Flashback Friday #4

Multiple Choice

How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the United States?

• It decreased trade with Asia.

• It led to the decline of the cattle industry.

• It made travel and shipping across the country faster and cheaper.

• It increased tensions between the North and the South.

Multiple Choice

What role did the railroads play in the steel industry?

• They were the biggest customers

• They produced steel

• They transported coal

• They built factories

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of Standard Oil in the oil industry during the era of John D. Rockefeller?

• It was the first oil company in the U.S.

• It controlled more than 90% of the oil industry.

• It was founded by a group of investors.

• It was the largest oil company in Europe.

Multiple Choice

What were the major inventions of Thomas Edison that changed how people lived?

• Electric light bulb

• Phonograph

• Motion pictures

• Television

Multiple Choice

Which factor contributed most to the change shown in this table?

• Completion of the Erie Canal

• Discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill

• Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Relocation of Native Americans

Multiple Choice

What actions did Sitting Bull take in response to the government's attempts to buy land from the Sioux?

• He agreed to sell the land

• He fought U.S. Army troops

• He led his people to Canada

• He settled on a reservation

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the long-term effects of the Wounded Knee Massacre on Native American communities.

• It had no long-term effects.

• It led to improved relations with the U.S. government.

• It resulted in lasting trauma and a strengthened resolve for civil rights.

• It caused the creation of new reservations.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason U.S. soldiers went to Wounded Knee?

• To confiscate weapons from the Sioux

• To negotiate peace

• To establish a military base

• To protect settlers

Multiple Choice

What were the main differences between the new immigrants and earlier immigrant groups?

• New immigrants were mostly from southern and eastern Europe

• Earlier immigrants were typically Catholic

• New immigrants spoke different languages

• Earlier immigrants arrived without government support

Multiple Choice

What was the role of Ellis Island in the immigration process to the United States?

• It was a welcoming center for all immigrants

• It was a testing center for health and welfare

• It was a place for immigrants to learn English

• It was a cultural exchange center

Multiple Choice

What tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the American Federation of Labor into the largest labor union in the United States?

• Allowing women and minorities to join the union 
• Signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant laborers
• Lobbying congress to pass laws limiting the activities of rival unions
• Concentrating on higher wages and better working conditions 

Multiple Choice

The Pullman Strike (1894) resulted in the first instance of…  (LT 6.9)

•  A) management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike.

•  B) violence during a labor strike.

• C) a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists.

• D) government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike.

Multiple Choice

What were the main issues that muckrakers investigated and exposed?

• Political corruption

• Child labor

• Slum conditions

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

• Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

• Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discrimination when hiring.

Multiple Choice

What impact did Ida Tarbell's articles have on the public and government regarding the Standard Oil Trust?

• They led to the establishment of new oil companies

• They resulted in the government's decision to break up the Standard Oil Trust

• They had no significant impact

• They increased the popularity of Standard Oil

Multiple Select

What was offered at Hull House?

(Choose ALL of the correct answers)

• Food, shelter, and clothing.

• A public bath

• Jobs and classes.

• Kindergarten and after-school programs

Multiple Choice

What are the three ways progressive election reforms helped to increase ordinary citizens' direct control of government?

• By allowing citizens to collect signatures for initiatives

• By requiring government to present issues as referendums

• By preventing government officials from ignoring citizens' desires

• By increasing the number of elections held each year

Multiple Choice

The 17th Amendment established the direct election of senators. Which of the following would have supported the 17th Amendment?

• Wealth Business Leaders

• State Political Party Bosses

• Members of the Populist Party and opponents/critics of powerful state legislatures

Multiple Choice

President Theodore Roosevelt was very interested in the conservation movement that had evolved during the late 1800s. Which of the following best describes Roosevelt's role in the conservation movement?

• ​​​​​​He promoted recycling programs and encouraged people to consume less.

• ​​​​​​He became interested in renewable sources of energy and worked to increase energy efficiency.

• ​​​​​​He created new laws to reduce the amount of pollution emitted from factories.

• He expanded the national park system and supported government policies that managed natural resources.

Open Ended

What were Jim Crow laws and how did they affect African Americans?

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896?

• It declared segregation illegal

• It upheld the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws

• It abolished the separate but equal doctrine

• It established civil rights for all

Multiple Choice

How does this illustration demonstrate the "separate but equal" idea? SS5H6a

• It shows that facilities were separate and equal

• It shows that those facilities were separate but NOT equal

• . It shows that separate facilities are provided and equal in the fact they both are drinking fountains

• It shows that the fountains are separate but equal in height

Multiple Choice

What was the historical context of the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

• A. Business entrepreneurs had formed monopolies in key U.S. industries.

• B. Labor unions had organized large-scale workers’ strikes throughout the nation.

• C. Southern states had passed Jim Crow laws to limit the rights of African Americans.

• D. Congress had established restrictions on Chinese immigration to the United States.

Multiple Select

In the late 1800's, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act on Chinese immigrants. Which of the following are reasons for this Act?

• Chinese immigrants took jobs
• Nativist & racial hate
• Chinese immigrants were moving east
• Chinese workers took lower pay

Multiple Choice

What is this political cartoon referencing?

• Muckraking

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Federal Meat Inspection Act

• Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

Hotspot

The end of the Spanish-American War of 1898 led to America’s emergence as a world power in possession of a small overseas empire. America’s continued presence in one of the regions it acquired resulted in a second war, which lasted even longer than the Spanish-American War. Select on the map the region where this war took place.

Multiple Choice

This said the U.S. would act as international policemen. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine

• Monroe Addition
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Washington doctrine

• Marshall Extension

Hotspot

Which canal in 1914 helped connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, dramatically decreasing the travel time for ships?

Poll

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