Early American Documents
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a. 1759
b. 1771
c. 1776
d. 1787
Who wrote the poem placed on the Statue of Liberty?
a. Gertrude Elderly
b. Emma Lazarus
c. Mary Harris Jones
d. Helen Wills
This president effectively used "Dollar Diplomacy", allowing American businesses to trade and profits which would help Latin American Countries to rise out of poverty.
a. William McKinley
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. William Howard Taft
d. William Howard Taft
Golden, having money
a. Progressive
b. Trusts
c. Monopoly
d. Gilded
d. Gilded
Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair's Novel "The Jungle" in 1906?
a. Sherman Antitrust Act
b. Meat Inspection Act
c. Federal reserve Act
d. Clayton Antitrust Act
b. Meat Inspection Act
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Francis Scott Key
d. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
What does the crown represent on the Statue of Liberty?
a. The Sun of HOPE
b. Declaration of Freedom
c. The Path of Light
d. 7 continents and Oceans
d. 7 Continents and Oceans
Which president implemented the "Open Door Policy", which allowed all countries to trade with China?
a. William McKinley
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. William Howard Taft
d. Woodrow Wilson
a. William McKinley
The theory that the government should not interfere in the economy, "Let the people choose".
a. Suffrage
b. Laissez-Faire
c. Gilded
d. Progressive
b. Laissez-Faire
What outlawed the creation of monopolies and dissolved trusts, enforced by Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?
a. Sherman Antitrust Acct
b. Meat Inspection Act
c. Federal Reserve Act
d. 18th Amendment
a. Sherman Antitrust Act
When did the American Revolution end?
a. 1759
b. 1776
c. 1783
d. 1787
c. 1783
What is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants?
a. Nativism
b. Eugenics
c. Assimilation
d. Integrate
a. Nativism
During the ordering of the Panama Canal, this president is quoted as saying, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
a. William McKinley
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. William Howard Taft
d. Woodrow Wilson
b. Theodore Roosevelt
Private Detective Agency that was hired by the factory boss' to break up strikes, and usually use force.
a. Pinkertons
b. Scabs
c. Bosses
d. Hatfields
a. Pinkertons
1892 Pennsylvania, Steelworkers called for a strike when Carnegie Steel called to reduce wages. The Company hired 300 Pinkerton Detectives to protect the factory. Many workers and some Pinkertons were killed during the fight. The Pinkertons were aboard a river barge with loaded weapons and fired at the strikers. Strike failed because many workers could not hold out, quit the union, and crossed the picket lines to go back to work.
a. US Steel Strike
b. Pullman Strike
c. Haymarket Riot
d. Homestead Strike
d. Homestead Strike
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
a. Philadelphia
b. Washington D.C
c. New York
d. Boston
a. Philadelphia
All of the following were reasons France sent the United States the Statue of Liberty EXCEPT:
a. As a gift for the centennial of the US being independent
b. For our aid in establishing a Free France in 1823
c. Commemorate the perseverance of Freedom and Democracy
d. Our friendship and alliance during the American Revolution
b. For our aid in establishing a Free France in 1823
This president believed in promoting democracy to spread peace and be free of revolution and war.
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. William McKinley
d. William Howard Taft
b. Woodrow Wilson
When one company has exclusive control of producing or selling a commodity or service (market) is called:
a. Progressive
b. Trusts
c. Union
d. Monopoly
d. Monopoly
1893 -1897 Chicago Illinois, Eugene Debs founder of the Am. Railway Union led a strike against the sleeping car workers / Co. during the depression of the 1890’s Train car owners cut workers' wages and fired many workers. Result: - Debs and his strikers did not use violence, but they did not service trains with Pullman cars either across the country, but Railroad leaders convinced President Grover Cleveland to send in US troops to put down strikes, and violence broke out, and Samuel Gompers would not include his Union the AFL to help and the strikers eventually lost out. President passed an Injunction ordering the end of the strike.
a. Haymarket Strike
b. Pullman Strike
c. Homestead Strike
d. Pittsburgh Strike
b. Pullman Strike
Who was the Magna Carta sent to?
a. King George III
b. King Richard the Lionhearted
c. King John
d. 50 Barons
c. King John
What is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation?
a. Assimilation
b. Immigration
c. Integrate
d. Emigrate
a. Assimilation
Known as the "Trust Buster"
a. William McKinley
b. William Howard Taft
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Woodrow Wilson
c. Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie was known to use this industrial process in which his company owned all the businesses that depended on to run.
a. Vertical Integration
b. Horizontal Integration
c. Landscape Integration
d. Platform Integration
a. Vertical Integration
On May 3, 1886, Workers were upset with the killing of 4 workers by police during a strike outside McCormack Harvester factory 1000 Workers showed up in for a rally, someone threw a bomb during the protest killing 7 police officers and 67 bystanders. As a result, police fired on the crowd killing 10 and wounding 50. Eight strike leaders were arrested and 7 of 8 were found guilty, though no bombs or materials to make bombs were found. 4 were hanged.
a. Haymarket Riot
b. Pullman Strike
c. Homestead Strike
d. US Steel Strike
a. Haymarket Riot