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WorksheetsChapter 16 Part One Quizizz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
World War I
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Roaring Twenties
What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?
Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside
Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside
Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?
The Immigrants and Big Businesses
The Poor and the Chinese
The Chinese and the Big Businesses
The Immigrants and the Poor
How did Political Machines use Infrastructure to gain power and manipulate Immigrants?
Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money
Got them to work on those projects in exchange for votes
Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money
Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?
Andrew Carnegie
"Boss" Tweed
John Rockefeller
Jane Adams
What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.
Pendelton Civil Service Act
Celler-Kefaufer Act
Underwood Tariff Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusiv practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...
Celler-Kefauver Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
What act was passed to get rid of the spoils system?
Hatch Act
Pendleton Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Bland Allison Act
Who assassinated President James Garfield?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Charles J. Giteau
Jack Ruby
What is a Laissez-Faire economy?
An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
An economy that is controlled by another country
An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
The use of one's job to gain profit.
Graft
Political Machine
Ghetto
Blue Laws
What event was influential in creating the new civil service system?
Chester Arthur's political affiliation
a change in Republican leadership from Stalwarts to Half-Breeds
the assassination of Garfield by a frustrated government jobseeker
the election of Garfield as president
Under the Pendleton Act of 1883, some government jobs were filled by
people who raised money for a political party’s election campaign.
appointments made by members of Congress
a quota system that balanced the number of jobs going to each party’s supporters.
job applicants who performed well on competitive written examinations
What was the spoils system?
A way of dividing up the money that was made from scandals
A way that the President used to appoint people to office as political favors
A way of keeping fresh fruit from spoiling
A system that was instituted to keep the government from creating waste
In 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
Nativist Act
Mexican Reparition Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Dawes Act
