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WorksheetsProgressive/Imperialism/WWI
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 28mins
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1.
Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should
a)
Prevent unfair business practices
b)
restrict immigration to the United States
c)
Reduce the number of small farms
d)
abolish private property ownership
2.
Which goal, set at a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
Passage of the Food and Drug Act
b)
creation of the Interstate Commerce Act
c)
adoption of a graduated income tax
d)
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
3.
During the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted the initiative, referendum, and recall. Together these procedures-
a)
extend the right to vote to 18 year old citizens
b)
gave citizens a more direct voice in government
c)
let registered voters select each state's Presidential electors
d)
allowed a state's residents to bring lawsuits against another state
4.
The main message of this cartoon is that Standard Oil Company-
a)
used its size to lower its prices
b)
protected Americans from foreign competitors
c)
used its economic power to sway government decisions
d)
employed violence to gain unfair advantages for its workers
5.
In the late 1800s, the principles of the Social Gospel Movement were most consistent with the ideas of-
a)
the Populist
b)
laissez-faire economics
c)
the Progressives
d)
trust-busting
6.
In the late 1800s, free and unlimited coinage of silver was supported by farmers primarily because they hoped the policy would-
a)
make foreign crop prices less competitive
b)
allow farmers to grow a greater variety of crops
c)
increase crop prices and make it easier to repay loans
d)
bring about political equality between rural and urban residents
7.
When Susan B. Anthony refused to pay a fine for her actions in the election of 1872, she state, "Not a penny shal to this unjust claim." Her statement was made in support of-
a)
the Sixteenth Amendment
b)
judicial review
c)
settlement houses
d)
women's suffrage
8.
The publication of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair in 1906 was instrumental in getting the members of Congress to-
a)
enact stronger anti-trust laws
b)
support conservation of public lands
c)
establish a system for meat inspection
d)
legalize strikes by labor unions
9.
Which idea led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration?
a)
An economy works best without government regulation
b)
Business practices must be regulated in the public interest
c)
Workers should be allowed to bargain collectively with owners
d)
Domestic Industry should be protected from foreign competition
10.
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?
a)
End the Boxer Rebellion
b)
Ensure trading rights with China
c)
Win leaseholds in China
d)
Establish a sphere of influence
11.
What caused Americans to support Cuban rebels?
a)
to protect American interests
b)
to create an American empire
c)
yellow journalism
d)
fear of developing a Spanish colony
12.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
reporting
13.
Missionaries are people who:
a)
explore new countries
b)
sign peace treaties after wars
c)
attempt to convert people to Christianity
d)
sailors on ships
14.
Which of the following was NOT a territory gained by the U.S. during the Age of Imperialism?
a)
Philippines
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Guam
d)
Dominican Republic
15.
What is the name given to the time period when there were many cultural and political problems in the United States, but people seemed to ignore it as if it were "covered in a thin layer of gold" even though hiding rotten problems underneath?
a)
Golden Age
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Victorian Age
d)
Reconstruction Age
16.
What is Imperialism?
a)
The belief that you are an emperor
b)
The desire and action of a nation to acquire colonies
c)
The system of government where a king or queen rules
d)
The act of letting colonies gain independence
17.
Which future U.S. president famously led the Rough Riders to victory in the Spanish-American War?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
William Taft
18.
What was the event that caused the U.S. to declare war on Spain?
a)
Spain invading the United States from Mexico
b)
Spain's control of the Panama Canal
c)
Spain's treatment of its colonies
d)
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
19.
What term describes America's desire to trade with China but NOT to form colonies there?
a)
Boxer Rebellion
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
A Square Deal
d)
Big Stick Diplomacy
20.
What is "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
a)
To negotiate for peace but have a strong military
b)
To arm the military with lots of powerful and new technological weapons
c)
The reversal of the Monroe Doctrine
d)
Communism's motto
21.
