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WorksheetsUSH RP2 (Midterm) Review
Total questions: 81
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How did settlement houses reflect the goals of Progressive reformers?
They promoted strict immigration limits
They provided direct assistance to improve living conditions
They encouraged labor unions to strike
They focused on overseas missionary work
What was the primary purpose of settlement houses such as Hull House?
To separate immigrants from native-born citizens
To provide education, childcare, and social services
To promote political parties in urban areas
To enforce moral behavior through laws
Who were muckrakers during the Progressive Era?
Journalists who focused on foreign affairs
Writers who exposed corruption and social problems
Government officials who investigated crimes
Business leaders who supported reform
What was one major outcome of muckraking journalism?
The expansion of U.S. overseas territories
Increased public awareness leading to reform laws
The decline of newspapers as a news source
The end of labor unions
How did The Jungle and How the Other Half Lives influence government action?
They led to stricter immigration quotas
They encouraged the government to regulate working and living conditions
They reduced support for Progressive reform
They promoted isolationism
Which reform gave voters the power to propose laws directly?
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Amendment
Which problem were settlement houses MOST directly created to address?
Political corruption in city governments
Lack of social services for urban immigrants
Unfair taxation policies on factory owners
The growth of monopolies
How did Progressive political reforms reduce corruption?
By increasing presidential power
By limiting voter participation
By giving citizens more control over government decisions
By removing all political parties
What did Progressives hope to achieve through political reforms?
Stronger military control
Greater public participation and accountability
Increased corporate influence
Fewer elections
Which statement BEST describes Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” diplomacy?
Avoiding foreign involvement whenever possible
Using military strength to back diplomatic goals
Promoting missionary activity abroad
Encouraging international free trade
How did Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy differ from Roosevelt’s approach?
It relied more on economic investment than military force
It rejected U.S. involvement in Latin America
It focused on moral leadership
It opposed American businesses overseas
What made Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy distinct from earlier policies?
It supported imperial expansion
It promoted democracy and moral principles abroad
It avoided intervention completely
It relied on financial influence
Why did the United States seek overseas markets in the late 1800s?
To spread communism
To sell surplus industrial goods
To escape domestic political conflict
To reduce immigration
Why did the United States support the Open Door Policy in China?
To gain exclusive control over Chinese trade
To ensure equal trade access for all nations
To prevent European settlement in Asia
To establish military bases
How were spheres of influence connected to the Open Door Policy?
The policy supported exclusive foreign control
It challenged unequal trade advantages held by imperial powers
It promoted isolationism
It encouraged colonization of China
Which factor MOST directly pushed the U.S. toward war with Spain?
European alliances
Economic depression
The explosion of the USS Maine
Border disputes
How did yellow journalism influence public opinion?
By encouraging neutrality
By exaggerating events to stir emotions
By presenting balanced viewpoints
By focusing on economic data
Which territory did the U.S. gain after the Spanish-American War?
Haiti
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Canada
What was one long-term effect of the Spanish-American War?
The end of imperialism
The U.S. emerged as a global power
The decline of the U.S. Navy
Reduced foreign involvement
How did militarism increase global tensions before WWI?
By reducing the size of armies
By encouraging nations to build large military forces
By promoting peace treaties
By weakening alliances
This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
What technique did propaganda commonly use to influence public opinion?
Detailed economic data
Emotional appeals and patriotic imagery
Neutral reporting
Scientific analysis
What global problem did Wilson hope the League of Nations would address?
Economic competition
Colonial independence movements
Immigration disputes
Preventing future wars
Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
It was too lenient toward Germany
It ended all alliances
It required U.S. membership in the League of Nations
It reduced military spending
Why did the U.S. government limit free speech during WWI?
To promote immigration
To prevent opposition to the war effort
To support labor unions
To expand civil liberties
What was the purpose of the Sedition and Espionage Acts?
To restrict speech viewed as harmful to national security
To encourage protest
To expand voting rights
To regulate businesses
What was the outcome of Schenck v. United States?
All wartime censorship was ruled unconstitutional
Free speech was expanded
The Espionage Act was repealed
The Court upheld limits on speech during wartime
Why was the Ku Klux Klan revived in the 1920s?
Rising nativism and fear of social change
Opposition to Reconstruction policies
Support for civil rights
Economic depression
How did the 1920s Klan differ from the Reconstruction-era Klan?
It focused only on African Americans
It rejected political involvement
It targeted immigrants, Catholics, and Jews as well
It opposed prohibition
How did fear of communism affect U.S. policy after WWI?
It strengthened labor unions
It encouraged a decrease in government spending
It expanded immigration
It led to raids and immigration restrictions
Why did many African Americans leave the South during the Great Migration?
Racial violence
War drafts
Foreign invasions
Higher taxes
How did Booker T. Washington’s approach differ from W.E.B. Du Bois’s?
