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Unit 8 APUSH 1870's-1910's

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Compromise of 1877

a)

Ended the Spanish-American War

b)

Granted the Panama Canal to the U.S.

c)

Coincided with the election of 1877: The republican, Hayes becomes president and reconstruction ends.

d)

Was a compromise about slavery between the Democrats and Republicans during the reconstruction period.

2.

Who invented the telegraph/phone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Jonhny Telegram

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Nikola Tesla

3.

Another Term for "Robber Barons" was?

a)

Protectors of Industry

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

Captain America

d)

Captains of Industry

4.

What was the Ghost Dance Movement?

a)

A Native American Right's movement that advocated for more Native representation in Government.

b)

A Native American Religious Freedoms movement.

c)

A movement that led to The Native Americans taking over the Alcatraz Island.

d)

A secret witch coven during the 1890's.

5.

Which Famous Battle followed the Ghost Dance Movement and effectively ended the movement? (also known as the last great massacre of the Native People).

a)

The battle of Wounded Knee

b)

The battle of hurt foot

c)

The battle of many headaches

d)

The Battle of Little Roundtop

e)

The civil war

6.

The Roosevelt Corollary was based off of...

a)

The Truman Doctrine

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

Wilson's 14 points

d)

The Andrew Doctrine

7.

What time period encompassed the gilded age?

a)

1870's-1900's

b)

1890's-1910's

c)

The early 1900's

d)

the early !800's

8.

Who gave the Gilded Era it's name?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Mckinely

c)

William Shakespear

d)

Mark Twain

9.

"Separate but Equal"

a)

Brown V. Board of Education

b)

Plessy V. Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott V. Sandford

d)

Dred Scott V. the State of Maryland

10.

What Characteristics made up the Gilded Age?

a)

Population Growth

b)

Rapid Economic growth

c)

Political Corruption

d)

individualism

e)

Reconstruction

11.

A famous New York political Gang

a)

Tweedly Dee Ring

b)

Twang Ring

c)

Tweed Ring

d)

Tommy Gang

12.

A set of laws that segregated Blacks from Whites

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black codes

c)

White codes

d)

Jiminy Cricket Laws

13.

Who made the "Cross of Gold Speech"?

a)

W.B. Bryan

b)

W.A. Bryan

c)

W.S. Bryan

d)

W.J. Bryan

14.

What did Maine have to do with the Spanish-American War?

a)

"Maine" was a code name during the Spanish-American war for more troops

b)

A U.S.S Battle Ship, Maine, sunk in the gulf of mexico: The U.S. pinned this on the Spanish, thus giving them a reason to fight Spain

c)

Mormons from Maine boarded the USS Maine and headed for Cuba, thus starting the Bay of Mormon's Invasion

d)

Maine isn't a state : (

15.

What was the Haymarket square riot?

a)

A Hay strike where farmers refused to grow wheat after a deadly locust cloud ate last year's crop.

b)

A Coal strike that deprived millions of coal.

c)

A railroad strike that quickly turned into a riot after someone threw a rock at a policeman.

d)

A labor protest that turned into a riot after a bomb was thrown.

16.

What was the Pullman Strike?

a)

What was the Pullman Strike?

b)

A railroad strike that quickly turned into a riot after someone threw a rock at the police.

c)

A nationwide railroad strike that forced the government to act. Making it a major turning point for U.S. labor law.

d)

A nationwide oil strike where workers of standard oil refused to go to work due to poor work conditions.

17.

Which event gave the Knights of Labor a bad rep?

a)

Gay Mormons

b)

The Haymarket square riot

c)

The Pullman strike

d)

The Coalman Strike

18.

Which Export made Hawaii important?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Sugar

c)

Seafood

d)

Coconuts

19.

What is Yellow Journalism?

a)

Exaggerated Headlines and crude accounts to catch the public's attention

b)

The first form of the Yellow Pages

c)

News that revealed the corrupt landscape to the public

d)

completely fake news who's only purpose served to gain more news subscriptions

20.

Which of the following are all reasons that Nevada was brought into the union without meeting the requirements?

a)

Silver and Gold found in the area was needed to fund the war effort.

b)

Added votes in Lincoln's favor in the electoral college

c)

Fear of Mexico invading the territory and taking it back.

d)

Nevada was not an exception to the rules and did meet the state requirements when it became a state

21.

What was NAWSA?

a)

National Adults with Schizophrenia Association

b)

National American Workers Safety Association

c)

National American Woman Suffrage Association

d)

National Aviation Work Safety Administration

22.

What role did women play in the temperance movement?

a)

Women like Carrie Nation went from saloon to saloon terrorizing alcohol drinkers and drained alcohol barrels.

b)

Women like Carrie Nation supported alcohol drinkers and protected them with axes as they got drunk.

c)

they had nothing to do with the temperance movement

d)

They joined together with African Americans to overthrow the male white government

23.

YMCA?

a)

Young Men's Catholic Association

b)

Young Men's Christian Association

c)

Young Mormons Care Association

d)

Young Men's Association and the C stands for nothing, that's just for the sake of the jingle

24.

Which president was known for his "Trust Busting" policies.

a)

Theodore Roosvelt

b)

William Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

25.

What was the populist party's values?

a)

The Silver Standard

advocated for the average worker

"The people's party"

b)

Nativism

White Supremacy

Silver standard

c)

Utopian Societies

Mormon Rights

Silver Standard

d)

The Gold Standard

advocated for the average worker

"The people's party"