APUSH Unit 6 Exam Review (Period 7 Part 1)
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- Q1Which of the following cases is an example of the Supreme Court invalidating state regulatory laws?Mueller v. OregonLochner v. New YorkPlessy v. FergusonWilliams v. Mississippi30s
- Q2What did Theodore Roosevelt threaten to do to bring big coal companies to the negotiating table during the 1902 coal strike?Arrest and jail the companies' workers and ownersPromote the use of natural gas nationwideNationalize the coal companiesInstitute a federal minimum wage30s
- Q3What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the 1911 Standard Oil case?The longstanding 'rule of reason' was declared unconstitutionalThe monopoly was broken up into several competing companiesThe Standard Oil Trust remained in place for several more decadesThe Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional30s
- Q4Which statement characterizes President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources?He became a convert to conservation after he left the presidencyHe was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resourcesHe was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interestsHe called for a repeal of the Forest Reserve Act of 189130s
- Q5The expansionist foreign policy of the 1890s derived significant inspiration fromSocial DarwinismpopulismisolationismMarxism30s
- Q6Soon after the explosion of the USS Maine, a US naval board of inquiry blamed the sinking onan underwater minea preemptive strike by the Spanish against US interventionan unfortunate accidentCuban patriots who were hoping to provoke US intervention30s
- Q7The open door note, composed by US Secretary of State John Hay, called foran end to all foreign spheres of influence in Chinaequal access for all countries seeking to trade with Chinaan end to the Chinese taxing systema repeal of the extraterritoriality agreements with China30s
- Q8Theodore Roosevelt's big-stick diplomacy policy was demonstratedwith the strength and effectiveness of the US Navywhen he mediated the Russo-Japanese Warwith his actions in the anthracite coal strikethrough his actions with the Rough Riders in Cuba30s
- Q9How did the US acquire the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?Roosevelt bribed Columbian officials so that they would agreeThe US lent covert assistance to free Panama from ColombiaJohn Hay negotiated a peaceful transfer treaty with ColumbiaIt agreed to buy the isthmus from Columbia30s
- Q10What changes occurred in American trade with the Allies and the Central Powers between 1914 and 1916?Commerce with both sides rose equally because Americans supplied both with food and armsTrade with both sides was severely curtailed by naval attacks on the high seasCommerce with the Allies rose nearly fourfold, while it dwindled with the Central PowersTrade with the Allies dropped by half, whereas trade with the Central Powers tripled30s
- Q11The term 'Great Migration' refers toAfrican Americans moving from the South to the North during WWIMexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern citiesthe American Expeditionary Force traveling en masse to Europe to fightwomen moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men going off to war30s
- Q12How did the US curb dissent against WWI on the homefront?The Committee on Public Information educated Americans about the war's necessity for their safetyThe American Protective League sponsored short prowar speeches at movie theaters and other public venuesThe Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the warThe 'One Hundred Percent Americans' campaign provided government propaganda to support the war30s
- Q13Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part toensure workers' healthimprove workers' productivitystop unionizationwin government pensions for the elderly30s
- Q14Which statement describes the proceedings against Sacco and Vanzetti?Their quick trial and execution in 1921 exemplified antiradical hysteriaScholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trialDespite high emotions aroused by their case, Sacco and Vanzetti did receive a fair trialTheir acquittal reflected the waning of the Red Scare hysteria30s
- Q15How did the rejuvenated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s differ from its Reconstruction-era form?The new Klan found most of its support in the rural SouthThe group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacksIt abandoned violence in favor of economic boycottsIt was a patriotic group, not a racist one30s