60 U.S. History questıons This industrialist used his pay as an assistant to a railroad man to invest in industry

QUESTION 1

1. This industrialist used his pay as an assistant to a railroad man to invest in industry.
   

   		John D. Rockefeller
   		Andrew Carnegie
   		Cornelius Vanderbilt
   		Henry Frick

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QUESTION 2

1. This Captain of Industry was born in Scotland in 1835.
   

   		Andrew Carnegie
   		Henry Frick
   		Cornelius Vanderbilt
   		John D. Rockefeller

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QUESTION 3

1. In business, monopolizing a good or service is a way to
   

   		control price.
   		gain a competitive advantage.
   		put competition out of business.
   		all of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. Businesses form trust agreements with
   

   		people who own stock in their company.
   		business owners who own the majority of stock in a similar company.
   		competitors who do not own a lot of stock.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 5

1. It can be inferred that creating a business trust
   

   		could make it impossible for smaller businesses to survive.
   		would eventually force one of the trust partners out of business.
   		goes against social Darwinism.
   		creates too much competition.

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QUESTION 6

1. Farmers wanted more money in circulation in the late 1800s
   

   		to limit industry.
   		to inflate the value of a dollar.
   		to deflate the value of a dollar.
   		to make money used to repay loans worth more.

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QUESTION 7

1. The agriculture, fisheries, and mining industries gained about _________ people during the period between 1880 and 1890.
   

   		1,000
   		100,000
   		1,000,000
   		10,000

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QUESTION 8

1. Which of the following can be inferred based on 1,008,712 new jobs in the agriculture, fisheries, and mining industries but only a 12.6 increase between 1880 and 1890.
   

   		Many people were already in the agriculture, fisheries, and mining industries so the percentage increase is smaller.
   		Jobs in agriculture, fisheries, and mining became popular after 1880.
   		Jobs in agriculture, fisheries, and mining became popular after 1890.
   		There were fewer competitive opportunities in agriculture, fisheries, and mining.

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QUESTION 9

1. Which President was assassinated by a supporter who did not receive a government job after the Presidential election?
   

   		Abraham Lincoln
   		Rutherford B. Hayes
   		James Garfield
   		Ulysses Grant

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QUESTION 10

1. In what year was the Sherman Antitrust Act passed?
   

   		1870
   		1880
   		1890
   		1900

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QUESTION 1

1. Radcliffe and Barnard Colleges were founded to educate which of the following groups of people?
   

   		Men
   		Women
   		Immigrants
   		Children of the wealthy

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QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following statements was true about edcation in the late 1800s education?
   

   		Rural areas had better funded schools than urban schools.
   		African-Americans and whites had equal opportunities.
   		Many immigrants came from cultures that placed a high value on education.
   		Public schools were reserved for immigrants.

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QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following were popular authors of the late 1800s?
   

   		Mark Twain
   		L. Frank Baum
   		O. Henry
   		All of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. What was sensational journalism of the late 1800s called?
   

   		Yellow Journalism
   		Tabloid Journalism
   		Red Journalism
   		Popular Fiction

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QUESTION 5

1. During his administration, the U.S.Navy was rebuilt.
   

   		Grover Cleveland
   		Benjamin Harrison
   		William McKinley
   		None of the above

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QUESTION 6

1. The Dingley Tariff
   

   		raised taxes on foreign goods.
   		deflated the dollar.
   		controlled industry.
   		slowed unemployment.

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QUESTION 7

1. In the 1800s, Populist candidates won elections in
   

   		state government.
   		local government.
   		congress.
   		all of the above

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QUESTION 8

1. What did Populists want a tax placed upon?
   

   		Homes
   		Agriculture
   		Industrial goods
   		Income

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QUESTION 9

1. Under his Presidential administration, large pensions were awarded to the dependents of Civil War soldiers.
   

   		Grover Cleveland
   		William McKinley
   		Benjamin Harrison
   		William Harrison

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QUESTION 10

1. ________ was the accomplished orator and former Congressman who ran for President as a Populist in 1896.
   

   		James B. Weaver
   		Benjamin Harrison
   		William Harrison
   		William Jennings Bryan

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QUESTION 1

1. ______ was secular music derived from southern rhythm and blues.
   

   		Big Band
   		Gospel
   		Jazz
   		Flapper blues

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QUESTION 2

1. _______ was an African-America cultural center in the 1920s.
   

   		Harlem
   		Detroit
   		Brooklyn
   		Chicago

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QUESTION 3

1. What did the art and literature of the 1920s reflect?
   

   		A the social climate
   		The economic climate
   		The political climate
   		All of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. His work ridiculed the modern middle class.
   

