History midterm

1.

1 point

Which of the following was the most broadly based labor organization in the late
nineteenth century?

Knights of Labor

Congress of Industrial Organization

American Federation of Labor

The Grange

Industrial Workers of the World

2.

1 point

The principle of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was set down in

Plessy v. Ferguson

Roe v. Wade

Brow v. Board of Education

Bakke v. Board of Regents

The Dred Scott decision

3.

1 point

The Pendleton Act was enacted in response to

complaints about currency deflation

protests against civil service examinations

the loss of public support for both political parties

efforts to raise tariffs on imported cloth

the assassination of President James Garfield

4.

1 point

The term “scalawag” was used to describe

Northerners who came to the postwar South to take lucrative federal Northerners who came to the postwar South to take lucrative federal Northerners who came to the postwar South to take lucrative federal appointments

former plantation owners who had lost their lands

Union solders who occupied the South during Reconstruction

homeless unemployed freedmen in the South

native white southerners who cooperated with the Republicans

5.

1 point

The outcome of the disputed election of 1876 was significant because

was the last victory for the Radical Republicans

marked the beginning of a long line of Democratic Presidents

demonstrated that black voters held the balance of power in Southern politics

showed that the North and South were able to reconcile Northerners who came to the postwar South to take lucrative federal Northerners who came to the postwar South to take lucrative federal appointments

meant the end of Reconstruction

6.

1 point

Which of the following was the principal target of Thomas Nast’s political cartoons?

The trusts

Slavery

Boss Tweed

President Andrew Johnson

New immigrants

7.

1 point

After the Civil War, the practice of sharecropping

made it possible for African-Americans to save enough money to buy their own farms

required African-Americans to form groups to work as gang labor

force African-Americans to migrate to the North

turned African-Americans into a labor force with housing and supplies provided by whites

taught African-Americans and whites to work together as farmers

8.

1 point

“Forty acres and a mule” refers to

the allotment given to Native Americans under the Dawes Severalty Act

the inducement given to recent immigrants if they would settle outside of urban centers

the terms of the Homestead Act of 1862

the proposal to make freed slaves small-scale farmers

a typical homestead on the Great Plains in the 1870s

9.

1 point

During the Gilded Age, the nation’s two major political parties

tried with success to avoid political scandals

suffered from excessive argument and internal differences

differed in the quality of their party leaders

had similar basis of party membership

offered basically the same programs

10.

1 point

The injunction as a court order was often used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to

breakup trusts

protect labor unions from striking

prevent labor unions from striking

help farmers in danger of losing their farms

stop strikebreaking

11.

1 point

Booker T. Washington believed that

blacks could achieve equal rights by proving themselves through hard work

blacks should actively protest against discriminatory laws

blacks should accept the role a white-dominated society assigned to them

the NAACP served elitist causes

W. E. B. Du Bois was too moderate

12.

1 point

Which of the following was the main issue in Munn v. Illinois?

State regulation of labor unions

Suppression of a major strike by the federal government

State regulation of grain elevator operators and railroad rates

State prosecution of a federal official

Monopolistic practices of the Standard Oil Company

13.

1 point

The first federal agency established to regulate business was the

Federal Reserve System

Interstate Commerce Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission

Federal Power Commission

Pure Food and Drug Administration

14.

1 point

Open-range ranching came to an end due to

overproduction of beef and declining prices

increase in cattle production in the Midwest and East

federal support for irrigated agriculture

the range wars between cattlemen and sheep herders

fencing of the plains with barbed wire

15.

1 point

The 1892 Populist platform did NOT include

government operation of the railroads

high tariffs

the initiative

the referendum

the sub-treasury plan

16.

1 point

The Interstate Commerce Act included all of the following EXCEPT

publication of railroad rate schedules

prohibition of railroad rebates

declaration of short-haul differences as unlawful

establishment of fixed rate schedules for railroads to charge shippers

creation of a commission to hear problems of shippers

17.

1 point

A major factor in the drastic decline of the Plains Indians in the nineteenth century was

their failure to live up to treaty obligation

the hunting of the buffalo to near extinction

the escalation of intertribal wars aided by modern weapons

their placement on reservations

the loss of military leadership when important chiefs were killed or imprisoned

18.

1 point

The purpose of the 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was to provide Native Americans with

Economic aid establishing industries on reservation land

American citizenship and the right to vote in federal elections

communal tribal lands under federal jurisdiction

independent tribal sovereignty

individual family land allotments

19.

