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Midterm Review Quiz Beta

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

a)

To move prisoners west

b)

To encourage westward expansion

c)

To defeat Mexico

d)

To make peace with the Native Americans

2.

What act motivated many people to move out to Kansas?

a)

Jayhawker Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Free Land Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

3.
a)
U-Boat
b)
Z-Boat
c)
Q Ship
d)
Woodrow Wilson's Private Yacht
4.
____________+____________=yellow journalism
a)
newspaper competition, sensationalism
b)
muckrakers, big business
c)
Reconstruction, Jim Crow Laws
5.
Opened government jobs to competitive exams rather than political connections.
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
The Forgettable Presidents
6.
President shot and killed because of the spoils system
a)
Garfield
b)
Grant
c)
Johnson
d)
Hayes
7.
Causes
a)
Immigration to rural areas
b)
Immigration to urban areas
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Lack of industrialization
8.

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century ?

a)

The rapid influx of immigrant made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.

b)

Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.

c)

The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

d)

Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

9.

Concerns of Populist Demands in the Late 1800s


Regulation of railroad shipping charges

A graduated income tax

Free and unlimited coinage of silver


These demands most reflected the concerns of?

a)

small farmers in need of affordable credit

b)

robber barons pursuing higher profits

c)

prominent bankers who controlled the money supply

d)

immigrant workers seeking economic justice

10.

protectors of our industry, 1883


which message is being conveyed by the cartoon?

a)

Industrialist were experiencing more difficulty than the laborers.

b)

The government imposed improved labor standards.

c)

The labor force should have found other employement

d)

The wealthy were dependent on the labor of the working class.

11.

These changes shown in the photograph most likely -

a)

helped improve workplace safety

b)

increased the supply of natural resources

c)

altered the makeup of the natural ecosystem

d)

helped decrease energy consumption

12.

Match this term


Booker T. Washington

a)

Populist

b)

NAACP

c)

Tuskegee Institute

d)

Philanthropy

13.

Match this term


Populism

a)

Populist

b)

Party for workers and farmers

c)

Farmer movement

d)

Survival of the Wealthiest

14.

Match this Term


Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

Political Machine

b)

Political Cartoon

c)

Nativism

d)

Regulation

15.

Match this Term


Jane Addams

a)

Hull House

b)

Pendleton Act

c)

Political Machine

d)

Regulation

16.

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated-

a)

limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

b)

conserving natural resources through the creation of national park

c)

globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

d)

promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

17.
regulate fair rates for railroads
a)
Affordable Care Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Dawes Act
18.
forced Native Americans to adopt white culture, Dawes Act
a)
Americanize
b)
Assimilation
c)
immigration
d)
Homestead Act
19.
_____________+___________ = The Jungle
a)
Ernest Hemming Way, World War I
b)
Ida Tarbell, Standard Oil
c)
Upton Sinclair, Meatpacking industry
20.
___________+____________= History of Standard Oil
a)
Upton Sinclair, Immigrant Workers
b)
Ida Tarbell, Big Business
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920s
21.
_____________+____________= Radio impact in 1920s
a)
Connect to world news, entertainment
b)
greater mobility, freedom of press
c)
expensive, uneven distribution of wealth
22.
19th Amendment
a)
Prohibition
b)
Income Tax
c)
Women's Suffrage
23.

Poll tax, grandfather clause, jim crow laws, literacy test

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Suffrage

c)

Abolitionism

d)

Temperance

24.

Pullman Strike, Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism

a)

Recosntruction

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Civil War

d)

Progressive Age

25.

Hoovervilles, Washington D.C., $1000 dollars, Veterans

a)

Bonus Army

b)

American Expeditionary Force

c)

Confederate Army

d)

Okies

26.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Zimmermann Note, Trade With Britain / France

a)

Causes US Entry to Spanish American War

b)

Causes US Entry to World War 2

c)

Causes US Entry to World War I

d)

Causes of the American Civil War

27.

Bonus Army, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Black Tuesday

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Warren G. Harding

28.

"We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance"

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Sinking of the USS Maine

c)

Zimmermann Telegram

d)

Yellow Journalism

29.

Treaty to end World War I, American Refuses to Sign

a)

League of Nations

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Berlin

30.
_____________+____________= Scopes Trial
a)
Modernism, Consumerism
b)
Traditionalism, Fundamentalism
c)
Fundamentalism, Science
31.
Boss Tweed controlled what city?
a)
Boston
b)
New York City
c)
Atlanta
32.
Which statement best explains the quote below:
"No race can prosper till they learn that there is as much dignity tilling a field as in writing a poem" - Booker T. Washington
a)
Hard work and earning a living are more important than higher learning
b)
Hard work is not worth anything if you cant write
c)
Vocational training is useless, liberal arts is more imporant.
33.
Which statement explains this cartoon best?
a)
Farmers were happy with railroads
b)
Farmers left the Grange movement to join railroad companies
c)
Farmers felt they were treated unfairly by railroads
34.
Explain this image:
a)
Trusts had little power in politics
b)
Trusts controlled politicians to keep them from regulating them
c)
Trusts had few friends in Congress
35.
Why was there a great migration?
a)
success of civil rights movement
b)
jim crow laws in the south and jobs in the north
c)
completion of the transcontinental railroad
36.
During the late 19th century which statement would best represent working conditions for children in factories?
a)
low and unfair wages
b)
Constitutional law allowed harsh working conditions
c)
Big business policies led to ideal working conditions
d)
Children didnt work in the Gilded Age, they went to school!
37.
What was a negative consequence of Prohibition?
a)
States became "Dry"
b)
People bought alcohol from criminals leading to increased power for men like Al Capone
c)
Harding died 
38.
Selling on margin and stock overvaluation led to what?
a)
1918 Recession
b)
1929 Stock Market Crash
c)
1877 Compromise
39.
Jacob Riis and Jane Addams both have what in common?
a)
Desire to stop political corruption
b)
Desire to help the poor 
c)
Desire to become president
40.
17th amendment
a)
Income Tax
b)
Women's Suffrage
c)
Direct Election Senators
41.
What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?
a)
Find suspected communists and anarchists
b)
Quota System
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
42.
__________+___________= American consumerism 1920s
a)
Radio Advertising, Installment Plans
b)
German Prosperity, Credit
c)
Lack of Credit, New Innovations
43.
President when the Stock Market Crashed
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Warren Harding 
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
44.
__________+________ = Hoovervilles
a)
Unemployment, bank runs
b)
Employment, Job security
c)
World War I, Treaty of Versailles
45.
How did nationalism and imperialism lead to conflict in Europe starting World War I in 1914?
a)
A. Nationalism and imperialism caused nations to support worldwide political and economic cooperation.
b)
B. Patriotism and conquest were offset by different alliances preventing conflict.
c)
C. Nationalism and imperialism resulted in the violation of rival nation’s sovereignty.
46.

