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STAAR Review- Expansionism/Progressive/Roaring 20s

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States-

a)

developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

b)

emerged as a new world power with an overseas empire

c)

pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

d)

refused to become a colonial power

2.

What was a major purpose of the 1898 newspaper headline above?

a)

rallying support for a declaration of war against Spain

b)

promoting peace between Spain and the United States

c)

supporting humanitarian aid for the suffering Cuban people

d)

punishing the citizens of Cuba

3.

In the late 1800s, an increased demand for raw materials and a desire for new markets contributed to the United States adopting a policy of

a)

isolationism

b)

collective security

c)

imperialism

d)

pacificism

4.

• Famous Rough Rider

• First American to win the Nobel Peace Prize

• Motto was “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

• Strengthened the U.S. Navy


Which twentieth-century U.S. leader is described by the list above?

a)

Henry Cabot Lodge

b)

George Marshall

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

5.

1) Varying elevation

2) Tropical climate

3) Swampy land

4) Rock slides

5) Yellow fever


The best title for the above factors is -

a)

Obstacles to Building the Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Challenges During the Construction of the Panama Canal

c)

Difficulties Faced by Pioneers Settling the Great Plains

d)

Problems Encountered by Immigrants Entering at Ellis Island

6.

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because

a)

new colonies had been acquired in Africa

b)

Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

c)

the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans

d)

United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

7.

President Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy was closely associated with-

a)

friendly relations with China after the Boxer Rebellion

b)

the conservation of natural resources

c)

court actions to oppose business monopolies

d)

intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations

8.

The headline in this newspaper are an example of

a)

yellow journalism

b)

muckraking literature

c)

investigative reporting

d)

government censorship

9.

Which policy sought to further American interests in Latin America by using the financial power of American business?

a)

Policy of "Watchful Waiting"

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

balance of power

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

10.

What was a primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door Policy?

a)

to protect United States trade in China

b)

to gain control of the Panama Canal Zone

c)

to encourage Chinese immigration to the United States

d)

to improve relations with China

11.

1) Supported building a canal in Panama

2) Leading imperialist who urged Americans to increase their navy


Which individual is described above?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Sanford B. Dole

c)

John Hay

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

12.

1) Helped to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani

2) Served as President and Governor of Hawaii

a)

Moorfield Storey

b)

Sanford B. Dole

c)

William H. Taft

d)

Andrew Carnegie

13.

Which best explains the reason for the changes In political boundaries across the Pacific Ocean shown on this map?

a)

the desire to obtain key natural resources

b)

the desire for coaling stations along key trade routes

c)

the growth of the Social Gospel Movement

d)

the American victory in the Spanish-American War

14.

In the 1890s, the main goal of those who supported United States imperialism was to

a)

bring self-government to areas under United States control

b)

obtain overseas markets and naval bases

c)

defend against attacks by enemy nations

d)

spread democracy to Africa and Latin America

15.

Which United States foreign policy was most often used to carry out the actions in the Caribbean?

a)

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

b)

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

c)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

d)

Open Door

16.

The explosion of the USS Maine and the practice

of yellow journalism played a significant role in the

a)

public’s support for the Spanish-American War

b)

creation of the Open Door policy

c)

acquisition of Florida

d)

purchase of Alaska

17.

How did Sanford B. Dole and Christian missionaries impact the Hawaiian islands?

a)

They strengthened the authority of the ruling aristocracy

b)

They supported the U.S. annexation of Hawaii.

c)

They promoted the preservation of native autonomy

d)

They supported the declaration of war against Spain

18.

The canal would serve as a short-cut between the _______________ oceans.

a)

Caribbean and Atlantic

b)

Pacific and Caribbean

c)

Atlantic and Pacific

d)

Arctic and Pacific

19.
The United States acquired the territory shaded in green during the Spanish-American War.  The name of that territory is
a)
Cuba
b)
Japan
c)
Philippines
d)
Spain
20.

Where did a revolution take place that drew the US into the Spanish-American War in 1898?

a)

Cuba

b)

America

c)

Hawaii

d)

Spain

21.
Which of the following newspaper headlines best illustrates the practice of yellow journalism in 1898?
a)
 "266 Killed in USS Maine Accident"
b)
"USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor"
c)
"USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery"
d)
"Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion"
22.
Which of these factors increased U.S. public opinion in favor of a war with Spain to free Cuba?
a)
the death of José Martí in combat
b)
the passage of the Teller Amendment
c)
the publication of the de Lôme letter
d)
 the popularity of the Yellow Kid cartoons
23.
Examine the flowchart of events in Hawaiian history below. Which of the following events belongs in the box with the question mark?
a)
U.S. forces help overthrow Queen Liliuokalani.
b)
Queen Liliuokalani agrees to make Hawaii a republic.
c)
Native Hawaiians remove Queen Liliuokalani from power.
d)
Queen Liliuokalani petitions the U.S. government for protectorate status.
24.
Which of the following was ceded to the United States after the Spanish American War?
a)
Hawaii
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Panama
d)
Mexico
25.

Which image(s) seen here was/were not annexed by the U.S. during our current period of study?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
26.
President Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine primarily affected Latin America by...
a)
guaranteeing human rights throughout the Western Hemisphere
b)
supporting independence movements in many countries
c)
encouraging immigration to the United States
d)
increasing United States intervention in the region
27.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
28.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
29.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
30.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
31.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
32.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
33.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
34.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
 ·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
35.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
36.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
37.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
38.
17th Amendment-
a)
Banned sale, distribution and manufacture of alcohol
b)
required direct election of US Senators
c)
established the Income Tax
d)
Gave women suffrage rights
39.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
40.
Period of history when alcohol was outlawed in the country
a)
Prohibition
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
18th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
41.
This organization helps fight to end discrimination against different races
a)
NSA
b)
WCTU
c)
NAACP
d)
RESPECT
42.
Campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism.
a)
Women Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Alcoholics Anonymous
d)
Fair Weather Fan
43.
The ability to remove corrupt government officials from office
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Primary
44.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
45.
The founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association that helped lead congress to vote on woman’s suffrage
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Francis Willard
46.
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
47.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
48.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
49.
Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
50.
Which goal was shared by both the Populists and the Progressives?
a)
free coinage of silver
b)
expansion of opportunities for immigrants
c)
equality for African Americans
d)
greater control of the government by the people
51.
To guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introduced 
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
insurance on all bank deposits
c)
the Federal Reserve System
d)
an end to the gold standard
52.
Which goal, set a 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 Commission
c)
adoption of a graduated income tax
d)
ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
53.
How were the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act similar
a)
They authorized the breakup of labor unions
b)
They rejected the use of trust-busting strategies
c)
They increased the federal government's power to regulate business practices
d)
They reaffirmed the federal government's laissez-faire attitude toward big business
54.

The growing political influence of this group led to the ratification of the 18th and 19th Amendments.

a)

Nativists

b)

Women

c)

Men

d)

Activists

55.
Which agency name belongs on the blank line?
a)
U.S. Geological Survey
b)
National Park Service
c)
Bureau of Reclamation 
d)
U.S. Border Patrol
56.
How did the person named in this 1909 handbill work to improve the lives of African Americans?
a)
By organizing voter-registration drives for African Americans
b)
By supporting the formation of labor unions by African American workers
c)
By promoting vocational training for African Americans
d)
By organizing boycotts of businesses that refused service to African Americans
57.
The reform discussed by Governor Johnson in this excerpt - 
a)
required elected officials to communicate regularly with the public
b)
provided citizens with more resources to run for office
c)
made elected officials more directly accountable to their constituents
d)
created new eligibility requirements for candidates in public office
58.
The Federal Income Tax was the _______ Amendment
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
59.
Which president created the National Park System?
a)
McKinley
b)
T. Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
60.
The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-
a)
Reduce the number of farms
b)
Build an overseas empire
c)
Regulate big business
d)
Reduce immigration
61.

What is the name of the movement which promoted the growth of African-American culture and later influenced the civil rights movement?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Back to Africa Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

62.

What innovation, embraced by Henry Ford, made the production of automobiles more efficient (cheaper, faster, better)?

