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Frage 1
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Who were the three main candidates in the 1892 election?
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James Weaver
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Benjamin Harrison
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Grover Cleveland
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William McKinley
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William Jennings Bryan
Frage 2
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How many tons of iron were produced in 1900 by the USA?
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10.3 million tons
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8 million tons
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15.6 million tons
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5 million tons
Frage 3
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What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 do?
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Prohibited monopolies
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Closed down the Standard Oil company
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Forbade big businesses to employ immigrants
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Funded small businesses
Frage 4
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Approximately how many immigrants came to America from 1900 - 1910?
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9 million
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5 million
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12 million
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20 million
Frage 5
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What was Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' about?
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The poor standards of the American meat industry
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The need to preserve America's natural resources
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Reasons why conservation of areas of natural beauty was necessary
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Why a canal should be built through Panama
Frage 6
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Who did Theodore Roosevelt sue for not abiding by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
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Standard Oil
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Carnegie Steel
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Macy's department store
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Ford Motor Company
Frage 7
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How many trusts did President William Taft 'bust'?
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40
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100
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24
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None
Frage 8
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What did the 16th Amendment, which was passed by Taft, do?
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Forbid the drinking, buying and selling of alcohol
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Allowed Congress to levy income tax
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Made it illegal to run a monopolising business
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Preserved the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks created by Roosevelt
Frage 9
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Why were people angry with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
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It had been meant to reduce tariffs, but congress edited it so that it increased them
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It made overseas trade difficult
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It reduced tariffs more than Congress had wanted
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It made it impossible to buy certain goods
Frage 10
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What did the Adamson Act do?
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Make child labour illegal
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Establish a minimum wage
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Set up the central banking system
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Established an 8 hour day for railroad workers
Frage 11
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What proportion of Cuban exports went to the USA in 1898?
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64%
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25%
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56%
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87%
Frage 12
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What was the 'Yellow Press'?
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A nationwide dislike of Asian people
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A new invention for printing newspapers
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Journalism that wasn't properly researched and exaggerated the facts
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A warship that fought during the Spanish-American war
Frage 13
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Which areas did America acquire in the Spanish-American War? (Three)
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Guam
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The Phillipines
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Haiti
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Puerto Rico
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Costa Rica
Frage 14
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Which act by stated that the USA had the right to 'excercise' international police power in cases of severe wrongdoing or impotence'?
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Monroe Doctrine
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Volstead Act
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Platt Amendment
Frage 15
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Which of these countries did Taft apply his policy of 'Dollar Diplomacy' to? (This was the idea of using money to control other countries. Three answers.)
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Honduras
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Haiti
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Nicaragua
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Mexico
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Panama
Frage 16
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When was the Mexican Revolution?
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1910-1911
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1914-1918
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1893-1984
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1913-1915
Frage 17
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How much did Wilson increase the USA's standing army to in the years of WWI leading up to American involvement?
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Up to 200,000
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Up to 400,000
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Up to 600,000
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Up to 100,000
Frage 18
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How many Americans died when the ship 'Lusitania' was sunk?
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128
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1200
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5
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451
Frage 19
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How many troops did America send to fight in WWI?
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4,355,000
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2,500,000
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10,000,000
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6,670,000
Frage 20
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Who were William Borah and Henry Cabot Lodge?
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Democrat senators, supporters of Wilson and the League of Nations
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Representatives of other countries involved in WWI who were present at the Treaty of Versailles
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Republican senators who clashed with Wilson over the League of Nations
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World War One military officers for America
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