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- 1. Multiple Choice
The poster was most intended to...
Recruit women to take jobs in industry
Raise the level of patriotism & support for war vs. Germany
Raise funds for the war effort against Spain
Silence opposition to America's war effort vs. Germay
- 2. Multiple Choice
The organization most likely responsible for publishing the poster was the..
War Labor Board
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
Anti-Imperialist League
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Zimmermann telegram was part of an effort to...
Disrupt American influence in Latin America
Convince several Western states to secede from the U.S.
Bring Mexico into World War I on the side of Great Britain & France
Win Mexican support for Germany if the U.S. declared war against them
- 4. Multiple Choice
Publication of the Zimmermann telegram in U.S. newspapers helped to...
Re-elect Woodrow Wilson as President
Convince the American public to support entrance into World War I
Encourage Congress to declare neutrality
Convince Congress to sell Arizona & New Mexico to the British
- 5. Multiple Choice
The political cartoon...
Expresses view that U.S. colonies were angered by U.S. expansion in early 1800's
Indicates President McKinley was more than willing to engage in territorial expansion
Attempt to provide justification for U.S. imperialism following World War I
Shows McKinley's displeasure in establishing U.S. international empire
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an immediate cause of increased American influence in the Caribbean & Pacific islands?
American victory in World War I
The closing of the American frontier
The efforts of muckrakers to expose the ills of society
American victory in the Spanish-American War
- 7. Multiple Choice
The political cartoon most clearly depicts which of the following developments of the late 19th & early 20th centuries?
Imperialism
Industrialization
Isolationism
Immigration
- 8. Multiple Choice
The cartoon represents a continuation of what earlier 19th century movement?
Manifest Destiny
Populism
Social Gospel
Nativism
- 9. Multiple Choice
The condition depicted in the image were most directly due to..
Low wages for factory workers
The farm crisis of the 1890's
Inability to build more housing in urban areas
The crowded ships that crossed the Atlantic
- 10. Multiple Choice
The conditions depicted in the image most directly led to...
The formation of political machines
Disease & other unhealthy conditions among the urban poor
The formation of labor unions
People leaving the cities in order to farm
- 11. Multiple Choice
This political cartoon most directly reflects the sentiments of
Democrats
Labor Unions
Populists
Republicans
- 12. Multiple Choice
The main point of the cartoon is most comparable to the idea of...
President Roosevelt wanted to "tame" capitalism & not end it
The Sherman Antitrust Act was unenforceable
President Roosevelt wanted to destroy all trusts
President Roosevelt often did not practice what he preached
- 13. Multiple Choice
The cartoon is meant to depict...
The debate over U.S. intervention in World War I
The success of the "Wisconsin Idea"
The effects of yellow journalism
The results of the Election of 1912
- 14. Multiple Choice
The cartoon was most likely influenced by which of the following events
The Supreme Court decision that broke up the Northern Securities Company
Roosevelt's handling of the anthracite coal miner's strike
The U.S. annexation of Hawaii
The ratification of the 16th Amendment
- 15. Multiple Choice
The cartoon reflects which of the following concepts that were popular in the late 1800's
Sherman Antitrust Act
Social Darwinism
Vertical Integration
The Gospel of Wealth
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which group does the cartoon imply is exercising control over legislation in the U.S. in the late 1800's?
Managers at factories & textile mills
Owners of trust companies
Foreign powers
Members of Congress
- 17. Multiple Choice
This cartoon could be used to support which claim made about business leaders in the late 1800's?
Business owners should be considered "Robber Barons" who unfairly use money & influence to take advantage of politics
Most men who owned businesses should be considered "Captains of Industry", as they used money to drive American economy
Monopolies in the end of the 19th century had little political power in terms of U.S. economy
Congress used their legislative power to limit the economic power of monopolies & trusts
- 18. Multiple Choice
The ideas expressed in Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech were a continuation of what issue of contention in the 1890's?
Immigration restrictions
Protective tariffs
Federal railroad regulations
Currency reforms
- 19. Multiple Choice
Bryan's speech was promoting a stronger government role in...
U.S. foreign policy
Congressional procedures
Transcontinental railroad
American economic system
- 20. Multiple Choice
The working condition describe in "The Jungle" were most directly caused by which of the following developments in the Gilded Age?
Lack of government regulation due to laissez-faire economic policies
Growth & success of Progressive muckrakers
Active presidencies of Roosevelt & Taft
Power wielded by political machines in major cities
- 21. Multiple Choice
Based on "The Jungle", which of the following most directly was a result?
Mugwumps became successful at blocking corruption caused by political machines
Factories were forced to close & increased unemployment & crime
Muckrakers became feared by major corporations & industries
Congress responded by passing a series of acts to protect the American consumer
- 22. Multiple Choice
The cartoon depicts which of the following business practices
Laissez-faire capitalism
Interlocking directories
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration
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