STAAR Test - Stops at Roaring 20's

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations

TEKS 3B, 29B: Which result completes this diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

TEKS 3B- The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the —

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

What was one direct effect of the business practice discussed in the excerpt?

• Employees were prevented from buying stocks

• There were decreased competetion among producers

• Consumers were denied access to goods

• There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Women’s Suffrage

• Muckraker Movement

• Temperance Movement

The "Red Record" report and map that exposed the brutality associated with lynching was created by which reformer?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Ida B. Wells

• Jane Addams

Why was the building of the Panama canal so important?

• It reduced the spread of communism in Latin American countries.

• It resulted in the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

• It reduced travel times between the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans (+ for trade)

• Created tension between the US & Latin American countries over immigration

3. Helped overthrow Hawaii’s monarchy, was its first governor

• William McKinley
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Sanford B Dole

The Espionage and Sedition Acts limited Americans right to

• Speak freely about the concerns and disagreements with the American government during WW1

• Join the war by volunteering

• Choose they own political parties to vote for during World War 1

• Advertise for their own companies and products during the war