Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Rise of a World Power
Civil Rights
Roaring Twenties and Great Depression
World War II, Cold War, Vietnam
100
B. determined by a merit system based on civil service examinations
100
C. The use of machine guns resulted in massive casualties.
100
C. To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation
100
D. To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals.
100
B. increased support for the anti-war effort
200
3. During the late nineteenth century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being-
A. opposed to machine politics
B. loyal to the United Kingdom
C. conscientious objectors
D. Roman Catholics
D. Roman Catholics
200
B. Isolationists regarding the Treaty of Versailles after World War I
200
C. The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
200
C. Companies lay off employees
200
D. To ensure fair treatment for women in the workplace during the war
300
9. Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure and Food and Drug Act?
A. Southern farmers and clergy members
B. Factory owners and bankers
C. Muckrakers and women’s organizations
D. College students and immigrants
C. Muckrakers and women’s organizations
300
D. They helped establish the United States as an imperial power similar to European nations.
300
C. The expansion of political and economic opportunities from minority citizens
300
D. widespread business failures
300
A. United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
400
C. The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants
400
C. The United States gained direct access to additional natural resources and overseas markets.
400
A. It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites.
400
B. The federal government took on new roles.
400
B. growing demand for personnel to support the war effort
500
D. Nativists
500
A. Issues Contributing to the Outbreak of World War I
500
C. By providing a judicial basis for achieving equality in other areas
500
A. gave the federal government a larger role in the day-to-day welfare of its citizens
500
D. North Korea’s invasion of South Korea