*The grandfather clause was:
a) designed to help African-American voters access the ballot in spite of a failure to pay the poll tax
b) designed to disenfranchise women from voting by requiring them to show that their paternal grandfather was a U.S. citizen
c) designed to enfranchise white voters who had otherwise failed to satisfy voter registration requirements that targeted black voters (e.g. paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test)
d) written into the U.S. Constitution in the Twentieth Amendment
*The “muckrakers” were:
a) orphaned children in Manhattan’s Bowery neighborhood known for committing petty crimes such as shoplifting
b) young Wall Street daytraders who bought and sold penny stocks
c)journalists who investigated and exposed many of the ills of industrial society such as questionable business practices, political corruption, and the plight of those at the bottom of the economic ladder
d) journalists who attempted to justify business practices that enriched the few and harmed the many; they were, in essence, the propaganda arm of Wall Street
*After the Bolsheviks signed a peace treaty with Germany in 1918:
a) President Wilson sent a small contingent of American troops until 1920 to help prevent German influence and fight the Bolshevik Revolution
b) Allied countries sent troops to Northern Russia and Siberia to prevent German influence and fight the Bolshevik Revolution
c) the Bolsheviks stated aims that were similar to Wilson’s Fourteen Points
d) All answers are correct
*In his farewell address of 1796, President George Washington:
a) advised the young nation to build a powerful army
b) warned that “overgrown military establishments” at home could pose a threat to liberty
c) advised the US to build alliances with other nations
d) All answers are correct