APUSH Unit 6 Reading Quiz 1 Gilded Age

What is the term for a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age)?

• credit mobilier

• corrected democracy

• exchequer

• political machine

In the late 19th Century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to _______________.

• explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor

• urge Congress to end immigration

• encourage the passage of compulsory education laws

• support the growth of new political parties

Cleveland's decision to send federal troops to end the Pullman strike demonstrated what?

• That the government cared about the concerns of the unions
• That the government was frustrated with big businessmen
• That the government cared more about big businesses rather than the workers
• That the government wanted to take on a stronger role in regulating businesses

Who created this cartoon depicting the corruption of Boss Tweed?

• Jacob Riis
• Thomas Nast
• Jane Addams
• Thomas Durant

The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.

• Hull House
• Pendergast Hall
• Daly Machine
• Tammany Hall

What was the spoils system?

• A way of keeping fresh fruit from spoiling
• A way of dividing up the money that was made from scandals
• A way that the President used to appoint people to office as political favors
•  A system that was instituted to keep the government from creating waste

Which of the following describes the Pendleton Act?

• It created a required examination for all government jobs
• It made the government purchase a certain amount of silver each month
• It divided the South into five military districts
• It limited the amount of immigrants that could enter the US

At the end of the nineteenth century, the desire of American business to control supplies and processes of raw materials and shipping led to

• automation of industry
• horizontal integration
• vertical integration
• development of the "putting-out system"

This African American man believed that blacks should demand full and immediate equality.

• Emmit Til

• George Washington

• Booker T. Washington

• W. E. B. De Bois

The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following?

• Upheld segregated railroad facilities.

• Declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional.

• Upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections.

• Outlawed segregation in public schools.