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StG: Vocabulary Test #18 (Part 2)

Total questions: 141

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term may be linked to this CS?

"Yes -- I'll purchase land with trees, machines to "kill" the trees, trucks to transport the trees, a factory to make paper and lastly the shop to sell my paper!!!! I'll be Da Mack DaddE of PAPER!!!!!"

a)

Carnegie

b)

vertical integration

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Who really wants to own paper "stuff"????? A person who wants to have $$$$$!

2.

Please complete this FA.

Carnegie : _____ :: Rockefeller : _____

conn/relationship: term to what they controlled

a)

Carnegie : steel :: Rockefeller : oil

b)

Carnegie : short :: Rockefeller : shortest

c)

Carnegie : Rockefeller

3.
What was the effect of the Bessemer Process on American industry and manufacturing?
a)
increased steel production, made steel cheaper
b)
led to the development of the light bulb
c)
advanced refrigeration techniques, allowing people to preserve food longer
d)
allowed Americans to harness nuclear power
4.
How did an expansion in railroads contribute to the growth of America?
a)
new cities sprung up along the roads, and people moved West
b)
it made cities more crowded because railroads were constructed over people's farms
c)
the agriculture industry became more powerful
d)
it made the environment cleaner thus the country was more attractive to immigrants
5.
Most lighting in the 1800s was through kerosene-based lamps. What is kerosene made out of?
a)
filament
b)

refined form of petroleum (da answer)

c)
whale oil or grease
d)
wax
6.

What inventor first implemented the Assembly Line on a large scale? (hint: cars and trucks ...)

a)
Henry Ford
b)
Orville Wright
c)
George Westinghouse
d)
Andrew Carnegie
7.
In the late 1800s, many entrepreneurs formed their businesses as ___________________, or businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares. 
a)
trusts
b)

corporations (the answer)

c)
vertical integrations
d)
social darwinism
8.
Andrew Carnegie's steel business succeeded in part to a practice called _____________________, in which a business owner becomes involved in ALL steps of the manufacturing process. He not only owned steel mills, he bought the iron ore mines, coalfields and railroads needed to supply the steel.
a)
horizontal integration
b)
vertical integration
c)
trust
9.
Rockefeller, the owner of Standard Oil, succeeded due to ____________________, in which he took over all businesses in his field, eventually owning 90 percent of the oil refineries in the U.S. Disney does this in present time w/ entertainment.
a)
vertical integration
b)

horizontal integration (da answer)

c)
trust
10.

Which is NOT true of the Knights of Labor? (hint: this group was formed to help workers)

a)
they were the first national labor union
b)
they pushed for an 8 hour work day
c)
it was only open to skilled workers
d)
they pushed for an end to child labor
11.
Collective bargaining was when all union members acted together to increase their chance of negotiating with management. What strategy was often used by workers during collective bargaining?
a)
a work slow-down
b)

a strike (everyone stops working) -- da answer

c)
a petition with all union members signing
d)
marching on the mayor's office and state house to change the law.
12.
Which of the following is true of working conditions in the Second Industrial Revolution?
a)
factories competed with one another to offer the highest wages
b)
factories were often crowded, poorly ventilated, and prone to accidents
c)
all factories used Assembly Lines to make production more efficient
d)
management made sure workers were so well-trained and educated they were irreplaceable
13.

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures. (hint: if needed -- look it up)

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

14.

An ________ is a person who starts their own business.

a)
entrepreneur
b)
sole proprietor
c)
limited liability company
d)
partnership
15.

Which term means "survival of the fittest" -- but for humans????? (hint: social is linked to people)

a)
anarchism
b)
social darwinism
c)
laissez faire
d)
entrepreneur
16.
Which term refers to the idea government should stay out of the affairs of business 
a)

social darwinism

(survival of da fittest -- but for humans)

b)

entrepreneur

(Yo -- I started my own business!!!)

c)
laissez faire
d)

monopolies

(I'm just like Rock... -- I control an entire industry!!!!)

17.
The belief that the rich should give money to better society is known as 
a)
tithe
b)
philanthropy
c)
carnegieism
d)
offerings 
18.
Who made his fortune from the steel industry
a)
John D Rockefeller
b)
JP Morgan
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Andrew Carnegie
19.

For more that 99% of human history work was done with ______.

a)

solar power

b)

muscle -- either human or animal

c)

electric power

d)

hydropower

20.

U.S. inventor of the mechanical cotton gin. (1st Ind. Rev.)

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

James Watt

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Henry Bessemer

21.

