EXCELLENT FULLY ANSWERED Q&A
Reform elements such as the recall, the referendum, and the initiative were primarily
designed to give power to
A: trusts.
B: political machines.
C: voters.
D: monopolies. - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: voters.
Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?
A: She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
B: She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
C: She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
D: She founded the first all-girls high school in the US. - (CORRECT ANSWER)D:
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
How did Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal help the environment?
A: by ending federal irrigation projects
B: by preserving the nation's forests
C: by clearing and developing land
D: by limiting working hours - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: by preserving the nation's
forests
Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington?
A: a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial
equality
B: a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to abolish it
C: a civil rights leader who founded a university and was later elected to political
office
D: a civil rights leader who was arrested for violating Jim Crow laws and later
challenged them in court - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: a civil rights leader who was
born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial equality
Women's suffrage in Arizona was granted by which reform measure?
A: an initiative
B: a recall
C: a referendum
D: a direct primary - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: an initiative
In what year was the Women's Christian Temperance Union formed?
A: 1859
B: 1870
C: 1874
D: 1910 - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: 1874
What was Upton Sinclair's main purpose in writing The Jungle?
A: promote the socialist views that he adopted as an adult
B: to explain why journalists had an obligation to tell the truth
C: to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
,D: to prompt Congress to pass food-safety laws - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: to
arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
A: providing allotments of land.
B: encouraging assimilation.
C: confining tribes on reservations.
D: forcing tribes to relocate. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: encouraging assimilation.
How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?
A: Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the
right to vote.
B: Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing
people to support their right to vote.
C: Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist
movement.
D: Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact
the suffragist movement. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: Women served as nurses and
ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s?
A: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money.
B: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.
C: Populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard.
D: Populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money. -
(CORRECT ANSWER)B: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver
coins.
Which of the following best describes William Jennings Bryan's political life following
the 1896 election?
A: After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as the president.
B: After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as senator.
C: After losing to McKinley, Bryan retired from politics.
D: After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more. - (CORRECT
ANSWER)D: After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more.
Which of the following issues caused Roosevelt to seek a "square deal" for the
environment in 1900?
A: conditions at meat-packing plants
B: swamp land
C: deforestation
D: political corruption in farm areas - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: deforestation
Read the quotation from William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech.
"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not
crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
Which of the following best describes Bryan's opinion about currency?
A: Working people do not make as much gold as the wealthy.
B: Free silver would ruin the economy of the United States.
C: The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States.
, D: Workers would prefer to earn gold coins instead of silver. - (CORRECT
ANSWER)C: The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States.
What did the People's Party believe would result from the government taking control
of America's railroads and banks?
A: Government control would prevent those industries from taking advantage of
small farmers.
B: Government control would force those industries to offer more jobs to the
"common people."
C: Government control would prompt banks and railroads to rely on gold coins
instead of silver.
D: Government control would end the inflation and rising costs caused by a shortage
of currency. - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: Government control would prevent those
industries from taking advantage of small farmers.
Musician and composer George Gershwin was known for helping to spread jazz to
A: South America.
B: Europe.
C: Africa.
D: Asia. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: Europe.
In 1925, John Scopes broke a state law in Tennessee called the Butler Act, which
outlawed
A: teaching about religion.
B: teaching about evolution.
C: teaching about Prohibition.
D: teaching about creationism. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: teaching about evolution.
Which occurred after African American jazz musicians migrated north?
A: Jazz music spread throughout the US.
B: Jazz music spread only in major cities.
C: Jazz music played only in the South.
D: Jazz music lost popularity in the South. - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: Jazz music
spread throughout the US.
During the early 1900s, which of the following movements created tension in
Europe?
A: isolationism
B: nationalism
C: spiritualism
D: internationalism - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: nationalism
A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was
A: Jim Crow laws.
B: guaranteed jobs.
C: higher wages.
D: integration. - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: higher wages.
Trench warfare led to stalemates during World War I by making it
A: difficult for attacks to succeed.
