William Howard Taft undermined Roosevelt’s legacy in all of the following ways EXCEPT A) he replaced the Secretary of the Interior with someone who was not a staunch conservationist. B) he signed higher tariff rates and vetoed efforts to reduce the tariff on wool, steel, cotton, and iron, which alienated the progressive base of the […]
The nullification crisis was strongly influenced by __________. a. foreign manufacturing interests b. the political maneuvers of the National Republicans c. the demands of other southern states d. the personal feud between Jackson and Calhoun e. the relocation of Native Americans ANSWER D
The United States would have supported Queen Liliuokalani’s efforts to restore Hawaiian rule if she had NOT threatened to execute all rebels. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder primarily because they were __________. a. Russian immigrants b. anarchists c. atheists d. guilty e. black ANSWER B
In 1905, President Roosevelt managed to create a peace agreement between which nations? A) Russia and Japan B) Russia and Germany C) France and Japan D) China and Japan ANSWER Answer: A
After World War II, the Soviets considered which of the following part of their sphere of influence? A) Iran B) Italy C) Japan D) Thailand ANSWER A
Which group/individual was held responsible for the bombs that arrived in the mail at the homes of Postmaster General Albert Burleson, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, several members of the U.S. Senate, the mayor of Seattle, and federal immigration authorities and judges? A) The American Legion B) Victor Berger C) Industrial Workers of the World […]
The Ku Klux Klan collapsed after __________. a. several major leaders were convicted of sexual and financial crimes b. it was unmasked as a secret communist conspiracy c. new federal laws made membership a crime in 1927 d. evangelist Billy Sunday denounced it in a widely reprinted sermon e. southerners abandoned it as being unlike […]
The 1924 immigration restrictions created deep tensions between the United States and the countries of China and Japan. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
In 1675 and 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led frontiersmen in an uprising against Virginia’s Governor Berkeley. After Bacon was elected to the House of Burgesses, the assembly: a. passed resolutions demanding that England’s government be reformed b. outvoted the Piedmont delegates and upheld Berkeley’s program c. infected Bacon with the Bloody Flux, killing him d. enacted […]
