Questão 1
Questão
Who were the three main candidates in the 1892 election?
Responda
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James Weaver
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Benjamin Harrison
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Grover Cleveland
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William McKinley
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William Jennings Bryan
Questão 2
Questão
How many tons of iron were produced in 1900 by the USA?
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10.3 million tons
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8 million tons
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15.6 million tons
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5 million tons
Questão 3
Questão
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 do?
Questão 4
Questão
Approximately how many immigrants came to America from 1900 - 1910?
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9 million
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5 million
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12 million
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20 million
Questão 5
Questão
What was Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' about?
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The poor standards of the American meat industry
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The need to preserve America's natural resources
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Reasons why conservation of areas of natural beauty was necessary
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Why a canal should be built through Panama
Questão 6
Questão
Who did Theodore Roosevelt sue for not abiding by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
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Standard Oil
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Carnegie Steel
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Macy's department store
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Ford Motor Company
Questão 7
Questão
How many trusts did President William Taft 'bust'?
Questão 8
Questão
What did the 16th Amendment, which was passed by Taft, do?
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Forbid the drinking, buying and selling of alcohol
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Allowed Congress to levy income tax
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Made it illegal to run a monopolising business
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Preserved the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks created by Roosevelt
Questão 9
Questão
Why were people angry with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
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It had been meant to reduce tariffs, but congress edited it so that it increased them
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It made overseas trade difficult
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It reduced tariffs more than Congress had wanted
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It made it impossible to buy certain goods
Questão 10
Questão
What did the Adamson Act do?
Responda
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Make child labour illegal
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Establish a minimum wage
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Set up the central banking system
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Established an 8 hour day for railroad workers
Questão 11
Questão
What proportion of Cuban exports went to the USA in 1898?
Questão 12
Questão
What was the 'Yellow Press'?
Responda
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A nationwide dislike of Asian people
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A new invention for printing newspapers
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Journalism that wasn't properly researched and exaggerated the facts
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A warship that fought during the Spanish-American war
Questão 13
Questão
Which areas did America acquire in the Spanish-American War? (Three)
Responda
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Guam
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The Phillipines
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Haiti
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Puerto Rico
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Costa Rica
Questão 14
Questão
Which act by stated that the USA had the right to 'excercise' international police power in cases of severe wrongdoing or impotence'?
Responda
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Monroe Doctrine
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Volstead Act
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Platt Amendment
Questão 15
Questão
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.)
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Honduras
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Haiti
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Nicaragua
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Mexico
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Panama
Questão 16
Questão
When was the Mexican Revolution?
Responda
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1910-1911
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1914-1918
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1893-1984
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1913-1915
Questão 17
Questão
How much did Wilson increase the USA's standing army to in the years of WWI leading up to American involvement?
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Up to 200,000
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Up to 400,000
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Up to 600,000
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Up to 100,000
Questão 18
Questão
How many Americans died when the ship 'Lusitania' was sunk?
Questão 19
Questão
How many troops did America send to fight in WWI?
Responda
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4,355,000
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2,500,000
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10,000,000
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6,670,000
Questão 20
Questão
Who were William Borah and Henry Cabot Lodge?
Responda
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Democrat senators, supporters of Wilson and the League of Nations
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Representatives of other countries involved in WWI who were present at the Treaty of Versailles
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Republican senators who clashed with Wilson over the League of Nations
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World War One military officers for America