The growth of America - 1890 - 1918

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A quiz covering how America became industrialised, progressive and interventionist between 1890 and 1912.
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Frage 1

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Who were the three main candidates in the 1892 election?
Antworten
  • James Weaver
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William McKinley
  • William Jennings Bryan

Frage 2

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How many tons of iron were produced in 1900 by the USA?
Antworten
  • 10.3 million tons
  • 8 million tons
  • 15.6 million tons
  • 5 million tons

Frage 3

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What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 do?
Antworten
  • Prohibited monopolies
  • Closed down the Standard Oil company
  • Forbade big businesses to employ immigrants
  • Funded small businesses

Frage 4

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Approximately how many immigrants came to America from 1900 - 1910?
Antworten
  • 9 million
  • 5 million
  • 12 million
  • 20 million

Frage 5

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What was Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' about?
Antworten
  • The poor standards of the American meat industry
  • The need to preserve America's natural resources
  • Reasons why conservation of areas of natural beauty was necessary
  • Why a canal should be built through Panama

Frage 6

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Who did Theodore Roosevelt sue for not abiding by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
Antworten
  • Standard Oil
  • Carnegie Steel
  • Macy's department store
  • Ford Motor Company

Frage 7

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How many trusts did President William Taft 'bust'?
Antworten
  • 40
  • 100
  • 24
  • None

Frage 8

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What did the 16th Amendment, which was passed by Taft, do?
Antworten
  • Forbid the drinking, buying and selling of alcohol
  • Allowed Congress to levy income tax
  • Made it illegal to run a monopolising business
  • Preserved the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks created by Roosevelt

Frage 9

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Why were people angry with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
Antworten
  • It had been meant to reduce tariffs, but congress edited it so that it increased them
  • It made overseas trade difficult
  • It reduced tariffs more than Congress had wanted
  • It made it impossible to buy certain goods

Frage 10

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What did the Adamson Act do?
Antworten
  • Make child labour illegal
  • Establish a minimum wage
  • Set up the central banking system
  • Established an 8 hour day for railroad workers

Frage 11

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What proportion of Cuban exports went to the USA in 1898?
Antworten
  • 64%
  • 25%
  • 56%
  • 87%

Frage 12

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What was the 'Yellow Press'?
Antworten
  • A nationwide dislike of Asian people
  • A new invention for printing newspapers
  • Journalism that wasn't properly researched and exaggerated the facts
  • A warship that fought during the Spanish-American war

Frage 13

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Which areas did America acquire in the Spanish-American War? (Three)
Antworten
  • Guam
  • The Phillipines
  • Haiti
  • Puerto Rico
  • Costa Rica

Frage 14

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Which act by stated that the USA had the right to 'excercise' international police power in cases of severe wrongdoing or impotence'?
Antworten
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Volstead Act
  • Platt Amendment

Frage 15

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Which of these countries did Taft apply his policy of 'Dollar Diplomacy' to? (This was the idea of using money to control other countries. Three answers.)
Antworten
  • Honduras
  • Haiti
  • Nicaragua
  • Mexico
  • Panama

Frage 16

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When was the Mexican Revolution?
Antworten
  • 1910-1911
  • 1914-1918
  • 1893-1984
  • 1913-1915

Frage 17

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How much did Wilson increase the USA's standing army to in the years of WWI leading up to American involvement?
Antworten
  • Up to 200,000
  • Up to 400,000
  • Up to 600,000
  • Up to 100,000

Frage 18

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How many Americans died when the ship 'Lusitania' was sunk?
Antworten
  • 128
  • 1200
  • 5
  • 451

Frage 19

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How many troops did America send to fight in WWI?
Antworten
  • 4,355,000
  • 2,500,000
  • 10,000,000
  • 6,670,000

Frage 20

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Who were William Borah and Henry Cabot Lodge?
Antworten
  • Democrat senators, supporters of Wilson and the League of Nations
  • Representatives of other countries involved in WWI who were present at the Treaty of Versailles
  • Republican senators who clashed with Wilson over the League of Nations
  • World War One military officers for America
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