History 21 - United States History Since the Civil War » 2019 » Week 6 Quiz

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Question #1
The Social Gospel movement
A.   argued that the only way to solve the problem of poverty was to first convert Americans to Christianity.
B.   maintained that people should apply Christianity to address social problems.
C.   maintained the position that the federal government had no role to play in address the social problems of the day.
D.   argued that the Bible should be taught in public schools.
Question #2
The journalists who exposed social evils in American society during the Progressive era were called
A.   Mugwumps
B.   muckrakers
C.   Know Nothings
D.   abolitionists
Question #3
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" was instrumental in gaining congressional legislation for the regulation of
A.   trusts.
B.   food and drugs.
C.   railroads.
D.   the oil industry.
Question #4
The Progressives
A.   drew their support mainly from the lower classes.
B.   embraced laissez-faire
C.   believed that experts should manage public affairs.
D.   opposed extending public education to black Americans.
Question #5
At the state level, which of the following was NOT a proposal progressives made to achieve "direct democracy?"
A.   the direct election of Senators.
B.   the initiative, referendum and recall.
C.   Women's suffrage
D.   The poll tax
Question #6
A pioneer in the settlement house movement was
A.   Florence Kelly
B.   Jane Addams.
C.   Carrie Chapman Catt
D.   Ida B. Wells.
Question #7
The 1902 anthracite coal strike
A.   led many middle-class citizens to support management in its battles with labor.
B.   resulted in the Senate censoring President Teddy Roosevelt for forcing and end to the strike.
C.   marked the first time that president intervened on the side of workers in a labor dispute.
D.   resulted in lower wages and longer working hours for coal workers.
Question #8
As a result of the passage of the federal meat inspection law in 1906
A.   the working conditions of exploited meatpackers were improved.
B.   the meatpacking trust was broken up.
C.   federal standards for meat were established.
D.   Americans began to switch from buy American beef to Argentinian beef.
Question #9
Which of the following was the first civil rights organization created to further the cause of civil rights for African Americans?
A.   NAACP
B.   The American Socialist Party
C.   AF of L
D.   CORE
Question #10
Which of the following expanded the federal government's authority to set maximum rates for the railroads?
A.   The Hepburn Act
B.   The Federal Reserve Act
C.   The Mann-Elkins Act
D.   The Dawes Act
Question #11
President Roosevelt was ahead of his time in his views on
A.   war, advocating peace rather than confrontation to achieve American interest in Latin America
B.   the need for protection of natural resources.
C.   the limits of American police power in the world.
D.   the need for free trade.
Question #12
The Niagara Movement, organized in 1905 by W.E.B. Du Bois and others, sought
A.   an equal rights Amendment for the U.S. Constitution.
B.   unionization of the unskilled.
C.   political and economic equality for African Americans
D.   voting rights for women.
Question #13
President Roosevelt's handling of trusts suggests that he believed
A.   the federal government should break up large corporations only in cases of monopoly or flagrant abuses.
B.   trusts were a good thing for the economy and government should leave business leaders alone to run their businesses as they saw fit.
C.   bigness is the equivalent of badness.
D.   regulation of large corporations should be left to state and local authorities.
Question #14
The event that caused the decline in the Progressive Movement was
A.   The split in the Republican Party in 1912.
B.   The Philippine Insurrection
C.   The Supreme Court ruling in Baker v. Carr.
D.   World War I
Question #15
Who was the president known for a highly moralistic approach to diplomacy?
A.   Willaim Howard Taft
B.   William McKinley
C.   Woodrow Wilson
D.   Theodore Roosevelt
Question #16
Dollar diplomacy refers to the policy of
A.   Woodrow Wilson, who believed that an American economic blockade against Mexico would force the Mexicans to select a president acceptable to the United States.
B.   Theodore Roosevelt, who urged greater American investment in China.
C.   William McKinley, who believed that American colonialism was the answer to pull the U.S. out of the Panic of the early 1890s.
D.   William Howard Taft, who favored economic penetratiion of foreign markets by American banks and corporations.
Question #17
In order to secure rights to build a canal through Central America, the United States
A.   supported Columbia's claim of ownership of Panama.
B.   invoked the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with England which allowed either nation to build a canal in Central America.
C.   aided a revolution in Panama against Columbia.
D.   purchased the right of way through Panama from England.
Question #18
Teddy Roosevelt claimed that the United States had the right to intervene in the affairs of nations in Latin America (more specifically the Caribbean region) if those governments failed to make good on repayments for loans taken out from European countries. This is know as Roosevelt's ______________.
A.   Good Neighbor Policy.
B.   restatement of the Berlin Accords.
C.   Dollar Diplomacy
D.   Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
Question #19
During the 19th Century, women's rights activists had long sought to secure the right for women to vote in the United States. This was finally achieved with the ___________________.
A.   ratification of the 17th Amendment.
B.   ratification of the Voting Rights Amendment.
C.   ratification of the 18th Amendment.
D.   ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Question #20
Henry George and Edward Bellamy,,
A.   Led the Mugwumps to victory in the presidential election of 1904.
B.   offered practical and pragmatic proposals to solve the problems of late 19th century society that were quickly instituted into law.
C.   were two early challengers of Social Darwinism
D.   argued that any government interference in society would have negative consequences.

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