Cumulative Exam Questions/Answers – Flashcards

The ____ was a settled Native American tribe that was displaced from its eastern homeland by advancing white settlement.

Which of the following acts, containing provisions to give each Native American a farm, was introduced by Congress in 1887?

The role of women was unique in the ______ tribe in that they were in charge of family property, and kinship descended from the mother's side.

Which of the following factors resulted in the failure of the concentration policy of Native Americans in the 1850's?

Which of the following was supposed to be one of the consequences of the Ghost Dances by the Teton Sioux?

The network of trails that led west and was extensively used during the period of western settlement known as the ______.

Which of the following pieces of legislation set aside most of the proceeds from the sale of public land in sixteen western states to finance irrigation projects in the arid states?

Which of the statements is true of the settlement of the West?

Which of the first important magnet that attracted people to the West?

Who authored the 1893 paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"?

Which of the following was the site of the last major gold strike?

Which of the following provisions was made under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

Which of the following factors led to the decline of the great cattle drives?

Why did entrepreneurs on the front line of industrial development seem larger than life in the eyes of the American public?

How were the nation's bankrupt railroads "rescued" following the Panic of 1893?

Which feature of the Bessemer plants limited the entry of companies into the steel industry?

What was the main requirement for ensuring that mail-order catalogs were an effective sales technique?

What did the Exclusion Act do?

What was the main cause of rebellion among workers against the industrialized class by the end of the nineteenth century?

Why were Carnegie's views about the rights of workers contradictory in nature?

Why did Aaron Montgomery Ward use mail-order catalogs?

How was Samuel Gompers's approach to labor organizations different from that of Terence V. Powderly's?

What was the impact of the burgeoning population on the American economy?

What was it about the nature of the American labor force in the nineteenth century that made organization of a national labor union difficult?

Who changed the American skyline with his idea of designing "skyscrapers"?

Which Democratic party organization dominated city politics in New York during much of the nineteenth century?

In the presidential election of 1872, who was the woman who attempted to vote and then refused to pay the $100 fine/

In Cumming v. County Board of Education (1899), the Court approved the _______.

The high rates of immigration between the 1870's and the 1990's turned America into a culturally pluralistic society, called the _______.

Why did President Grover Cleveland veto the 1896 law that made literacy tests mandatory for new immigrants?

What led to a "separate sphere of domesticity" in middle-class families?

Why did schooling become more important during the 1880's?

Who filled the need for resources to help the poor after the depression of 1893?

What allowed Jim Crow laws to spread across the South at the end of the nineteenth century?

How did life in the growing cities eventually lead to reform?

How did industrialization and urbanization impact family life?

What happened to undermine the Reconstruction amendments that had protected African Americans, as well as the legislation passed to enforce them?

What led to the rise of the populist movement in the united states

what role did the populist party play in the strengthening the relationship between blacks and whites

which of the following was included in the Ocala Demands

what changes were observed in American literature during the late 1800s

why did child labor increase in america during the 1890s

what did many delegates demand during the 1896 democratic convention

which of the following ideas was backed by republicans in their 1896 national platform

the populists supported william jennings bryan during the election of 1896 because bryan

which of the following acts ended the silver controversy that had dominated the 1890s

which of the following was promulgated by the gold standard act

what inference can be made about the status of african americans in the 1890s by examining the experiences of black soldiers

why were so many more troops deployed in the Philippine-American war than in the Spanish-American War

how did the bounfary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana end in november 1896

which american president signed the join resolution to annex Hawaii to the united states

what decision did president mckinley ultimately make regarding the philippines

what prevented the ratification of the treaty that the provisional government of Hawaii signed with the United States

what impact did the explosion on the Maine have on relations with Spain

what was the governments relationship with the press during the war with Spain

how did annexation by the united states ultimately benefit the people of the Philippines

which of these led to the revolt that triggered us annexation of Hawaii

why did Americans first become concerned with the situation in Cuba

the impact on the ford motor company of "the greatest revolution" initiative was that the company

which of the following is one impact the spread of street railways had on urban areas

the ashcan school was closely tied to the

why was the Hart, Schaffner agreement an important milestone in the history of industrial relations

Samuel Gompers was resistant to organizing women into unions because he believed what

the issue of trusts attracted great numbers of both supported and detractors because of the

which was included in Taylor's principles of scientific management

coyotes were

investment bankers played an important role in the economy because they

why did labor unions oppose business-sponsored English lessons for immigrants

because of the study of industrial psychology many buisnesses

the realist paintings of the early twentieth century reflected the attitudes of progressivism that permeated the American society of that time because they showed

the influx of immigrant workers caused some native born Americans to

the ideas of progressivism and reform affected the American psyche because they

what effect did the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 have on the labor laws of America?

Subsidies to railroads were different form subsidies to other carriers like canals, highways, and airlines because Congress ________.

Wilson's Fourteen Points failed to satisfy wartime emotions because they were too

How did the Treaty of Versailles change the map of Europe?

Which of these was reflected in the U.S. refusal to recognize Victoriano Huerta's government?

The primary factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the election of 1916 was his ____.

Why did Wilson bear considerable responsibility for the failure of the United State to join the League of Nations?

What was the Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

What was Wilson's immediate response to the outbreak of World War I in Europe?

During World War I, the War Industries Board _____.

Which of the following best explains why many Americans were reluctant to enter World War I at the outset?

Why did most Americans support the Allies?

Which of the following describes the impact of the war on women in the American workforce?

The Allies opposed Wilson's Fourteen Points because they ______.

The first occurrence to lead to increasing U.S. intervention in world affairs was when the United States ______.

Why did the United States view British infringements on its neutral rights far more leniently than German infringements?

The capstone "Fourteenth Point" of Wilson's declaration of war aims called for ________.

Who among the following was a famous aviator for his solo flight across the Atlantic?

What social problem did the Sheppard-Towner Act address?

The 1920s movement that was centered in New York and that celebrated cultural achievements by African Americans was known as the ___________.

Who was a writer that became famous for his portrayal of life in the years following World War I?

In 1920s, the New York Daily News was an example of __________.

What did almost all authors of the 1920's have in common?

What was the result of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?

Which of the following instituted the prohibition era in the United State?

The "Red Scare" of the late 1910's refers to public hysteria and fear regarding ________.

The National Origins Quota Act and similar pieces of legislation motivated by ________.

Which of the following was true for the period of prohibition in America?

Which of the following was one of the beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan?

What is the most likely reason for the growth of aggressive fundamentalist churches in America during the early twentieth century?

Although on the surface the Scopes trial was about the teaching of evolution in schools, on a deeper level the trial was a contest between ____________.

Who served as secretary of commerce in President Hoover's business-friendly administration and later became president of the United States?

Why was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act thought to be necessary?

Why did the presidential election of 1928 offer some hope for the Democratic party?

The most likely the reason Al Smith lost the vote of many old-line Democrats was because he ____________________.

In addition to the white Irish, English, and Scandinavian immigrants, why were immigrants from Mexico also considered exempt form the otherwise racially biased National Origins Quota act?

Which of these is illustrated by the careers of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins?

Which of the following most likely helped Roosevelt retain the presidency for a second term?

In which of the following areas did Franklin Roosevelt have the greatest impact?

Although the New Deal helped African Americans survive the Great Depression, what is the most likely reason why the topic of racial injustice was never comprehensively addressed by Roosevelt's administration?

What would support the claim that the New Deal was over by late 1938?

What happened on Black Thursday?

Who was responsible for the organization of unions in the steel industry?

Which group most likely suffered the greatest psychological distress as a consequence of the Great Depression?

Which statement best assesses the National Recovery Administration?

Discontent among which of the following groups explains the appeal of New Deal critics such as Francis Townsend and Huey Long?

Which of the following was true of minorities and union membership during the depression?

