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VUS Standard 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Southerners, including ____________ ___________ in particular, moved west to seek new opportunities after the Civil War.

(a)  

2.

How did the telegram, transcontinental railroad and mechanical reaper impact settlement in the west?

a)

It promoted gender equality in the west.

b)

It made it easier for Native Americans to relocate.

c)

These inventions helped make western settlement more accessible for many Americans.

d)

They made it more expensive to settle in the west.

3.

Which pair of inventors are credited with the invention of the airplane?

a)

The Carnegie Brothers

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

The Edison Brothers

d)

The Rockefeller Brothers

4.

Who popularized assembly-line manufacturing?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Cyrus McCormick

5.

An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

6.

Established the Standard Oil Company, the largest monopoly in US history.

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

The Wright Brothers

7.

Which image is MOST associated with laissez-faire capitalism?

a)
b)
8.

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of the American "melting pot"?

a)
b)
9.

In U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state"

a)

Organic Machine

b)

Mechanical Machine

c)

Manifest Machine

d)

Political Machine

10.

Which of the following political cartoons is MOST associated with the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?

a)
b)
11.

Which famous African American civil rights leader believed equality can be achieved through vocational education?

a)

Du Bois W. E. B.

b)

W. E. B. Du Bois

c)

Booker T Dubois

d)

Booker T. Washington

12.

Which famous African American civil rights leader believed equality can be achieved through forcing the government to actively fight for equal rights?

a)

Du Bois W. E. B.

b)

W. E. B. Du Bois

c)

Booker T Dubois

d)

Booker T. Washington

13.

A name for the late 180s, described the tremendous increase in wealth caused by the industrial age. Underneath this unevenly distribution of wealth were many social problems such as: high poverty rate, high crime rate and corruption in the government.

a)

The Gilded Age

b)

The Manifest Age

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Antebellum

14.

What was NOT a cause of the Progressive Movement?

a)

Rachel Carson's The Silent Spring

b)

Social injustices such as child labor.

c)

Formation of trusts and monopolies.

d)

Political corruption like the Political Machine.

15.

An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.

a)

Radical Movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Social Justice Movement

d)

Regressive Movement

16.

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Radical Reconstructionists

c)

Radical Democrats

d)

Radical Republicans

17.

An 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States.

a)

The Progressive Act

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Meat Inspection Act

d)

The Jungle

18.

The ______ Amendment was passed that provided women with the right to vote.

a)

17th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

19.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle directly caused which piece of U.S. legislation?

a)

The Super Size Me Act

b)

The Whole Foods Act

c)

The Meat Inspection Act

d)

The Vegan Inspection Act

20.

Which of the following BEST describes the Homestead Act of 1862?

a)

Southern legislation that promoted settlement in the 13 colonies.

b)

Federal legislation that promoted settlement in the western territories.

c)

State legislation that promoted settlement in the eastern territories.

d)

Local legislation that promoted settlement in the 13 colonies.