Honors US history Quiz 1

Carnegie and Rockefeller were both great "philanthropists". Philanthropy is...

• developing creative inventions to help society

• developing successful business plans that make money

• the activity of donating to such persons or purposes by giving them money

• the activity of bringing great minds together with a single goal

This man ran the biggest, most profitable steel mill in America.

• J.P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

This man made his fortune by improving failing businesses. He invested in shipping and railroads.

• Rockefeller

• Carnegie

• Morgan

• Vanderbilt

John D. Rockefeller practiced horizontal integration by buying

• wildcatters

• oil refining business

• steel businesses

• pipelines and tankers

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

• Dangers faced by coal miners
• Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
• Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
• Illegal deals between special interests and the government

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?

• Meat Inspection Act
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Intimidation

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

Which of the following is a Recall?

• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to remove an elected official from office
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers
• suffragists
• immigrants
• abolitionists

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

• Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

• 19th and 22nd Amendments

• Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

• 16th and 18th Amendments