History Unit 5 Test

When did the American Railway Union defy an injunction by federal courts?

Pullman Strike

Which was not a major reason for American industrial growth during the Gilded Age?

low tariff

Problems in what industry were the main cause for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act?

Railroads

Which of the following pieces of legislation helped eliminate much of the spoils system?

Pendleton Act

Why did John D. Rockefeller choose to invest in oil refining rather than in one of the other segments of the industry?

Refining was a safe investment.

Who won the 1896 presidential campaign?

William McKinley

Which of the following was not one of the issues that dominated American politics at the end of the nineteenth century?

Taxes

Most immigrants during the "New Immigration" were from

southern and eastern Europe

What was one of the main reasons the Republicans lost the 1884 presidential election, their first defeat in twenty-eight years?

They selected a candidate who had been involved in a scandal.

What philosophy argued that the government was best equipped to promote human progress?

Reform Darwinism

What captain of industry began his career as an immigrant working in a textile mill?

Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following government acts most seriously hurt the nation's economy?

McKinley Tariff

Why was the tariff of 1883 called the "Mongrel Tariff"?

Numerous amendments made the tariff ineffective.

What event discredited the Knights of Labor?

Haymarket Riot

What was the first major trust that became the inspiration for many others?

Standard Oil Company

What was the chief goal of the Grange during the 1870s?

state regulation of railroads

Which of the following pieces of legislation was designed to make monopolization in business illegal?

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Which was not a major element of American society during the Gilded Age?

romanticism

The twin pillars of the "New South" were tobacco and

textiles

By the early nineteenth century, the most powerful tribe in the Missouri River valley was the

Sioux

To encourage settlement, the federal government passed a law that permitted settlers to buy land for small amounts of money if they lived on that land. The law was called the

Homestead Act

The buffalo were virtually exterminated in the 1860s and 1870s for all of the following reasons except

the meat industry needed meat for its eastern markets

The 1887 law that tried to force Indians to assimilate into white society by ending tribal ownership of land and distributing it to individual tribe members was the

Dawes Severalty Act

Sand Creek and the Washita River are associated with the

massacre of peaceful Plains Indians

The purpose of the cattle drive was to

move cattle to a railroad terminal.

What was essential to the culture of the Plains Indians?

buffalo

What is the significance of Promontory Point, Utah?

It was the junction of the transcontinental railroad.

What was the American government's official goal during the Indian Wars?

to move the Indians to reservations

The expansion of the United States in the late 1800s differed from that of earlier decades in that it involved

an increasing importance on foreign trade

islands, rather than areas adjacent to existing U.S. territory

densely populated areas not suitable for massive new settlement

possessions that few Americans expected to become states

The United States acquired the Hawaiian Islands as a result of all the following factors except

President Cleveland sent marines to ensure that nothing stopped annexation from taking place

The U.S. president who asked for a declaration of war against Spain in 1898 was

William McKinley

The United States suggested the Open Door policy for China to

promote the economic ideal of free markets

keep the great powers from completely destroying China by

dividing it among themselves

allow U.S. merchants to trade in China without the interference
of foreign governments

achieve a foreign policy victory without using military force

Most of the territory that the United States acquired in the 1890s was in the

Pacific Ocean

The newspapers of Pulitzer and Hearst in the 1890's

used their own pool of reporters as well as well-known authors of the day.

created sensationalist reports often called "Yellow journalism."

sometimes not only reported the news, but created the situations for their stories.

were excluded from some schools, libraries, and clubs.

In the decade following its victory in the Spanish-American War, the United States gave partial independence to

Cuba

What territory did America purchase from Russia?

Alaska

American foreign policy during the last half of the 1800s included all the following goals except

using U.S. naval power to protect peace in Europe.

What major victory did America win against Spain in the Pacific?

Manila Bay

All the following measures furthered direct democracy except

referendums

What law was passed after the publication of The Jungle?

Pure Food and Drug Act

What amendment called for the direct election of senators?

the Seventeenth Amendment

How did progressives try to prevent politicians from intimidating and bribing voters?

secret ballot

What was the subject of The Jungle?

meatpacking

What amendment initiated a federal income tax?

the Sixteenth Amendment

Theodore Roosevelt crusaded for all of the following causes except

segregation

Which black leader told blacks they must improve themselves economically before they could expect political equality?

Booker T. Washington

What minister was a leading advocate of the social gospel?

Walter Rauschenbusch

What reform measure has been called the "Magna Carta" of labor?

Clayton Antitrust Act

American leaders were afraid to grant the Philippines independence too quickly primarily because they

feared that another country would take over the Philippines.

Woodrow Wilson is credited with all the following achievements except

the Pure Food and Drug Act.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

the Nineteenth Amendment

A graduated income tax is an income tax

charging a higher percentage to the rich.

What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?

International Policeman

Progressive education emphasized

experience

What was probably the most significant agricultural advance during the Progressive Era?

tractor

Which of the following events occurred first?

Austria declared war on Serbia.

Which event sparked World War I?

the murder of Archduke Ferdinand

After entering World War I, the first actions of the U.S. military involved

aiding the British Navy in its efforts to end the submarine threat to Allied shipping

Germany's invasion of which nation brought Great Britain into World War I?

Belgium

The combat role of American troops in World War I

involved over six months of hard fighting to stop the final German offensives of the war

The Fourteen Points included

The League of Nations

What was the main provision of the Espionage and Sedition Acts?

banning criticism of the war effort

All of the following were underlying causes of the war except

internationalism

Which of the following countries was part of the Triple Entente?

Great Britain

The Zimmermann telegram stirred up anti-German sentiment in the United States because it revealed German plans to

return to Mexico her lost provinces in the American Southwest in exchange for a Mexican declaration of war on the United States

The Treaty of Versailles did all of the following except

require Germany to pay war reparations to the Central Powers

Although Americans believed that only naval assistance would be required of the United States, the situation changed when

Russia pulled out of the war, allowing a large number of German troops to be moved to the Western Front

Many Americans became outraged at Germany after it began to

engage in unrestricted submarine warfare

What was the purpose of Germany's Schlieffen Plan?

to defeat France quickly and then attack Russia

Before World War I, the Triple Alliance consisted of

Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy