What unique custom did New Yorkers on Fifth Avenue develop to show off their riches on the New Year? A) inviting the poor to their homes for parties B) leaving their curtains open C) moving furnishings into the parks for the day D) taking expensive presents to tenement dwellers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the “gospel of wealth” and the “gospel of work” have in common? A) Both saw power as the driving force of progress. B) Both saw riches as proof of civic virtue. C) Both affirmed the dignity of production. D) Both were based on the realities of the preindustrial world. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In general, the presidents of the last quarter of the nineteenth century __________. A) lacked luster and accomplished little B) dominated politics and their parties C) used their office to enrich themselves D) increased the power of the presidency and controlled Congress ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Alfred Thayer Mahan helped define American policy in the 1880s with his work on the influence of __________ on history. A) food supplies B) sea power C) Christianity D) disease ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Josiah Strong was most closely associated with what aspect of the imperial impulse? A) Christian missionary work B) economic expansion C) naval power D) party politics ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the federal government respond to the crisis of the 1890s? How did American workers respond? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: strikes; Coxey’s Army; social and economic problems; federal intervention; federal inaction
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these groups provided much of the financial support for the Anti-Saloon League? A) recent immigrants B) local businessmen C) women’s organizations D) the Democratic Party ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “white label” campaign of the National Consumers League was designed to force manufacturers to __________. A) hire more African American workers B) establish pensions for injured workers C) improve health benefits for white color workers D) meet safety and sanitary standards ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was an important difference between the WCTU and the Anti-Saloon League? A) The WCTU advanced its cause through the manipulation of anti-immigrant sentiment. B) The Anti-Saloon League was a one-issue pressure group. C) The WCTU was an avowedly secular organization. D) The Anti-Saloon League did not enjoy the support of the business […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the beginning of World War I, Wilson declared that the United States would __________. A) immediately come to the Allies’ aid B) maintain strict neutrality C) cut off all trade with the belligerent powers D) initiate a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare to protect shipping ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
