APUSH (Henretta 8th) Ch. 20 reading quiz

APUSH (Henretta 8th) Ch. 20 reading quiz

11th Grade

10 Qs

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APUSH (Henretta 8th) Ch. 20 reading quiz

APUSH (Henretta 8th) Ch. 20 reading quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Molly Froke

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which pair is the first event an immediate cause of the second?

Assassination of James Garfield in 1881 - the Pendleton Civil Service Act

Sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 - U.S. entry into World War I

Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 - U.S. entry into World War II

Assassination of Alexander Hamilton in 1804 - end of the Federalist Party

Election of John Adams in 1796 - Twelfth Amendment's adoption

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT part of the Populist Party’s platform?

term limits for politicians

popular election of U.S. senators

adherence to a gold standard

a graduated income tax

institution of a secret ballot

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the overarching goals of the Populist Party in the late nineteenth century?

Expansion of United States influence in Central America and access to new international markets

Cooperative democracy and a stronger governmental role in the economic system

Social and political reform guided by the idea of the survival of the fittest

Establishment of a transcontinental network of trains and the improvement of roads in the western United States

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Activists formed the Populist Party most directly in response to the

rise of monopolies and reduction of wages for industrial workers

development of reform movements inspired by the Second Great Awakening

growth of corporate power in agriculture and economic instability in farming

emergence of concerns about abuses of the environment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

Midwestern farmers

the small towns of the Northeast and the South

big business and those involved in international trade

northern blacks and Asian immigrants

the white South and big-city immigrant machines

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

upholding the gold standard vs. the free and unlimited coinage of silver

enactment of an income tax.

government programs for those unemployed as a result of the depression

the rights of farmers and industrial workers

restoration of protective tariffs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“We shall not answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

This quotation is associated with which late-19th century leader?

Oliver Kelley

William McKinley

W.E.B. DuBois

William Jennings Bryan

Booker T. Washington

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