US History Fall Final Exam

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Horizontal integration differs from from vertical integration in that it...

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In the late 1800s, workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they...

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Which of the following was NOT an effect that electricity had on the United States?

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882...

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How did Ellis Island differ from Angel Island?

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Problem in the city included all of the following except

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Which of these factors pulled immigrants to the United States?

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What was one goal of the Americanization movement during the Progressive Era?

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What was the Platt Amendment?

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Which diplomatic style most promoted military action?

Use the following chart to answer questions 10-11.

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What was one result of "moral diplomacy"?

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President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels in the fight against Colombia so...

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How did the action of the U.S. govenment in the late 1800s impact Hawaii?

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How did militarism contribute to increased imperialism?

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A deep devotion to one's country:

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American's Open Door Policy in China was designed to do which of the folowing?

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The United States wanted overseas territories because the territories had which of the following?

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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 "Seward's Folly"?

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Roosevelt's "big stick" diplomacy...

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"Moral Diplomacy" means that the U.S. government should do which of the following?

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Why did Theodore Roosevelt run for the Presidency in 1912 after stepping aside in 1908?

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What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle describe?

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The demand for automobiles in the 1920s...

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Which of the following authorized the federal government to raise a national army for entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people?

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Which of the following was a result of prohibitions impact on society?

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Why was Germany asking Mexican to attack the United States in the Zimmerman Note during WWI?

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Which of the following was the direct cause of World War I breaking out?

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The 1920s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because...

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What did President Wilson hope to accomplish with the League of Nations?

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What is the best definition of installment buying?

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What was the Great Migration?

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Which of the following statements about women in the 1920s is true?

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The "Bonus Army" marched on Washington, DC to pressure Congress to do which of the following?

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How did Hoover's treatment of the "Bonus Army" affect his standing with the public?

Directions: Match each word or person with the appropriate definition or statement.

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 35-36:
• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Nativism
• New Immigrant
• Old immigrant

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_______ : immigrant station that opened in 1892 in New York Harbor to service immigrants coming from Europe

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_______ : the belief that white Americans born in the United States are superior to newcomers

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 37-39:
• Assimilation
• Mass Transit
• Migrant
• Settlement Houses
• Urbanization

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_______ : expansions of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them

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_______ : public transportation system to move large numbers of people inexpensively

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_______ : community center that provided social service to the urban poor and Americanization programs to the immigrants

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 40-42:
• Fourteen Points
• Selective Service Act
• Treaty of Versailles
• Trench Warfare
• Zimmerman Note

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_______ : enacted in 1917, this authorized the U.S. government to raise an army through a draft for entry into WWI

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_______ : telegram issued by Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance in the event the U.S. entered WWI

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_______ : this officially ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 43-44:
• Alfred T. Mahan
• John J. Pershing
• Lusitania
• Reparations
• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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_______ : payment for war damages

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_______ : British passenger ship, carrying American citizens, sunk by German U-Boats

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 45-46:
• Booker T. Washington
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams
• Upton Sinclair
• W.E.B. DuBois

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_______ : Led the settlement house movement and created community centers to provide for immigrants and the poor

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_______ : Author of The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry

Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 47-48:
• Herbert Hoover
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Warren Harding
• William H. Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

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_______ : Democractic President who wont the election of 1912 and led the United States during World War I

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_______ : Republican President at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the Great Depression; felt that the economy would fix itself

Short Answer: 9 points each
Select two (2) of the following questions and be sure to answer each part of the questions. Write your answers on the spaces provided on the next page.
Urbanization, Immigration, and Industrialization (2.1 and 2.5)
a. Choose one of the following and explain how your choice led to the most growth and change to the United States during the late 1800s.
The Growth of the Railroad and Big Business
The Rise of the Factory/Industrial Sector
Immigration Stations (Ellis Island and Angel Island)
b. Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as significant as your choice.
Progressive Era (3.3 and 3.5)
a. Choose one of the following and explain how your choice shows the greatest impact/improvement on society in the United States during the 1800s.
A number of trusts are dissolved
Thousands of acres of forests are preserved
Acts are passed to protect the health of the consumer
b. Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as significant as your choice.
World War I (3.6 and 3.8)
a. Choose ONE of the following and explain why your choice represents the event that led to the declaration of war against Germany.
The Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-Boat
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The British intercept the Zimmerman Telegram
b. Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as significant as your choice.

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