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AP Gov and History Quiz #2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Ida B. Wells

2.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.

3.

How did the 19th Amendment expand the democratic process?

a)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race

b)

By eliminating the poll tax

c)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

d)

By lowering the voting age

4.
With which reform movement was Dorothea Dix involved?
a)
education reform
b)
movement to end slavery
c)
women's rights
d)
prison reform
5.

“The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. The conditions of human life have not only been changed, but revolutionized, within the past few hundred years. In former days there was little difference between the dwelling, dress, food, and environment of the chief and those of his retainers...The contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with us to-day measures the change which has come with civilization.”


What changes led to the inequality Carnegie described during the late 19th century?

a)

Increasing prices for food and goods.

b)

Increasing industrialization and economic consolidation.

c)

Emergence of a welfare state that encouraged laziness.

d)

A widespread lack of education.

6.

“The urban workmen are denied the right to organize for self-protection, imported pauperized labor beats down their wages, a hireling standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are badly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the Republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes — tramps and millionaires.”


What was the most common method workers used to confront business owners and managers during the late 19th century?

a)

They formed labor unions and called for strikes.

b)

They primarily conducted assassinations and organized armed rebellions.

c)

They frequently bribed public officials and committed election fraud.

d)

They repeatedly occupied government offices and created communist enclaves.

7.

“Remember the Lady's Book is not a mere luxury; it is a necessity. There is no lady who takes the Book that does not save twice the price of it in a year in the matter of domestic economy. Its receipts, its patterns, its needle-work, its instructions in housekeeping are invaluable to the housekeeper."


How does this excerpt relate to the 19th century concepts of domesticity and separate spheres (the cult of true womanhood)?

a)

It shows how women could overcome these limitations by participating fully in the world of business.

b)

It shows how weak the concepts were because Godey’s Lady’s Book quickly went out of business.

c)

It shows how widespread the concepts were and urged women to conform.

d)

It shows how women were ignorant of these concepts and needed instructions on how to care for themselves.

8.

“The laboring man in this bounteous and hospitable country has no ground for complaint. His vote is potential and he is elevated thereby to the position of man. Elsewhere he is a creature of circumstance, which is that of abject depression. Under the government of this nation, the effort is to elevate the standard of the human race and not to degrade it. In all other nations it is the reverse. What, therefore, has the laborer to complain of in America? By inciting strikes and encouraging discontent, he stands in the way of the elevation of his race and of mankind.” - Henry Clews, “The Folly of Organized Labor,” 1886


Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the sentiments of the previous excerpt?

a)

The American Federation of Labor

b)

Opponents of labor unions

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

Industrial Workers of the World

9.

“And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States, has heretofore or shall hereafter escape into another State or Territory of the United States, the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due, or his, her, or their agent or attorney, duly authorized, by power of attorney, in writing, acknowledged and certified under the seal of some legal officer or court of the State or Territory in which the same may be executed, may pursue and reclaim such fugitive person, either by procuring a warrant from some one of the courts, judges, or commissioners aforesaid, of the proper circuit, district, or county, for the apprehension of such fugitive from service or labor, or by seizing and arresting such fugitive, where the same can be done without process, and by taking, or causing such person to be taken, forthwith before such court, judge, or commissioner, whose duty it shall be to hear and determine the case of such claimant in a summary manner . . .”


Sixth provision, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850


Which of the following pieces of literature was written after the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in order to raise awareness about the poor treatment of slaves in the South?

a)

The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison

b)

An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World by David Walker

c)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

10.

This pro-temperance poster was designed to depict

a)

the success of men involved in the distilling business

b)

the effects of alcohol consumption on a family

c)

the dangers of overindulging in alcohol

d)

the effects of prohibition on American families

11.

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

a)

That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories

b)

That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society

c)

That they would be excellent holding centers for society’s undesirables

d)

That they were not widely needed, and not many were built

12.

Dorothea Dix devoted much time to the crusade for the:

a)

construction of humane mental hospitals for the insane

b)

better treatment of convicted criminals in jail

c)

establishment of common schools in the South

d)

immediate abolition of slavery

13.

During the nineteenth century, which of the following people would have most likely OPPOSED the viewpoint expressed in the image?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Eglanytne Jebbs

d)

Frances Perkins

14.

Which of the following best matches the purpose of the cartoon?

a)

To inspire women to run for office

b)

To satirize the women’s suffrage movement

c)

To criticize the government for not granting women suffrage

d)

To express concerns about the safety of suffragettes

15.

“And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States, has heretofore or shall hereafter escape into another State or Territory of the United States, the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due, or his, her, or their agent or attorney, duly authorized, by power of attorney, in writing, acknowledged and certified under the seal of some legal officer or court of the State or Territory in which the same may be executed, may pursue and reclaim such fugitive person, either by procuring a warrant from some one of the courts, judges, or commissioners aforesaid, of the proper circuit, district, or county, for the apprehension of such fugitive from service or labor, or by seizing and arresting such fugitive, where the same can be done without process, and by taking, or causing such person to be taken, forthwith before such court, judge, or commissioner, whose duty it shall be to hear and determine the case of such claimant in a summary manner . . .”


Sixth provision, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had which of the following IMMEDIATE effects?

a)

Northern free states created and enacted the first personal liberty laws to protect escaped slaves.

b)

The Missouri Compromise made it so all the states in the North were free and all the states in the South were slave.

c)

John Brown led a group of abolitionist reformers to attack Harpers Ferry, Virginia

d)

Harriet Tubman and other's use of the Underground Railroad to transport escaped slaves increased significantly.

16.

Which of the following groups was most instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment?

a)

The Anti-Saloon League

b)

The Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance

c)

The American Temperance Society

d)

The Order of the Star-Spangled Banner

17.

The first prison system under which inmates​ lived, ate, and worked together in enforced silence was located​ in?

a)

Philadelphia, PA.

b)

Boston, MA.

c)

Baltimore, MD

d)

Auburn, NY.

18.

The federal law that actually put Prohibition into effect was called the

a)

Teetotalism

b)

19th Amendment

c)

Volstead Act

d)

Three Prisons Act

19.

"Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, — the balance-wheel of the social machinery. I do not here mean that it so elevates the moral nature as to make men disdain and abhor the oppression of their fellow-men. This idea pertains to another of its attributes. But I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means by which he can resist the selfishness of other men. It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility towards the rich: it prevents being poor." - Horace Mann (1848)


Horace Mann's common-school movement developed as a result of the demand for

a)

the end of child labor

b)

help for juvenile delinquents

c)

the end of the cult of true womanhood

d)

improved free public education

20.

Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at this company walked out in protest. Their protest was ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894, resulting in the deaths of multiple union members.


Which of the following events is this?

a)

The Pullman Strike

b)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

c)

The Seneca Falls Convention

d)

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry