History Unit 4 Test

In 1867, one way many American farmers responded to the difficulties they faced was to join the National Grange. form regional alliances. protest against railroad rates. pressure state legislators.

Which of the following best describes how President Taft affected conservation efforts? Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who undid some of Roosevelt's conservation work. Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who continued Roosevelt's conservation work. Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who believed strongly in conservation. Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who was neutral on conservation.

Roosevelt's positions on conservation and the environment are best characterized as moderate. radical. progressive. conservative.

How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s? The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad. The government used land grants to relocate American Indians onto reservations. The government slowed settlement of the West by withholding land grants until the Civil War was over. The government offered land grants to free African Americans after the end of the Civil War.

Which leader in the early 1900s supported the idea that African Americans should temporarily accept inequality while working to gain job skills and obtain economic independence? William English Walling W. E. B. Du Bois Marcus Garvey Booker T. Washington

Which of the following best describes why the Farmers' Alliances formed the Populist Party? The Farmers' Alliances were not successful in changing the crop-lien system and needed to form a national political party as a result. The Farmers' Alliances were not successful in maintaining cooperative businesses and needed to form a national political party as a result. The Farmers' Alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result. The Farmers' Alliances were not successful in reforming the sharecropping system and needed to form a national political party as a result.

Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with? that "social rights" were a part of "civil rights" that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race that "separate but equal" was a valid legal doctrine that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation

How did speculators take advantage of the Homestead Act? by catering to new markets by promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East by creating phony claims by preparing the land for planting

A result of Theodore Roosevelt's philosophy about conservation was the regulation of the drug industry. the creation of new railroads. the creation of national parks. the regulation of the food industry.

Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in 1954 when the Supreme Court decided that racial segregation was unconstitutional. segregation was necessary for "public peace and good order." the "separate but equal" doctrine applied to education. the government could not legislate equality.

In order to help African Americans in the US gain economic independence, Marcus Garvey founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and the accommodation strategy. "back to Africa" movement and Pan Africanism. Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Black Star Line and the Negro Factories Association

Which of the following Progressive causes was helped by US involvement in World War I? trust-busting free enterprise workers' rights women's suffrage

Similar to the Progressives, Wilson supported establishing a graduated income tax. raising tariffs in order to protect US businesses. limiting workers' rights in order to protect businesses. lowering government restrictions on banks.

How could William Jennings Bryan oppose the gold standard and also support bimetallism? Bryan took each position at a different point in his career, with his support for bimetallism coming later in life. Bimetallism called for a fixed value for gold, which was the opposite of the gold standard. Bryan spoke in favor of the gold standard when addressing the wealthy and in favor of bimetallism when speaking to the poor. Bryan opposed the idea of a fixed value for gold while supporting the concept of a currency based on two metals.

Which of the following reforms was advocated by Theodore Roosevelt and later established by Taft? the Children's Bureau the postal savings system the Federal Reserve system women's suffrage

What was one provision of the Dawes Act of 1887? to stop American Indians from buying land to stop American Indians from resisting assimilation to divide and distribute land to American Indians to divide and distribute land to white settlers

Who became a leader of the women's suffrage movement after helping draft the Declaration of Sentiments? Jeannette Rankin Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Margaret Sanger

In the early 1800s, female reformers focused on the issue(s) of: temperance only. women's access to health care and health education. temperance, abolition, and women's access to education. women's right to vote.