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Chapter 18: America & the World Test Study Guide

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

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Class
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1.

All of the following were major reasons for practicing imperialism at the turn of the century except a desire to . . .

a)

offer humanitarian assistance.

b)

gain wealth from the activities of the colony.

c)

find a new place for people to settle.

d)

build and maintain a strong military force.

2.

A great emphasis was placed on foreign missions by the evangelist . . .

a)

John Hay.

b)

William Randolph Hearst.

c)

Dwight L. Moody.

d)

Walter Reed.

3.

America’s first ventures in imperialism involved . . .

a)

Alaska and the Midway Islands.

b)

Hawaii and the Philippines.

c)

Cuba and Puerto Rico.

d)

Panama and China.

4.

Strife was stirred up between the United States and Spain because of a letter written by . . .

a)

Emilio Aguinaldo.

b)

Dupuy de Lôme.

c)

William McKinley.

d)

Joseph Pulitzer.

5.

Which of the following was not an underlying reason for the Spanish-American War?

a)

Americans had large investments in the Spanish-controlled area.

b)

Newspapers used yellow journalism to blow up the contentions.

c)

Americans had humanitarian desires to end Spanish oppression.

d)

Spain threatened to invade Florida if the United States did not quit interfering.

6.

The United States declared that it had no intention of annexing Cuba to its empire in the . . .

a)

Open Door policy.

b)

Platt Amendment.

c)

Roosevelt Corollary.

d)

Teller Amendment.

7.

A decisive naval battle of the Spanish-American War occurred at . . .

a)

Guantánamo Bay.

b)

Havana Harbor.

c)

Manila Bay.

d)

San Juan Harbor.

8.

Which one of the following places became a commonwealth of the United States in 1952?

a)

Cuba

b)

Guam

c)

the Philippines

d)

Puerto Rico

9.

For more than two years after the Spanish-American War, the United States faced the difficulty of quelling a rebellion in . . .

a)

Cuba.

b)

Guam.

c)

the Philippines.

d)

Puerto Rico.

10.

The United States helped Panama gain its independence from . . .

a)

Britain.

b)

Colombia.

c)

France.

d)

Venezuela.

11.

The president most responsible for the building of the Panama Canal was . . .

a)

William McKinley.

b)

Theodore Roosevelt.

c)

William Howard Taft.

d)

Woodrow Wilson.

12.

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty . . .

a)

ended the Spanish-American War.

b)

gave Cuba strict regulations for independent government.

c)

asserted America’s right to be an “international police power” in the WesternHemisphere.

d)

gave the United States the Panama Canal zone.

13.

Which of the following was instituted during the Taft administration?

a)

the “big stick” policy

b)

dollar diplomacy

c)

moral diplomacy

d)

the Open Door policy

14.

In the late 1800s, various countries claimed “spheres of influence” in . . .

a)

China.

b)

India.

c)

Japan.

d)

Latin America.

15.

All of the following terms are associated with China except . . .

a)

Boxer Rebellion.

b)

Open Door policy.

c)

Roosevelt Corollary.

d)

spheres of influence.

16.

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, America began to fear the rising power of what Asian country?

a)

China

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

17.

All of the following educational trends were occurring in the United States near the turn of the twentieth century except . .

a)

a growing number of free secondary schools.

b)

schools established for blacks.

c)

colleges and universities founded with the support of philanthropists.

d)

new bilingual schools for immigrant children.

18.

Tuskegee Institute was founded by . . .

a)

George Washington Carver.

b)

Samuel L. Clemens.

c)

Gifford Pinchot.

d)

Booker T. Washington.

19.

Temperance societies were involved in . . .

a)

reading and discussing current literature.

b)

gaining philanthropic support for colleges.

c)

fighting the evils of liquor.

d)

sending missionaries around the world.

20.

All of the following were notable trends in religion in America around the turn of the twentieth century except a . . .

a)

growth of interdenominational religious organizations.

b)

decline in immigrants of religions without Protestant origin.

c)

growth of religious liberalism and agnosticism.

d)

growth of mainline denominations, new denominations, and cults.

21.

A prime example of corruption in city government was the activity of . . .

a)

Jane Addams in Chicago.

b)

Lincoln Steffens in Philadelphia.

c)

Mel Trotter in Grand Rapids.

d)

William Tweed in New York City.

22.

All of the following books were written by muckrakers except . . .

a)

The Bitter Cry of the Children.

b)

History of the Standard Oil Company.

c)

On the Origin of Species.

d)

The Shame of the Cities.

23.

All of the following legislative innovations made state government more democratic except the . . .

a)

initiative

b)

injunction.

c)

recall.

d)

referendum.

24.

Progressives who looked for help in solving the problems of society generally turned to . . .

a)

government.

b)

religion.

c)

philanthropists.

d)

muckrakers.

25.

Progressives had all of the following goals except to . . .

a)

make government more democratic.

b)

improve the quality of life in America.

c)

acquire more territory for the nation.

d)

curb corruption in politics and business.

26.