1 point

The Populists committed political suicide in 1896 when they

focused on the adoption of the gold standard as their main goal

concentrated on coinage of silver money as a way to solve their economic problems

supported William McKinely for president

rejected the advice of William Jennings Bryan to advocate silver coinage

none of the above

20.

1 point

In the 1877 case of Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court stated

railroad rate regulation should be left to federal courts

state railroad regulation was unconstitutional

railroad regulation by states was constitutional

railroads had the right to set their own rates regardless of destination

only Congress could regulate railroads

21.

1 point

Woodrow Wilson wont the presidency in 1912 largely because

there was broad support for his New Freedom Program

he received the endorsement of the Socialist party

he promised to keep the United States out of a European war

the political bosses in the cities paid recent immigrants to vote twice

the Republican vote was split between William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt

22.

1 point

The income tax amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1913

applied the same tax rate to all incomes

redistributed wealth from the rich to the poor

was repealed at the beginning of the Depression

recovered revenue lost by reducing the tariff

paid for the social welfare programs of the Wilson administration

23.

1 point

Which statement best summarizes the Open Door Policy?

The United States should have its own sphere of influence in China

China should be punished for its support of the Boxer Rebellion

All nations should be granted equal trading rights in China

Japan should be excluded from trading with China

The United States should control international trade in the Pacific

24.

1 point

When President Taft called for dollar diplomacy, he advocated

encouraging foreign exports by reducing tariffs

that American government money be loaned to underdeveloped countries

that American businessmen should invest in underdeveloped countries rather than lend those countries U.S. dollars

the rejection of the Open Door Policy

purchasing foreign owned territories

25.

1 point

The participation of the United States in World War I was ended

by a treaty with the other members of the Big Four

when the Senate ratified the Treaty of Versailles

by a treaty with all of the Central Powers

through a joint resolution of Congress

through a separate treaty with Germany alone

26.

1 point

Which statement best describes the “Irreconcilables” during the debate over the Treaty of Versailles?

They were opposed to American participation in the League of Nations on any terms.

They opposed the treaty because it failed to adequately protect national minorities in Eastern Europe.

They supported the treaty if certain changes were made on the reparations issue.

They were willing to accept the treaty if limitations were placed on U.S. participation in the League of Nations

They accepted the treaty as presented by Wilson but refused to make any changes

27.

1 point

The “Insular Cases” decision of the Supreme Court declared that

newly acquired territories could eventually become states

Puerto Rico and the Philippines could be lawfully annexed

the United States had the right to establish a Canal Zone in Panama

annexation of the Hawaiian Island had been unlawful

indigenous people in newly acquired colonies did not necessarily have the same rights as everyone

28.

1 point

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy involved

a diplomatic incident between the United States and France

child-labor laws

legislation to restrict immigration

conservation policy

the regulation of the trusts

29.

1 point

Wilson’s Fourteen Points did NOT include the

return of Alsace-Lorraine to France

creation of an independent Poland

creation of an international organization of nations

creation of an international peacekeeping force

creation of an independent Czechoslovakia

30.

1 point

According to the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1908, Japan agreed to

give Korea its independence

allow American companies free access to Japanese markets

maintain the balance of naval forces in the Pacific

discourage its citizens from emigrating to the United States

respect the territorial integrity of China

31.

1 point

President Woodrow Wilson responded to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 by

demanding that the Germans stop using submarine warfare

demanding an apology from Kaiser Wilhelm II

severing diplomatic relations with Germany

requiring exports to Europe to be sent only on American merchant ships

ordering Americans not to be passengers on belligerent powers’ ships

32.

1 point

The major issue in Northern Securities Company v. U.S. was

the antitrust laws

the right of workers to join labor unions

the regulation of the railroads

the constitutionality of the National Industrial Recover Act

limitations on child labor

33.

1 point

According to the Hay-Buneau-Varilla Treaty,

Columbia agreed to sell the Canal Zone for $25 million

Panama agreed to let the United States build an Isthmian canal on terms favorable to the U.S.

the United States agreed to assume Panama’s Columbian debt

Nicaragua was denied the right to build an isthmian canal

France sold its canal company to the Panamanian government

34.

1 point

The Venezuelan crisis of 1895 involved the United States in a dispute with

Germany

Great Britain

Portugal

France

Brazil

35.

1 point

The 1903 Platt Amendment, written by the United for inclusion int the Cuban
Constitution,

required Cuba to have a democratic government

joined Cuba and the United States in a pledge of eternal friendship

awarded the United States trading advantages with Cuba

granted the United States the right to intervene in Cuban domestic affairs

all of the above