What is unique feature of the American mass production system? (many say this began in 1st Ind. Rev.)

a)

Interchangeable parts

b)

Extremely high wages for workers.

c)

The extensive use of woman.

d)

The extensive use of child labor.

22.
The expansion of the railroad led to the ____________.
a)
Creation of time zones
b)
Destruction of the buffalo
c)
Faster transportation of goods
d)
All of the above
23.
____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.
a)
Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
b)
Captains of Industry, Robber Barons
24.

What was the period in the late 1800s when US manufacturing experienced rapid growth?

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Second Industrial Revolution

d)

Scientific Revolution

25.

Who created a workable electric light bulb?

a)

Thomas Alva Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell (as in ... ring ring ...)

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

George Westinghouse

26.

The ___ was not an important to the development of automobiles?

a)

Gasoline powered internal combustion engine

b)

Oil drilling and refining

c)

The electronics industry

d)

Steel Industry

27.

What was the primary lighting source fuel prior to the 1860s? (hint: "found" in New England ...)

a)

Gasoline

b)

Whale Oil

c)

Kerosene

d)

Naptha

28.

When and where was this picture taken? (hint: this is the first time humans ...)

a)

Dayton, OH - 2000

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC. 1903

c)

Boston, MA, 1776

d)

Princeton, NJ, 1492

29.

Select the best definition of "Industry".

a)

the production of manufactured goods

b)

the trading of manufactured goods

c)

owning a cleaning company

d)

making your own products at home

30.

What is a patent?

a)

An invention by Nikola Tesla

b)

The early form of the battery

c)

The standard width of railroad tracks

d)

The document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to that invention.

31.

Which of the following is NOT true about Henry Ford's Assembly Line?

a)

Each worker performed one or two tasks over and over

b)

Production was faster and cheaper

c)

Since the price of cars dropped so much, many more people could buy them

d)

A highly skilled worker created one product at a time and worked on it until finished

32.

This railroad was completed in 1869 and connected the east and west coasts.

a)

Transformer

b)

Transcontinental

c)

Underground

d)

The Polar Express

33.

Steel was connected to other industries -- this helped Carnegie continue to make $$$$$. What was one of these industries?

a)

rural versus urban

b)

textiles

c)

railroads

d)

cell phones

34.

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla disagreed over these types of electric current.

a)

all-current and do-current

b)

alternating-current (AC) and direct-current (DC)

c)

all-seeing and double-seeing

d)

alien-current vs. dinosaur-current

35.

Which best describes Vertical Integration?

a)

buying out your competition so you own the entire industry.

b)

using the Force to fly

c)

using the elevator

d)

owning all steps in the manufacturing process (raw materials, transportation, and production)

36.

What do we call the technique when a business buys out the competition and owns the entire industry (hint: look at pic + when a "strong" company buys all the "weaker" companies ...)

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Trusts

c)

Horizontal Integration

d)

Distrusts

37.

Period of technological development and innovation in the United States.

a)

Tech Boom

b)

Technology Age

c)

Second Industrail Revolutions

d)

Machine Revolution

38.

Movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

a)

Exodusters

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Great North Shift

d)

Great Migration

39.

Which best explains Laissez-Faire?

a)

Good Bye

b)

Government don't put rules and regulations on businesses (aka -- hands-off business ... da answer)

c)

Allow Wealthy business owners cheaper railroad rates

d)

Punish businesses if they form monopolies (this was done with the Sherman Antitrust Act)

40.

The Industrial Revolution was characterized by

a)

the small cities

b)

human curiosity

c)

the first step into space

d)

introduction of machinery

41.
Why were railroads so important during this time?
a)
they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
b)
they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
c)
people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city
42.

An economic system with minimal government interference is called

a)
Sedition
b)
command economy
c)
embargo
d)
free enterprise
43.

How are Canals and Rivers similar?

a)

Both made travel slower

b)

Both served as inland water routes for moving goods.

c)

both made shipping goods more expensive

d)

Both were unusable in the winter months

44.

What is the image representing?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Growth of slavery in the South

c)

The creation of the Erie Canal

d)

Era of Good Feelings

45.

Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

textiles

c)

Morse Code

d)

industrialization

46.
Cities began to grow around the industrial centers because...
a)
people wanted to be part of the new growing cities 
b)
people had to live near the factory to be able to work there because of lack of transportion
c)
people did not like living on farms anymore 
d)
farms were all failing and people wanted to see what cities were like 
47.

Please complete this FA.

Ford : ____ :: Thor : ELA

conn/relationship: term is to what they are known for

a)

assembly line

b)

ELA

c)

academic sensei

d)

Wex -- where are you???? :-(

48.

