Settling the West to Big Business Recap Quiz

What was the main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 'Cross of Gold' speech?

• Fighting the growing influence of business trusts

• Coining both gold and silver

• Ending the tax-free status of religious institutions

• Providing federal aid to poor families

Members of which group were most likely to belong to the Populist Party?

• Anarchists

• Farmers

• A factory or business owner

• Immigrants

What did the Homestead Act do?

• It limited immigration

• It regulated businesses

• It increased the tariff

• It gave free land to those who settled in the west

Which scandal involved railroad companies stealing money from the government?

• Tea Pot Dome Scandal

• Haymarket Incident

• Credit Mobilier Scandal

• Tweed Ring Scandal

Which political system was founded by Andrew Jackson and involved rewarding your friends and supporters, even if they were unqualified?

• Patronage (Spoils System)

• Civil Service System

• Vertical Integration

• Horizontal Integration

Which of the following fueled the rise of Populism?

• Rising agricultural prices

• The use of silver instead of greenbacks

• Calls for racial segregation

• The inability of farmers to pay off their debts

All of the following are true about tariff policies in the late 19th Century EXCEPT

• Democrats favored a low tariff to help poor farmers and small businesses

• Republicans favored a high tariff to support American businesses

• Presidents McKinley, Ben Harrison, and Taft raised the tariff

• Presidents Cleveland and Wilson raised the tariff

Which Amendment allowed Congress to collect an income tax?

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

1. In this excerpt from an 1896 essay, architect Louis Sullivan describes certain conditions typical of growing urban centers of commerce and industry.

. . . the invention and perfection of the high-speed elevator make vertical travel, that was once tedious and painful, now easy and comfortable; development of steel manufactures has shown the way to safe, rigid, economical constructions rising to a great height . . .

Sullivan’s observation relates to which feature of most large, modern cities?

• Airports

• Malls

• Skyscrapers

• Suburbs

In what significant way did the development of the light bulb improve nineteenth-century urban conditions?

• It created the possibility of home-based businesses.

• It prompted more immigrants to remain in large cities.

• It enabled passenger trains to operate at night.

• It replaced dangerous kerosene lamps and candles in apartments