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US History Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 55mins

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Class
Date
1.

This method of communication became vitally important by the end of the nineteenth century because of its use in coordinating rail travel.

a)

telegraph

b)

telephone

c)

television

d)

Pony Express

2.

Positive Outcomes: Created New Jobs, Improved Transportation and Produced new goods.


Negative Outcomes: Loss of Natural Habitat, Pollution, and _____________


Which BEST completes the list?

a)

child labor nations

b)

women in the workforce

c)

poor working conditions

d)

the creation of highways

3.

Who would have been MOST LIKELY to support and help poor women in major urban areas?

a)

Sarah Winnemucca

b)

Helen Hunt Jackson

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

4.

What challenge of urbanization and industrialization is demonstrated in this photo?

a)

unfair labor practices

b)

inner-city overcrowding

c)

child labor exploitation

d)

racism and discrimination

5.

This photograph, taken in an automobile factory in 1913, BEST represents which aspect of specialized labor?

a)

Factory owners planning to expand business.

b)

Workers bargaining at a labor union meeting.

c)

Workers at an assembly line creating car parts.

d)

Consumers selecting a wide variety of products.

6.

Which of these would BEST describe an effect of the invention and mass production of the light bulb?

a)

farmers worked longer hours

b)

longer factory hours for all workers

c)

railroad companies expanded routes

d)

all people were put in the same time zone

7.

How did American industrial leaders earn great wealth during the late 1800s?

a)

by forming labor unions for workers

b)

by using mainly slave or forced labor

c)

by developing new farming techniques

d)

by creating monopolies and establishing trusts

8.

Which fact would make the BEST evidence to support the statement that "Thomas Edison's most important invention was the light bulb"?

a)

The light bulb reduced the crime rate in many urban areas.

b)

Americans gained control over light in homes and offices, independent of the time of day.

c)

Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph, the motion picture, and the stock ticker.

d)

The light bulb was first tested by Thomas Edison in 1879; he patented the invention in 1880

9.

What was caused by low wages, poor working conditions, and long hours that stemmed from industrialization?

a)

These issues caused businesses to hire more immigrants.

b)

These issues caused more businesses to move their factories to other countries.

c)

These issues caused a large growth in immigrants coming to America.

d)

These issues caused a reform movement that included the passage of laws and regulations for businesses.

10.

Which of these played the BIGGEST role in increased urbanization in the late 1800s?

a)

transportation improved

b)

no one was farming anymore

c)

the military was stronger

d)

steam power was discovered

11.

Andrew Carnegie brought the Bessemer process to the U.S. What did this process do? 

a)

It helped convert the telegraph into the telephone.

b)

It helped to create iron.

c)

It helped to create steel.

d)

It helped create an assembly line.

12.

What were the major developments that promoted the industrial revolution in the U.S.?

a)

Mass production

b)

Railroad

c)

New inventions

d)

All of the above

13.

A monopoly is complete control over an industry. Which industry did Rockefeller monopolize?

a)

steel

b)

coal

c)

oil

d)

grain

14.

What are textiles?

a)

Cloth or woven fabric

b)

Text messages

c)

Concrete

d)

Domino tiles

15.

Which of the following inventions made transportation EASIER & FASTER? Check all that apply.

a)

Railroads

b)

Canals

c)

Steamboats

d)

Lamborghini

16.

The growth of cities is known as

a)

Urbanization

b)

Immigration

c)

Industrialization

d)

Town

17.

One major effect of mass production was...

a)

the rise in prices for goods

b)

the increase in the demand for goods

c)

the decrease in the supply of goods

d)

the decrease in the price on goods

18.

Who made his fortune in the steel industry?

a)

J. P. Morgan

b)

Harvey S Firestone

c)

John D Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

19.

J. P. Morgan made his fortune in the ________ business.

a)

recording business

b)

baking business

c)

banking business

d)

railroad business

20.

The Bessemer Process was important because it allowed

a)

steel to be created from raw iron fast at a low cost.

b)

steel to be created from raw iron slow at a high cost.

21.

Railroads and canals allowed for large scale and long distance transportation of goods in the 19th century.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
23.
 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?
a)
Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
b)
Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
c)
Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
d)
 Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities
24.
Why was steel so important? What was it used for?
a)
Used to make artillery and weapons
b)
Cheap to import from China
c)
It came from Minnesota
d)
Strong. Used for bridges, railways, nails, & skyscrapers 
25.
Which of the following best explains the impact of railroads during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Railroads were so slow and expensive that automobiles quickly replaced them.
b)
Railroads increased transportation costs led to a decline in factory output.
c)
Railroads were expensive and cost factory owners more money.
d)
Railroads increased the need for coal, steel, and steam engine production.
26.
Which of the following is true about the Industrial Revolution?
a)
The Industrial Revolution began first in Germany, then spread to England.
b)
Living conditions for urban factory workers were typically better than those of rural farmers.
c)
Children and women rarely worked in factories because these jobs were reserved for men.
d)
The number of unskilled workers in factories increased.  
27.

