WorksheetsCBA #2 Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 27mins
An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.
Labor Union
Workers Rights
Worker Strikes
Collective Bargaining
Name given to women who challenged traditional standards of behavior during the 1920s.
Fashionistas
Pearls
Charlestons
Flappers
In the 19th century, how was the United States beginning to change?
Moving from rural society to an urban one
Moving from slave owning to society to one without slavery
Moving from foreign policy of isolationism to interventionism
Direct democracy to a representative one
The Bessemer process produced
bronze
silver
copper
steel
Labor unions were created because of
poor working conditions and big business
child labor
no one wanting to work hard
the government wanted the creation
Increased urban population led to a permanent sanitation group called -
the Doves
the White Wings
Cleaning Services
Sanitation Crew
What does E. Pluribus Unum stand for?
For the good of the people.
Out of many, one.
In God we trust.
Together, unified.
This helped US steel production grow by making materials needed for railroads and bridges stronger and cheaper
kerosene porcess
air brakes
Bessemer process
West process
To increase trade
What part of the country did political machines control?
Urban (city) governments
Rural (country) governments
The U.S. federal government
What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?
They bribed police officers to ignore crimes
Nativists rigged elections in their favor
Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers
Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants
Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?
They made sure unions could not protect workers from management
They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America
They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities
They prevented immigrants from being Americanized
Why didn't the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
Increase the presence of the US military in Europe
The US felt that Germany was not solely to blame for WWI
To keep from paying dues for membership in the league of nations
Avoid participation in the League of Nations
African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west (Kansas) to find a better life were:
Exodusters
Indentured Servants
Freedmen
Settlers
Describe how investment in the stock market during the mid to late 1920s contributed to black Tuesday?
Citizens were unable to repay loans they had to purchase stocks
I don't know the answer
Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay
Financial institutions were not required to report earnings on the stock market
The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by --
the creation of the Temperance Society
the repeal of the 18th Amendment
the initiation of the Settlement House movement
the ratification of the 19th Amendment
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Interstate Commerce Act. What best describes the relationship between the federal government and business during the Progressive Era?
The federal government created mandated protections for businesses
The federal government gave funding to further business development
The federal government took an active part in regulating business practices
The federal government passed laws promoting improved working conditions
Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?
Natural Park Service
NAACP
Pure Food & Drug Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Which of the following was a significant factor that prompted the Americanization movement in the early twentieth century?
Jim Crow Laws
Increased immigrants from Eastern and Southern regions of Europe
The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States
Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Growing feelings of Nativism was a result of ...
Decreased Immigration and Low Unemployment
Increased Political Corruption and High Wages
Increased Immigration and Low Wages
Growth in Rural areas and Decreased Political Corruption
New technologies like sod houses, steel plows, and dry farming techniques were ways in which...
sharecroppers lived inteh south
Migrant workers lived in the Southwest
Miners took advantage of the Gold Rush
Settlers adapted to conditions on the Great Plains
A result of Henry Ford's manufacturing methods
Cars became affordable for more people
Cars required prohibitions to occur at the same time
Cars could be customized by the buyer
Cars required little fuel to run and limited pollution
what year were Native American's granted citizenship?
1924
1896
1914
1898
Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation of essential goods.
The immigration laws of the 1920s
prevented illegal immigration
encouraged immigration of skilled workers
reduced the number of immigrants from certain contries
allowed immigrants to enter if they were wealthy
The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --
internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines
installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment
During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?
Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.
Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.
Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.
Container ship delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.
Which of the following best defines what a historical era is?
A period of time characterized by certain political, social, or economic events.
A collection of timelines that the teacher gives you in order for you to understand the cold war better
A genre of books you can find at your local library
A landmark sign you see on the side of the road as you come to school but ignore
"The nation participates in the making of its laws by choice of its legislators, and in the execution of them by the choice of the agent of the executive government; it may almost be said to govern itself.....
-Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835
Expanding the right to vote to women
Both houses of congress shall nominate the Vice President
Expanison of labor Unions
Protected consumers by regulating the food and drug industry
Mask were wear in wwI to protect troops from what type of warfare?
Machine guns
trench mouth
poison gas
tanks