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Just-In-Time Technology

c)

Assembly Line

d)

Time-Study Analysis

63.

What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Americanization Movement

c)

Social Gospel Movement

d)

Social Darwinism

64.

What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

Nativism

d)

NAACP

65.

During what event did many African Americans leave the south and move to the north in search of economic opportunities in industrialized cities?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Dust Bowl

c)

Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration

d)

Social Darwinism

66.

What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Clinton Impeachment

d)

All of the above

67.

Why was Prohibition seen as a failure?

a)

Speakeasies were established to replace bars.

b)

It led to an increase in organized crime.

c)

Mobsters made it unsafe in the cities.

d)

All of the above

68.

Why did the government carry out the Palmer Raids in the 1920s?

a)

They wanted to prevent workers from joining labor unions.

b)

They wanted to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests.

c)

They wanted to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges.

d)

They wanted to stop the spread of communists ideas by radicals.

69.

What movements during the 1920s believed that some people were inferior and should not reproduce.

a)

Eugenics & Social Darwinism

b)

Red Scare & Nativism

c)

Social Gospel & Muckrakers

d)

Tin Pan Alley & Harlem Renaissance

70.

Flappers during the 1920s -

a)

confronted discrimination in employment and education

b)

challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.

c)

joined the Army and fought in combat

d)

refused to use their 19th Amendment rights

71.

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of African American artists who

a)

Worked in the South

b)

Calling for segregation

c)

Urged African Americans to leave the country

d)

Exploring their heritage and encouraging African Americans to be prideful of black culture.

72.

A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant….

a)

Increased US involvement in Europe

b)

No longer selling alcohol in the United States

c)

Going back to life as it had been before the war

d)

Limiting immigration

73.

The __________________________ ended prohibition and was passed in 1933.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

74.

Smugglers who brought alcohol into the United States when it was illegal were called?

a)

Flappers

b)

Bootleggers

c)

Anarchists

d)

Communists

75.

Nativists believed that native-born Americans

a)

Should not drink alcohol

b)

Are superior to immigrants and foreigners

c)

Should have better working conditions

d)

Are a lost generation

76.

What is mass media?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

77.

What are speakeasies?

a)

Illegal bars and clubs

b)

Jazz musicians

c)

Communication that reaches many people

d)

Powerful gangsters

78.
Louis Armstrong is best known for which form of popular music in the early 1900s?
a)
Gospel
b)
Folk
c)
Jazz
d)
Blues
79.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
80.
 What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
81.
Who was the first pilot to fly a trans atlantic flight?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindeburgh
d)
Herbert Hoover
82.
The most direct result of the 18th Amendment(Prohibition) was that ________
a)
people were mostly in support of the amendment.
b)
organized crime in America increased
c)
organized crime in America decreased
d)
people stopped drinking alchohol
83.
Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge 
a)
believed in a laissez faire approach to the economy and government 
b)
believed government intervention was important to a successful economy.
c)
were anarchists 
d)
had administrations riddled with scandal. 
84.
The 20s were characterized by
a)
Political Isolationism
b)
World War
c)
Economic Depression
d)
Decreased Nativism
85.
What do Glen Curtiss and Charles Lindbergh have in common?
a)
Both were senators
b)
Both were U.S. Navy
c)
Both were involved in the Scopes Trial
d)
Both were Aviation innovators
86.
Which author most contributed to the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Langston Huges
c)
Dorthea Lang
d)
John Steinbeck
87.
How did the automotive industry help stimulate the U.S. economy?
a)
Ended dependence on foreign cars
b)
Increased employment for female engineers
c)
Increased demand for steel, rubber, and gasoline
d)
Started the Industrial Revolution
88.
Who built the Model T?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Al Capone
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Harry Truman
89.
What 2 men were opposing lawyers in the Scopes Monkey Trial?
a)
William Jennings Bryan & Clarence Darrow
b)
Charles Lindbergh & Glenn Curtiss
c)
Marcus Garvey & Booker T. Washington
d)
Henry Ford & Andrew Carnegie
90.

The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as the

a)

Bad Times

b)

Red Scare

c)

Bolshevik Doom

d)

Communist Wave

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