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Gilded Age - Muckrakers (Unit 6-7)

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the late 1800s, the U.S. Steel and Oil Industries directly benefited from the construction of ______

a)

the Trans-Continental Railroad

b)

the Erie Canal

c)

the Panama Canal

d)

Interstate Highways

2.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the economy, politics and culutre of the United States during the late 1800's and early 1900's?

a)

Immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe

b)

Immigrants from South Africa and Asia

c)

Immigrants from Canada & Mexico

d)

Immigrants from Western & Northern Europe

3.

The bullets above most directly reflect the ________.

a)

progressive legislative actions including empowerment of the voter

b)

Growing protest against United States military engagements abroad in the 1920s

c)

The negotiations of new trade agreements among North American countries

d)

Decisions defining individual rights and protections, such as Miranda v. Arizona.

4.

What U.S. History concept is summarized in image?

a)

Dredd Scott Decision

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

d)

Roe v. Wade

5.

Which of the following inventions was not an improvement on U.S. infrastructure during the late 1800s?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Electric Light Bulb

d)

Cotton Gin

6.

Ida Tarbell's efforts to expose Rockefeeler's business practices are evidence that she was a(n) _______.

a)

abolitionist

b)

muckraker

c)

communist

d)

Radical Republican

7.

Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic growth, industrial growth during the years after the Civil War?

a)

Canals

b)

Railroads

c)

Airplanes

d)

Telephones

8.

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of the discussion?

a)

Goals of U.S. Naturalization policies

b)

Objectives of the Second Great Awakening

c)

Reasons for immigrating to the United States

d)

Principles of the Sons of Liberty

9.

During the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which of the following groups would have provided the labor needed to build the railroad?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Immigrants

c)

Socialist

d)

Progressivist

10.

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company were examples of ________.

a)

government privatization of essential resources.

b)

the rise of trusts and monopolies

c)

the impact of labor leaders on government

d)

the public benefiting from business leaders that reformed domestic industries

11.

His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel Gompers

12.

Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?

a)

The passage of laws restricting immigration to the United States

b)

A decline in efforts to Americanize immigrants

c)

The weakening of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

d)

An increase in Progressive reforms

13.

What was the result of Plains Indians' resistance to westward expansion by the United States government?

a)

the Plains Indians' maintained control of their traditional lands

b)

The Plains Indians' benefited economically from government policy

c)

The Plains Indians' became farmers and small business owners

d)

The Plains Indians' were forced to live on reservations

14.

An important political aim of the Progressive movement was to ________.

a)

guarantee government jobs for the unemployed

b)

stimulate voting reforms to empower voters

c)

create a unicameral national legislature

d)

increase the participation of African Americans in the Federal Government

15.

What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

a)

to form a monopoly in the oil business

b)

to promote efficiency in the steel industry

c)

to increase the bargaining power of workers

d)

to provide social services to new immigrants

16.

Two of the major goals of developing inspection station at Ellis and Angel Islands were to ___________.

a)

Process and isolate immigrants from the American population

b)

Teach immigrants the English language

c)

Provide free child care and education to immigrants

d)

Insure political and cultural safety in America

17.

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

a)

Alcatraz Island and Liberty Island

b)

Ellis Island and Angel Island

c)

Staten Island and Jekyll Island

d)

Long Island and Manhattan Island

18.

How did African Americans react to federal recognition of "Jim Crow" laws?

a)

They created a guest worker program that encouraged temporary immigration to Africa, but denied citizenship

b)

A significant portion of African Americans remained loyal to Democrats

c)

Many African Americans engaged in violent resistence to the federal decision

d)

They established the NAACP in an attempt to question the legality of "Jim Crow" laws.

19.

Which statement BEST explains the data in the table?

a)

Native American railroads laborers died from diseases and unsafe working condition

b)

Big business purchased lands from Native American people for railroad expansion

c)

Native Americans migrated eastward on the railroads and assimilated into U.S. Society

d)

Growth of the railroad system led to an increase in conflicts with Native Americans

20.

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of discussion?

a)

Technological advancements int he field of construction during the 1900s

b)

Farming and ranching innovations of the late 1800s

c)

Machines developed to build trenches during WWI

d)

Instruments used to construct the Transcontinental Railroad

21.

The Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson had a major impact on the lives of African American because it ruled that _______________.

a)

segregation was illegal in educational institutions

b)

voting was a right guaranteed by the Constitution

c)

separate but equal public facilities were legal

d)

military occupation of the South was Unconstitutional

22.

The principal message of the cartoon is that the Standard Oil Company?

a)

Used its size to lower the prices of its products

b)

Protected the nation from foreign competition

c)

Used its economic power to influence government decisions

d)

Employed violence to gain an unfair advantage for its workers

23.

Which of the following groups brought the above social problems to the attention of society?

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Industrialist

c)

Capitalist

d)

Nativist

24.

What was the role of progressivist such Elizabeth C. Stanton, Ida Tarbell and Jane Addams?

a)

They supported the deconolization of Asia & Africa

b)

They encouraged women to play a role in a variety of social reform.

c)

They introduced a series of literacy tests and physical examinations to manage immigrants

d)

They were educational advocates that raised awareness of the effects of poverty on students' opportunities

25.

Work stoppages and strikes were used by labor unions to _____.

a)

support for nativists calling for limitations on labor unions

b)

protest against acts of police brutality against workers

c)

influence businesses to provide better working conditions for employees

d)

support for police actions against foreign revolutionaries

26.

Which of the following aspects of Jane Addams description expresses a major change in Americans' views of social reforms?

a)

The idea that women could play a major role in the Progressive Movement.

b)

The idea that government should preserve wilderness areas in a natural states

c)

The idea that government should protect the voting rights of citizens

d)

The idea that labor unions were playing a role in the corruption of local governments

27.

Which of the following groups would have strongly opposed the concepts in the picture attached?

a)

AFL

b)

CIA

c)

HUAC

d)

NAACP

28.

The purpose of the conservation movement was to _____.

a)

save Native Americans fom being removed from their land

b)

encourage Americans to start going back to church

c)

save millions of acres of wilderness lands, particularly in western states

d)

build factories in southern states so that African Americans could receive jobs