Question 1

Which of the following cases is an example of the Supreme Court invalidating state regulatory laws?

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Lochner v. New York

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Mueller v. Oregon

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Williams v. Mississippi

Question 2

What did Theodore Roosevelt threaten to do to bring big coal companies to the negotiating table during the 1902 coal strike?

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Nationalize the coal companies

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Arrest and jail the companies' workers and owners

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Promote the use of natural gas nationwide

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Institute a federal minimum wage

Question 3

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the 1911 Standard Oil case?

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The monopoly was broken up into several competing companies

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The longstanding 'rule of reason' was declared unconstitutional

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The Standard Oil Trust remained in place for several more decades

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The Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional

Question 4

Which statement characterizes President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources?

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He was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interests

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He became a convert to conservation after he left the presidency

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He was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resources

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He called for a repeal of the Forest Reserve Act of 1891

Question 5

The expansionist foreign policy of the 1890s derived significant inspiration from

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Social Darwinism

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populism

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isolationism

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Marxism

Question 6

Soon after the explosion of the USS Maine, a US naval board of inquiry blamed the sinking on

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an underwater mine

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a preemptive strike by the Spanish against US intervention

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an unfortunate accident

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Cuban patriots who were hoping to provoke US intervention

Question 7

The open door note, composed by US Secretary of State John Hay, called for

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equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China

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an end to all foreign spheres of influence in China

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an end to the Chinese taxing system

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a repeal of the extraterritoriality agreements with China

Question 8

Theodore Roosevelt's big-stick diplomacy policy was demonstrated

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with the strength and effectiveness of the US Navy

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when he mediated the Russo-Japanese War

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with his actions in the anthracite coal strike

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through his actions with the Rough Riders in Cuba

Question 9

How did the US acquire the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

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The US lent covert assistance to free Panama from Colombia

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Roosevelt bribed Columbian officials so that they would agree

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John Hay negotiated a peaceful transfer treaty with Columbia

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It agreed to buy the isthmus from Columbia

Question 10

What changes occurred in American trade with the Allies and the Central Powers between 1914 and 1916?

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Commerce with the Allies rose nearly fourfold, while it dwindled with the Central Powers

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Commerce with both sides rose equally because Americans supplied both with food and arms

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Trade with both sides was severely curtailed by naval attacks on the high seas

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Trade with the Allies dropped by half, whereas trade with the Central Powers tripled

Question 11

The term 'Great Migration' refers to

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African Americans moving from the South to the North during WWI

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Mexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern cities

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the American Expeditionary Force traveling en masse to Europe to fight

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women moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men going off to war

Question 12

How did the US curb dissent against WWI on the homefront?

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The Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the war

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The Committee on Public Information educated Americans about the war's necessity for their safety

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The American Protective League sponsored short prowar speeches at movie theaters and other public venues

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The 'One Hundred Percent Americans' campaign provided government propaganda to support the war

Question 13

Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part to

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stop unionization

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ensure workers' health

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improve workers' productivity

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win government pensions for the elderly

Question 14

Which statement describes the proceedings against Sacco and Vanzetti?

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Scholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trial

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Their quick trial and execution in 1921 exemplified antiradical hysteria

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Despite high emotions aroused by their case, Sacco and Vanzetti did receive a fair trial

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Their acquittal reflected the waning of the Red Scare hysteria

Question 15

How did the rejuvenated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s differ from its Reconstruction-era form?

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The group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacks

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The new Klan found most of its support in the rural South

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It abandoned violence in favor of economic boycotts

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It was a patriotic group, not a racist one

Question 16

Which of the following statements characterizes consumer spending during the 1920s?

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Installment buying boosted consumerism

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Credit cards fueled spending

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Americans emphasized thrift

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Higher incomes discouraged borrowing

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