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Gilded Age/ Progressives/ Imperialism Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as

a)

scabs.

b)

robber barons.

c)

philanthropists.

d)

anarchists.

2.

Most urban working class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

a)

suburbs

b)

skyscrapers

c)

tenements

d)

workhouses

3.

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

a)

Their products were more expensive

b)

They could hire more workers

c)

They had higher operating costs

d)

They could produce goods more cheaply and efficiently

4.

Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s?

a)

the rapid expansion of urban areas

b)

mechanization of agriculture

c)

high wages for factory workers

d)

overpopulation of the South

5.

The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to:

a)

Encourage industries to form cartels

b)

Promote fair industrial competition

c)

Place higher taxes on business

d)

Encourage the growth of business monopolies

6.

Process of gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development.


a)

Horizontal consolidation

b)

Trust

c)

Vertical consolidation

d)

Oligopoly

7.

How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the United States?

a)

All Americans enjoyed a higher standard of living

b)

The income gap between farmers and factory workers widened

c)

Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few industrialists

d)

The income gap between the rich and the poor grew smaller

8.

Why was striking an effective tool for industrial workers and unions during the Gilded Age?

a)

Damaged profits for business owners

b)

Decreased demands for manufactured goods

c)

Decreased wages for industrial workers

d)

Improved employer and employee relationships

9.

Why did many immigrants support city political machines?

a)

Political machines were free of corruption.

b)

Political machines provided them with jobs.

c)

Political machines put powerful “bosses” out of business.

d)

Political machines fought against crime in the slums.

10.

Which of these people was an author, who advocated for a strong navy and control of seaports around the world

a)

Thomas Nast

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

11.

Which of these people was an industrialist, who made a fortune in steel in the late 1800s through vertical consolidation, gave more than $350 million to schools and built more than 3000 libraries.

a)

William “Boss” Tweed

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

12.

Which of these people was an industrialist, who made his wealth in the oil refinery business through horizontal consolidation, gave away nearly half his fortune to churches, medical foundations, universities, and centers for the arts

a)

William “Boss” Tweed

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

13.

Which of these people was a notoriously corrupt political boss who ruled New York through the Tammany Hall political machine.

a)

William “Boss” Tweed

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

14.

Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right of the United States to intervene in the affairs of Latin America

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Sphere of influence

15.

1823 US policy that states that North, Central, and South America were not to be the sites for future European colonization and the US would not interfere in Europe's internal affairs and expanded US influence in the Western Hemisphere starting in the late 1800s

a)

Annex

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Sphere of influence

16.

Policy where all nations would have equal trading privileges in China

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Sphere of influence

17.

To incorporate land into another country

a)

Annex

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

18.

Areas of a nation where a foreign country has special privileges, often trading rights, denied to other countries

a)

Annex

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Sphere of influence

19.

The Platt Amendment resulted in which country becoming a “sphere of influence” or a “protectorate”?

a)

Guam

b)

Columbia

c)

Panama

d)

Cuba

20.

What motivation for imperialism is directly related to Industry?

a)

Need to improve military superiority

b)

Need for new markets to sell manufactured goods

c)

It is God’s will for the US to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific

d)

Spread various religious faiths to unreached countries

21.

The newspaper headline above is an example of what journalistic technique that uses sensationalism and exaggerated reporting to attract readers

a)

Good journalism

b)

Imperial journalism

c)

Muckraking

d)

Yellow journalism

22.

The event being described in the headline above helped draw the US into what conflict

a)

Mexican-American War

b)

Civil War

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

World War I

23.

The Cuban country could not enter any foreign agreements, the United States could establish naval bases as needed on the island, and the United States could intervene whenever necessary

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

24.

The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract the reader, used by Hearst and Pulitzer to start the Spanish American War

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

25.

Gathering of colonies for mercantilist reasons is called

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Platt Amendment

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

26.

A policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Platt Amendment

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

27.

A collection of United States ships that traveled the world to show other countries the might of the U.S. navy

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

28.

Which of the following is NOT a tactic used by political machines:

a)

Local voter fraud

b)

accepting money from big business in exchange of reduced regulations

c)

Building local food banks

d)

Building apartments to improve immigrant housing

29.

This is the idea that those who were naturally superior to others should naturally rise to the position of the greatest and wealthiest in society:

a)

The Bessemer Process

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Laissez-Faire Economics

d)

The Gospel of Wealth

30.

The progressive movement focused mainly on the problems of which group?

a)

African Americans

b)

Urban residents

c)

Tenant farmers

d)

Non Unionized workers

31.

Law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; specified big businesses activities that were forbidden

a)

Clayton Antitrust Act

b)

Referendum

c)

Direct primary

d)

Initiative

32.

An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption

a)

Temperance

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

d)

Recall

33.

Process which allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature

a)

Referendum

b)

Direct primary

c)

Initiative

d)

Recall

34.

Election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections

a)

Referendum

b)

Direct primary

c)

Initiative

d)

Recall

35.

Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election

a)

Referendum

b)

Direct primary

c)

Initiative

d)

Recall

36.

A process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters' signatures on a petition

a)

Referendum

b)

Direct primary

c)

Initiative

d)

Recall

37.

How did the pattern of immigration shift in the 1890s?

a)

From Jewish to Catholic Europeans

b)

From Northern and Western to Southern and Eastern Europe

c)

From Eastern to Southern and Northern Europe

d)

From Eastern to Northern and Western Europe

38.

In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced American politics by

a)

running for political office.

b)

offering to pay higher taxes

c)

giving money to government officials.

d)

importing more foreign goods.

39.

Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?

a)

Strong labor unions

b)

Free colleges

c)

Cheap, comfortable housing

d)

Job opportunities

40.

Under imperialism, strong nations attempted to

a)

control weaker nations.

b)

prevent immigration.

c)

avoid contact with the outside world.

d)

decrease the size of their military.

41.

Which of the following was a factor in the growth of imperialism?

a)

The shortage of manufactured goods

b)

The military threat from groups of smaller nations

c)

The need for natural resources

d)

The desire to learn from the cultures of other nations

42.

As a result of its victory in the Spanish-American War, the United States gained

a)

Important ports in Mexico

b)

Panama

c)

Puerto Rico and the Philippines

d)

A large section of China

43.

Theodore Roosevelt believed in

a)

An aggressive foreign policy

b)

A cautious foreign policy

c)

No American involvement overseas

d)

Economic, but not military, intervention

44.

The muckrakers were

a)

Politicians

b)

Journalists

c)

Lawyers

d)

Business owners

45.

The United States responded to the outbreak of WWI by

a)

declaring its neutrality.

b)

sending troops immediately to Europe.

c)

stopping its overseas trade.

d)

forming an alliance with the Central Powers.

46.

When the United States joined World War I, it

a)

Refused to loan money to the Allies

b)

Sent a huge army to Europe right away

c)

had already instituted a draft as part of its preparations for war

d)

needed to institute a draft to build a large army.

47.

Which constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

48.

Which constitutional amendment established Prohibition?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

49.

Which constitutional amendment established the Direct Election of Senators?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

50.

Which constitutional amendment established a federal income tax?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th