Gilded/Progressive Test Review

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE POPULIST DEMANDS EXCEPT WHICH ONE?

• RETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD

• GRADUATED PERSONAL INCOME TAX

• GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS

• FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER

Left their country due to poverty, famine, and political oppression and disliked because they were Catholic and were a threat of taking jobs.

• Russian

• German

• Irish

• Chinese

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

Major problems with the new urban cities included all of the following EXCEPT:

• deadly disease

• very clean surroundings

• economic segregation

• overcrowded housing

Wrote "How the other half lives" exposing conditions in the tenement conditions

• Susan B. Anthony

• Boss Tweed

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

The Federal Reserve uses ______ to regulate the economy.

• Monetary Policy
• Fiscal Policy

The expansion of ranching and the US cattle industry in the 19th century led to which of the following?

• Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef

• Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants

• The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture

• The need to process large amounts of cattle made meatpacking a major industry

What is the job of the National Park Service?

• to maintain the areas that need to be maintain

• to keep people out of the areas

• to conserve the scenery, the natural, and historic object for future generations

• to prevent forest fires in California

Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans while forming the NAACP?

• William Lloyd Douglas

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• George Washington

• Booker T. Washington

Issue Regarding the Selection of U.S. Senators Prior to 1913

*All senators were chosen by state legislatures

*Intimidation and bribery used to influence the selection of senators

• Which of the following was implemented in 1913 to solve these problems?

• States held party conventions to select senators

• A constitutional amendment was ratified that required senators to be elected directly by popular vote

• Open primaries were used to limit the choices of senators who could be confirmed by state legislatures

• A national referendum was held to standardize the procedures for selecting senators