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WorksheetsQuiz Battle 5 2018-2019
Total questions: 103
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Under the Radical Republican Reconstruction Plan who should be allowed to vote?
a)
Mrs. Schaefer
b)
Confederate Soldiers
c)
African Americans
d)
Women
2.
Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to...
a)
Extend women's rights
b)
Raise money for political campaigns
c)
Help 8th graders at YSMS pass Social Studies class
d)
Deny African Americans the right to vote
3.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
4.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
5.
Memphis, TN was struck by an epidemic of what disease in the 1870s?
a)
small pox
b)
yellow fever
c)
influenza
d)
bubonic plague
6.
What is President Grant trying to find in the barrel?
a)
Corruption and scandals
b)
Members of the KKK
c)
Ex-Confederate generals
d)
African Americans slaves
7.
State leaders often gave government jobs to people who had done favors for them or their political party
a)
Patronage
b)
Suffrage
c)
Progressive
d)
Muckraker
8.
A system in which workers are given jobs in return for their political support
a)
spoils system
b)
civil service system
c)
merit system
d)
foreign policy
9.
These were often corrupt local groups that provided essential services to immigrants in return for money or political support (votes)
a)
Political machines
b)
Nativists
c)
Tweed Machines
d)
Tenets
10.
Who was the leader of New York's Tammany Hall, a corrupt Political Machine
a)
William "Boss" Tweed
b)
Chester Arthur
c)
James Garfield
d)
William McKinley
11.
Cause of Garfield's assassination
a)
Patronage System
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Civil War
d)
Prohibition
12.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
13.
He used the Bessemer Process in a factory in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, to mass produce stronger steel
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Terrence Powderly
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
14.
He was known as a major entrepreneur in the Oil Industry
a)
John Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbelt
d)
Gustavus Swift
15.
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Which title best describes these three men?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Which title best describes these three men?
a)
Leaders of unions
b)
Politicians
c)
Captains of industry
d)
Inventors
16.
"The rich and successful have an obligation to take their rewards and help those that have been less fortunate"
The quote represents the opinions of a Captain of Industry who practices
The quote represents the opinions of a Captain of Industry who practices
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Social Darwinism
(we can talk about this)
(we can talk about this)
c)
Chemistry
d)
Philosophy
17.
Term where the strongest, most clever, most efficient business will survive and the weak businesses will die out.
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Sherman AntiTrust
c)
Economies of Scale
d)
Holding companies
18.
Term where several companies engaged in the same type of business and joined together
a)
Horizontal integration
b)
Vertical Integration
c)
holding company
d)
economies of scale
19.
Famous inventor, most famous for the use of the light bulb and the distribution of power.
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Thomas Alva Edison
d)
Henry Ford
20.
Argued that those with great material possessions had an equally great obligation to society
a)
Conspicuous Consumption
b)
Gospel of Wealth
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Socialism
21.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
22.
What is a pull factor?
a)
Something that forces someone to move
b)
Something that attracts someone to move to a new place
c)
The motion of a see saw
d)
A refugee
23.
What is a push factor?
a)
Something that attracts someone to move
b)
Something that forces someone to move to a new country
c)
The process of moving to another country
d)
A refugee
24.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and "old" immigration?
a)
"Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from Africa.
b)
Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South America.
c)
"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
d)
"Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants were from western Europe.
25.
Beginning in the 1870's, Irish and Germans were joined by "new" immigrants from:
a)
Northern and Western Europe
b)
Northern and Eastern Europe
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
Southern and Western Europe
26.
The belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers is called:
a)
Patriotism
b)
Americanization
c)
Nativism
d)
Racism
27.
Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
a)
suburbs.
b)
skyscrapers.
c)
tenements.
d)
work houses
28.
An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.
a)
Labor Union
b)
Workers Rights
c)
Worker Strikes
d)
Collective Bargaining
29.
Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out in protest. The strike ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894.
a)
The Pullman Strike
b)
Great Anthracite Coal Strike
c)
Great Southwest Railroad Strike
d)
Steel Strike of 1919
30.
Workers for Carnegie steel go on strike following wage cuts and violence breaks out as private detectives seek to protect scabs
a)
Great Railroad Strike
b)
Haymarket Square Riot
c)
Pullman Strike
d)
Homestead Strike
31.
