Chapter 13 Multiple Choice - Last Best Hope

AMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPEAmerica: The Last Best HopeChapter 13—The American Dynamo1. The 1890 book of photos called How the Other Half Lives catalogues the deplorable conditionsin whichA Native Americans livedB Southern blacks livedC city slum dwellers livedD the rural poor lived2. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle describe the terrible conditions inA city slumsB coal minesC meat packing plantsD factories3. The publishing of The Jungle led to passage of theA Pure Food and Drug ActB Sherman Anti-Trust ActC National Declamation BillD Federal Reserve Act4. Progressives supported all of the following reforms exceptA direct elections of SenatorsB a federal income taxC referendumD elimination of tariffs5. Progressives supported all of the following reforms exceptA women voting rightsB equal rights for blacksC direct primaries to select PresidentsD recall and initiatives

6. The Federal Reserve Act reformed and regulatedthe nationsA meat packing industryB banking systemC national park systemD federal budget processAMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPE7. The Spanish-American War became known asA “A Superb Little War”B “A Fraudulent Little War”C “A Dirty Little War”D “A Splendid Little War”8. Prior to becoming President, Teddy Roosevelt was governor ofA PennsylvaniaB VirginiaC MassachusettsD New York9. The motto of the “Yellow Press” wasA “give ‘em what they want”B “politics first”C “nothing but the truth”D “if it bleeds, it leads”10. American desire to fight Spain was due to reports of Spanish atrocities inA CubaB Puerto RicoC MexicoD Argentina11. The United States declared war on Spain afterA Spain deported American citizens in HavanaB Poncho Villa raided American townsC the USS Maine exploded in HavanaD Spain seized American property

12. The “Rough Riders” was the nickname givento regiment led byA John J. PershingB Teddy RooseveltC Joseph PulitzerD William Howard TaftAMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPE13. The “Rough Riders” became famous for their battle atA San Juan HillB Mani-ManiC Puerto RicoD Manila14. The “Buffalo Soldiers” fighting in the Spanish-American War had first gained fame asA formers slaves who fought Indians on the frontierB Italian immigrants who fought Indians on the frontierC Irish immigrants who fought Indians on the frontierD white southerners who fought Indians on the frontier15. Following the Spanish-American War, the United States took direct control of all of thefollowing locations exceptA PhilippinesB CubaC GuamD Puerto Rico16. In the same period as the Spanish-American War, the United States also took theopportunity to annex theA Midway IslandsB Marshall IslandsC Hawaiian IslandsD Solomon Islands17. The United States faced a violent insurrection after they took control ofA Puerto RicoB Guam

C HawaiiD PhilippinesAMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPE18. The United States “Open Door Policy” was an attempt to allow free access to themarkets ofA IndiaB JapanC ChinaD Indochina19. The “Boxer Rebellion” was a reaction to European imperialism inA IndochinaB ChinaC JapanD India20. Which European country’s soldiers became known as the “Huns” after their emperortold them to fight with “all the ferocity of the Huns of old?”A BritainB GermanyC RussiaD Austria21. In Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington said African Americans could best helpthemselves throughA marches, protests, and boycottsB demands for civil rightsC education and trainingD use of the legal system22. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on theprinciple that African Americans should demand civil rights though use ofA civil disobedienceB legal action in federal courtsC boycottsD protest marches and demonstrations

23. The Wright Brothers gained famed with theirhistoric 1903 invention of the firstA airplaneB Model T automobileC ZeppelinD BlimpAMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPE24. The 1912 split in the Republican Party led to the election of which Democrat in 1912?A Grover ClevelandB William Jennings BryanC Franklin D. RooseveltD Woodrow Wilson25. The immediate cause of World War I was theA assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of AustriaB murder of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his familyC Vladimir Lenin’s communist takeover in RussiaD German invasion of France26. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 protected the rights ofA farmersB immigrantsC laborD business