Which of these was a major, long-lasting impact of the New Deal?

How did Hoover deal with the Bonus Army when they marched on Washington in 1932?

The Italian conquest of the independent African country of Ethiopia might have been prevented or its impact might have been greatly reduced if ______.

The Japanese conquest of the East India and Indochina was made easier by _____.

The Lend-Lease Act clearly marked ______.

The U.S. neutrality acts were passed largely in response to _______.

What was the primary significance of the battle of Midway?

Millions of Americans migrated of which of the following regions during the war?

What was the Holocaust?

What drove the American public toward isolationism in the 1930's?

What forced the United States to shift from a position of studied neutrality to a position of all-out-aid to the Allied forces in Europe?

What was the cause of the rift between the Soviet Union and the West during World War II that exacerbated future tensions?

Why did thousands of Japanese Americans renounce their American citizenship and resettle in Japan in World War II?

Why was Stalin determined to control Poland and the Balkan region?

The "cash-and-carry" was cleverly designed to _______.

What was the immediate response of most Americans to the rise of the Fascist dictators Mussolini and Hitler?

How did business management play an important role in the reforms being undertaken by the progressives?

Why was there a general air of opposition to Roosevelt from all quarters in 1908?

What was the argument put forward by the women suffragist of the twentieth century that suggested they were deserving of the right to vote?

Despite facing severe criticism form other interest groups, Wilson never lost labor support because he _______.

As a result of his successful campaign in 1908, what was William Howard Taft expected to do?

Who among the following from the Progressive Era emphasized creativity and free inquiry in education as opposed to memorization and rote learning?

Which of the following reflects Roosevelt's inconsistent actions toward big corporations?

The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed as a result of Samuel Hopkins Adam's articles that exposed wrongdoings and fraud in which industry?

What was the primary guiding force of Wilson's New Freedom program?

Judge Ben Lindsey sentence youthful offenders to education and good care rather than to reform schools because he_______.

Why did Roosevelt ask Congress to create a Bureau of Corporations?

Why was Taft's proposal for a special Commerce Court opposed by progressives/

Which of the following areas involved installing officials at the state level rather than at the municipal level?

Alice Paul's strategy alarmed many in the suffrage movement because she wanted to __________.

How did the character Eugene V. Debs compare to the popular image of an activist leader?

The United States gave only limited military assistance to South Korea after troops withdrew in 1949 because the United States _____________.

What was the impact of the Korean War on the global image of the United States?

Why did the domestic crusade against communism fail to reassure the American public?

What did the Berlin airlift demonstrate about American-Soviet relations during the initial phase of the Cold War?

Who was appointed by President Truman to present the proposal of atomic disarmament to the United Nations?

Which treaty of 1948 marked the implementation of the concept of "collective-self-defense" in Europe?

Who were the two leaders fighting for the control of China during the civil war of 1947-1949?

What did Eisenhower do to keep his promise "to bring the Korean War to an early and honorable end"?

Why weren't the Russians keen on the unification of Germany?

The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty was a historic event in the conduct of foreign affairs by the American government because it marked __________.

Why was the Berlin blockade not a major issue in the campaign between Truman and Dewey?

Why were the Chinese communists able to extend their influence leading up to the Chinese civil war?

What was the impact of the communist victory in China on U.S. foreign policy?

At the end of his presidency, Eisenhower warned against massive military spending because it would ____________.

Which of the following was among President Harry Truman's most valuable qualities as a leader?

Which factor contributed to the growth of suburbs in the 1950s?

Why was passive resistance the best method in securing the rights of African Americans?

Which of the following was most likely a consequence of the rise of the middle class?

Following the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, why might some segregationists have been surprised by President Eisenhower's actions in response to the attempts by the governor of Arkansas to prevent integration of Little Rock's Central High School?

Which of the following best describes the treatment of African Americans in Levittowns during the 1950's?

What was a major factor in the shift in TV programming form live dramatic programs to quiz and game shows during the 1950s?