WHAT POLITICAL PARTY FORMED BY FARMERS IN 1891 MADE DEMANDS TO REFORM MONEY, TRANSPORTATION AND GOVERNMENT?
a)
Progressive
b)
Populist
c)
Democrat
d)
Republican
32.
After the Civil War, the US Government returned to the _________ to back money
a)
Gold Standard
b)
Federal Reserve
c)
Silver Standard
d)
Bimettalism
33.
To cause inflation and increase prices, the Populists wanted
a)
bimettalism
b)
the gold standard
c)
the silver standard
d)
the federal reserve
34.
The Populist candidate for president in 1896 was
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Barack W. Trump
c)
William McKinley
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
35.
William Jennings Bryan famous speech against the gold standard in the 1896 election was
a)
The "Cross of Gold" speech
b)
"Bimettalism Now!" speech
c)
"Gold Standard Forever" speech
d)
"Wizard of Oz" speech
36.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
37.
What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
38.
Who started a civil rights group called the NAACP?
a)
Booker T Wahsington
b)
Ida Wells
c)
WEB DuBois
d)
Susan B Anthony
39.
Wrote about lynchings in the South to bring attention to the crime.
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Francis WIllard
d)
Ida B Wells
40.
Which activist believed that African-Americans should quietly accept social segregation while receiving vocational training and working hard?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
John Hope
d)
Alonzo Herndon
41.
Which Muckraker exposed problems with the meat-packing industry in the book 'The Jungle'?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ida Tarbell
42.
Muckrakers were
a)
progressive reformers who sought legal changes to problems
b)
politicians who passed laws cleaning up the "muck" in society
c)
governors who wanted to get rid of monopolies
d)
journalists who wrote about the problems in society
43.
Who wrote the “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902 and showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on unfair business practices?
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
44.
Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities.
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
45.
1904 - Exposed corruption in city and state gov’t in his book, “The Shame of the Cities.”
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
WEB DuBois
46.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
47.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
48.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
49.
What does Trust-busting mean?
a)
end discrimination
b)
stop monopolies (restore competition)
c)
label ingredients on food and drugs
d)
election for political offices
50.
The President who stated that both labor and management shall have a "square deal" and therefore did not take management's side during the 1902 coal strike was...
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Taft
51.
Which agency was created as a direct result of a novel about the meatpacking industry?
a)
Food and Drug Administration
b)
Federal Trade Commission
c)
Meat Packing Administration
d)
World Health Organization
52.
Roosevelt's foreign policy
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Missinary Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Big Deal Diplomacy
53.
What is the Panama Canal?
a)
a northwest passage through Canada
b)
a waterway through northern Egypt
c)
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
d)
A river that runs through Panama
54.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain
55.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
56.
What was the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors?
a)
U S Maine
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS Maybe
d)
US Maritime
57.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
58.
What did the Roosevelt Corollary add to?
a)
The Phillippines
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Roosevelt Doctrine
d)
President Monroe's wish list
59.
The Roosevelt Corollary asserted that European nations must...
a)
Must get involved in the Americas
b)
Not get involved in the Americas
c)
Must get involved in Cuba
d)
Must build a canal.
60.
What was built as a result of the Big Stick Policy?
a)
The Panama Canal
b)
The Panama Bridge
c)
The Colombian Canal
d)
The Panama Path
61.
Extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy
a)
Chaos
b)
Jingoism
c)
Augment
d)
Bigot
62.
letter written by Spanish official claiming Pres. McKinley was weak .
a)
Zimmerman Letter
b)
Garcia Letter
c)
DeLome Letter
d)
Gorgas Letter
63.
argued that to achieve world power a country needed a powerful Navy
a)
Sanford Dole
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Alfred T. Mahan
64.
What was Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy called?
a)
Moral Diplomacy
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
65.
What law did Woodrow Wilson create to stop monopolies?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Wilson Antitrust Act
d)
Johnson Antitrust Act
66.
What law did Woodrow Wilson enact to reform the U.S. banking system?
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Adamson Act
67.
Tariffs at one time were the largest source of revenue for the U.S. With lower tariffs, what NEW source of revenue was created to replace it?
a)
federal income tax
b)
corporate tax
c)
national sales tax
d)
federal property tax
68.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
69.
This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Militarism
70.
World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.
a)
1914, 1917
b)
1917, 1918
c)
1914, 1918
71.
Germany used their U-boats to sink ships of the Allied powers; this British passenger liner was destroyed in 1917.
a)
Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
72.
Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in _______________.
a)
land
b)
military
c)
reparations
73.
Information designed to influence opinion is called
a)
Militarism
b)
Communism
c)
Propaganda
d)
Facebook
74.
Russia, Great Britain, and France were all ?
a)
Besties
b)
Alliances
c)
Enemies
d)
Entente
75.
A group of ships transporting troops and supplies, guarded by warships was called a?
a)
Alliances
b)
Convoy
c)
Contour
d)
Tactical formation
76.
What sparked World War I?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Assassination of Archduke Marmaduke
c)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdahand
d)
Assassination of Archduke Kaiser Wilhelm
77.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were all a part of the
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Neutral Powers
78.
What type of fighting was used in WWI?
a)
Guerrilla Warfare
b)
Total Warfare
c)
Subwarfare
d)
Trench Warfare
79.
What was the stretch of land between the trenches?
a)
No mans land
b)
La La land
c)
Attack Trenches
d)
Switzerland
80.
Which 14 point did Wilson create to prevent future wars?
a)
League of Nations
b)
No secret alliances
c)
Removal of economic barriers
d)
Absolute freedom of seas
81.
What nation did not sign the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
United States
d)
Germany
82.
What event led to the United States to ultimately enter World War I?
a)
Hitler invading Poland and Japan attacking the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
b)
The assassination of the Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian extremist.
c)
The sinking of the Lusitania by a German u-boat and discovery by Germany of military supplies being sent to Great Britain.
d)
The interception and divulging of the Zimmerman Telegram by Great Britain and the resuming of u-boat attacks by the German Navy.
83.
Increases the size of the U.S. army
a)
Pendleton Act
b)
Wilson Act
c)
20th Amendment
d)
Selective Service Ac
84.
Why did the government issue war bonds?
a)
To pay for the war effort
b)
To keep banks from closing
c)
to keep the stock market high
d)
To decrease unemployment
85.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts attacked this freedom.
a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
Freedom of Religion
c)
Freedom of the Press
d)
Freedom of Assembly
86.
Being forced to join the military.
a)
Compelled
b)
Shangheid
c)
Draft
d)
Imprisoned
87.
When World War I began, the official United States policy was
a)
to enter on the side of the Allied Powers
b)
the enter on the side of the Central Powers
c)
to remain militarily and politically neutral
d)
to support the Central Powers by providing war materials
88.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
89.
The Supreme Court ruled, in Schenck v. United States, that freedom of speech is NOT protected if ...
a)
it presents a clear and present danger
b)
Not true, it is ALWAYS protected
c)
it is harassing to your teachers
d)
if you are a criminal
90.
The court case, Schenk v. United States, the Supreme Court found that.....
a)
not all speech is protected
b)
the Treaty of Versailles is approved
c)
the Interstate Commerce Act is unfair
d)
monopolies are okay in some situations
91.
It organized rallies and parades and published posters and pamphlets to support the war____________________
a)
Committee on Public Information
b)
Propaganda
c)
New York Times
d)
Selective Service Act
92.
This group of Americans was primary target of propaganda and faced discrimination on the home front
a)
Austrian-Americans
b)
Mexican-Americans
c)
African-Americans
d)
German-Americans
93.
Socialist leader (radical) jailed for criticism of the government but ran for President from jail (former radical candidate in 1912 election also):
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Eugene V. Debs
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Bernard Baruch
94.
the act of depriving someone of a right or privilege
a)
suffrage
b)
jim crow laws
c)
disenfranchisement
d)
reconstruction
95.
right to vote in public elections
a)
jim crow laws
b)
reconstruction
c)
disenfranchisement
d)
suffrage
96.
state/ local laws that enforced racial segregation
a)
jim crow laws
b)
disenfranchisement
c)
segregation
d)
reconstruction
97.
What is a Tariff?
a)
A tax on imported and exported goods
b)
A price marked on goods
c)
Profit made from manufactured goods
98.
Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
William Tweed
99.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
100.
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
a)
Nativist Act
b)
Mexican Reparition Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
101.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
102.
Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder.
a)
geopolitical
b)
political bosses
c)
anthropolgy
d)
philanthropy
103.
The Pendleton Act of United States in 1883 decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit (test) instead of political affiliation.
a)
direct voting
b)
civil service reform
c)
political machines
d)
civil labor unions
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