Who is the "robber baron" pictured in the political cartoon above?

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

John D Rockefeller

c)

J. P . Morgan

d)

Andrew Carnegie

28.

Who is the industrialist/ robber baron pictured in the political cartoon above?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

29.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
30.
________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices. 
a)
Industrial Giants
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Union Leaders
31.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
32.

Company who Owns every step of production

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Lassiez faire

d)

Corporation

33.

Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Regulatory Restraint

d)

Socialism

34.

Andrew Carnegie's idea that the wealthy had a moral obligation to improve society for everyone.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

American Dream

d)

Principles of Scientific Management

35.

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America and the corruption in political America

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Imperial America

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Gilded Age

36.

The belief that the rich were chosen by god to be rich and should therefore share their wealth.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

laissez faire

c)

capitalism

d)

Social Darwinism

37.

economy based on profit and private property

a)

capitalism

b)

social darwinism

c)

gospel of wealth

d)

gilded age

38.
This is another word for monopoly
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Merger
d)
Subsidiary
39.
This type of monopoly involves companies buying all of the similar companies (Standard Oil)
a)
Horizontal Integration
b)
Vertical Integration
40.
This type of monopoly involves buying each step of the production process (Carnegie Steel)
a)
Vertical Integration
b)
Horizontal Integration
41.
This man owned Standard Oil and controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
42.
This man gained his wealth and power from banking and finances during the Gilded Age
a)
John D Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
43.

The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

44.

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

a)

Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

b)

19th and 22nd Amendments

c)

Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

d)

16th and 18th Amendments

45.

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

Supporters of Political Machines

b)

Nativists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Industialists

46.

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer’s safety as a response to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Administration

b)

NAACP

c)

National Park Service

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

47.

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Women’s Suffrage

c)

Muckraker Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

48.

What organization did W.E.B. Dubois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?

a)

Muckrakers Movement

b)

Black Panthers

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

49.

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big businesses like railroads and dissolve monopolies?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965

c)

Homestead Act & Dawes Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Interstate Commerce Act

50.

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.


Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

51.

____________?____________


A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.


What is the most likely title for this?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

52.

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

a)

break up monopolies

b)

give equal rights to women

c)

help people living in poverty

d)

end racism

53.

The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.

a)

Tax Invasion

b)

Salary Tax

c)

Sales Tax

d)

Graduated Income Tax

54.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
55.

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.


This is most likely due to...

a)

The Baby Boom

b)

Immigration

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Better Healthcare

56.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
57.
What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?
a)
Banned the use of assembly lines
b)
Allowed the government to have unlimited power
c)
Cleaned up food producing factories
d)
Advocated for minority groups
58.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
59.
I was handpicked as Roosevelt's successor.
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
60.
I created the modern banking system by the establishment of the federal reserve system.
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Wilson 
c)
Taft
61.
I won the split Election of 1912!
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt 
62.
I formed the Bull Moose Party
a)
Taft 
b)
Wison 
c)
Roosevelt 
63.
Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that
a)
people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
b)
immigration weakened national unity
c)
the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people
d)
poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation
64.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
65.
Suffragists included
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
All of the above
66.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
67.
Progressive President who was endorsed originally by Roosevelt (who later runs against him), disliked the presidency, busted up trusts and  monopolies
a)
William H. Taft
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Chester A. Arthur
68.

What is a Political Machine?

a)

A ballot box

b)

A political group with an authoritative boss who keeps power through corruption

c)

A political group who seek to expose the corruption in politics

d)

A polling machine which counts votes

69.

What is a tenement?

a)

A person who owns the lease to an apartment

b)

A room or apartment overcrowded with families. Usually poor

c)

A law or rule that makes something illegal

d)

A piece of land held by an owner

70.

What were some radical tactics women used later in the movement to gain the right to vote?

a)

Picketing the white house and holding marches and hunger strikes

b)

Bombing government buildings and burning politicians in effigy

c)

Asking their husbands to vote for women's rights

d)

blocking voting polls and preventing men from voting

71.

Which of the following women helped form the NAWSA?

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Lucy Stone

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Carrie Fischer

72.

Which of the Following women helped to form the NWP?

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Elizabeth Stanton

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Daisy Ridley

73.

What were jim crow laws?

a)

laws meant to enforce racial segregation and keep people of color in a lower social position

b)

Laws proposed and passed by congressman Jim Crow of Alabama

c)

Rules made up that people didn't follow anyways

d)

A set of social expectations that white people had to follow or risk being attacked by political correctness

74.

