STAAR Quiz 1 Review

Which describes the Gilded Age?

• the move to the West to discover gold

• industrialists, corruption, big business

• sharp increase in immigration to the South

• world war followed by a decade of peace

How did Alexander Graham Bells invention change life?

• people were able to watch TV for the first time

• he was the first to use advertising

• it increased communication between businesses and households

• it help extend working hours in factories

What did members of the Progressive Movement want to do?

• prevent unfair business practices

• restrict immigration to the US

• reduce the number of farmers

• allow the economy to run freely

What did Upton Sinclairs Book The Jungle lead to?

• laws requiring foods to be inspected

• the auditing of railroads

• laws to prevent discriminatory hiring practices

• more strikes by labor unions

How did the invention of military tanks change WWI?

• people could communicate better

• it shielded all soldiers from poison gas

• it brought food to soldiers

• broke the stalemate of trench warfare

Why did the US enter WWI?

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed

• Germany invaded Belgium

• German submarines engaged in unrestricted warfare

• Pearl Harbor was bombed

How did the US change as a result of the Spanish American War?

• The US was forced to give up land to Spain

• The US acquired territories for the first time

• The US lost a lot of money and went into economic downturn

• The US did not even participate in this war?

Yellow Journalism, explosion of the USS Maine, and the DeLome letter were all causes of which war?

• Spanish American War

• WWI

• WWII

• Vietnam War

What was one cause of the Great Depression?

• Decrease in military spending

• Increase in consumer spending

• Overspeculation in the stock market

• Government regulation of the stock market

Which agency protects money if a bank fails?

• National Recovery Administration

• Medicare Act

• Social Security Administration

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation