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US History Since 1877
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gustavus Swift boosted productivity in his Chicago slaughterhouses in the 1860s by using | assembly lines |
| Which of the following describes the Homestead Act of 1862? | provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. |
| Which of the following groups called themselves the Exodusters in 1879? | blacks who immigrated to Kansas |
| Which of these late-nineteenth-century U.S. Supreme Court rulings settled the question of African Americans’ access to regular first-class seats on American railroad cars until the 1950s? | plessy v Ferguson |
| Which of the following describes the consumer culture that emerged in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century United States? | modern and innovative |
| The Comstock Act took effect in 1873 and | prohibited the circulation of any information about sex and birth control. |
| In the late nineteenth century, Social Darwinists, such as William Graham Sumner, believed that | millionaires were the fittest Americans |
| Which of the following statements describes Charles Darwin’s theories as presented in his book, On the Origin of Species? | Animals and plants adapt to better suit their environment through natural selection. |
| Which of the following made the growth of skyscrapers possible? | the invention of elevators |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech to Congress in 1892 on the “solitude of self” referred to the | importance of women's autonomy in modern society |
| The prominent political movements between the end of Reconstruction and World War I ignored which of the following goals? | bringing full equality to blacks |
| Which of the following was the first federal law ever passed to regulate trusts? | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Which president advocated measures to protect black voting rights in the South after the end of Reconstruction? | benjamin harrison |
| What did William Jennings Bryan mean when he stated, “You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold” in his famous 1896 speech? | The United States should abandon the gold standard to stimulate industry. |
| Which of the following statements describes Hawaii in the 1890s? | American sugar planters overthrew Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani and applied for U.S. annexation. |
| What was Woodrow Wilson’s primary reason for wanting to keep the United States neutral at the outbreak of World War I? | He wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war |
| Which of the following statements characterizes race relations in the aftermath of World War I? | At least 120 blacks were killed in racial violence in the United States by 1919. |
| Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part to | stop unionization |
| Harding campaigned on the platform of returning to “normalcy,” which meant | he would be a common man in government rather than an intellectual. |
| Which of the following statements characterizes the Scopes “monkey trial” of 1925? | The trial quickly became a media circus. |
| How did the rejuvenated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s differ from its Reconstruction-era form? | The group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacks. |
| The flapper, an icon of American culture, represented | the emancipated woman of the 1920s. |
| Which of these protests caused Hoover’s popularity to plunge dramatically in 1932? | bonus army |
| What was the significance of the New Deal? | The programs expanded the federal government's presence both in the economy and in people's lives. |
| What form of government did the war-making nations of the late 1930s have in common? | fascism |
| During the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s goal was | European domination and world power. |
| Franklin Roosevelt responded to A. Philip Randolph’s plan for a March on Washington by | issuing Executive Order 8802. |
| Which of the following statements describes the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II? | The internment policy was not applied to the many Japanese Americans who lived in Hawaii. |
| What was the principal reason that Harry Truman and his American advisors decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan in the summer of 1945? | They demanded unconditional surrender and were not willing to invade Japan. |
| Which of the following established the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe? | yalta agreement |
| Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the Korean War? | It established a precedent of avoiding atomic weapons in future Cold War conflicts. |
| Truman’s domestic program during his second term in office was known as the | fair deal |
| 33. Which of the following statements is true about the post–World War II U.S. economy? | American prosperity was beyond the reach of many poor and nonwhite Americans. |
| 34. The term Pax Americana refers to | American domination of the global economy after World War II. |
| Which of the following statements characterizes the pressure felt by middle-class American women during the 1950s? | Cultural messages indicated that domesticity should be women’s highest priority. |
| Which of the following statements accurately characterizes U.S. immigration laws between World War II and the mid-1960s? | In 1952, the McCarran-Walter Act ended the exclusion of immigrants from China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. |
| The term restrictive covenants refers to | prohibitions on black residents in some communities. |
| Which of the following contributed to the powerful mystique that followed the presidency of John F. Kennedy? | Kennedy's 1963 assassination |
| 39. Women’s liberation activists modeled their ideas, goals, and tactics after the | Black Power movement. |
| Malcolm X and the Black Muslims pursued a philosophy that differed dramatically from that of | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 41. The United States adopted the gold standard in the 1870s for its currency because | It hoped to encourage European investment in the United States. |
| Who benefitted most from the General Mining Act of 1872, which allowed individuals who discovered minerals on federally owned land to work the claim and keep the proceeds? | powerful investors |
| 43. Reformers believed that the best way to save the Indians was through | education |
| Which of the following statements characterizes the employment of women in the American labor force during the late nineteenth century? | More than 75 percent of all stenographers and typists were female. |
| 45. Which of the following was the purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? | To authorize the president to take any action necessary to prevent further aggression in Vietnam |
| 46. Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in the election of 1972 signaled | a major political realignment in the United States. |
| Why did President Ford pardon Nixon a month after Ford took office in 1973? | He wished to spare the country the agony of rehashing Watergate. |
| The resurgence of Christian faith in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s has been labeled by historians as the | Fourth Great Awakening. |
| What effect did the Cold War have on the civil rights movement? | It both constrained and led to support for reforms. |
| Which of the following statements describes women and their relationship to work and family life in the postwar decades? | Most "women's jobs" were in teaching, nursing, or the service sector. |
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