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CBA #2 Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

2.

Name given to women who challenged traditional standards of behavior during the 1920s.

a)

Fashionistas

b)

Pearls

c)

Charlestons

d)

Flappers

3.

In the 19th century, how was the United States beginning to change?

a)

Moving from rural society to an urban one

b)

Moving from slave owning to society to one without slavery

c)

Moving from foreign policy of isolationism to interventionism

d)

Direct democracy to a representative one

4.

The Bessemer process produced

a)

bronze

b)

silver

c)

copper

d)

steel

5.

Labor unions were created because of

a)

poor working conditions and big business

b)

child labor

c)

no one wanting to work hard

d)

the government wanted the creation

6.

Increased urban population led to a permanent sanitation group called -

a)

the Doves

b)

the White Wings

c)

Cleaning Services

d)

Sanitation Crew

7.

What does E. Pluribus Unum stand for?

a)

For the good of the people.

b)

Out of many, one.

c)

In God we trust.

d)

Together, unified.

8.

This helped US steel production grow by making materials needed for railroads and bridges stronger and cheaper

a)

kerosene porcess

b)

air brakes

c)

Bessemer process

d)

West process

9.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)

To increase trade

b)
to speed up trade
c)
to protect from invaders
d)
for fishing
10.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

11.

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

a)

They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

b)

Nativists rigged elections in their favor

c)

Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

d)

Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants

12.

Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

a)

They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

b)

They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

c)

They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

d)

They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

13.

Why didn't the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Increase the presence of the US military in Europe

b)

The US felt that Germany was not solely to blame for WWI

c)

To keep from paying dues for membership in the league of nations

d)

Avoid participation in the League of Nations

14.

African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west (Kansas) to find a better life were:

a)

Exodusters

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Freedmen

d)

Settlers

15.
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
buying stocks on margin
16.

Describe how investment in the stock market during the mid to late 1920s contributed to black Tuesday?

a)

Citizens were unable to repay loans they had to purchase stocks

b)

I don't know the answer

c)

Government taxes on stock transactions made it difficult to repay

d)

Financial institutions were not required to report earnings on the stock market

17.

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by --

a)

the creation of the Temperance Society

b)

the repeal of the 18th Amendment

c)

the initiation of the Settlement House movement

d)

the ratification of the 19th Amendment

18.
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
a)
Annexation
b)
Superiority
c)
Imperialism
d)
Expansion
19.

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?

a)

The federal government created mandated protections for businesses

b)

The federal government gave funding to further business development

c)

The federal government took an active part in regulating business practices

d)

The federal government passed laws promoting improved working conditions

20.

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?

a)

Natural Park Service

b)

NAACP

c)

Pure Food & Drug Administration

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

21.

Which of the following was a significant factor that prompted the Americanization movement in the early twentieth century?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Increased immigrants from Eastern and Southern regions of Europe

c)

The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States

d)

Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

22.

Growing feelings of Nativism was a result of ...

a)

Decreased Immigration and Low Unemployment

b)

Increased Political Corruption and High Wages

c)

Increased Immigration and Low Wages

d)

Growth in Rural areas and Decreased Political Corruption

23.

New technologies like sod houses, steel plows, and dry farming techniques were ways in which...

a)

sharecroppers lived inteh south

b)

Migrant workers lived in the Southwest

c)

Miners took advantage of the Gold Rush

d)

Settlers adapted to conditions on the Great Plains

24.
Allowed food to be grown in dry areas
a)
sod houses
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
dry framing
25.
Initiatives, recalls and referendums are all forms of what type of democracy?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Judicial Democracy
c)
Informal Democracy
26.

A result of Henry Ford's manufacturing methods

a)

Cars became affordable for more people

b)

Cars required prohibitions to occur at the same time

c)

Cars could be customized by the buyer

d)

Cars required little fuel to run and limited pollution

27.
Henry Ford’s main contribution to the US industry was the idea of the assembly line and __________.
a)
automobile
b)
mass production
c)
sports car
d)
transportation
28.
The central bank of the United States is the:
a)
Federal Reserve Banking System.
b)
Comptroller's Bank.
c)
United States National Bank.
d)
U.S. Treasury Bank.
29.

what year were Native American's granted citizenship?

a)

1924

b)

1896

c)

1914

d)

1898

30.
Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?
a)
The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
b)

Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation of essential goods.

c)
Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
d)
Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
31.
What sparked World War I?
a)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Assassination of Archduke Marmaduke
c)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdahand
d)
Assassination of Archduke Kaiser Wilhelm
32.

The immigration laws of the 1920s

a)

prevented illegal immigration

b)

encouraged immigration of skilled workers

c)

reduced the number of immigrants from certain contries

d)

allowed immigrants to enter if they were wealthy

33.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

a)

internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

b)

bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines

c)

installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

d)

brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

34.

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

a)

Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

b)

Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

c)

Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

d)

Container ship delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

35.

Which of the following best defines what a historical era is?

a)

A period of time characterized by certain political, social, or economic events.

b)

A collection of timelines that the teacher gives you in order for you to understand the cold war better

c)

A genre of books you can find at your local library

d)

A landmark sign you see on the side of the road as you come to school but ignore

36.
The goal of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to
a)
reduce immigration from the United States to European Countries
b)
revive the Ku Klux Klan
c)
reduce immigration to the United States from the European countries
d)
create more jobs
37.

"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

a)

Expanding the right to vote to women

b)

Both houses of congress shall nominate the Vice President

c)

Expanison of labor Unions

d)

Protected consumers by regulating the food and drug industry

38.

Mask were wear in wwI to protect troops from what type of warfare?

a)

Machine guns

b)

trench mouth

c)

poison gas

d)

tanks