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, was known for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

a)

SQUARE DEAL

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

conservation

d)

Federal Reserve

75.

What book did Lincoln Steffens write?

a)

Up From Slavery

b)

The Jungle

c)

Shame of the Cities

d)

How the Other Half Lives

76.

Samuel Gomper

a)

Muckraker and managing editor of McClure's Magazine

b)

U.S. labor leader and first presdient of AFL

c)

Progressive Wisconsin governor

d)

The 26th president know for Square Deal

77.

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president was known for all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Square Deal

b)

Federal Reserve

c)

Federal Trade Commision

d)

passed women's suffrage

78.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

79.

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

a)

Bill the Butcher

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

William "Boss" Tweed

d)

John D Rockefeller

80.
The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.
a)
Hull House
b)
Pendergast Hall
c)
Daly Machine
d)
Tammany Hall
81.

Cartoon caption: "The Tammany Tiger Loose-

'What are you going to do about it?'"


In this cartoon, what does the tiger represent?

a)

The influx of "new" immigrants into the U.S.

b)

The political corruption of the government of NYC

c)

The power of the "trust-busting" federal government

d)

The unlimited power of robber barons during the gilded age.

82.

The idea that Americans should settle the continent from the East coast to the West coast was called

a)

Providence Calling

b)

Divine Wind

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Spread the Light

83.

Whereas, a struggle is going on . . . between the capitalist and the laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year, and will work disastrous results . . . if they are not combined for mutual protection and benefit . . .

—Preamble to the Constitution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886

Which phrase BEST reflects the purpose of this organization?

a)

passing national legislation

b)

increasing opportunities for minorities

c)

using nonviolent methods of protest

d)

improving working conditions

84.

Which of the following acts by the United States government ended religious expression for the Sioux Nation and closed the American Frontier?

a)

Massacre at Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Custer’s Last Stand

d)

Fetterman Massacre

85.

The purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act (1877) was to--

a)

return lands to American Indian tribes.

b)

move American Indian tribes to reservations.

c)

assimilate American Indian tribes into U.S. society.

d)

draft members of American Indian tribes into the U.S. military.

86.
A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869
a)
Grange
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
87.
Which of the following is the Union Pacific Railroad Company empowered to do by the Pacific Railway Act?
a)
Plan and construct railroads and telegraph lines
b)
Sell land grants in order to raise funds for telegraph lines
88.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

89.
The political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Populist
90.

Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?

a)

Silver Money

b)

Income Tax

c)

Secret Ballot

d)

All of the Above

91.

Why did big businesses encourage immigration during the Gilded Age?

a)

Immigrants provided a large, cheap labor force

b)

Immigrants got a high wage for working

c)

Immigrants provided more people to make the work go faster

92.

Who is the monster supposed to represent

a)

John D. Rockefeller/ Standard Oil

b)

Andrew Carnegie/ Carnegie Steel

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt/ Railroad

d)

JP Morgan/ JP Morgan Co.

93.

What does this image say about the control of Stand Oil?

a)

Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

b)

Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

c)

Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

d)

Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

94.
According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?
a)
The East
b)
The North
c)
The South
d)
The Midwest
95.
An Anti-immigration sentiment (feeling or fear) is called
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
Modernism
96.

Which of the following statements is supported by the political cartoon above?

a)

Decrease of immigrants due to the passage of immigration quotas

b)

Increase of tax rates for immigrants

c)

Increase in the difficulty of the United States naturalization exam

d)

Decrease of jobs available for immigrants

97.

What political party was William Jennings Bryan a part of?

a)

Populist

b)

Republican

c)

Democrat

d)

Greenback

98.

What belief is being depicted in this image?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Go West Young Man

d)

Dawes Act

99.

What did Congress pass to help regulate the railroad industry?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Transcontinental Railroad Act

d)

Dawes Act

100.

What group was formed to help farmers fight the railroad company and their unfair practices?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Congress

d)

Grange

101.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
102.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
103.
Chinese and Irish immigrants were instrumental in the construction of
a)
the transcontinental railroad
b)
the St. Louis Arch
c)
highways to the west
d)
gold and silver mines
104.
What act gave any American 160 acres of land for free to anyone who claimed it?
a)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
The Quartering Act
d)
The Homestead Act
105.

Which law best represents the photo above?

a)

Naturalization Act of 1790

b)

Immigration Act of 1924

c)

Immigration Act of 1965

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

106.
The political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Populist
107.
Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulyssess Grant
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
William McKinley
108.
Silver and gold caused________money in circulation, causing prices to________. 
a)
less, increase
b)
more, increase
109.
Farmers support the ________standard for money.
a)
Bimetalism 
b)
Gold 
110.

Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?

a)

Silver Money

b)

Income Tax

c)

Secret Ballot

d)

All of the Above

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