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6. The Supreme court can invalidate executive orders or actions on grounds of what?

  • Unconstitunity or abscene of authorising legislation
  • Being annoying
  • Being pointless
  • Being boring

7. World War one was seen as a?

  • Faraway conflcit
  • Boring event
  • Waste of time
  • Scam

8. In the 1890's how many people immigrated?

  • 500
  • 3 million
  • 4 million
  • 1 million

9. Steam ships reduced immigrant travelling time from?

  • It didn't have an affect
  • 3 months to 2 weeks
  • 24 hours to 2 hours
  • A year to 6 months

10. How many US citizens died on the Lusitania?

  • 200
  • 5
  • 128
  • One thousand

11. Roosevelt fought in the rough riders despite what?

  • Being anti-war
  • Having astham
  • Having fear of horses
  • Having the flu

12. Who was a key figure of the Democractic party?

  • William Taft
  • William Jennings Bryan
  • Mark Hanna
  • Alfred Mahan

13. Wilson created the what?

  • First Trade Union
  • First Big Business
  • First central banking system
  • First costa coffee

14. Immigrants where used as what?

  • Businessmen
  • Strike breaks
  • Referees
  • None of the above

15. The Republican Party mainly supported what?

  • Grover Cleveland
  • Big Business
  • African Americans
  • Farmers

16. Tammany Hall supported which political party?

  • The Democrats
  • Socialism
  • The Republicans
  • The Progressive Party

17. Populism ended when?

  • 1908
  • 1914
  • 1912
  • 1945

18. Eugene Debs was jailed for taking part in which event?

  • The Pullman Strike
  • Anthracite mine strike
  • Boston Police Strike
  • It's a trick question

19. The USA had no what?

  • Money
  • Weapons
  • Standing Army
  • Exports

20. Mark Hanna raised how much from Big business?

  • $3.5 million
  • $16 million
  • $100 million
  • $ 2 billion