   		W.E.B. Du Bois
   		Langston Hughes
   		F. Scott Fitzgerald
   		Sinclair Lewis

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QUESTION 5

1. What was “The Jazz Singer”?
   

   		The name of a night club
   		A popular Nickelodeon attraction
   		The first movie with sound
   		None of the above

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QUESTION 6

1. Almost 14 million people purchased radios between 1880 and 1900.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 7

1. During the 1920s, what was the profession for most middle-class, educated women?
   

   		Nurses
   		Teachers
   		Homemakers
   		Social workers

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QUESTION 8

1. By the 1920s, most working women were
   

   		middle-class professionals.
   		non-professional, lower-class workers.
   		wealthy women.
   		African-American women.

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QUESTION 9

1. The modern American woman developed between
   

   		1880 and 1900.
   		1865 and 1880.
   		1920 and 1930.
   		1930 and 1940.

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QUESTION 10

1. _______ wrote fiction about the wealthy and materialistic of the 1920s.
   

   		John Sloan
   		Edward Hopper
   		Zora Neale Hurston
   		F. Scott Fitzgerald

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QUESTION 1

1. The Japanese planned to invade Australia.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 2

1. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they seized control of the Philippines.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 3

1. ______________ consisted of the first naval combat carried out primarily through aircraft.
   

   		The Battle of Guadalcanal
   		D-Day
   		The Battle of Midway
   		The Battle of Coral Sea

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QUESTION 4

1. The Battle of Midway was considered a victory for the Japanese because they destroyed American naval forces.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 5

1. After conquering ____________ and _________________, Allied forces focused on invading Japan.
   

   		Austria and Vienna
   		Morocco and Algeria
   		Iran and Iraq
   		Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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QUESTION 6

1. Who authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Japan?
   

   		General Douglass MacArthur
   		Franklin d. Roosevelt
   		Harry S. Truman
   		None of the above

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QUESTION 7

1. After attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Japanese then launched a campaign against
   

   		Germany.
   		France.
   		Soviet Union.
   		the Philippines.

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QUESTION 8

1. The capturing of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were significant because it opened the door to a possible Allied invasion of Japan.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 9

1. Where was the location of the construction of the first atomic bomb?
   

   		The desert in New Mexico
   		The University of Chicago
   		Japan
   		None of the above

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QUESTION 10

1. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
   

   		University of Chicago
   		Hiroshima, Japan
   		Manhattan
   		New Mexico

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QUESTION 1

1. The United States ultimately became involved in the Vietnam War when
   

   		rebels killed President Diem.
   		North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked U.S. destroyers.
   		President Kennedy was assassinated.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 2

1. _____________ administration initially increased the number of military advisors.
   

   		Johnson’s
   		Nixon’s
   		Kennedy’s
   		Ford’s

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QUESTION 3

1. Besides U.S. ground forces in Vietnam, President Johnson committed __________ to the war.
   

   		more aid
   		additional advisors
   		air support
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. In August 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked United States’ destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 5

1. The Tet Offensive was the 1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 6

1. Richard M. Nixon made history as a Presidential candidate in the 1960 televised debate.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 7

1. ____________ provided a cheap source of oil for the United States.
   

   		Mexicans
   		Russians
   		The Middle East
   		Canadians

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QUESTION 8

1. In 1973, President Nixon appointed _________ as his Secretary of State.
   

   		Robert Kennedy
   		Dean Acheson
   		Henry Kissinger
   		Jimmy Carter

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QUESTION 9

1. The Watergate Scandal took place at
   

   		Nixon’s personal ranch.
   		a Washington apartment complex.
   		Camp David.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 10

1. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein played a key role in the Watergate investigation.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 1

1. Bill Clinton served as Governor of Arkansas throughout most of the 1980s.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 2

1. Bill Clinton who was born in _____________ and came from a working class background.
   

   		Tennessee
   		South Carolina
   		Arkansas
   		Alabama

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QUESTION 3

1. Americans responded to the Contract with America by electing mostly Republicans to both houses of Congress.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 4

1. The Contract with America came right after President Clinton introduced a new health care agenda.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 5

1. Hillary Clinton had no role in the Whitewater Affair.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 6

1. In 1998, what was President Clinton accused of?
   

   		Tax evasion
   		Fraud
   		Embezzlement
   		Having an illicit affair

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QUESTION 7

1. George W. Bush also earned an MBA from
   

   		Texas A&M.
   		Yale.
   		Harvard.
   		Princeton.

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QUESTION 8

1. Like his father, George W. Bush earned his bachelor’s degrees from
   

   		Texas A&M.
   		Yale.
   		Harvard.
   		Princeton.

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QUESTION 9

1. _____________ is the head of al-Qaeda.
   

   		Osama Bin Laden
   		Anwar el Sadet
   		Kamiakin
   		Ayatollah Khomeini

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QUESTION 10

1. On September 11, 2001, the hijackers aboard the American flights crashed into all of the following EXCEPT:
   

   		the World Trade Center
   		the Pentagon
   		Somerset County, Pennsylvania
   		Broadway

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