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US A Unit 1 Exam Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Which of the following was an effect of the consolidated power of business leaders in the Gilded Age?

a)

Creation of settlement houses.

b)

Creation of labor unions.

c)

Women's suffrage movement.

d)

Immigration restriction.

2.

The cartoon was most likely a reaction to...

a)

Formation of labor unions.

b)

Lack of government regulation of industry.

c)

Philanthropy of the robber barons.

d)

U.S. imperialism.

3.

The quotation most clearly illustrates the ideas supported by...

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Free Labor Theory

4.

The creation of monopolies in the late 1800s were made possible by the...

a)

Effects of laissez-faire policies.

b)

Passage of federal antitrust laws.

c)

Elimination of the free-enterprise system.

d)

Adoption of socialist economic practices.

5.

The demands of the Populist Party would benefit which region?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plans and the West

6.

Which of the following was NOT a demand of the Populist Party?

a)

Coinage of silver.

b)

Government ownership of railroads.

c)

Expansion of property taxes.

d)

Secret ballot.

7.

Which of the following Populist demands was NOT achieved?

a)

Coinage of silver.

b)

Secret ballot.

c)

Income tax.

8.

Which is responsible for the problems the farmers faced during the latter part of the 19th century?

a)

Increase in the price of farm products.

b)

Decline in agricultural production.

c)

Increase in the use of farm machinery.

d)

Decline of the American population.

9.

Immigrants in large cities were likely to receive assistance from...

a)

the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

b)

Political machines.

c)

Social Darwinists.

d)

Wealthy industrialists.

10.

Which group would have most likely supported the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

Political Machines

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Industrialists

11.

Fear that New Immigrants would have a hard time assimilating into American culture was a concern of...

a)

Nativists.

b)

Settlement houses.

c)

Industrialists.

d)

Fellow immigrants.

12.

Which of the following was the BEST reason that millions immigrated to cities?

a)

Entertainment

b)

Jobs

c)

Higher Wages

d)

Better Living Conditions

13.

Which of the choices below led to the other three?

a)

Growth of American cities

b)

Expansion of political machines

c)

Increase in crime

d)

Development of tenement housing

14.

Progressive writers were labeled "muckrakers" because they...

a)

Advocated changes in farming methods.

b)

Were influential members of political machines.

c)

Filled their books with lies and half-truths.

d)

Exposed corruption in business along with societal problems.

15.

Which of the following was NOT a political reform of the Progressive Era?

a)

African American male suffrage.

b)

Initiative

c)

Recall

d)

Referendum

16.

Trustbusters attacked...

a)

Labor unions.

b)

Monopolies.

c)

Banks.

d)

Immigration.

17.

Which combination of author and work is correct?

a)

Jacob Riis; How the Other Half Lives

b)

Jacob Riis; The Jungle

c)

Upton Sinclair; How the Other Half Lives

d)

Upton Sinclair; Truth about Standard Oil