Review for 1st 9 weeks US History Exam

All of these examples reflect the Gospel of Wealth EXCEPT:

• Each man had a duty to try to become rich
• money should be distributed to the poor and homeless as gov't handouts
• the wealthy had a responsibility to use their wealth for the good of society
• welath was God's reward for alife of virtue and hard work

This is another word for monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Merger
• Subsidiary

5) What do the Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts do?

• End child labor in the United States

• Let the government regulate the meat industry

• Create the Food and Drug Administrations

• Allow the government to dissolve monopolies

5) Why did Labor Unions form?

• To help mangers monitor employees

• To help workers fight for better wages and safer working conditions

• To help law enforcement fight big business

• To enforce strict business policies on low level workers

Civil service reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a reaction to which of the following issues?

• the dwindling influence of political machines
• the emergence of single-issue third parties
• the corrupt and inefficient distribution of government jobs by political machines
• the ignorance of voters who elected well-meaning but incompetent public officials

The Primary Goal of the Progressive Movement in the US early 20th century was....

• Correct Political and economic injustices from industrialization from the Gilded Age

• Maintain traditional Laissez-Faire towards business

• Encourage Monopolies in big business

• Solve racial tensions in industrial north

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

What was President Roosevelt's response to the scandal shown in this cartoon?

• Government continued a policy of keeping out of businesses

• The government became involved in protecting the people from big business practices

• The government offered subsidies to agricultural workers

• The government used its power to protect businesses

6) (Choose 3) What were the main goals of the Populist Party, their platform? (Choose 3)

• Unlimited coinage of silver to raise farm good prices

• Raise taxes on business managers

• Passage o the Interstate Commerce Act

• Protect farmer's lands from government recollection

• An income tax and direct election of senators

Why did the Populist party want free coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation
• To reduce economic inflation
• To raise campaign contribution limits
• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions