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A quiz covering how America became industrialised, progressive and interventionist between 1890 and 1912.

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The growth of America - 1890 - 1918

Question 1 of 20

1

Who were the three main candidates in the 1892 election?

Select one or more of the following:

  • James Weaver

  • Benjamin Harrison

  • Grover Cleveland

  • William McKinley

  • William Jennings Bryan

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

How many tons of iron were produced in 1900 by the USA?

Select one of the following:

  • 10.3 million tons

  • 8 million tons

  • 15.6 million tons

  • 5 million tons

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 do?

Select one of the following:

  • Prohibited monopolies

  • Closed down the Standard Oil company

  • Forbade big businesses to employ immigrants

  • Funded small businesses

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

Approximately how many immigrants came to America from 1900 - 1910?

Select one of the following:

  • 9 million

  • 5 million

  • 12 million

  • 20 million

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

What was Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' about?

Select one of the following:

  • The poor standards of the American meat industry

  • The need to preserve America's natural resources

  • Reasons why conservation of areas of natural beauty was necessary

  • Why a canal should be built through Panama

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

Who did Theodore Roosevelt sue for not abiding by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

Select one of the following:

  • Standard Oil

  • Carnegie Steel

  • Macy's department store

  • Ford Motor Company

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

How many trusts did President William Taft 'bust'?

Select one of the following:

  • 40

  • 100

  • 24

  • None

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

What did the 16th Amendment, which was passed by Taft, do?

Select one of the following:

  • Forbid the drinking, buying and selling of alcohol

  • Allowed Congress to levy income tax

  • Made it illegal to run a monopolising business

  • Preserved the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks created by Roosevelt

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

Why were people angry with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?

Select one of the following:

  • It had been meant to reduce tariffs, but congress edited it so that it increased them

  • It made overseas trade difficult

  • It reduced tariffs more than Congress had wanted

  • It made it impossible to buy certain goods

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

What did the Adamson Act do?

Select one of the following:

  • Make child labour illegal

  • Establish a minimum wage

  • Set up the central banking system

  • Established an 8 hour day for railroad workers

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

What proportion of Cuban exports went to the USA in 1898?

Select one of the following:

  • 64%

  • 25%

  • 56%

  • 87%

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

What was the 'Yellow Press'?

Select one of the following:

  • A nationwide dislike of Asian people

  • A new invention for printing newspapers

  • Journalism that wasn't properly researched and exaggerated the facts

  • A warship that fought during the Spanish-American war

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

Which areas did America acquire in the Spanish-American War? (Three)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Guam

  • The Phillipines

  • Haiti

  • Puerto Rico

  • Costa Rica

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

Which act by stated that the USA had the right to 'excercise' international police power in cases of severe wrongdoing or impotence'?

Select one of the following:

  • Roosevelt Corollary

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Volstead Act

  • Platt Amendment

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

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.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Honduras

  • Haiti

  • Nicaragua

  • Mexico

  • Panama

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

When was the Mexican Revolution?

Select one of the following:

  • 1910-1911

  • 1914-1918

  • 1893-1984

  • 1913-1915

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

How much did Wilson increase the USA's standing army to in the years of WWI leading up to American involvement?

Select one of the following:

  • Up to 200,000

  • Up to 400,000

  • Up to 600,000

  • Up to 100,000

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

How many Americans died when the ship 'Lusitania' was sunk?

Select one of the following:

  • 128

  • 1200

  • 5

  • 451

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

How many troops did America send to fight in WWI?

Select one of the following:

  • 4,355,000

  • 2,500,000

  • 10,000,000

  • 6,670,000

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

Who were William Borah and Henry Cabot Lodge?

Select one of the following:

  • Democrat senators, supporters of Wilson and the League of Nations

  • Representatives of other countries involved in WWI who were present at the Treaty of Versailles

  • Republican senators who clashed with Wilson over the League of Nations

  • World War One military officers for America

Explanation

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