Transcript Midterm From Hell Review

Midterm From Hell Review
Questions 1 and 2
. . . “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
— Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
In this poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest tost” refers to (1)
soldiers (2) immigrants (3) survivors of a shipwreck (4) unemployed
workers
This poem is found on which national landmark? (1) Plymouth Rock (2)
Lincoln Memorial (3) Statue of Liberty (4) Independence Hall
Question 3
Which document contains President Woodrow
Wilson’s call to create the League of Nations?
(1) Zimmerman telegram (2) Atlantic Charter
(3) Fourteen Points (4) Kellogg-Briand Pact
Question 4
In the late 1800s, the United States became an
imperialist nation when it (1) acquired
overseas territories (2) declared its neutrality
(3) formed military alliances (4) reduced trade
with other nations
Question 5
Mass production is a term that can best defined
as the (1) number of hours employees are
required to work (2) manufacture of large
quantities of a product quickly and cheaply (3)
profit made by a large business or corporation
(4) formation of a business monopoly
Question 6
One advantage that corporations of the late
1800s had over individually-owned businesses
is that corporations (1) needed fewer
employees (2) hired only skilled workers (3)
received the support of labor unions (4) had
stockholders who invested money
Question 7
Antitrust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act
were passed by Congress in an effort to (1)
regulate the power of big business (2) limit
low-priced imported goods (3) encourage
more immigration (4) provide safer consumer
products
Question 8
One advantage that corporations of the late
1800s had over individually-owned businesses
is that corporations (1) needed fewer
employees (2) hired only skilled workers (3)
received the support of labor unions (4) had
stockholders who invested money
Question 9
Laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes
and grandfather clauses were passed by
Southern states to (1) raise money to rebuild
the South after the Civil War (2) improve the
education of United States citizens (3) limit
the rights of formerly enslaved persons (4)
support the Radical Republicans
Question 10
Which set of events related to World War I is in the
correct chronological order? (1) Lusitania sunk→ World
War I begins →United States declares war on Germany
→Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated (2)
Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated →World
War I begins → Lusitania sunk→United States declares
war on Germany (3) Archduke of Austria-Hungary
assassinated →United States declares war on Germany
→Lusitania sunk→ World War I begins(4) United States
declares war on Germany →Archduke of AustriaHungary assassinated →World War I begins →
Lusitania sunk
Question 11
The 1906 publication of Upton Sinclair’s book
The Jungle helped to expose the (1) unfair
treatment of women (2) cruelty of modern
warfare (3) unsafe living conditions in
tenements (4) unsanitary conditions in the
meatpacking industry
Question 12
A muckraker was a writer or journalist who (1)
supported monopolies(2) opposed the
growth of labor unions (3) encouraged an end
to slavery (4) exposed corruption in
government and business
Question 13
Yellow journalism was used by newspapers in
the 1890s to (1) influence public opinion (2)
promote peace in Cuba (3) overturn a
presidential election (4) support an isolationist
foreign policy
Question 14
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, prejudice
against “new” immigrants increased mainly
because these immigrants (1) came from
cultural backgrounds very different from that
of the majority of Americans (2) tried to
replace American democracy with their own
forms of government (3) formed their own
labor unions in order to receive higher wages
(4) had job skills superior to those of most
American workers
Question 15
The principle of “separate but equal”
established by the Supreme Court in the case
of Plessy v.Ferguson (1896) was used to (1)
provide reservation lands for Native American
Indians (2) justify racial segregation of public
facilities(3) end the use of child labor (4)
expand the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights
Question 16
What was the immediate cause of the outbreak
of World War I (1914)? (1) formation of secret
alliances (2) competition over Asian and
African colonies (3) accumulation of arms and
weapon (4) assassination of Archduke
Ferdinand of Austria
Question 17
An increase in the number of factories in the
mid-1800s led to (1) an increased dependence
on products made in homes (2) an increase in
urbanization (3) a decrease in levels of water
and air pollution (4) a reduction in
immigration from Europe
Question 18
President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
was a plan to (1) acquire European colonies
(2) control European trade (3) prevent future
wars (4) limit imports to the United States
Question 19
A major reason the United States wanted to
build the Panama Canal was to (1) improve
United States relations with Latin America (2)
increase trade with England (3) protect United
States citizens living in South America (4)
shorten the sea route between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts
Question 20
• Germany had to accept blame for war in
Europe.
