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WorksheetsMidterm Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following helped fuel economic growth by encouraging people to buy American goods?
protective tariffs
monopolies
patients
laissez-faire
Which industry most spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries?
food
railroads
oil
steel
The Sherman Antitrust Act imposed limitations upon which group?
farmers
large corporations
Congress
small-business owners
In the late 1800's, workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they
thought that the government would protect them
could be replaced easily by other workers
believed it had to get worse before it got better
were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs
The federal government formed the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee
railroad operations across the nation
patent awards
labor union activity
interstate communication
In the late 1800's, industrial workers
faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions
collaborated with employers to reform labor laws
took control of the factories in which they worked
increased the amount of time they had available for leisure
Rural to urban migration was primarily motivated by
plentiful land
fear of crime
steady employment
religious freedom
Which group of people made up the majority of immigrants to America before 1870?
European Protestants
Scandinavian Catholics
Chinese Buddhists
South American Jews
What journalist called attention to the living conditions of tenement residents?
Frederick Olmsted
Elisha Otis
Henry Bessemer
Jacob Riis
Who called for African Americans to "pull themselves up from their own bootstraps"
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ida B. Wells
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
barred U.S. cities from hiring Chinese workers
stripped Chinese Americans of their U.S. citizenship
prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country
forced Chinese children to attend segregated schools
In 1896, Farmers opposed the gold standard because they claimed that it would
cause prices for their crops to decline
undermine the national economy
cause inflation
make the currency unstable
Which of the following encouraged President Arthur to pursue civil service reform?
adoption of the gold standard
assassination of President Garfield
arrest of William "Boss" Tweed
loss of thousands of jobs in the U.S. Postal Service
To what group of people did Populism primarily appeal?
women
city dwellers
farmers
African Americans
Why did immigrants settle in ethnic clusters
a common language and heritage
jobs
tenement homes available
What did Jim Crow laws do?
enforced segregation of white and black people in public places
stopped immigration
funded the social gospel movement
provided clean water for tenements
Plessy v Ferguson
upheld segregation
created Granger laws
upheld the Chinese Exclusion act
political cartoonist against Boss Tweed
Thomas Nast
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Booker T Washington
Individuals who tried to find and expose the problems of society were sometimes called
Wobblies
Political Machines
Muckrakers
Populists
What established the income tax?
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
What allowed citizens to place a recently passed law on a ballot for public approval or rejection?
recall
referendum
initiative
amendment
During the late 1800s what action did Congress take to regulate business practices of companies such as Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel?
16th Amendment
Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve
National Quota System
Newspapers that use sensational headlines and exaggerated stories was knows as
Fake News
Tabloid journalist
yellow journalism
waving the bloody shirt
What country below rebelled against the US for independence in the years after the Spanish American War?
Cuba
Puerto Rice
Phillipines
Guam
Who was responsible for the agricultural policies of the US during WWI?
Herbert Hoover
George Creel
Alvin York
Woodrow Wilson
What was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Tariffs on foreign goods
availability of credit
growing number of homeless people
crisis in farming
Herbert Hoover believed which of the following would end the Great Depression
Consumerism
Hoovervilles
Rugged Individualism
Buying on Margin
to obtain liquor during the Prohibition era, people went to underground bars called
Bootlegging
Tenements
Speakeasies
Penthouses
What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
Reaction, Response, Resignation
Revolt, Relief, Renewal
Review, Relocation, Revolution
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What were the criticisms of the New Deal?
reform of the government
create schools and protect farmers
increase spending on defense and trade
Gave too much power to the government
What helped contribute to the Dust Bowl?
natural disasters
migrant workers
oil drilling
transcontinental railroad
Made his fortune in the oil industry
Carnegie
Roosevelt
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Invented the phonograph, lightbulb, and motion picture camera
Edison
Vanderbilt
Bessemer
Rockefeller
Developed the process for purifying iron, resulting in steel
Edison
Carnegie
Bessemer
Vanderbilt
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as
recall
referemendum
initiative
amendment
What was NOT a result of the Red Scare in the 1920s
Unions gained membership and bargaining power
many people were arrested for crimes they didn't commit
America believed Communism wanted to overthrow Capitalism
the US government rounded up suspected communists and deported them
Fundamentalist believe that
the Bible should be taken literally
prohibition should be repealed
Drinking alcohol is acceptable
Evolution and Creationism could coincide
The Scopes Trial's central debate was over
capitalism versus communism
traditionalism versus modernism
states rights versus federal power
individual rights versus social responsibility
Which invention encouraged tourism and created new businesses in the 1920s?
radio
silent films
the car
refrigerator
What year did the stock market crash
1890
1900
1929
2019
What year did the US enter WWI?
1914
1929
1917
1919
What year did the 19th Amendment pass (with the final vote from Tennessee)?
1919
1930
1890
2019
How did TN play an important role in the legalization of women's suffrage?
proposed the 19th Amendment
provided the deciding vote in passing the 19th
first state to allow women to vote in state elections
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
aided the growth of business
brought about social reform
encouraged activism
discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy
In 1933, Congress repealed Prohibition with the
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
How did WWI contribute to the African American Great Migration?
AA became soldiers in the war
ending segregation in the military
improving the South's economy
creating jobs in the North
Many Progressive reformers (muckrakers) targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called
trusts
commisions
municipal services
political machines
The Spoils System made political parties more powerful by
allowing party workers to push for civil service reform
encouraging wealthy businessmen to donate money to the party
blocking legislation introduced by the opposition party
filling important government positions with party supporters