Please complete this FA.

1st Ind. Rev : ____ :: 2nd Ind. Rev. : ____

conn/relationship: term is to place of origin

a)

1st Ind. Rev : USA :: 2nd Ind. Rev. : England

b)

1st Ind. Rev : 1st :: 2nd Ind. Rev. : 2nd

c)

1st Ind. Rev : England :: 2nd Ind. Rev. : USA

d)

Yikes -- FA are scary!!!

49.

Yo AMDan!!! Are you think'n????

Please complete this FA.

Whitney : ____ :: Ford :_____

conn/relationship: term is to placement in US history (industrial revolutions)

a)

Whitney : 5th Ind. Rev. :: Ford : 2nd Ind. Rev.

b)

Whitney : 2nd Ind. Rev. :: Ford : 1st Ind. Rev.

c)

To make this more thoughtful =

Whitney : 1st :: Ford : 2nd (da answer)

d)

:-)

50.

What term may be linked to this CS?

"Yes -- it's MINE, ALL MINE!!!! I control the entire sugar industry!!!!!

a)

Rockefeller

b)

monopoly

c)

Sugar-IST

d)

Precious

51.

Amendment that established the direct election of senators by the people.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment (da answer)

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

52.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages (hint: in this country people were allowed to drink at the age of 18 -- it's weird but that # is linked to the amendment made to stop ...)

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

53.

Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

54.

This muckraker took on Standard Oil.

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

55.

This is a tax on a person's earnings. (hint: also know as inc...)

a)

Death tax

b)

Municipal tax

c)

Income tax

d)

Probate tax

56.

These tools were used to help increase direct democracy during the Progressive Era.

a)

initiative, referendum. recall

b)

Social Gospel, Social Darwinism, Gospel of Wealth

c)

Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act,

d)

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments. (not Progressive Era)

57.

Journalists who exposed and published about corruption in business and politics.

a)

Yellow Journalists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Slanderers

d)

Libelists

58.

Choose which of the following helped Progressives decided to make "A better American society" (Choose ALL that apply)

a)

Protecting Social Welfare

b)

Promoting moral improvement

c)

Economic reform/competition

d)

Run by corporations and crooked politicians.

59.

This act called for truth in labeling of food -- protecting the consumers.

a)

The Good Neighbor Act

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

Pure Food & Drug Act

d)

The Homestead Act

60.

This word means the right to vote.

a)

freedom

b)

suffrage

c)

federalism

d)

republicanism

61.

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul were prominent women known for working for the right of women to vote.

a)

Apologists

b)

Suffragists

c)

Strategists

d)

Communists

62.

This muckraker wrote a book entitled The Jungle which exposed disgusting practices in the meat packing industry.

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Jacob Riis

63.

This word refers to a movement that is anti-alcohol (hint: look up the terms below)

a)

temperance

b)

suffrage

c)

civil rights

d)

rum runners

64.

Supreme Court Ruling that stated "separate but equal" was a legal way to separate the races.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Roper v. Simmons

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Roe v. Wade

65.

During the early 1900s, the term "muckrakers" was used to describe-

a)

pacifists who demonstrated against war

b)

Politicians who criticized Progressive Era presidents

c)

Writers who exposed the evil in American society

d)

Newspaper columnists who reported in celebrities

66.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are most closely associated with the idea that-
a)
Settlement houses should be built to help educate immigrants
b)
National Parks should be created by the federal government
c)
factories should be prohibited since they damage society
d)
suffrage should be granted to women
67.
My first presidential platform was the  "Square Deal" 
a)
Wilson
b)
Debs
c)
Taft
d)
Roosevelt
68.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
69.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
70.

The Progressive Era was a time during which ... (hint: Remember P. want to help people -- sometimes they even have a cape on!!!!)

a)

the Industrial Age began.

b)

intense social and political changes were made to improve society.

c)

wealthy company owners started taking advantage of their workers.

d)

the government allowed the company owners to take advantage of their workers.

71.

Who were the Robber Barons during the Progressive Era?

a)

Thieves who robbed workers.

b)

Workers who robbed company owners.

c)

Company owners who eliminated other companies who competed against them.

d)

Government officials who took money from the government.

72.

What was one major problem that the Progressives wanted to solve?

a)

Unsafe and sometimes very dangerous working conditions.

b)

The workers' wages were very low.

c)

Workers worked for too many hours per day.

d)

All of the above.

73.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
74.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
75.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
76.

