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- 1. Multiple Choice
The issue addressed by this poster is primarily associated with the —
Progressive Era
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
Cold War
- 2. Multiple Choice
How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race.
By eliminating the poll tax.
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender.
By lowering the voting age.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —
The creation of the Temperance Society.
The repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
The initiation of the Settlement House movement.
The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in —
A system of separate schools for new immigrants.
The expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process.
A redistribution of the tax burden among citizens.
More sources of revenue for state governments.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The reform discussed by Governor Johnson in this excerpt —
Required elected officials to communicate regularly with the public.
Provided citizens with more resources to run for office.
Made elected officials more directly accountable to their constituents.
created new eligibility requirements for candidates for public office.
- 6. Multiple Choice
These achievements illustrate Ida B. Wells’s contributions as —
Religious leader.
An artist of the Harlem Renaissance.
A supporter of Prohibition.
An advocate of equality.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Southern farmers and clergy members.
Factory owners and bankers.
Muckrakers and women’s organizations.
College students and immigrants.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the —
Food and Drug Administration.
Centers for Disease Control.
Department of Commerce.
Institution of Education Sciences.
- 9. Multiple Choice
A student learning about U.S. history is instructed to write a paper about W. E. B. Du Bois and race relations in the United States. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student’s assignment?
The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens.
The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market.
The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was a result of the social problems presented in this 1917 political cartoon?
Government leaders introduced health-care reform laws.
Lobbyists focused attention on the power of corporate monopolies.
Women worked to improve conditions in tenement houses.
Progressives worked to ratify a prohibition amendment.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did the ideas presented in this address affect the early Civil Rights movement in the United States?
By encouraging African Americans to achieve equality through vocational education.
By directly supporting Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Steamship Line.
By encouraging African Americans to accept Jim Crow laws.
By forming the basis for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the most likely topic of discussion between these men?
Limiting the power of major railroad companies.
Creating alternative maritime shipping routes.
Designating additional land as national parks.
Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the primary result of this legislation?
States instituted their own environmental regulations.
Settlement on lands with fragile ecosystems was prohibited.
Monopolies seized control of natural resources.
National parks were created as a way to manage land resources.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which agency name belongs on the blank line?
U.S. Geological Survey.
National Park Service.
Bureau of Reclamation.
U.S. Border Patrol.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the most likely result of the publication of images such as this 1906 political cartoon?
The government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Private companies refused to import foreign foods.
The government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Labor unions protested unsafe working conditions.
- 16. Multiple Choice
How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?
Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.
Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.
Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.
Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which American value is described in this excerpt?
Individualism.
Populism.
Liberty.
Laissez-faire.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which value important to America’s success as a constitutional republic is best illustrated in this excerpt?
Social justice.
Populism.
Laissez-faire.
Egalitarianism.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which value is best reflected in this excerpt?
Liberty.
Populism.
Laissez-faire.
Egalitarianism.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was implemented in 1913 to solve these problems?
Each state held party conventions in order to select senators.
A national referendum was held to standardize the procedures for selecting senators.
Open primaries were used to limit the choices of senators who could be confirmed by state legislatures.
A constitutional amendment was ratified that required senators to be elected directly by popular vote.
- 21. Multiple Choice
The goal of this resolution was eventually achieved with the —
Signing of the Civil Rights Act.
Passage of Prohibition laws.
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Creation of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted above helped advance the cause of gender equality?
It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.
It gave women new economic rights, such as property ownership.
It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.
It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.
- 23. Multiple Choice
How did the person named in this 1909 handbill work to improve the lives of African Americans?
By organizing voter-registration drives for African Americans.
By supporting the formation of labor unions by African American workers.
By promoting vocational training for African Americans.
By organizing boycotts of businesses that refused service to African Americans.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of these contributed to the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?
Veteran soldiers protesting to obtain benefits.
The growing political influence of women.
Politicians campaigning for education reform.
The growing number of workers organizing into labor unions.
- 25. Multiple Choice
This model was evident in the United States through the works of —
Frances Willard and her support of the temperance movement.
A. Philip Randolph and his protests during World War II.
Jane Addams and her programs for new immigrants.
Eugene V. Debs and his establishment of the American Railway Union.
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams’s Settlement House movement in Chicago?
The founding of women’s colleges.
The introduction of prison reform.
The assimilation of immigrants.
The establishment of public libraries.
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