8th Grade Final Review

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause were all created to restrict the voting rights of

• Native American Indians

• Immigrants

• Women

• African Americans

During the early 1900's, large numbers of African Americans from the South found better job opportunities

• in northern cities

• in Pacific Coast lumber yards

• on southwestern ranches

• on Great Plains farms

Which heading best completes the partial outline?

• Government Ends Regulation of Business

• Progressive Movement Changes American Lives

• United States Becomes an Industrial Nation

• American Citizens Get New Responsibilities

Mass production is a term that can best be defined as the

• profit made by a large business or corporation

• manufacturing of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

• formation of a business monopoly

• number of hours employees are required to work

A muckraker was a writer or journalist who

• supported monopolies

• encouraged an end to slavery

• opposed the growth of labor unions

• exposed corruption in government and business

From 1890 to 1910, most immigrants from Europe settled in cities of the Eastern United States primarily because

• factory jobs were available for unskilled workers

• farmland had become very scarce

• they came mainly from large cities in their home countries

• there was much less discrimination in those cities

During the period 1840-1920, from which area did the largest number of immigrants come to the United States?

• Canada

• Germany

• Great Britain and Ireland

• Asia

According to this cartoonist, what is President Theodore Roosevelt's policy on trusts?

• Good trusts must be destroyed

• Good trusts must be controlled; bad trusts broken up

• Trusts must use their resources to protect the environment.

• Only bad trusts should be regulated

A primary goal of the Progressive movement during the early 1900's was to

• limit the power of big business

• increase immigration

• end overseas expansion

• eliminate labor unions

Which literary work exposed the evils of the meatpacking industry?

• Common Sense

• The Jungle

• The Grapes of Wrath

• Uncle Tom's Cabin