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11/15/2011
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1. Was American politics a form of entertainment for the populace during the Gilded Age?
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YES
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2. Did white males make up the bulk of the electorate until 1900?
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YES
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Did the first railroad commissions have much power beyond just being advisory?
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NO
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What Supreme Court case upheld the right of the states to regulate commerce?
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THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION
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What was the first commission established that attempted to enforce federal regulation of commerce?
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YES
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6. Was the presidency weaker than Congress until the 1890s?
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YES
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7. Who won the election of 1876
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RUTHERFORD B HAYES
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8. Was the Sherman Antitrust Act vague and at the mercy of the courts
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YES
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9. What case defined a sharp distinction between commerce and manufacturing
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US VS E C KNIGHT
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10. The legislation of the Congress of _____________ shaped the future policy of the nation
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1890
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11. Did Eugene V. Debs come to national attention as a result of the Pullman strike
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YES
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12. What President broke the Pullman strike on the ground that it had obstructed the delivery or the mail? It is not Theodore Roosevelt…….
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PRES CLEVLAND
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13. Was realism the greatest change in American literature during the late 1800s?
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YES
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14. What famous writer of the 1800s relied on realism and humor of American life?
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MARK TWAIN
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15. Did the 1890s shape the destiny of the nation
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YES
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16. What was the term for journalists who investigated American life and sought to
expose corruption and questionable practices?
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MOCHRAHERS
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17. Who wrote The Jungle?
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UPTON SINCLAIR
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18. What is the best example of a mass-produced product in the early 1900s?
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MODEL T OF HENRY FORD
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19. Who proved that enormous revenues could come from small unit profit on a large volume of sales?
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HENRY FORD
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20. Where did Ford get the idea for the moving assembly line
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A FARMER PLOWING A SERIES OF PARALLEL FURROWS
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21. The law requiring every state desiring federal funds to establish a highway department to plan routes, oversee construction, and maintain roads was the _____.
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1916 FEDERAL AIDE ROAD ACT
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22. Was there a wave of mergers and consolidations in America between 1898 and 1903?
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YES
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23. Who was the leading financier in the U. S. in the early 1900s
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J P MORGAN
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24. New methods of production of production in the first years of the 20th century were large scale and mechanized?
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TRUE
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25. What fire forced state and national attention on working conditions in factories and stores?
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TRIANGLE SHIRT WASTE FIRE
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26. Between 1900 and 1920 women found professional jobs closed to them. T/F?
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TRUE
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27. What was the main focus of the Niagara Movement
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AFRICAN AMERICAN
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28. What African American leader took a gradualist approach to political affairs?
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BOOKER T WASHINGTON
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29. Were immigrants to the U. S. in the early 1900 easily assimilated into American society
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NO
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30. By the 1920s had the quality of life improved for many Americans?
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YES
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31. Where did Teddy Roosevelt go after leaving the presidency?
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ON AN AFRICAN SAFARI
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32. Did progressivism seek radical changes to American life
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NO
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33. Were many of the leaders of the progressive movement well educated
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YES
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34. The Eighteenth Amendment provided for _______.
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PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL
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35. What Amendment provided for women’s suffrage
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19TH
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36. Who was the most influential educator of the Progressive Era
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JOHN DEWEY
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37. The Progressives saw the establishment of commissions as a means of ending the corrupt alliances between business and politics. T/F?
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TRUE
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38. What literary work prompted the passing of the Meat Inspection Act
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THE JUNGLE
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39. Wilson’s New Freedom called for --________________.
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BUSINESS COMPETEION AND SMALL GOV
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40. What Act established the income tax?
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16TH
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41. What was the most important domestic law of Wilson’s administration?
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FEDERAL RESERVED ACT
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42. What was the Federal Trade Commission established to oversee in 1914?
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BUSINESS PRACTICE
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43. Who was Madam C. J . Walker
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AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS PIONEER
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44. What civilian ship was sunk by the Germans in 1915
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WSITANCIA
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45. Was American foreign policy between 1901 and 1920 aggressive and nationalistic
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YES
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46. In terms of foreign policy, what president sought to prepare the country for its role as a world power?
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THEODORE ROSELVET
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47. What treaty gave the United States control of the Panama Canal?
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HAW-BANU_VAVILLA
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48. The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the ___________.
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MONOROE DOCTRINE
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50. Did Wilson have experience in foreign affairs when he too the presidency
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NO
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51. In the case of foreign affairs and most of his political dealing, Wilson could best be described as a __________.
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MORALIST
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52. In the outset of WWI in Europe, Americans took a position of _______.
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NEAUTRALITY
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53. What group saw World War I as a potential threat to their reforms?
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PROGRESSIVE
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54. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, what position did Wilson take?
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DECLARIED NEAURTILITY
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55. Did the growing threat of German U-boats prompt Wilson to come out in favor of a preparedness policy?
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YES
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56. What telegraph proposed an alliance between German and Mexico?
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THE ZIMMEREMAN TELEGRAPH
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57. Did the shortage of workers in the North prompt a great migration of African Americans to northern cities?
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YES
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58. What type of support did Wilson want when he formed the delegation to go to the Peace of Paris at the end of WWI?
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WANTED A GROUP HE COULD CONTROL
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59. What was the primary focus of Wilson’s 14 points at the Peace of Paris?
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TO FOUND A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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