• Germany had to pay war reparations to
European nations.
• Germany had to disarm and reduce its military
forces.
Which document imposed these punishments on
Germany after World War I? (1) Roosevelt Corollary (2)
Yalta Agreement (3) Fourteen Points (4) Treaty of
Versailles
Question 21
• In 1899–1900, what was the goal of the
United States when it began its Open Door
policy toward China? (1) defending its new
Asian territories (2) protecting China from a
Japanese invasion (3) assuring equal trading
rights for itself (4) stopping importation of
inexpensive goods from China
Question 22
During the Progressive Era (1900–1920),
muckrakers were best known for (1) forming
new political parties (2) organizing protest
rallies and marches (3) serving in Congress
and state legislatures (4) exposing harmful
practices of business and government
Question 23
• A major goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was
to (1) prevent the formation of business
monopolies (2) limit imports from foreign
nations (3) set fair prices for manufactured
goods (4) protect consumers from dangerous
products
Question 24
• In the late 1800s, rapid urbanization was
mainly the result of the (1) shortage of land
for new farms (2) federally funded city
redevelopment projects (3) impact of
industrialization (4) migration of formerly
enslaved persons to the West
Question 25
• What was the most significant economic
impact of the transcontinental railroads during
the late 1800s? (1) eliminating overseas trade
with Europe (2) expanding interstate
commerce nationwide (3) decreasing the
influence of big business(4) rapid rebuilding of
the South after the Civil War
Question 26
• The “separate but equal” principle established
by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson
(1896) resulted in the (1) continuation of
racial segregation (2) forced integration of
schools in the South (3) loss of citizenship for
African Americans (4) elimination of Jim Crow
laws
Question 27
• In 1892, the United States government
opened Ellis Island primarily to (1) process
immigrants arriving from overseas(2) defend
New York City from attack (3) check the safety
of imported products (4) serve as the first
federal prison in New York State
Question 28
• Which development led to the other three?
(1) United States troops fought a series of
battles with Native American Indians. (2) The
buffalo population was greatly decreased.(3)
Thousands of settlers migrated west of the
Mississippi River.(4) Native American Indians
were forced to move to reservations.
Question 30
• President Woodrow Wilson wanted to form
the League of Nations to (1) prevent future
wars (2) create a world trade organization (3)
develop military plans to win World War I(4)
convince other nations to support the United
States in World War I
Question 31
• The United States was drawn into World War I
mainly because of (1) exaggerated stories by
yellow journalists (2) the unrestricted use of
submarine warfare(3) a direct attack on an
American military base (4) commitments
made to the United Nations
Question 32
• What was an immediate economic result of
the use of mass-production techniques in
American factories? (1) increased use of
homemade goods (2) reduced cost of goods
(3) improved safety conditions (4) expanding
membership in labor unions
Question 33
• Senate opposition to United States membership in
the League of Nations was based mainly on the (1)
fear that the United States would be forced to pay
most of the costs of League operations (2) belief that
League decisions would involve the United States in
foreign conflicts (3) demand by President Woodrow
Wilson that the nation not join the League (4)
assumption that the League would ask the United
States to reduce the size of its army
Question 34
• Which source of information is a primary
source on trench warfare during World War I?