The Progressive Era was a time during which:

a)

the Industrial Age began.

b)

intense social and political changes were made to improve society.

c)

wealthy company owners started taking advantage of their workers.

d)

the government allowed the company owners to take advantage of their workers.

77.

The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

78.

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

Supporters of Political Machines

b)

Nativists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Industialists

79.

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

a)

Pure Food and Drug Administration

b)

NAACP

c)

National Park Service

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

80.

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Women’s Suffrage

c)

Muckraker Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

81.

What organization did W.E.B. Dubois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?

a)

Muckrakers Movement

b)

Black Panthers

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

82.

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big businesses like railroads and dissolve monopolies?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965

c)

Homestead Act & Dawes Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Interstate Commerce Act

83.

What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

84.

Which picture below did Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle highlight as a need for reform?

a)
b)
c)
d)
85.

Jacob Riis often pointed out how these crowded urban areas were ethnically rich, but the conditions were extremely poor. Which term has a direct connection to the image here?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

Muckraker

c)

Settlement House

d)

Salvation Army

86.

Two icons of the progressive era and equality was Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois. Which statement below is correct about them both?

a)

Both thought African Americans should be patient concerning gaining equality.

b)

Both helped form the Niagara Movement

c)

Both felt African Americans should make economic prosperity a priority

d)

Both wanted equality for African Americans & to end discrimination

87.

Check off the answers below that are true of T.R.

a)

He was a progressive president

b)

He was a conservationist

c)

He formed the Federal Reserve

d)

He supported muckrakers

e)

He signed off on the Meat Inspection Act

88.

"I aimed at the public's heart and accidentally hit them in the stomach" -Upton Sinclair


What did Sinclair mean by this quote?

a)

He wanted to gross readers out to bring about change

b)

He wanted to evoke emotion and sympathy for factory workers

c)

He wanted laws to be passed to protect undercover journalists

d)

He wanted the factory owners to be exposed and jailed

89.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
90.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
91.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
92.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
93.
What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted above helped advance the cause of gender equality?
a)
It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.
b)
It gave women new economic rights, such as property ownership.
c)
It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.
d)
It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.
94.

Which of the following was a major goal of Jane Addams' settlement house movement in Chicago? (hint: these were places where people who just arrived in A. could get help such as info about jobs + help with speaking English)

a)
The founding of women's colleges
b)
The introduction of prison reform
c)
The assimilation of immigrants
d)
The establishment of public libraries
95.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

96.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s with the goal of helping people. (hint: capes)

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

97.

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

a)

Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

98.

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

a)

because of the negative impact of industrialization

b)

because of the negative impact of the civil war

c)

because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

d)

because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

99.

Someone who uses their position as an elected official to engage in fraudulent activities could be accused of ____ ____ .

a)

being corrupt

b)

being ambitious

c)

being controlling

d)

being monopolistic

100.

What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

a)

living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

b)

working conditions of a textile mill

c)

food production of a meatpacking plant

d)

medical care of soldiers in WWI

101.

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Upton Sinclair

102.

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as Da Trust Buster?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

(aka: Bust da Trust)

b)

Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Luke Skywalker

103.

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

· Initiative

· Referendum

· Recall

· Direct Primary

· 17th Amendment

How did the reforms listed above impact America?

a)

A system of separate schools for new immigrants

b)

They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government

c)

More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

d)

They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

104.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
105.

This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses (hint: look at the image)

a)

Haymarket Riot

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

c)

founding of the Tuskegee Institute

d)

attempted assassination of President Garfield

106.

A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

107.

The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to

a)

break up monopolies

b)

give equal rights to women

c)

help people living in poverty

d)

end racism

108.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)

Confusion of resources

c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
109.
New immigrants arriving on the East coast gained admission at 
a)
Angel Island 
b)
Ellis Island 
c)
Boston Harbor
d)
Charleston Island
110.

Which goal, set a a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era? (hint: think about one thing that womyn may have wanted in 1848 + something they got in 1920)

a)
passage of the Food and Drug Act
b)
creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
c)
adoption of a graduated income tax
d)
ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
111.

What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Law accomplish?

a)

allowed businesses to open overseas

b)

allowed trusts to expand

c)

forced businesses to share profits with workers

d)

government dissolves monopolies

112.

How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

government worked to end child labor

b)

federal troops ended Coal Strike

c)

increased food regulations

d)

break up of railroad monopolies

113.
What might a monopoly do?
a)
lower prices and pass the savings on to the customer
b)
lower prices then buy the competition out, then raise prices 
c)
raise prices and force the government to bail them out 
d)
work with competition to be fair 
114.

