USHG Regents Review 3 (U5-6) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?

U.S. can intervene in Latin America

U.S. should stay out of Latin America

U.S. supports European colonies

U.S. will give up territory

What was the main goal of the Open Door Policy?

Promote U.S. trade in China

End trade

Keep Europe out of Africa

Close U.S. borders

The term “Yellow Journalism” refers to

Sensationalized news

Honest reporting

Government newspapers

War propaganda

What was the result of the Spanish-American War?

U.S. gained overseas territories

U.S. lost land

Slavery returned

War with Britain began

Why did the U.S. want overseas territories in the late 1800s?

To gain resources and markets

To spread slavery

To support unions

To reduce the military

What was the 19th Amendment?

Gave women the right to vote

Lowered voting age

Ended child labor

Raised taxes

What was the purpose of the Temperance movement?

Ban alcohol

Expand trade

Support war

Increase taxes

The goal of the initiative, referendum, and recall was to

Increase voter power

Stop immigration

Limit Congress

Expand businesses

What did the Sherman Antitrust Act aim to do?

Break up monopolies

Promote unions

Lower tariffs

Expand railroads

The Federal Reserve System was created to

Regulate banking

Control trade

Reduce immigration

Expand farming

What did the 17th Amendment change?

Allowed direct election of Senators

Lowered voting age

Gave women the vote

Created the income tax

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to

Food safety laws

End of unions

More immigration

Railroad expansion

What did muckrakers do?

Exposed problems in society

Built factories

Ran for office

Worked in mines

What was the goal of the Progressive movement?

Fix social and political problems

End the war

Expand the empire

Increase immigration

What did Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives expose?

Poor living conditions in cities

Immigration laws

Political corruption

Farming practices

What is the difference between a tenement and a suburb?

Tenements are crowded city apartments

Tenements are big houses

Suburbs are poor areas

Suburbs are in cities

What is nativism?

Favoring native-born Americans

Helping immigrants

Expanding trade

Supporting open borders

What was the “melting pot” theory?

Blending of cultures in the U.S.

End of culture

Loss of jobs

Creation of unions

What was the purpose of Ellis Island?

Process immigrants

Train soldiers

Store goods

Raise taxes

What was the main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Limit Chinese immigration

Give land to China

End slavery

Build railroads

Why did many immigrants come to the U.S. in the late 1800s?

For jobs and freedom

To fight in wars

To escape unions

For voting rights

What does the term “robber baron” refer to?

A wealthy business owner who used unfair methods

A war hero who rose in ranks unfairly

A labor leader who tricks workers

A government official who steals tax dollars

What does laissez-faire mean?

Government stays out of business

Government controls industry

Workers own factories

Businesses pay taxes

What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?

Wage cuts and high rents

Immigration laws

Railroad expansion

New taxes

Why did factory owners oppose labor unions?

They led to higher costs

They increased trade

They brought in immigrants

They supported monopolies

What is collective bargaining?

Workers negotiating as a group

Buying stocks

Government regulation

Hiring new workers

What was a major reason labor unions formed?

To fight poor working conditions

To support immigration

To fund railroads

To support monopolies

Andrew Carnegie believed in the “Gospel of Wealth,” which said

The rich should help society

Give to all equally

All people should be rich

Unions are harmful

Who was known for dominating the oil industry?

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Cornelius Vanderbilt

J.P. Morgan

Why were trusts criticized during the Gilded Age?

They reduced competition

They protected workers

They paid high wages

They supported unions

What is a monopoly?

Control of an entire industry

A type of tax

A labor strike

An immigration policy

What was one result of the growth of big business after the Civil War?

Rise of monopolies

Less trade

End of factories

Decline in cities