Chapter 7 Test review

Which of the following contributed to the immense industrial boom known as the Second Industrial Revolution?

• bankruptcy of farms, populist movement, loss of farming lands

• cheap city buildings, women’s movements, great migration

• abundance of natural resources, government support of businesses, increase in urban population

• new public education system, discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, formation of trusts

What is the main purpose of patronage?

• to increase government funds

• to reward one's supporters

• to increase government efficiency

• to avoid concentrating power in one individual or group

This authorized an independent civil service commission to make government appointments based on the merit system.

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Sherman Antitrust Act

• The Pendleton Civil Service Act

• The Dawes Act

Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen's Agreement?

• It decreased Japanese immigration.

• It caused anti-American rioting in Japan.

• It resulted in segregated classrooms.

• It prohibited aliens from working in industrial jobs.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required

• applicants for government jobs to pass examinations.

• native-born Americans to treat immigrants with courtesy.

• government workers to renounce all party loyalties.

• cities to provide services such as clean water to their residents.

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

• limit the number of immigrants entering the country.

• improve the living conditions in America's largest cities.

• assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture.

• encourage people to move from the country to the city.

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called

• Ellis Island.

• Angel Island.

• Tammany Hall.

• Hull House.

Which of the following is an example of graft?

• using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud

• choosing your friends for political offices

• saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself

• using the threat of force to get people to vote for a particular candidate

Which of these were organized groups that controlled the activities of a political party in a city?

• political machines

• Grafts

• spoils systems

• Stalwarts

Tammany Hall was the name of

• a famous settlement house.

• a New York Train Station.

• a New York City political machine.

• the FBI building in New York City.