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CHAPTER 20
1. As president, Theodore Roosevelt did which
of the following in regard to African
Americans?
a. He invited Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.
DuBois to dine with him at the White House
to discuss their differences.
b. He named Langston Hughes poet laureate.
c. He called for soldiers in Brownsville, Texas,
to be reinstated in their units after they were
falsely accused of trying to kill some local
residents.
d. Roosevelt defended black appointees to
post offices and customs houses in the
South.
e. He defended African Americans who refused
to inform southern authorities as to the
whereabouts of black criminals, since he
knew that lynchings would probably result.
2.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
a.
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5.
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b.
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d.
e.
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b.
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e.
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c.
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e.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
9.
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b.
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c.
d.
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d.
e.
Ida Tarbell
William Lloyd Garrison
all of the above
12.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
steel industry.
rail industry.
coal mines.
banking industry.
electricity sector.
19. In 1904,
a. Roosevelt won reelection by a landslide.
b. the Socialists received 15 percent of the
popular vote.
c. the turnout of voters was the largest in
history.
d. both a and b
e. both b and c
20. In his regulation efforts, Theodore Roosevelt
a. prosecuted all trusts vigorously on the
grounds that bigness was bad.
b. distinguished between acceptable and
non-acceptable trusts, prosecuting only
the latter.
c. put muckrakers in charge of prominent
government regulation programs.
d. fought the Department of Justice when that
body refused to investigate railroad abuses.
e. both b and c
CHAPTER 21
1. Wilson's battles with Gifford Pinchot over
conservation were viewed by many as
a. indicative of his strength in the presidency.
b. at odds with the aims of the Republican
party.
c. an attack on one of Theodore Roosevelt's
key policies.
d. simply a case of Taft making his own mark
as president.
e. all of the above
2. The Anti-Saloon League
a. quarreled with the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union over tactics.
b. held a dominant position among those
groups advocating prohibition.
c. turned to statewide elections on prohibition
after local issues stalled.
d. both a and c
e. both b and c
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
7.
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b.
c.
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b.
c.
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9.
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b.
c.
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e.
a. Hoover.
b. General Electric.
c. Westinghouse.
d. Sears.
e. none of the above
11. Who said, "I am going to teach the South
American Republics to elect good men"?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. William Jennings Bryan
e. Henry Knox
12. The event that plunged the world into war in
1914 was the assassination of
a. Kaiser Wilhelm I.
b. Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
c. General Edward M. House.
d. Czar Nicholas II.
e. Georges Clemenceau.
13. Which of the following faced William H. Taft
as he entered the presidency?
a. Conservatives were expecting him to slow
the reform movement.
b. Progressives were seeking many new laws
and believed that he had promised his
support.
c. The tariff was in bad need of reform, and
feelings on each side were strong.
d. both a and b
e. both a and c
14. Which of the following states had not
enacted woman suffrage as of 1913?
a. Oregon
b. Washington
c. Kansas
d. Ohio
e. California
15.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
CHAPTER 22
1. During the American period of neutrality
during World War I, which of the following
best describe(s) actions taken by the major
powers?
a. America continued to export goods to all
countries, although more went to Britain than
to any other nation.
b. Britain conducted an extensive propaganda
campaign in the United States to bolster
support for the Allied cause.
c. Germany used funds from its brewing
industry to support a propaganda campaign
in the United States.
d. both a and b
e. both a and c
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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b.
c.
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d.
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12.
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b.
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b.
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