Washington supported immediate political equality
Du Bois emphasized vocational training
Washington focused on economic self-improvement first
Du Bois rejected education
Jane Addams is BEST known for her role as a
labor union organizer
settlement house reformer
Supreme Court justice
suffrage leader
Which individual exposed unfair business practices in the oil industry?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Jacob Riis’s work primarily focused on
food safety
foreign policy
political corruption
urban poverty and housing conditions
Which term BEST describes journalism that aimed to create social reform?
Yellow journalism
Muckraking
Propaganda
Isolationism
The 17th Amendment changed the election of U.S. senators by
allowing governors to appoint them
giving voters the right to elect them directly
increasing the length of their terms
limiting the number of senators per state
Which policy emphasized U.S. economic investment as a way to influence other nations?
Big Stick Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
What role did the USS Maine play in the Spanish-American War?
It negotiated peace
Its explosion increased public support for war
It transported troops to Europe
It enforced trade laws
How did alliances contribute to World War I?
They reduced conflict
They turned regional disputes into global wars
They promoted diplomacy
They prevented military buildup
Nationalism increased tensions before WWI because it
encouraged cooperation
intensified competition and ethnic conflicts
limited military growth
promoted global unity
Self-determination refers to the idea that
people should choose their own government
nations should expand their empires
borders should never change
peace requires military alliances
The Quota Acts of 1921 and 1924 were designed to
encourage global trade
increase immigration
limit immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
expand civil rights
The Palmer Raids targeted individuals suspected of being
business leaders
suffragists
communists and anarchists
war veterans
African American journalist. published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores
Ida B. Wells
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
An effort that combined Christian values with social reform.
Progressive Movement
Populist Party
Social Gospel Movement
Suffrage Movement
A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to vote on a particular proposal.
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Suffrage
Procedure where voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term and ended.
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Suffrage
Expanded voting rights for women
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Constitutional action that prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.
18th Amendmnet
19th Amenmdnet
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in
The Hawaiian Islands
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Samoa
Panama
It stated that European countries would no longer be allowed to create new colonies or interfere with the affairs of independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
Dollar Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corallary
Big Stick Policy
In addition to the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. would intervene in finances of smaller countries in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. wanted to help these countries and prevent Europeans from taking them over.
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
What justified America becoming an "international police force in Latin America
Big Stick Policy
Manifest Destiny
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Shortened travel from 16,000 miles to 6,500 miles, Construction took 10 years to complete and cost $400 million and thousands of lives. (used for trade, transportation & quick water route during war)
Suez Canal
Hoover Dam
Panama Canal
That one thing
Sugar cane plantation in this region supported being annexed in 1898. In 1900, became a U.S. territory, & all became U.S. citizens. first territory the U.S. acquired in Pacific Ocean & would later become the 50th U.S. state in 1959.
Cuba
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Guam
Which of the M.A.I.N causes is defined by the "gaining and control of colonies" from around the world?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Militarism
What treaty signed in 1919 officially ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
Armistice of Compiègne
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Berlin
Which of these ships was sunk by the Germans?
Nebraska
Titanic
Lusitania
Queen Eliza II
What was President Woodrow Wilson's stated policy toward the warring nations of Europe prior to United States entry into World War I?
neutrality
containment
internationalism
dollar diplomacy
Payments Germany was forced to pay for the damage they caused
What was a goal of the Klux Klux Klan in the 1920's?
To repeal the 13th amendment
To repeal the 18th amendment
To spread hatred for anyone not "American" in their eyes (white, protestant).
To ally with certain diverse groups to oppose immigrants.
Which of the following is a reason the Klu Klux Klan gained popularity in the 1920's?
Rise in immigration bringing new people to America.
The recent end of slavery.
New opportunities for women.
The death of Warren G. Harding.
Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers. These are all characteristics of what era in US History?
1920s
Great Depression
WWII
The Cold War
Which of these resulted form the prohibition of alchohol during the 1920s?
a decline in immigration rates
a growing fear of communism
the expansion of the consumer economy
the rise of organized crime
Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?
because of advertising
because of lower taxes on imports
because of installment buying
because the trucking industry grew
Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?
factory workers
truck drivers
movie theater owners
farmers
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
religion and science
biology and science
evolution and science
education and science
Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?
National Origins Act
KKK
Scientific Management
The Great Migration
The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
stimulated growth in many other industries
led to a nationwide recession
closed down the steel industry
brought about the collapse of the suburbs
This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.
consumerism
national debt
immigration
education
The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920's was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?
The taxation of imported luxury goods
The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers
The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages
The implementation of immigration restrictions
Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?
Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.
Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
Reform organizations targeted women's issues.
Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.
During the 1920s, controversies concerning the Scopes trial, national Prohibition, and the behavior of "flappers" were all signs of disagreement over
causes of the Great Depression
return to normalcy
benefits of new technology
traditional values and changing lifestyles
What innovation, embraced by Henry Ford, made the production of automobiles more efficient (cheaper, faster, better)?
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Time-Study Analysis
Just-In-Time Technology
