WorksheetsQuarter Review for Test
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
a Republican president who opposed patronage
Andrew Carnegie
W.E.B. Du Bois
James A. Garfield
Thomas Eakins
Jane Addams
composer who was called the “King of Ragtime”
Scott Joplin
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Herbert Spencer
Booker T. Washington
founder of the Tuskegee Institute
Scott Joplin
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Herbert Spencer
Booker T. Washington
believed wealthy Americans should use their wealth to help people help themselves
Andrew Carnegie
W.E.B. Du Bois
James A. Garfield
Thomas Eakins
Jane Addams
argued that society progressed because only the fittest people survived
Scott Joplin
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Herbert Spencer
Booker T. Washington
journalist who launched a crusade against lynching
Scott Joplin
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Herbert Spencer
Booker T. Washington
perhaps the best-known American realist painter
Andrew Carnegie
W.E.B. Du Bois
James A. Garfield
Thomas Eakins
Jane Addams
Populist and Democratic presidential nominee in 1896
Scott Joplin
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Herbert Spencer
Booker T. Washington
wrote that “color discrimination is barbarism”
Andrew Carnegie
W.E.B. Du Bois
James A. Garfield
Thomas Eakins
Jane Addams
opened Hull House in Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
W.E.B. Du Bois
James A. Garfield
Thomas Eakins
Jane Addams
Nativists reacted to immigration in the late 1800s by
grouping immigrants into their own sections of cities.
urging immigrants to assimilate into American society.
pressuring the government to limit or cut off immigration.
seeking to convert Catholic immigrants to Protestantism
Some Chinese immigrants opened their own businesses in part because
native-born Americans kept them out of many businesses.
they settled mainly in Western cities.
demand for railroad workers increased in the 1860s..
they lived in city neighborhoods separated by ethnic group
In Boston, Chicago, and New York City, elevated railroads and subway systems were developed to
transport people away from cities.
carry people from one city to another.
eliminate polluted air in the cities.
relieve congestion on city streets
Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police protection in exchange for
graft.
votes.
kickbackes.
wages.
Popular culture changed in the late 1800s because industrialization improved the standard of living for many people, enabling them to
spend money on entertainment.
travel across the country.
buy mass-produced clothing.
own houses with more amenities.
Passed by Congress in response to the assassination of President James A. Garfield, the Pendleton Act
brought an end to patronage and the spoils system.
marked the beginning of a professional civil service.
attempted to regulate rates charged by railroads.
increased tariffs on textiles and many other goods
The People’s Party, also known as the ____________________, was formed in 1890 to elect candidates who would fight for the interests of farmers.
Grange
Farmers’ Alliance
Populists
Cross of Gold
Beginning in the late 1800s, Southern states used a loophole in the wording of the Fifteenth Amendment to impose restrictions that
allowed private groups to discriminate against African Americans.
prevented African Americans from owning their own farms.
barred African Americans from voting in elections.
required African Americans to use separate facilities.
. Which of the following set out the doctrine of “separate but equal,” establishing a legal basis for segregation that would last more than 50 years?
the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
the Pendleton Act
the Supreme Court’s decision in Wabash v. Illinois
the Chinese Exclusion Act
Formerly enslaved African Americans who moved to Kansas in 1879 were known as _______
sharecroppers.
migrant workers.
homesteaders.
Exodusters.
Who led a boycott against department stores in Washington, D.C., that refused to serve African Americans?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
What event was influential in creating the new civil service system?
the election of Garfield as president
Chester Arthur's political affiliation
a change in Republican leadership from Stalwarts to Half-Breeds
the assassination of Garfield by a frustrated government jobseeker
How did farmers attempt to drive up the price of their crops in certain markets?
by destroying certain crops
by exporting more than they sold domestically
by forming cooperatives
by overproducing certain crops
What was ironic about calling the time between 1870 and 1900 "The Gilded Age"?
America would soon strike gold again in Alaska.
Mark Twain was a humorist and was making a joke.
Although things appeared great, there was much suffering beneath.
Historians borrowed the term from a book about the era.
The idea that anyone could go from poverty to great wealth through a combination of hard work and luck is called _______
Social Darwinism.
the Gilded Ideal.
individualism.
progressivism.
Social Darwinism was a philosophy that stated that _______
political gain is a worthwhile aspiration for all Americans.
only the best people survived in industrialized society.
evolution takes place over millions of years.
the wealthy have a moral obligation to help the poor.
Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" advocated which of the following?
a plan for everyone in America to become rich
political funding for schools and hospitals
a special status for the American elite
philanthropy on the part of the wealthy
Lester Frank Ward, in his book Dynamic Sociology, promoted the idea of _______
Social Darwinism.
Reform Darwinism.
Natural Selection
.Interactive Competition.
What was nativism?
legislation that stopped the flood of immigration to Ellis Island
a push to grant citizenship to people coming to America
a movement to end the medical exams at Ellis Island
an extreme dislike for immigrants by native-born people
What piece of legislation barred Chinese immigrants from entering the country for 10 years?
the Gentleman's Agreement
the Chinese Exclusion Act
the Asian Restriction Act
the Immigration Standards Act
What invention by George Westinghouse allowed trains to travel at higher speeds?
alternating current
a lock-and-switch braking system
an air-brake system
water-generated power
What ideal of the free enterprise system wanted the government to remain out of economic affairs?
laissez-faire
interregulation
supply and demand
commercial advancement
People who risk their own capital to organize and run a business are called
capital investors
robber barons
industrialists
entrepreneurs
Gustavus Swift's introduction of the __________ changed the American diet.
refrigerated railroad car
automatic loom
battery
electric generator
How did the Pacific Railway Act contribute to the railroad boom?
It forced immigrants to work for the railroad for a certain period of time.
It provided free natural resources to the first company to complete the project.
It provided for the construction of a transcontinental railway system.
It enforced the free enterprise system by taking bids from railway companies for the project.
Who was the most notoriously corrupt robber baron?
Jay Gould
Leland Stanford
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Charley Crocker
