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Gilded Age - 3

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name given to the time period between 1870 and 1890s because glitter of American society hiding serious problems

a)

Great Depression

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Gilded age

d)

Roaring Twenties

2.

Which term refers to a murder by a mob?

a)

prohibition

b)

initiative

c)

lynching

d)

muckracking

3.

Name for a school sponsored by a church

a)

parochial

b)

gilded

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

seminary

4.

Anti-Semitism is

a)

outlawing of all alcohol

b)

prejudice against Jews

c)

murder by a mob

d)

being against the Civil Serviced

5.
The movement to ban the making, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages was called--
a)
The Progressive Movement
b)
Woman's Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Laws
6.
The 19th Amendment was about--
a)
Workplace reforms
b)
Woman Sufferage
c)
Prohibition of alcohol
d)
Racial Segregation
7.

Which region first granted women the right to vote?

a)

Rural

b)

East and Southeast

c)

West

d)

Large City populations

8.
Which Constitutional Amendment finally allowed American women to vote in 1920?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
9.
The ________Amendment started Prohibition.  
a)
10th 
b)
19th 
c)
20th 
d)
18th 
10.
What was the name of the group of women involved in Prohibition ? 
a)
Women Against Drinking
b)
Mothers against drinking
c)
Women's Temperance Society 
d)
Women against Alcohol 
11.

A "muckraker" is

a)

a crusading journalist who exposed problems in society

b)

a political boss who took bribes

c)

someone who fought for women's rights

d)

a gardener

12.

Which of the following was head of a political machine that took advantage of New York City to make millions

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

William "Boss" Tweed

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Woodrow Wilson

13.

Which is an election in which voters, rather than party leaders, choose their party's candidate?

a)

primary

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

civil service

14.

Which is the method by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office?

a)

Seventeenth Amendment

b)

Referendum

c)

Primary

d)

Recall

15.

Which of the following individuals help found the Tuskegee Institute?

a)

Fredrick Douglas

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Booker T. Washington

16.
 What was a Muckraker?
a)
A politician who was corrupt.
b)
A factory owner who employed child labor.
c)
An investigative journalist who exposed corruption in society.
d)
An immigrant who lived in a tenement building.
17.

The Gilded Age as described by Mark Twain (1870-1900).

a)

A period in history where most people are living a good life and are happy.

b)

A period in history where everything looks good on the outside, but if you look deeper you will see lots of of serious problems especially in the government.

c)

A period in history when most things are made from metal.

d)

A period in history where construction in large cities is booming.

18.
Describe the 17th Amendment: 
a)
Gave the government the right to collect taxes off of people's income.
b)
Gave women the right to vote.
c)
Direct election of Senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.
d)
Banned the consumption of alcohol.
19.
What does the N.A.A.C.P. stand for?
a)
National Association for Advancement of Citizen's Police.
b)
National Action of Animal Crime Prevention
c)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
d)
Natural Air and Country Patrol
20.
Who was known for being a "trust-buster"?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Ida B Wells
d)
"Big Bill" Haywood
21.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
22.
Who published the names of people involved in a lynching?
a)
J.P. Morgan
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Mark Twain
23.
Who wrote "The Jungle" which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry?
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
24.

Who is a crusader in the temperance movement known for smashing beer kegs in saloons?

a)

Carry Nation

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

25.

Which of the following individuals formed the Progressive Party?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Upton Sinclair

26.

the Progressive Party is also known as the...

a)

bull moose party

b)

donkey monkey party

c)

democratic party

d)

independence party

27.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
28.
Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?
a)
Asian Americans
b)
Jewish Americans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
29.
Depending on how much money you make, the government will tax you at different rates
a)
Tax Invasion
b)
Salary Tax
c)
Sales Tax
d)
Graduated Income Tax
30.

Any person who works to destroy monopolies and trusts

a)

conservationist

b)

progressive

c)

entrepeneur

d)

trustbuster

31.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
32.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act

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