Historical thinking?

Question

1) according to historian alfred thayer mahan, the key to a great nations power was its

a army

b navy

c frontier

d democratic government

2) the u.s. purchased alaska from

a great britain

b france

c germany

d russia

3) charles lindbergh became a national hero in the "roaring twenties" because of his

a skill at baseball

b skill at boxing

c solo flight across atlantic

d important moive roles

4) upton sinclairs novel the jungle led to the passage of the

a clayton antitrust act

b meat inspection act

c elkins act

d hepburn act

5) most of the money the u.s. needed to fight world war 1 came from

a taxes

b the sale of public land

c tariffs

d the sale of war bonds

6) in addition african americans, the ku klux klan was also opposed to

a catholics

b jews

c foreigners

d all of these

Answer 1

1. B  (Mahan argued that power was granted to powerful seafaring nations)

2. D  (Alaska was purchased from McKinley. Many people at the time thought it was a mistake, but few realized the potential it had)

3. C  (Charles Lindbergh flew in the "Spirit of St. Louis", and became a national hero)

4. B  (In addition to to the Meat Inspection Act it also paved the way for the Food and Drug Administration)

5. D  (WW1 cost the US about 30 billion, but the government possessed only 917 million. As a result people bought war bonds to raise involvment in the war)

6. D  (KKK opposed non-white, non-native americans. This actually included an opposition to some southern Europeans. Did you know that initially the NAACP was started to stop the lynching of blacks and italians)