By the time he died, Andrew Carnegie had __________. A) been reduced to poverty B) given away his massive personal fortune C) served as an advisor to five presidents D) fallen into public disgrace ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 indicated __________. A) a bipartisan effort to lower the tariff B) Congress’s desire to control big business C) that both parties recognized a need to professionalize government service D) voters wanted to curb the power of political parties ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Manila was to the Philippines as __________ was to Cuba. A) Santiago B) Santo Domingo C) Havana D) San Juan ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these events is most closely linked to the surge in the scale and scope of the federal government in the second half of the nineteenth century? A) Civil War B) Spanish-American War C) westward migration D) Indian removal ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Henry Street Settlement sought to address its neighborhood’s __________. A) moral laxity B) drunkenness C) prostitution D) health and welfare ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Both prohibition and ending prostitution were efforts by the progressive reformers to control __________. A) state politicians who obstructed progressive reform B) city bosses and city machines C) the growing middle class D) big-city immigrants with alien cultures ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Margaret Sanger and fellow advocates wanted birth control because __________. A) it would advance sexual freedom for middle-class women and protect poor working women B) birth control would allow poor women to work longer hours C) they feared population growth among unassimilated immigrants D) birth control would prevent child labor ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
William D. “Big Bill” Haywood was the best known and most influential spokesman for the __________. A) AFL B) IWW C) Knights of Labor D) CIO ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Wilson’s effort to manage the Mexican Revolution and protect U.S. interests in Mexico resulted in __________. A) a legacy of suspicion and mistrust between the two nations B) American military occupation of Mexico until 1934 C) an era of good feelings between the nations D) a war between Mexico and the United States ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under Herbert Hoover, the Food Administration raised the price of grain so that __________. A) farmers would increase production B) consumers would buy more bread and flour C) less foreign grain would enter the country D) more foreign grain would enter the country ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
