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Chapter 16 Part One Quizizz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

a)

World War I

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Roaring Twenties

2.

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

a)

Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

b)

Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

3.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

a)

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

b)

The Poor and the Chinese

c)

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

d)

The Immigrants and the Poor

4.

How did Political Machines use Infrastructure to gain power and manipulate Immigrants?

a)

Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money

b)

Got them to work on those projects in exchange for votes

c)

Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money

5.

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

"Boss" Tweed

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Jane Adams

6.

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.

a)

Pendelton Civil Service Act

b)

Celler-Kefaufer Act

c)

Underwood Tariff Act

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

7.

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...

a)

Celler-Kefauver Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

8.

What act was passed to get rid of the spoils system?

a)

Hatch Act

b)

Pendleton Act

c)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

d)

Bland Allison Act

9.

Who assassinated President James Garfield?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Charles J. Giteau

d)

Jack Ruby

10.

What is a Laissez-Faire economy?

a)

An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government

b)

An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government

c)

An economy that is controlled by another country

d)

An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government

11.

The use of one's job to gain profit.

a)

Graft

b)

Political Machine

c)

Ghetto

d)

Blue Laws

12.

What event was influential in creating the new civil service system?

a)

Chester Arthur's political affiliation

b)

a change in Republican leadership from Stalwarts to Half-Breeds

c)

the assassination of Garfield by a frustrated government jobseeker

d)

the election of Garfield as president

13.

Under the Pendleton Act of 1883, some government jobs were filled by

a)

people who raised money for a political party’s election campaign.

b)

appointments made by members of Congress

c)

a quota system that balanced the number of jobs going to each party’s supporters.

d)

job applicants who performed well on competitive written examinations

14.

What was the spoils system?

a)

A way of dividing up the money that was made from scandals

b)

A way that the President used to appoint people to office as political favors

c)

A way of keeping fresh fruit from spoiling

d)

A system that was instituted to keep the government from creating waste

15.

In 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

a)

Nativist Act

b)

Mexican Reparition Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Dawes Act