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AP US History Review II

Eras!

Question: This era was marked by a surge in nationalism and the collapse of the two-party system.
Answer: Era of Good Feelings

Question: This era saw the country desperately trying to put itself back together after a brutal Civil War.
Answer: Reconstruction

Question: This treaty marked the end of the Colonial Era in American History.
Answer: Treaty of Paris (1783)

Question: This era was characterized by a desire to use government to help fix social and economic problems.
Answer: Progressive Era

Question: Corporate titans, robber barons, monopolies, and trusts were all aspects of this era of American History.
Answer: Gilded Age

Wars!

Question: America entered this war after Germany reinstated its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
Answer: World War I

Question: Prodded on by "yellow" journalists, the US entered and won this war in just over three months.
Answer: Spanish-American War

Question: The Civil War was sparked by South Carolina's attack on this Federal fort.
Answer: Fort Sumter

Question: During the French and Indian War, this was one of the few Native American groups to side with the British over the French.
Answer: Iroquois

Question: This well-intentioned but misguided treaty promised to make war illegal.
Answer: Kellogg-Briand Pact

Foreign Policy!

Question: "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was the foreign policy slogan of this president.
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: The United States Senate's refusal to ratify the Treaty of Versailles was based mostly on this provision.
Answer: The League of Nations

Question: Woodrow Wilson drew widespread criticism for representing the US at the Paris Peace Conference for breaking this precedent.
Answer: Diplomats rather than presidents negotiated treaties (or variation)

Question: This foreign policy measure rescheduled German reparations payments following WWI and allowed American companies to loan money to the German government.
Answer: Dawes Plan

Question: The refusal of the United States to pay tribute and ransom to the Berber States of North Africa resulted in this war.
Answer: Tripolitan War/First Barbary War

Labor!

Question: This powerful labor organization, unlike others, actually flourished during the First World War.
Answer: American Federation of Labor

Question: This act, designed to prevent the formation of monopolies, was at first directed towards breaking up labor unions.
Answer: Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question: This organization, mockingly called the "Wobblies," did not support the US effort in WWI and were therefore often a target of the Federal government.
Answer: Industrial Workers of the World

Question: A bombing and subsequent riot at this square in Chicago is thought to have cost the Knights of Labor its position as one of the premier labor unions.
Answer: Haymarket Square

Question: This 1908 Supreme Court decision, later overturned by Adkins v. Children's Hospital, called for special protection for women factory workers (and had the unfortunate side effect of closing many "male" jobs to women).
Answer: Muller v. Oregon

Presidents!

Question: This campaign slogan helped elect Warren G. Harding in 1920.
Answer: "A return to normalcy."

Question: Thomas Jefferson adopted this attitude towards the US Constitution, which meant that he agonized over the decision to purchase Louisiana from France because there was nothing in the Constitution specifically declaring he could do so.
Answer: Strict constructionism

Question: Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior under President Harding, was convicted of accepting bribes and leasing public oil lands to private companies in this 1920s scandal.
Answer: Teapot Dome Scandal

Question: This president's assassination, which took place just months after his inauguration, helped pave the way for civil-service reform.
Answer: James Garfield

Question: Despite losing the popular vote, this president was "elected" in 1877 as part of a compromise that saw the end of Reconstruction.
Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes