It forced southern states to put an end to voting restrictions.

• It established that the separation of races violated the Constitution.

What new principle did President Roosevelt’s actions during the 1902 coal strike establish?

• Labor disputes were not able to be settled in an orderly way without the use of the courts.

• The government was expected to intervene when a strike threatened the public welfare.

• Labor disputes were not allowed to use third parties to mediate a settlement.

• The government would side with the business owners during a labor strike.

Which of the following correctly describes a change in public education during the late 1800s?

• Fewer students attended schools since families needed every member to work.

• Public education became available to the majority of black children living in the South.

• Formal education became more important as the United States moved to a more industrial economy.

• High schools began emphasizing reading, writing, and arithmetic to meet the demand of the agricultural economy.

Republican President who is the only person to be U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U.S. President in their lifetime, president during the 16th and 17th Amendments, and heaviest president at 332 pounds.

• Benjamin Harrison

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Republican President who led the Progressive movement by creating the National Park System, enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act, used arbitration to stop a coal miners strike, and youngest President at age 42.

• Benjamin Harrison

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Democratic President during the 18th (prohibition) and 19th Amendments, campaign was called New Freedom, created the Federal Reserve System, and only President with a Ph D.

• Benjamin Harrison

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Which one is NOT an economic problem that could be solved by Imperialism?

• Economic depression

• Inflation

• Overproduction

• Unemployment

Theodore Roosevelt joined the Rough Riders and led an infantry attack. Newspapers declared him the hero of _________________________.

• Havana

• Manila

• Puerto Rico

• San Juan Hill

What caused the Mexican civil war to finally come to an end in 1920?

• Alvaro Obregón was elected.

• U.S. troops invaded Mexico City.

• Woodrow Wilson tightened border patrol.

• “Pancho” Villa stopped his raids on American soil.