______ helped found the NAACP, was educated at Fisk University, and wrote for the NAACP magazine called the Critic.

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida Tarbell

115.

The picture is most closely associated with which muckraker?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

The Who!!!!!

116.

The following picture is most closely associated with which muckraker?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Mr. Reid

117.

The following picture is most closely associated with which muckraker?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Mr. Reid

118.

What was the primary goal of muckrakers?

a)

To make money.

b)

To distract people from what was really happening in the government.

c)

To expose political and economic corruption as well as poor living conditions.

d)

To gain high power jobs in the government.

119.

The Standard Oil Company was broken apart because it violated which act?

a)

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

The Volstead Act

c)

The Act of 1850

d)

The Platt Amendment

120.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair led to the passage of which two acts? (hint: this has two answers)

a)

The Meat Inspection Act

b)

The Volstead Act

c)

The Civil Rights Act

d)

The Pure Food and Drug Act

121.

Which describes the Pure Food and Drug Act?

a)

It requires food and drugs to be labeled and created the Food and Drug Administration

b)

It outlawed unfair practices railroads used on farmers

c)

It required mandatory meat inspections

d)

It gave the government more power to dissolve trusts and monopolies

122.

Please complete this FA.

Conn: term is to effect

Studying : Good Test Grade :: The Jungle : ___ + ___

a)

Studying : Good Test Grades :: The Jungle : The Meat Inspection Act + The Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Studying : Good Test Grades :: The Jungle : people getting sick

c)

Studying : Good Test Grades :: The Jungle : Upton Sinclair

d)

FA : exercise for your brain :: hockey : exercise for your body (FYI: "exercise for" should be removed)

123.

What is the connection used in this FA.

Da Rock : Kids should do da thinking :: W.E.B. Du Bois : equality now

a)

conn: term is to their philosophy about how to "find success"

b)

conn: term is to what they do to "be the best person"

c)

conn: term is to result

d)

conn: part to whole

124.

What term may be linked to this CS?

"Yo Younglings!!!! Some hip homo sapiens say working hard, learning to overcome stress + having goals is essential to success!!!!!"

a)

grit

b)

coolio lingo said by AMDans

c)

success begets success

d)

I'm soooo confuZZled!!!

125.

What term is linked to this CS?

"Hmmm -- if I had better eyesight maybe I could read these wordssss!!!!! Do the producers of food make the size so small so I can't read what's in the food I'm eating????!!!!"

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

126.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)

W.E.B. Du Bois                               

d)
William Lloyd Douglas
127.

In 1895, Du Bois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of (hint: only one answer makes sense)

a)
None
b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)

AMD :-)

128.

Which of the following best describes W.E.B. Du Bois’s approach to civil rights?

a)

give and take between races

b)

gradual attainment of civil rights

c)

complete civil rights immediately

d)

economic equality with social segregation

129.

NAACP stands for

a)

National Association for African People

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

National Association for Americans to Color People

d)

National Association for African-American Men

130.

Hello AMDans!!!! I hope you are "feeling" your brain working to make connections and problem solve -- isn't that what thinking is allllllll about?????

a)

"Hildren"

b)

"hip homo sapiens"

(da answer)

c)

"Younglings"

d)

"Wildlings"

131.

Segregation occurs when ...

a)

a person or group is separated from others because of ...

b)

a person segregates

c)

all people work together to ensure a peaceful society

132.

Which important historical document includes the phrase, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" ?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

United States Constitution

133.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is most famous for

a)

writing a book about politics

b)

his Youtube channel

c)

his importance in the Civil Rights movement

d)

speaking against the Catholic Church

134.

Which famous American was known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus and triggering the Montgomery bus boycott?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Frederick Douglass

135.

What is the word that describes a type of peaceful protest in which people stop buying or doing something?

a)

Sit-in

b)

March

c)

Boycott

d)

Picket line

136.

Where is the MLK memorial located?

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Montgomery, Alabama

c)

Washington D.C (da answer)

d)

NYC, NY

137.

MLK had a major influence in the US government passing the ______ .

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Brown v Board of Education

138.

This FA is using what connection/relationship?

King : African Americans :: Gandhi : Indians

a)

person to who they helped

b)

famous people

c)

term is to famous people

d)

person is to what they accomplished

139.

Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested many times.

a)

True

b)

False

140.

What was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream?

a)

Equality

b)

Justice

c)

Compassion

d)

All of these concepts are embedded in MLK's "dream

141.
In 1964, Dr. King was the youngest man to win what prize?
a)
The Presidential Medal of Freedom
b)
The American Liberties Medallian
c)
Nobel Peace Prize