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WorksheetsCh 16-19 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which wealthy industrialist concentrated more on costs than profits, differentiating him from his competitors?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John Rockefeller
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Jay Gould
2.
The emergence of an urban professional and managerial class helped develop...
a)
middle-class values
b)
rapid industrialization
c)
closing of the frontier
d)
a resurgence of democratic values
3.
Railroad development in the _____ helped connect communities and regions.
a)
South
b)
North
c)
East Coast
d)
Texas
4.
Economic opportunity was a primary ______ factor for immigrants coming to the US
a)
pull
b)
push
c)
carrot
d)
stick
5.
Which quote supports Grant's Peace Policy?
a)
annot the Indian be made a useful and productive member of society by proper teaching and treatment
b)
I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
c)
I don't know why black skin may not cover a true heart as well as a white one.
d)
I have no prejudice against sect or race, but want each individual to be judged by his own merit.
6.
Which group in addition to the Farmers' Alliance also accepted women as members and leaders?
a)
Colored Farmers’ National Alliance
b)
KKK
c)
Congress
d)
State Juries
7.
Chinese laborers did most of the labor for which of the following?
a)
Central Pacific
b)
Southern Railroads
c)
Erie Canal
d)
Steel Mill construction
8.
Which group was most worried by contact between black men and white women?
a)
Southern Whites
b)
Northern Blacks
c)
NAACP
d)
Immigrants
9.
What is Chief Joseph best known for?
a)
"I am tired of fighting...I will fight no more forever."
b)
"Custer, this is your last stand"
c)
"The frontier has died and closed."
d)
"The sacred hoop is destroyed..."
10.
Which event is known as the end of armed Native American resistance?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
Little Bighorn
c)
Sandy Creek Massacre
d)
Dull Knife
11.
Biology was used as a basis for which of the following?
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Social Gospel
c)
Industrialization
d)
Native American Policy
12.
Who would agree with the following statement: African-Americans must demand their full political, social, and civil rights without compromise.
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes
13.
What was one of the biggest effects of the development of the Railroad?
a)
It transformed the West
b)
It increased steel production
c)
It created temporary worker jobs
d)
It allowed for faster travel by tourists
14.
Which of the following had the biggest effect on limiting power of corporations and corrupt political machines?
a)
state level laws
b)
immigration reform
c)
constitutional amendments
d)
political party manipulation
15.
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
a)
made immigration for Chinese more difficult
b)
Jobs could no longer be offered to Chinese people.
c)
Deportations of Chinese ancestry people were carried out.
d)
Chinese were excluded from political office.
16.
The belief that God wanted Christians to improve society was the root of...
a)
Social Gospel
b)
Philanthropy
c)
Laissez Faire
d)
Freedom of Religion
17.
Rockefeller's Standard Oil is an example of
a)
horizontal integration
b)
vertical integration
c)
abuse of political parties
d)
corruption in government
18.
the US going from predominantly rural to urban is due to the
a)
Second Industrial Revolution
b)
Social Gospel
c)
Closing of the Frontier
d)
Railroads
19.
Theodore Roosevelt felt that this was too big and powerful and a bad monopoly harming consumers so he broke up...
a)
Northern Securities
b)
Carnegie Steel
c)
Vanderbilt's Empire
d)
J.P. Morgan's Bank
20.
Roosevelt's decision to run as a Progressive Party Candidate in 1912 election had what effect?
a)
Woodrow Wilson's victory
b)
A complete loss for the Democratic Party
c)
Republican Win on the state level
d)
US entry into WWI
21.
Political machines robbed cities of millions of dollars but also...
a)
provided much needed services
b)
gave jobs only to political operatives
c)
provided no tangible benefits
d)
allowed for an increase in factory work
22.
Wealthy industrialists who amassed their wealth through manipulating the economic system were called...
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Dukes of Deceit
d)
Lords of Loathsome Losses
23.
Disease was the main reason why immigrants were denied entrance at...
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Boston
c)
Philadelphia
d)
San Francisco
24.
What was passed to revise the reservation system for Native Americans?
a)
Dawes Severalty Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Americanization Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
25.
What provided services to the poor and support in legal or labor disputes?
a)
Hull House
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Police Organizations
26.
J.P. Morgan played a key role in which of the following?
a)
U.S. government bankruptcy in 1895.
b)
Consolidation of Railroads
c)
Buying Standard Oil
d)
Increasing access to banking for the poor.
27.
Because the United States had no national bank for most of the 19th century...
a)
private banks held more power
b)
state governments had to bail out national businesses
c)
Private banks provided all paper currency
d)
the federal government had to form partnerships with private banks
28.
Who was responsible for attempting to break the union at the Homestead Steel Mill in 1882?
a)
Henry Clay Frick
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
Jay Gould
d)
Andrew Carnegie
29.
What happened to the cattle trails in the latter half of the 19th century?
a)
They were replaced with railroads
b)
They destroyed farmer lands throughout the West
c)
Cattle became too expensive to take on the trails.
d)
Cowboys began to look for work in factories.
30.
Who held the view that grazing land should be held communally?
a)
Mexicanos
b)
Anglo-American
c)
English Immigrants
d)
Russian Jews
31.
Immigrants relied most heavily on...
a)
urban political machines
b)
government programs
c)
the Social Gospel
d)
Reform Movements
32.
Alcohol was blamed for most of societal ills by...
a)
Temperance activists
b)
Legislators
c)
Mutual Aid Societies
d)
Mugwumps
33.
"American values are best exemplified by white Protestants" is a statement which of the Gilded Age group would agree with?
a)
Middle Class
b)
Immigrants
c)
Country's Newest Rich
d)
Political Machines
34.
How did the Panic of 1873 contribute to a dramatic growth in U.S. exports in the late nineteenth century?
a)
It led many Americans to believe that future prosperity depended on finding new overseas markets.
b)
It accelerated the movement of Americans from the countryside to the cities.
c)
It shifted resources toward export sectors of the economy.
d)
It led to significant new regulation of American big business.
35.
The nation's need for oil was dramatically expanded by success of the...
a)
automobile
b)
industrial revolution
c)
light bulb
d)
electrification of the US
36.
What was the purpose of the poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses enacted by Southern legislatures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
a)
to disenfranchise blacks
b)
to prevent interracial marriage
c)
to attract Northern investment capital
d)
to prevent blacks from migrating to the North
37.
What event triggered the end of the Populist party?
a)
The election of 1896
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
The resurgence of the Republican Party
d)
Democratic gains in Congress
38.
What helped get reform legislation passed?
a)
muckraking journalism
b)
political machine intervention
c)
new political parties
d)
failure of state legislators
39.
Which of these is one of the reasons John D. Rockefeller was able offer his oil at a lower price than his competitors could?
a)
He used his influence with the railroads to get lower shipping rates.
b)
His operation was smaller and therefore more agile.
c)
His refinery was closer to the East Coast than theirs were.
d)
He used a different refining technique than his competitors did.
40.
What is an alternative name for a Robber Baron?
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Wealthy Immigrant
c)
Gracious Businessman
d)
Lucky Landowner
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