Reform elements such as the recall, the referendum, and the initiative were primarily
designed to give power to
A: trusts.
B: political machines.
C: voters.
D: monopolies. - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: voters.
Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?
A: She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
B: She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
C: She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
D: She founded the first all-girls high school in the US. - (CORRECT ANSWER)D:
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
How did Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal help the environment?
A: by ending federal irrigation projects
B: by preserving the nation's forests
C: by clearing and developing land
D: by limiting working hours - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: by preserving the nation's
forests
Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington?
A: a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial
equality
B: a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to abolish it
C: a civil rights leader who founded a university and was later elected to political
office
D: a civil rights leader who was arrested for violating Jim Crow laws and later
challenged them in court - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: a civil rights leader who was
born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial equality
Women's suffrage in Arizona was granted by which reform measure?
A: an initiative
B: a recall
C: a referendum
D: a direct primary - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: an initiative
In what year was the Women's Christian Temperance Union formed?
A: 1859
B: 1870
C: 1874
D: 1910 - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: 1874
What was Upton Sinclair's main purpose in writing The Jungle?
A: promote the socialist views that he adopted as an adult
B: to explain why journalists had an obligation to tell the truth
C: to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
,D: to prompt Congress to pass food-safety laws - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: to
arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
A: providing allotments of land.
B: encouraging assimilation.
C: confining tribes on reservations.
D: forcing tribes to relocate. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: encouraging assimilation.
How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?
A: Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the
right to vote.
B: Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing
people to support their right to vote.
C: Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist
movement.
D: Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact
the suffragist movement. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: Women served as nurses and
ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s?
A: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money.
B: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.
C: Populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard.
D: Populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money. -
(CORRECT ANSWER)B: Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver
coins.
Which of the following best describes William Jennings Bryan's political life following
the 1896 election?
A: After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as the president.
B: After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as senator.
C: After losing to McKinley, Bryan retired from politics.
D: After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more. - (CORRECT
ANSWER)D: After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more.
Which of the following issues caused Roosevelt to seek a "square deal" for the
environment in 1900?
A: conditions at meat-packing plants
B: swamp land
C: deforestation
D: political corruption in farm areas - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: deforestation
Read the quotation from William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech.
"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not
crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
Which of the following best describes Bryan's opinion about currency?
A: Working people do not make as much gold as the wealthy.
B: Free silver would ruin the economy of the United States.
C: The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States.
, D: Workers would prefer to earn gold coins instead of silver. - (CORRECT
ANSWER)C: The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States.
What did the People's Party believe would result from the government taking control
of America's railroads and banks?
A: Government control would prevent those industries from taking advantage of
small farmers.
B: Government control would force those industries to offer more jobs to the
"common people."
C: Government control would prompt banks and railroads to rely on gold coins
instead of silver.
D: Government control would end the inflation and rising costs caused by a shortage
of currency. - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: Government control would prevent those
industries from taking advantage of small farmers.
Musician and composer George Gershwin was known for helping to spread jazz to
A: South America.
B: Europe.
C: Africa.
D: Asia. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: Europe.
In 1925, John Scopes broke a state law in Tennessee called the Butler Act, which
outlawed
A: teaching about religion.
B: teaching about evolution.
C: teaching about Prohibition.
D: teaching about creationism. - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: teaching about evolution.
Which occurred after African American jazz musicians migrated north?
A: Jazz music spread throughout the US.
B: Jazz music spread only in major cities.
C: Jazz music played only in the South.
D: Jazz music lost popularity in the South. - (CORRECT ANSWER)A: Jazz music
spread throughout the US.
During the early 1900s, which of the following movements created tension in
Europe?
A: isolationism
B: nationalism
C: spiritualism
D: internationalism - (CORRECT ANSWER)B: nationalism
A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was
A: Jim Crow laws.
B: guaranteed jobs.
C: higher wages.
D: integration. - (CORRECT ANSWER)C: higher wages.
Trench warfare led to stalemates during World War I by making it
A: difficult for attacks to succeed.