Entry point to US for immigrants coming from Asia, eastern Hemisphere
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Alcatraz
c)
Angel Island
d)
Wounded Knee
22.
Nickname for monopolists and industrialists in Gilded Age
a)
Big wigs
b)
Fat cats
c)
Democrats
d)
Robber barons
23.
Laws in the South that legalized segregation
a)
Jim Crow laws
b)
de Facto segregation
c)
excise taxes
d)
literacy tests
24.
Corrupt political organizations during the Gilded Age
a)
political machines
b)
Whiskey Rings
c)
cabinets
d)
mafia
25.
Farmers who fought railroad monopolies, eventually becoming the Populist Party
a)
The Grange
b)
Whigs
c)
Republicans
d)
Democrats
26.
Note between Germany and Mexico that helped bring US into War
a)
Delome Letter
b)
Crittendon Compromise
c)
Zimmerman Telegram
d)
14 points
27.
Created the 14 Points
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
28.
Helped new immigrants to get settled
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
George Romney
29.
The purpose of Unions during the Industrial Revolution was to?
a)
Improve working conditions
b)
Kick immigrants out of the factories to allow natural citizens work.
c)
Improve working hours.
d)
Better pay for children
30.
The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. T / F
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Alfred T. Mahan argued:
a)
to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
b)
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
c)
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
d)
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
32.
What was the Great Migration during WWI?
a)
African Americans moving to North to cities
b)
Mexicans fleeing to the U.S.
c)
French refugees fleeing to England
d)
European immigrants fleeing to the U.S.
33.
What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers?
a)
USS Maine
b)
Titanic
c)
Lusitania
d)
Envoy
34.
Who was the heir to the Austria Hungarian throne that was assassinated?
a)
Gavrilo Princip
b)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
Ferdinand Foch
d)
Vladimir Lenin
35.
What organization coordinated the production of war materials?
a)
Food Administration
b)
Fuel Administration
c)
National War Labor Board
d)
War Industries Board
36.
What proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Saint Germain
c)
Zimmerman Note
d)
The German-Mexican Agreement
37.
This marks the official end of WWI
a)
Armistice day
b)
The Treaty or Berlin
c)
The Schlieffen Plan
d)
The Treaty of Versailles
38.
Who is to blame for the war according to the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Serbia
39.
What did soldiers in WWI usually fight from?
a)
tanks
b)
airplanes
c)
trenches
d)
ships
40.
What was the land between the trenches called during WWI?
a)
Dead Man's land
b)
No Man's land
c)
Nobody's Land
d)
The Minefield
41.
The idea that "my country is better than your country"
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliance
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
42.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they
a)
allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
b)
forced the repeal of the First Amendment.
c)
promoted biased ideas designed to sway people's thinking.
d)
forced restaurant owners to offer "liberty sandwiches" rather than "hamburgers."
43.
Military leader of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe (AEF)
a)
General Shafter
b)
General Wood
c)
General Pershing
d)
General Eisenhower
44.
Materials created to sway public opinion & ensure public support
a)
Liberty Bonds
b)
Mass Media
c)
Propaganda
d)
Rotogravures
45.
Sold to finance ($) the war
a)
Propaganda
b)
Liberty Bonds
c)
Draft Cards
d)
Stocks
46.
This system set limits on the amount of resources each American could use; mandated system of conservation
a)
Rationing
b)
Victory Gardens
c)
Quota
d)
Liberty Bonds
47.
Which of the following is true of the Great Migration?
a)
African-Americans moved in large numbers from the North to the South
b)
African-Americans moved in large numbers from the South to the North
c)
Mexican-Americans found doors of opportunities in Eastern cities
d)
Women moved in large numbers from domestic to factory work
48.
The Selective Service Act was passed to:
a)
encourage conservation of select resources
b)
establish a formal quota system on immigrants
c)
increase troop numbers through a lottery system draft
d)
encourage home front support
49.
1920 "reward" for women who served on the home front; goal of women since 1848
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
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