HIST 172 csulb midterm 1 Exam Questions With Verified Answers
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HIST 172 csulb midterm 1 Exam Questions With Verified Answers
". . . Whether this statute [Exclusion Act] against the Chinese or the statue to Liberty will be the more lasting monument to tell future ages of the liberty and greatness of this country. . ." What does the passage indicate about the...
". . . Whether this statute [Exclusion Act] against the Chinese or the statue to Liberty will
be the more lasting monument to tell future ages of the liberty and greatness of this
country. . ." What does the passage indicate about the author's view of the Exclusion
Act?
A)The Act will decrease emigration from the United States in the future.
B)The Act will strengthen liberty in the future.
C)While the Act is unfair, the future will judge it necessary.
D)The Act threatens liberty in the future. - Answer-D)The Act threatens liberty in the
future.
/."[I]n 1880, San Francisco passed a fire-safety ordinance that all laundries operating in
wooden buildings be licensed or the owners would risk criminal penalties. After the city
government refused to grant licenses to nearly all Chinese laundries while approving
those run by whites, Yick Wo, the owner of one rejected establishment, refused to close
his business and was prosecuted. . . . The discrimination is, therefore, illegal, and the
public administration which enforces it is a denial of the equal protection of the laws and
a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution." In what ways does did the
San Francisco Ordinance violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment?
A)It ruled that the application of the ordinance was unconstitutional.
B)It ruled that the ordinance was an undue burden on equal protection.
C)It ruled that criminal penalties for fire-safety violations were discrimi - Answer-A)It
ruled that the application of the ordinance was unconstitutional.
/."It says in the Torah, only through a man has a woman an existence. Only through a
man can a woman enter Heaven." "I'm smart enough to look out for myself. It's a new
life now. In America, women don't need men to boss them. . . " Wild with all that was
choked in me since I was born, my eyes burned into my father's eyes. "My will is as
strong as yours. I'm going to live my own life. Nobody can stop me. I'm not from the old
country. I'm American!" "You blasphemer!" His hand flung out and struck my cheek.
"Denier of God! I'll teach you respect for the law!" I leaped back and dashed for the
door. The Old World had struck its last on me. What does this conversation between
father and daughter say about the daughter's view of America?
,A)She views America as a place where she cannot gain her independence.
B)She sees little difference between America and Poland.
C)She thinks America will make her more dependent on men.
D - Answer-D)She views America as a place where she can become independent
/."We are all foreign-born or the descendants of foreign-born, and if distinctions are to
be made between us they should rightly be on some other ground than indigenousness.
The early colonists came over with motives no less colonial than the later. They did not
come to be assimilated in an American melting-pot. They did not come to adopt the
culture of the American Indian. They had not the smallest intention of "giving
themselves without reservation" to the new country. They came to get freedom to live as
they wanted to. . . . Let us face realistically the America we have around us. Let us work
with the forces that are at work. Let us make something of this trans-national spirit
instead of outlawing it. Already we are living this cosmopolitan America. What we need
is everywhere a vivid consciousness of the new ideal. Deliberate headway must be
made against the survivals of the melting-pot ideal for the promise of Amer - Answer-
C)Transnationalism, or pluralism, is the best possible outcome.
/.1. Progressive reforms focused on preventing
A)economic stratification and class conflict.
B)further mass immigration from Europe.
C)further urban and industrial expansion.
D)women's involvement in politics. - Answer-A)economic stratification and class
conflict.
/.1. The growth of industrial manufacturing affected skilled tradesmen by
A)forcing them to perform the same tasks as unskilled laborers.
B)removing control of their labor and their sense of independence.
C)allowing them to open their own factories and enter the upper class.
D)giving them better wages for fewer hours of work. - Answer-B)removing control of
their labor and their sense of independence.
/.1. The popularity of Horatio Alger's dime novels can be attributed to their message that
A)wealth could be attained through hard work and individual initiative.
B)economic success was evidence of religious devotion.
C)government regulation of the economy made social mobility possible.
D)the rich had a responsibility to practice philanthropy. - Answer-A)wealth could be
attained through hard work and individual initiative.
/.1. Who prevented the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1893?
, A)Queen Liliuokalani
B)Grover Cleveland
C)The U.S. marines
D)American Christian missionaries - Answer-B)Grover Cleveland
/.10. In which of the following ways did home-front mobilization transform women's lives
during World War I?
A)Women entered the paid workforce in unprecedented numbers.
B)Working women began to earn salaries equal to those of men.
C)Women were freed of the responsibility for housework and childcare.
D)Women were encouraged to join the armed forces alongside men. - Answer-
A)Women entered the paid workforce in unprecedented numbers
/.10. President Roosevelt's decision to preserve 150 million acres of timberland as
national forest would have been understood to advance the agenda of
/.10. The Populist Party's lack of success on the national level can be attributed to its
failure to
A)build strong coalitions across regional and racial lines.
B)raise adequate campaign funds.
C)propose solutions to the economic downturn.
D)win the support of activist farmers. - Answer-A)build strong coalitions across regional
and racial lines.
/.11. In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle motivated Americans to
A)lobby for better conditions for workers in the
meatpacking industry.
B)convert to vegetarianism in large numbers.
C)demand that the government inspect meat before
it was sold to consumers.
D)sell their tainted meat to Europe. - Answer-C)demand that the government inspect
meat before it was sold to consumers.
/.11. Which of the following characterizes the intent of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
A)To the victors go the spoils.
B)Equality should be established among the nations.
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