What issue was Thomas Nast raising in the cartoon?

a)

Boss Tweed's inherited wealth

b)

Boss Tweed's lack of intelligence

c)

the corrupt influence of money in politics in New York City

d)

the cost of political campaigns in New York City

47.

Which statement best explains how the Electoral college controversy during the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876 was resolved?

a)

Hayes promise to end Reconstruction if he received the electoral support of the southern states.

b)

Tilden obtained the electoral support of the northern states after agreeing to end segregation.

c)

Hayes obtained the electoral support of the northern states after promoting immigration reform.

d)

Tilden opposed Jim Crow laws, which gained him the electoral support of the southern states.

48.

What was the purpose of publishing images such as this one?

a)

to document the living conditions of immigrants

b)

to discourage immigration to industrial centers

c)

to encourage the living conditions of immigrants

d)

to bring awareness of the need for public transportation

49.

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century ?

a)

The rapid influx of immigrant made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.

b)

Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.

c)

The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

d)

Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

50.

The knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the

a)

Increase need to protect worker interests

b)

decreased power of political machines

c)

increased demand for skilled workesr

d)

decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

51.

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

a)

The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

b)

Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

c)

in the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.

d)

Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

52.

Match this term


W.E.B. Du Bois

a)

Populist

b)

Railroad

c)

NAACP

d)

Philanthropy

53.

Match this term


Booker T. Washington

a)

Populist

b)

NAACP

c)

Tuskegee Institute

d)

Philanthropy

54.

Match this term


Granger Movement

a)

Farmers Movement

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Populist

d)

NAACP

55.
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
56.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
57.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction.  This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
58.

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

59.
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
60.

Which of the following were weapons of World War 1?

a)

Atomic Bomb

b)

Poison Gas

c)

Tank

d)

U-Boat

e)

Machine Gun

61.

Which of the following were causes of World War 1?

a)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Imperialism

c)

Sinking of USS Maine

d)

Yellow Journalism

e)

Militarism

62.

Which of the following were effects of Prohibition on American society?

a)

Speakeasies were established

b)

Crime increased

c)

Completely stopped consumption of alcohol

d)

Economy plummeted

e)

Establishment of mass production of automobiles

63.

Which of the following were effects of the Great Migration?

a)

Increased racial tension

b)

Establishment of speakeasies

c)

Forced relocations by US government

d)

Migration from the South to the North

e)

Harlem Renaissance

64.

Select all of the following conflicts of the 1920s?

a)

Tennessee's Butler Act versus Scopes Teaching Evolution

b)

Organized crime rising from 18th Amendment

c)

Women working and rejecting traditional roles

d)

Government deporting suspected communists

e)

German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare on American ships

65.

Which of the following were causes of the Great Depression?

a)

Crash of the stock market

b)

Rising unemployment

c)

Lack of tariffs

d)

Bank failures

e)

Overextension of credit

66.

Who of the following were Muckrakers?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Lincoln Steffens

e)

Duke Ellington

67.

During the Gilded Age, which of the following were impacts of increased immigration on American society?

a)

Competition for jobs

b)

Increasing migration to the South

c)

Rise of nativism

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

e)

Political Bosses using immigrants for their votes

68.

All of the following were significant about Wilson's Fourteen Points?

a)

It contained the League of Nations

b)

Its purpose was to promote world peace

c)

Congress rejected the idea of the League of Nations

d)

It granted additional territory to the United States

e)

Congress agreed to join the League of Nations

69.

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

a)

Indians (Native Americans)

b)

Immigrants

c)

Chinese

d)

Settlers

70.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

a)

The Immigrants and the Poor

b)

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

c)

The Poor and the Chinese

d)

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

71.

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

a)

Political Machines and the Spoils System

b)

Chinese Immigrants

c)

Indians (Native Americans)

d)

The need to regulate State Governments

72.

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Protectionism

d)

Temperance

73.

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

a)

Nativists

b)

Populists

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Social Workers

74.

The Homestead Act caused a shift in population to move from where to where?

a)

East Coast to West Coast

b)

West Coast to East Coast

75.

The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?

a)

Rural areas to Urban areas

b)

Urban areas to Rural areas

76.

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

a)

"Boss" Tweed

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Andrew Carnegie

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