(1) a novel about World War I (2) a textbook
map showing World War I battlefields (3) an
encyclopedia article about World War I (4) a
diary kept by a soldier fighting on the western
front during World War I
Question 35
• Which event led to the passage of laws that
created safer working conditions? (1)
Haymarket riot (2) Pullman strike (3) Triangle
Shirtwaist fire (4) breakup of the Standard Oil
Company
Question 36
• Progressive Era writers such as Upton Sinclair
and Ida Tarbell were called muckrakers
because they (1) exposed corruption in
business and government (2) based their
writings on unsupported opinions (3) were
members of political machines (4) supported
changes in farming methods
Question 37
• A feature that is unique to a free-enterprise
economic system is (1) government ownership
of most companies (2) strict government
regulation of business (3) private ownership of
the means of production (4) wages and prices
set by the government
Question 38
• Which overseas action most clearly
demonstrates the use of Theodore Roosevelt’s
Big Stick foreign policy? (1) purchase of Alaska
from Russia (2) declaration of war against
Germany in 1917 (3) seizure of the Hawaiian
Islands (4) support of the Panamanian revolt
Question 39
• In the late 1800s, Western nations carved out
spheres of influence in China in order to (1)
support Chinese business interests (2) gain
special trading privileges (3) protect their
diplomats from foreign attacks (4) limit
Chinese immigration to their countries
Question 40
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• In the period from 1890 to 1910, most immigrants
from eastern and southern Europe settled in large
cities of the eastern United States primarily because
(1) farmland had become very scarce (2) factory jobs
were available for unskilled workers (3) there was
much less discrimination in those cities (4) they came
mainly from large cities in their home countries
Question 41
• During the Progressive Era, many states began
to use primary elections to allow voters to (1)
remove elected officials from their offices (2)
petition their elected representatives to pass
laws (3) choose party candidates for elected
offices (4) express their views on proposed
new laws
Question 42
“. . . You furnish the pictures; I’ll furnish the war.”
— William Randolph Hearst
(to war correspondent Frederic Remington)
Which cause of the Spanish-American War is
most clearly shown by this statement? (1)
imperialism (2) political ambition (3)
militarism (4) yellow journalism
Question 43
• Most people purchase shares of stock in a
corporation in order to (1) influence corporate
decision making (2) share in corporate profits
(3) improve working conditions for the
corporation’s employees (4) determine the
products the corporation sells
Question 44
• In 1914, fighting increased rapidly from a local
conflict in Europe to a world war because (1)
several nations had colonies in the region (2)
southeastern Europe was a major oil
producing area (3) powerful nations had
opposing alliances (4) the League of Nations
failed in its efforts to achieve a cease-fire
Question 45
• The writings of the muckrakers, the formation
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and
the work of Susan B. Anthony all
demonstrated the (1) need for social reform
(2) desire for more public schools (3) power of
the central government (4) importance of
immigration laws
Question 46
• Imperialism was a cause of World War I mainly
because it (1) encouraged nations to establish
trade relations (2) created conflicts between
nations over colonies (3) supported military
dictators throughout Europe (4) discouraged
participation in the League of Nations
Question 47
• The goal of the Open Door policy of the
United States was to (1) establish military
control of Latin America (2) protect United
States trading rights in China (3) encourage
Japanese immigration to the United States (4)
allow for free trade with the Philippines
Question 48
• During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and
sod houses were most likely found (1) on the
Great Plains (2) in the deep South (3) along
the Great Lakes (4) in the Pacific Northwest
Question 49
• The primary goal of muckrakers was to (1)
change immigration patterns in the United
States (2) provide a greater variety of
economic opportunities (3) expose corruption
in business and government (4) fight racial
discrimination and segregation
Question 50
• There is no question 50. This is so that the members
of the Class of 2012 can at least score a 2, even if
they guessed every answers wrong from 1-to-49.
• The midterm is Monday. There are 50 questions.
Every question is worth two points. You need 32 right
to at least score a 64 (65) on the midterm.
• The midterm counts twice and appears as a report
card grade.
• Good Luck.