HIST 106 Parker Final Exam Questions
and Correct Answers.
The transcontinental railroad was completed in - Answer 1869
The "frontier thesis" holds that - Answer the frontier experience explains the historic
development of American society
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Reconstruction Amendments?" - Answer 12th
Amendment
Which of the following amendments stated that States were obliged to extend "due process of
law" and "equal protection of the laws" to all citizens of the United States? - Answer 14th
Amendment
The name of the "other woman" in Kracha's life is - Answer Zuska
The _U.S. v. Reese_ and _Williams v. Mississippi_ Supreme Court decisions _________; their
significance was that it showed ______ - Answer permitted state restrictions on voting rights
provided they were not explicitly race-based; that Jim Crow was taking shape pre-Plessy
The 1896 _Plessy v. Ferguson_ Supreme Court decision - Answer validated "separate-but-
equal" segregation as constitutional
One of the "Progressive" constitutional amendments, the 17th - Answer allowed for the
direct election of U.S. senators
The __________ declared that the U.S. was not going to war against Spain in order to _____ -
Answer Teller Amendment; gain territory
Which of these correctly describes the political history of 1896? - Answer None of the above
(not:
a) Populist Party fuses with Democrats, whose candidate (Bryan) wins the presidency
b) Populist Party fuses with Democrats, whose candidate (McKinley) wins the presidency
, Which of these two media drove the "communications revolution" that changed American life
in the 1920s? - Answer radio; cinema
Which of these is NOT an example of post-World War I nativism and xenophobia? - Answer
the wave of anti-Latino/a violence known colloquially as the "Longoria Effect"
Regarding WWI, President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 proclaimed that "the United States must be
_________ in fact, and in name." - Answer neutral
The Palmer Raids - Answer arrested thousands of suspected foreign-born radicals during the
Red Scare
Although LBJ's Great Society sought to extend the work begun by FDR's New Deal, one
important difference between the two was - Answer the GS took shape among incredible
prosperity, while the ND did so amid depression and poverty
The existence of a secret White House _________ dominated the final year of Watergate,
leading to Nixon_____________ - Answer audiotaping system; becoming the 1st president
to resign
In _Platoon_, the village where the soldiers commit war crimes is a parallel to the true story of -
Answer My Lai
1968 is considered the "peak" of the intense, tumultuous 1960s because of - Answer a)
upheaval in politics (e.g. violence at the Dem. Nat'l Convention)
b) the Assassinations of MLK & RFK
c) the Tet Offensive
"Watergate" refers to - Answer a) a hotel in Washington, DC
b) the scandal that brought down Nixon
c) the building that housed the Dem. Nat'l Committee in the 1970s
One prominent feature of the 1970s American economy was - Answer deindustrialization
and Correct Answers.
The transcontinental railroad was completed in - Answer 1869
The "frontier thesis" holds that - Answer the frontier experience explains the historic
development of American society
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Reconstruction Amendments?" - Answer 12th
Amendment
Which of the following amendments stated that States were obliged to extend "due process of
law" and "equal protection of the laws" to all citizens of the United States? - Answer 14th
Amendment
The name of the "other woman" in Kracha's life is - Answer Zuska
The _U.S. v. Reese_ and _Williams v. Mississippi_ Supreme Court decisions _________; their
significance was that it showed ______ - Answer permitted state restrictions on voting rights
provided they were not explicitly race-based; that Jim Crow was taking shape pre-Plessy
The 1896 _Plessy v. Ferguson_ Supreme Court decision - Answer validated "separate-but-
equal" segregation as constitutional
One of the "Progressive" constitutional amendments, the 17th - Answer allowed for the
direct election of U.S. senators
The __________ declared that the U.S. was not going to war against Spain in order to _____ -
Answer Teller Amendment; gain territory
Which of these correctly describes the political history of 1896? - Answer None of the above
(not:
a) Populist Party fuses with Democrats, whose candidate (Bryan) wins the presidency
b) Populist Party fuses with Democrats, whose candidate (McKinley) wins the presidency
, Which of these two media drove the "communications revolution" that changed American life
in the 1920s? - Answer radio; cinema
Which of these is NOT an example of post-World War I nativism and xenophobia? - Answer
the wave of anti-Latino/a violence known colloquially as the "Longoria Effect"
Regarding WWI, President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 proclaimed that "the United States must be
_________ in fact, and in name." - Answer neutral
The Palmer Raids - Answer arrested thousands of suspected foreign-born radicals during the
Red Scare
Although LBJ's Great Society sought to extend the work begun by FDR's New Deal, one
important difference between the two was - Answer the GS took shape among incredible
prosperity, while the ND did so amid depression and poverty
The existence of a secret White House _________ dominated the final year of Watergate,
leading to Nixon_____________ - Answer audiotaping system; becoming the 1st president
to resign
In _Platoon_, the village where the soldiers commit war crimes is a parallel to the true story of -
Answer My Lai
1968 is considered the "peak" of the intense, tumultuous 1960s because of - Answer a)
upheaval in politics (e.g. violence at the Dem. Nat'l Convention)
b) the Assassinations of MLK & RFK
c) the Tet Offensive
"Watergate" refers to - Answer a) a hotel in Washington, DC
b) the scandal that brought down Nixon
c) the building that housed the Dem. Nat'l Committee in the 1970s
One prominent feature of the 1970s American economy was - Answer deindustrialization
