vus.8, vus.9 WARD US HISTORY SOL REVIEW [gilded & progressive]

The Great Migration of the early 20th century refers to the movement of

• European immigrants to western cities

• European immigrants to Northeastern cities

• African Americans from the South to the Northern cities

• African Americans from the Midwest to Eastern cities

Which individual helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP)?

• James Meredith

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Thurgood Marshall

• Booker T. Washington

Which economic factor contributed to the growth of the economy during the late 19th/early 20th centuries?

• laissez-faire policies

• high interest rates

• low consumer demands

• strict price controls

The breakup of the Standard Oil Company was a result of?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• 17th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• Sherman Antitrust Act

During the Industrial Revolution new technology affected the economy of the United States by

• increasing worker productivity

• limiting profits

• decreasing urban populations

• generating tax revenues

This image of pioneers in 1886 most likely depicts a family on its way to

• find factory work in the Northeast

• claim a homestead in the West

• work as indentured servants in Virginia

• prospect for gold in California

By the late 1890s many American business leaders believed their best chance for future growth depended on

• tighter governmental regulations

• increasing growth of labor unions

• laws abolishing child labor

• establishment of foreign markets

Which part of the government controls the supply of money in the economy?

• Congress

• Treasury Department

• President

• Federal Reserve

What civil rights leader believed blacks could earn equality through education?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Oliver W. Hill

This headline affected the United States by eventually leading to

• involvement in the Spanish-American War

• construction of the Panama Canal

• entry into World War I

• neutrality in the 1930s