Midterm From Hell Review Questions 1 and 2

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 1800 s, 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 1800 s 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 1800 s 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 Austria. Hungary 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 1890 s 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 1800 s and early 1900 s, 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-1800 s 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 1800 s, 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 1800 s? (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 1800 s, 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 • • 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 1800 s, 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.