All of the following were progressive presidents except . . .

a)

William McKinley.

b)

Theodore Roosevelt.

c)

William Howard Taft.

d)

Woodrow Wilson.

27.

Theodore Roosevelt’s progressive activities as president included all of the following except . . .

a)

conserving land in national parks and forest reserves.

b)

seeing the adoption of regulations in the food and drug industries.

c)

intervening in a labor dispute with coal mine owners.

d)

repealing the Prohibition Amendment.

28.

Progressive Era amendments to the Constitution dealt with all of the following except . . .

a)

voting rights for blacks.

b)

income tax.

c)

prohibition.

d)

women’s suffrage.

29.

What word denotes the action of one person, group, or nation, who, for its own gain, takes advantage of another person, group, or nation?

(a)  

30.

Who was the American evangelist of the late 1800s who encouraged students to become foreign missionaries and thus spurred the Student Volunteer Movement?

(a)  

31.

What two newspaper owners helped lead America into war by competing for increased circulation?

(a)  

32.

The Spanish minister to the United States criticized which American president in a private letter that came to national attention?

(a)  

33.

What were the foreign-controlled areas of China called in the late 1800s?

(a)  

34.

What policy did the United States pursue to end the division of China by foreign powers?

(a)  

35.

During what turn-of-the-century uprising did a group of Chinese try to force all foreigners to leave China?

(a)  

36.

What Asian country gained great industrial and military power during the late 1800s?

(a)  

37.

What is the term for a wealthy person who donates large sums of money to charitable causes?

(a)  

38.

What term denotes journalists who exposed society’s ills, including political corruption, personal misconduct by public officials, and poor working conditions?

(a)  

39.

What state reformed so many parts of its government during the Progressive Era that its name was used to describe a whole package of such reforms?

(a)  

40.

List the three progressive presidents.

(a)  

41.

What law was passed to close some loopholes of the earlier Sherman Antitrust Act?

(a)  

42.

What popular American writer went by the pen name of Mark Twain?

(a)  

43.

What is the name for the system in which voters selected several commissioners to be in charge of a specific area of government?

(a)  

44.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


most famous agnostic

a)

Robert Ingersoll

b)

D. L. Moody

c)

B. B. Warfield

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

45.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


associated with the YMCA

a)

Robert Ingersoll

b)

D. L. Moody

c)

B. B. Warfield

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

46.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


famous preacher from Princeton

a)

Robert Ingersoll

b)

D. L. Moody

c)

B. B. Warfield

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

47.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


founded the Watch Tower Society

a)

Robert Ingersoll

b)

D. L. Moody

c)

B. B. Warfield

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

48.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


philanthropist

a)

Robert Ingersoll

b)

D. L. Moody

c)

B. B. Warfield

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

49.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


baseball player who was a devout Christian

a)

Christy Mathewson

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Samuel L. Clemens

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

50.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


wrote On the Origin of Species

a)

Christy Mathewson

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Samuel L. Clemens

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

51.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

a)

Christy Mathewson

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Samuel L. Clemens

d)

Charles Taze Russell

e)

Johns Hopkins

52.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


founder of Tuskegee Institute

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Robert Ingersoll

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

William Tweed

53.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


famous agnostic

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Robert Ingersoll

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

William Tweed

54.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


presidential candidate handpicked by Theodore Roosevelt

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Robert Ingersoll

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

William Tweed

55.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


scientist who found many new uses for peanuts

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Robert Ingersoll

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

William Tweed

56.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


corrupt New York City political “boss”

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Robert Ingersoll

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

William Tweed

57.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


exposed the evils of the meatpacking industry

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

e)

William Howard Taft

58.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


idealistic Democrat who became president

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

e)

William Howard Taft

59.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


appointed to help preserve America’s forest resources

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

e)

William Howard Taft

60.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


president and third-party candidate for president

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

e)

William Howard Taft

61.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


served in place of a mayor

a)

city manager

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

e)

city council

62.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


forced elected officials to resign

a)

city manager

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

e)

city council

63.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


allowed voters to propose their own legislation

a)

city manager

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

e)

city council

64.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


allowed voters to vote on acts already passed

a)

city manager

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

e)

city council

65.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


instituted an income tax

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Eighteenth Amendment

e)

Twentieth Amendment

66.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


granted women’s suffrage

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Eighteenth Amendment

e)

Twentieth Amendment

67.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


allowed the direct election of senators

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Eighteenth Amendment

e)

Twentieth Amendment

68.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


instituted prohibition

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Eighteenth Amendment

e)

Twentieth Amendment

69.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


author of The Jungle

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jane Addams

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt

70.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


wrote articles about urban problems for a magazine

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jane Addams

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt

71.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


founded the Hull House

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jane Addams

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt

72.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


was both president of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court at different times

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jane Addams

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt

73.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


wrote about the Standard Oil Company

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Ida M. Tarbell

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt

74.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


Bull Moose candidate of 1912

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Ida M. Tarbell

d)

William Taft

e)

Theodore Roosevelt