Which candidate benefited form the support of African American voters in California, Ohio, and Illinois in the 1948 election?

How did the Great Depression affect the postwar boo of the 1950s?

Why did the Sunbelt experience growth during the 1950's while the New England are did not?

What recent experience of Africans principally contributed to their collective surge in the 1950s to begin challenging racial segregation in America?

Why did Chief of Justice Earl Warren decide not to set a timeline for the desegregation of public schools?

Which of the following statements best characterizes a major issue suburban public schools faced in the 1950s?

How did the Cold War affect race relations in America?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the Brown v. Board of education of Topeka case?

Which of the following statements best characterizes how closely the armed forces mirrored the rest of American society as far as progress toward integration by 1960?

What pushed Johnson to change his policy of covert support in the conflict in Vietnam?

How did Kennedy misinterpret Khrushchev's declaration of support for the "wars of national liberation"?

What did "black power" represent for many people?

Which of the following took place during the Kennedy administration?

Kennedy referred to the anti-Castro exiles as ___________.

Who was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi?

Johnson's running mate for the presidential election of 1964 was _________.

Which of the following was a key issue in the election of 1964?

What was the name for the antiwar demonstrations that became popular on college campuses during the 1960's

Why was Kennedy's threat of using nuclear arms against Cuba merely a bluff?

The limited test ban treaty of 1963 banned ___________.

What is one way that the Office of Economic Opportunity worked to help poor people?

The Tet offensive _______.

What impact did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have on politics in the South?

Cesar Chavez wanted _____________.

What was the result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Which of the following was a double-edged sword for the presidency of Jimmy Carter?

Which of the following allowed President Reagan to abandon detente?

The resolution of the Vietnam War betrayed the original motivation behind American involvement in the conflict because the accords ___________.

Which of the following statements accurately portrays the federal government's defense spending under Carter and Reagan?

Which of Carter's policies should Reagan have continued in order to have prevented the Iran-Contra scandal?

Who was the first female appointee to the Supreme Court?

The framework for negotiation decided upon by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin under the guidance of President Jimmy Carter was known as the _______________.

President Ronald Reagan based his economic policy on ____________.

How did Kissinger help to bring about the end of the Arab oil embargo?

The Iranian hostage crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s was the result of _______________.

The American public overlooked Reagan's mistakes in the Iran-Contra affair because Reagan __________.

Which of the following aspects of U.S. foreign policy should have been downplayed to avoid the oil crisis of the 1970s?

In the 1970s,, what did right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafley hope to defeat with her national movement, claiming it would lead to homosexual marriages and unisex toilets?

In which of the following areas did the Carter administration succeed, while the Reagan administration faltered?

What motivated Mikhail Gorbachev to begin pursuing a thawing of Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Operation Desert Shield had the specific purpose of __________________.

Who served as the secretary of defense under George H. W. Bush?

Some Americans felt that President George H.W. Bush betrayed a major campaign stance after he took office when he ___________________.

What was the goal of the 1991 attack on Iraq by American troops?

Which of the following is, as of 2002, the largest ethnic minority in the United States?

By the early twenty-first century, African Americans had made many social and economic gains, including __________.

In 1994, _________ surpassed New York as the second most populous state.

What was one reason Americans moved to the Sunbelt following World War II?

What is one consequence of immigration that can be considered good for individual businesses but bad for workers?

The partners of the United States in the free trade agreement known as NAFTA are ___________.

What event helped Democrat Bill Clinton win the president election in 1992?

One way Clinton was able to engineer the economic boom of the later 1990s was by increasing _____________.

What was the purpose of the North America Free Trade Agreement?

The Contract with America that Congressman Newt Gingrich had all Republican candidates in the 1994 congressional elections sign as pledges of support included familiar conservative goals, such as granting the president the power to ___________.

In 1996, Republicans had control of both houses, but despite this, Democrat Bill Clinton was reelected president because of ______________.