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APUSH Gilded age-WW2

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

gilded age: Rutherford Hayes

a)

most significant act was to end reconstruction by withdrawing the last federal troops from the south

b)

attempted to establish honest government after the corrupt grant administration

c)

interested in spoils and patronage than reform

d)

approved the development of the modern american navy

2.

Gilded age: the first democratic president since President James Buchanan

a)

Chester Arthur

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

George Washington

d)

James Garfield

3.

Gilded Age Time period

a)

1877-1920

b)

1930-1990

c)

1800-1820

d)

1776-1880

4.

Guilded age: Pendleton Act

a)

Set up a civil service commission and created a system in which applicants for federal jobs would be selected based on their scores on a exam

b)

Retrieved 81 mil government land from cattle ranchers and railroad

c)

Ended Reconstruction

d)

Shot Abraham Lincoln

5.

Gilded Age: Biggest consequence of the Election of 1896

a)

collapse of the populist party

b)

William McKinley's win

c)

showed the importance of having third party in an election

d)

gave birth to people's party

6.

American Imperialism: Causes of the Spanish-American war

a)

Business interests

b)

Yellow journalism

c)

USS Maine Explodes

d)

Open door policy

7.

American Imperialism: Effects of the Spanish American war

a)

Possession of Guam

b)

Cuba gains “independence”

c)

Dollar diplomacy

d)

U.S becomes a world power

8.

American Imperialism: Time period

a)

1877-1920

b)

1999-2007

c)

1875-1988

d)

1690-1760

9.

American Imperialism: Alfred T. Mahan

a)

made the book "influences of sea Power upon history"

b)

believed control of over the sea meant a successful empire

c)

American journalist

d)

most influential Secretary of state

10.

American Imperialism: Big Stick Policy

a)

asserted U.S. domination when such dominance was considered the moral imperative.

b)

marked

the end Spanish rule in the western hemisphere

c)

nationalist group who hated foreigners to prevent american lives and lands lost

d)

applied a high moral standard to create moral diplomacy

11.

Progressive era: time period

a)

1997-2003

b)

1867-1900

c)

1877-1920

d)

1679-1853

12.

Progressive era: Direct democracy

a)

more voice to people in government

b)

rising power of business

c)

created monopolies

d)

created several national parks

13.

Progressive era: Another term for "social Darwinists"

a)

robber barons

b)

Men

c)

Popular scientists during the progressive era

d)

Muckrackers

14.

Progressive Era: progressers

a)

believed in helping everyone but it was the government's job to do it

b)

Child labor

c)

believed in helping everyone with a hands on approach

d)

robber barons

15.

Progressive era: 16th,17th,18th,19th amendments

a)

16th- income tax

17th-direct election of senators

18th- abolition of alcohol

19th- voting rights for women

b)

16th- African American voting rights

17th- Abolition of alcohol

18th- Civil rights

19th- voting rights for women

c)

16th- Civil rights

17th- Freedom of speech

18th-Men voting rights

19th- Women voting rights

d)

16th- Income tax

17th-Freedom of speech

18th- Abolition of alcohol

19th- Civil rights

16.

Progressive era: Upton Sinclair

a)

Wrote the Book "the Jungle"

b)

Political Cartoonist

c)

Wrote the Book

"How the others Half Lives"

d)

Wrote the Book "the Octopus"

17.

Progressive Era: President

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

18.

WWI: America refused to join the war (start of the war)

a)

True

b)

False

19.

WWI: Lusitania Crisis

a)

German torpedoes sank a british passenger liner drowning many american

b)

German submarine attacks a passenger ship allied “The Arabic” drowning many americans

c)

Britain mines the north sea and seizes ships

20.

WWI: militarism

a)

the belief that a government or country should maintain a strong military system

b)

the belief that a government or country should produce strong weapons

c)

the belief any man over the age of 17 should be drafted into war

21.

WWI: April 2, 1917

a)

U.S declares War

b)

WWI ends

c)

Beginning of WWI

d)

Russia is taken over by communism

22.

WWI: Ultimate cause of U.S entering WWI

a)

Breaking of the Sussex Pledge

b)

Secret offer made by Germany to Mexico

c)

Russia withdraws from the allies

d)

Germany cutting off supplies to the allies

23.

WWI: Did America really stay neutral

a)

No, they continued to supply weapons to Germany and china

b)

No, they continued to supply weapons to Britain and France

c)

Yes. they stopped all trade and interference with the war

24.

WWI: Anti-war groups

a)

Populists

b)

Progressives

c)

Socialists

d)

Communists

25.

WWI Homefront: Wilson's administration

a)

raised wages for factory workers

b)

created hundreds of temporary wartime agencies and commissions

c)

Supplied money and housing to immigrants

d)

Desegregated the military

26.

WWI Homefront: Newton baker

a)

created a selective service system to draft men into the military

b)

desegregated the military

c)

Created a selective service system to draft women into the military

d)

helped pass the 19th amendment

27.

WWI Homefront: Treatment of people with German background

a)

handed them a rose and kissed them on the cheek

b)

Were seen as Spies for Germany

c)

Would get ran over by the president

d)

Were provided money as an apology for the war

28.

WWI Homefront: Charles t. Scheshnick

a)

member of executive committee of the socialist party in phili, urged men to resist the draft

b)

volunteered to head the fuel administration in effort to save coal

c)

treasury secretary; headed the railroad Administration

d)

went to the peace conference to implement his vision for lasting peace around the world

29.

WWI Homefront: which amendment went into effect during this time

a)

19th

b)

17th

c)

14th

d)

15th

30.

WWI Homefront: jan 18, 1919

a)

Wilson's war government raised 33 billion dollars in 2 years with loans and taxes

b)

The peace conference to end WWI took place in Versailles outside paris

c)

ceasefire was accepted

d)

congress increased both personal income and corporate taxes

31.

WWI Homefront: Did America take part in the treaty of Versailles

a)

No, Wilson left office defeated

b)

Yes, America took part in the treaty

32.

20s Economy & Society: Warren G Harding's goal

a)

To return to the good old days (the gilded age)

b)

To take over the Tri-state area

c)

To bring back the spoils system

d)

To destroy the world

33.

20s Economy & Society: why was this period known as "The roaring 20s"

a)

it was a time of change and economic prosperity

b)

The oldies got wild

c)

America ha trouble adjusting from the war period

d)

Cool music and dances were invented during the 20s

34.

20s Economy & Society: Henry Ford

a)

Improved upon the assembly line

b)

Jumped scared the country in a communist costume

c)

caused American communist fears to increase

35.

20s Economy & Society: Consumerism

a)

people constantly buying and buying

b)

stealing pineapples from local grocery stores

c)

Stores running out of things to sell

36.

20s Economy & Society: impact of wage increases

a)

led to the birth of the middle class

b)

led to an increase in rich people

c)

government money printer runs out of ink

37.

Culture Wars: Flappers

a)

young adults that challenged traditional values

b)

a group of young square dancers

c)

Women who dressed as birds to destroy misogyny

d)

African Americans who danced to jazz music

38.

Culture Wars: the harlem renaissance

a)

New generation of black artists and writers

b)

A new group of young women dancers

c)

another name for the roaring 20s