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Course: HIST 020, Fall 2008School: UPenn
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Use the practice questions below to gauge your knowledge of the chapter. (The answers are at the bottom of the page.) All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin's The American Pageant Quiz book; Tenth Edition 1994 PRACTICE TEST CHAPTER 30: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 1. Before he was elected president in 1912, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow...
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Use the practice questions below to gauge your knowledge of the chapter. (The answers are at the bottom of the page.) All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin's The American Pageant Quiz book; Tenth Edition 1994 PRACTICE TEST CHAPTER 30: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 1. Before he was elected president in 1912, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> had been a a. Presbyterian minister. b. state governor. c. successful businessman. d. Progressive republican. 2. As governor of New Jersey, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> established a record as a a. mild conservative. b. reactionary. c. man who would work with the party bosses. d. passionate reformer. 3. In 1912, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included all of the following except a call for a. antitrust legislation. b. monetary changes. c. dollar diplomacy. d. tariff reductions. 4. When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelts name in nomination for the presidency in 1912, it a. demonstrated that the Republican party supported woman suffrage. b. ensured Roosevelts defeat by William Howard Taft. c. symbolized the rising political status of women. d. showed that Roosevelt had lost touch with public opinion. 5. Teddy Roosevelts new nationalism a. pinned its economic faith on competition. b. opposed consolidation of labor unions. c. favored the free functioning of unregulated and un-monopolized markets. d. supported a broad program of social welfare. 6. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s new freedom a. advocated social-welfare programs. b. opposed fragmentation of big industrial combines. c. favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship. d. supported minimum-wage laws. 7. The 1912 presidential election was notable because a. it gave the voters a choice of political and economic philosophies. b. personalities were the only issue of the campaign. c. it was the first time women had the right to vote. d. the Democratic party had split. 8. Match each 1912 presidential candidate below with his political party. A. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> 1. Socialist B. Theodore Roosevelt 2. Democratic C. William Howard Taft 3. Republican D. Eugene V. Debs 4. Progressive a. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 b. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 c. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 d. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 1 9. According to the text, the runaway winner in the 1912 election was a. socialism. b. progressivism. c. conservatism. d. capitalism. 10. In 1912 <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> became the first _______ elected to the presidency since the Civil War. a. southerner b. Democrat c. Lawyer d. Non-Civil War veteran 11. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> was the first president since the Civil War who a. had not fought in that conflict. b. was Catholic. c. had never served as governor. d. had been a university president. 12. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s attitude toward the masses can best be described as a. open contempt. b. public support but private dislike. c. faith in them, if they were properly educated. d. indifference. 13. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s political philosophy included all of the following except a. faith in the masses. b. scorn for the ideal of self-determination for minority peoples in the other countries. c. a belief that the president should provide leadership for Congress. d. a belief that the president should appeal over the heads of legislators to the sovereign people. 14. As a politician, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> was a. inflexible and stubborn. b. a showman, like Teddy Roosevelt. c. a man with the common touch. d. willing to compromise with his opponents. 15. Congress passed the Underwood Tariff because a. big business favored its passage. b. president Wilson aroused public opinion to support its passage. c. the general public had been demanding a higher tariff. d. the tariff kept the graduated income tax from being enacted. 16. In 1913, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> broke with a custom dating back to 1801 when he a. appointed members of his cabinet without regard to their party affiliation. b. appointed a black man to the Supreme Court. c. endorsed woman suffrage. d. personally delivered his presidential address to Congress. 17. When <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the countrys financial structure was that the a. large banks were scattered too widely around the country. b. bank of the United States had been greatly weakened. c. banking system had been over regulated by the federal government. d. currency was inelastic. 18. When Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation to a. lower tariff rates. b. raise tariff rates. c. eliminate tariffs as source of revenue. d. essentially maintain the existing tariff schedule. 2 19. The Sixteenth Amendment provided for a. a personal income tax. b. direct election of senators. c. prohibition. d. woman suffrage. 20. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 guaranteed a substantial measure of public control over the American banking system through the final authority given to the a. Federal Reserve Board. b. president. c. senate. d. regional banks. 21. The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to a. increase the amount of money in circulation. b. close weak banks. c. govern federal banks without public control. d. none of the above. 22. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act a. held that trade unions fell under the antimonopoly restraints of the Sherman Act. b. regarded labor as an article of commerce. c. helped Congress to control interstate commerce. d. explicitly legalized strikes and peaceful picketing. 23. Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the _______ "labors Magna Chart." a. Federal Reserve Act b. Underwood Tariff Act c. Clayton Anti-Trust Act d. Sixteenth Amendment 24. The first Jew to sit on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> , was a. Felix Frankfurter. b. Arsene Pujo c. Herbert Croly. d. Louis D. Brandeis. 25. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> showed the limits of his progressivism by a. opposing workingmens compensation. b. accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy. c. vetoing the Federal Farm Loan Act. d. appointing Louis D. Brandeis to the Federal Trade Commission. 26. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> rejected an aggressive foreign policy in all of the following ways except by a. declaring war on dollar diplomacy. b. signing the Jones Act. c. repealing the Panama Canal Tolls Act. d. refusing to intervene in the dispute between Japan and California. 27. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s approach to American foreign policy earned the label of _______ diplomacy. a. imperialist b. moral c. dollar d. balance-of-power 28. President <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> refused to intervene in the affairs of Mexico until a. American business investors demanded protection. b. Venustiano Carranza became president in Mexico. c. A small party of American sailors was arrested in Tampico. d. William Randolph Hearst and his newspaper began a campaign for involvement. 3 29. Before his first term ended, <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> had ordered American troops to intervene in a. Nicaragua. b. Venezuela. c. Cuba. d. Mexico. 30. <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s administration extended formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by a. Victoriano Huerta. b. Venustiano Carranza. c. Pancho Villa. d. none of these. 31. As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary in the _______, while Russia and France were in the _______. a. Central Powers; Holy Alliance b. Central Powers; Allies c. Allies; Central Powers d. Triple Alliance; Central Powers 32. From 1914 to 1916, trade between the United States and Britain a. decreased considerably. b. violated international neutrality laws. c. was carried only on British ships. d. pulled the American economy out of a recession. 33. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans a. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war. b. favored entering the war in support of the Allies. c. supported the Central Powers. d. had to close cultural, linguistic, and economic ties with the Central Powers. 34. With the onset of World War I, the United States a. refused to trade with Germany. b. Did not trade with either alliance, for fear of being forced into war. c. Conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies. d. Found its economy hurt by the conflict. 35. President Wilson insisted that he would hold _______ to "strict accountability" for _______. a. Britain; repaying the loans made to it by American bankers. b. Britain; the disruption of American trade with the European continent. c. Germany; starting the war. d. Germany; the loss of American ships and lives to submarine warfare. 36. German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning a. when the United States entered the war. b. in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany. c. in an effort to keep the United States out of the war. d. because international law now allowed this new style of warfare. 37. Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines? a. Lusitania b. Arabic c. Sussex d. None of these was an American ship. 38. The Progressive "Bull Moose" party died when a. Teddy Roosevelt refused to run as the partys presidential candidate in 1916. b. Teddy Roosevelt lost the presidential race in 1916. c. the United States entered World War I. d. the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, advocated the same programs as Roosevelt. 4 39. In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised a. not to sink passenger ships. b. not to sink passenger ships without warning. c. to halt its naval blockade of Britain. d. to halt all submarine warfare. 40. When <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> won reelection in 1916, he received strong support from the a. East Coast. b. working class. c. business community. d. pro-war members of both parties. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER ANY OF THE ESSAY QUESTIONS BELOW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE BONUS POINTS ON YOUR TEST. NEVERTHELESS, WHEN YOU STUDY, YOU MAY WANT TO SELECT ONE TO PRACTICE YOUR WRITING. GIVE YOURSELF A TIME LIMIT. REMEMBER ON THE AP TEST, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES TO WRITE A COMPLETE ESSAY. Essay Questions 1. Compare and contrast Roosevelts New Nationalism and Wilsons New Freedom programs. Which seems to you to be the most realistic response to industrialization? Why? 2. Compare the issues and candidates in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1916. Account for Wilsons victory in each case. 3. Summarize the action taken by Wilsons administration and Congress on behalf of farmers and workers. Would you call Wilson a president of the "common people" in America? Why? 4. It has been said that despite his intentions and idealistic pronouncements, "<a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> s Caribbean policy was a mere extension of Roosevelts ,,big stick." Do you agree? Why or why not? 5. Assess Americas neutrality at the outset of World War I. Consider both a. Wilsons policies in regard to Britain and Germany. b. The sentiments of the American public. Were we "neutral in thought as well as deed"? Explain. 6. Had you lived in the time, would you have liked <a href="/keyword/woodrow-wilson/" >woodrow wilson</a> ? Why or why not? Consider both his personal qualities and his presidential leadership and policies. 7. Assess Wilsons conduct of foreign policy from 1914 to 1917. Do you think that he could have pursued a different course that would have kept the United States out of the war? Should he have? Why or why not? 8. Comment on the observation that Wilsons support for the flood of social-welfare legislation in 1916 was "hypocritical and self-serving." 9. Wilson once remarked that he was "going to teach the South American republics to elect good men." Do you think that this was a proper function for the president of the United States? Why or why not? Use U.S. relations with Mexico to illustrate your view. 5
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