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Trinity US History A CBA REVIEW

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What group objected to immigrants taking many jobs in American cities?

a)

Abolitionists

b)

Political Bosses

c)

Progressives

d)

Nativists

2.

Which of these was NOT a part of the Populist platform?

a)

The Gold standard

b)

Government control of the railroad

c)

direct election of Senators

d)

8-hour work day

3.

What is NOT a factor that contributed to US Industrialization in the late 19th century?

a)

inventions and innovations

b)

Transcontinental Railroad/national market

c)

Increase in immigration of unskilled labor

d)

Exodusters

4.

What conflict gained the US territory overseas and increased the power of their navy?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War I

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

World War II

5.

Who used the power of the press to sway public opinion about the Spanish-American war?

a)

Progressives

b)

Yellow Journalists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Isolationists

6.

The spoils system (giving jobs to your buddies) was ended by

a)

The Pendleton Act

b)

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

The 17th Amendment

d)

The Interstate Commerce Act

7.

What is NOT a reason America wanted to create an "empire"?

a)

Obtain natural resources

b)

Increase strength of their navy

c)

Increase immigration from Asia

d)

Spread American values

8.

What created the cattle drives?

a)

A high demand for beef on the East and West Coast

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

Barbed Wire

d)

The cowboy

9.

What resources were not mined throughout the closing of the frontier?

a)

gold

b)

aluminum

c)

copper

d)

silver

10.

What legislation created forced assimilation for Native American Tribes?

a)

The Dawes Act

b)

The American Indian Citizenship Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The 15th Amendment

11.

Why were new technologies necessary to farm the Great Plains?

a)

There was not as much water as in the East

b)

There were not enough people to farm

c)

There was a high threat from cattle stampedes

d)

There was too much severe weather

12.

The idea of natural rights, or unalienable rights, shaped the writing of what document?

a)

The Articles of Confederation

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Constitution

13.

Horrible working conditions, child labor, and low pay all contributed to _____________

a)

Organization of workers into unions

b)

The rise of corporations

c)

Westward migration

d)

Urbanization

14.

Which Progressive wrote about the horrible living conditions in the tenements?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Wells

d)

John Muir

15.

What woman helped found the NAACP?

a)

Susan B Anthony

b)

Frances Willard

c)

Ida B Wells

d)

Jane Addams

16.

What did settlement houses like Jane Addams' Hull House NOT offer to immigrant communities?

a)

Cultural and reading education

b)

Child care

c)

medical assistance

d)

housing assistance

17.

Which Progressive believed in a gradual gaining of civil rights under the leadership of the white community?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Upton Sinclair

18.

Which of these allowed regular Americans to participate LESS in government?

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

spoils system

d)

recall

19.

What was Progressive Movement's opinion on laissez-faire government?

a)

Laissez-faire was necessary to ensure market competition

b)

Laissez-faire was allowing monopolies to eliminate market competition

c)

Laissez-faire was necessary for workers' rights

d)

Laissez-faire was unchangeable

20.

From 1880 to 1920, "New immigrants" came from

a)

places with English speakers like England

b)

places with mostly Protestants like Germany

c)

places with non-English speakers like Russia or Italy

d)

Asian countries like China

21.

What is Teddy Roosevelt doing here?

a)

Digging a trench during WWI

b)

Digging the Panama Canal

c)

Digging a path into China

d)

Digging a field in Hawaii

22.

What US foreign policy does this image reflect?

a)

Big Stick Policy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Moral Diplomacy

23.

What war would this headline be associated with?

a)

World War II

b)

Panamanian Revolution

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

Filipino Civil War

24.

Which acted as an illegitimate source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age, fueled by massive immigration and poor city services?

a)

Political Machines

b)

Monopolies

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Captains of Industry

25.

Which of these helped bring an end to cattle drives from Texas to Kansas during the 1880s?

a)

Silver mining

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

Barbed Wire

d)

The Transcontinental Railroad

26.

In the nineteenth-century the United States was beginning to change from —

a)

a direct democracy to a representative democracy

b)

a mostly rural society to a mostly urban society

c)

an isolationist country to an interventionist country

d)

a nativist society to a global society

27.

In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants headed west to obtain cheap land available through

a)

The Dawes Act

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The Transcontinental Railroad

28.

How do the 2 major political parties react to 3rd parties like the Populist Party?

a)

by preventing the third party from meeting

b)

by persuading the third party to join theirs

c)

by addressing the issues raised by the third party

d)

by suing the third parties in court

29.

Which of the following contributed most to the settlement and closing of the Great Plains frontier?

a)

the availability of buffalo

b)

the discovery of silver and gold

c)

less demand for agriculture

d)

federal land grants to individuals and railroads

30.

This map reflects what factor in the closure (settlement) of the Western frontier?

a)

The cattle drives

b)

the telegraph

c)

the Transcontinental Railroad

d)

the Homestead Act

31.

In the late 1800s, which factor directly led to the growth of the American steel industry?

a)

government regulation

b)

labor unions

c)

new production technique

d)

development of corporations

32.

During the nineteenth century, where were North American Indian tribes were sent to?

a)

along major rivers in the Midwest like Nebraska

b)

sparsely populated areas of the West like Oklahoma

c)

The far West like California

d)

East of the Mississippi like Tennessee

33.

Rockefeller's Standard Oil is an example of

a)

A monopoly trust

b)

A robber baron

c)

A captain of industry

d)

A political machine

34.

How did the light bulb affect industrialization?

a)

machines needed to be repaired less frequently

b)

products could be manufactured on an assembly line

c)

businesses needed to hire fewer skilled workers

d)

factories could extend production hours

35.

How did the expansion of the railroad most benefit farmers and ranchers in the United States?

a)

it raised the price of agricultural goods

b)

it increased the variety of crops

c)

it provided them with access to a national market

d)

it encouraged them to form cooperatives like the Grange

36.

Critics of big business claimed that monopolies in the United States harmed the economy by -

a)

unfairly limiting competition

b)

by slowing the growth of urban areas

c)

by preventing innovation and invention

d)

by failing to keep pace with other countries

37.

The Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act, & the Meat Inspection Act were efforts by the government to

a)

favor corporations

b)

expand positive influence of trusts

c)

regulate business to protect workers and consumers

d)

move the government towards ownership of industry

38.

Which founding principle DISCOURAGES the government's involvement in the free market?

a)

laissez-faire

b)

egalitarianism

c)

individualism

d)

liberty

39.

Which founding principle asserts the idea of a society without a born nobility (everyone equal at birth)

a)

laissez-faire

b)

egalitarianism

c)

individualism

d)

liberty

40.

Which founding principle asserts the idea that it's the government's responsibility to protect citizen's rights?

a)

laissez-faire

b)

egalitarianism

c)

individualism

d)

liberty

41.

Who wrote "The Jungle", which warned consumers about unsanitary conditions in meat-packing plants?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

John Muir

d)

Upton Sinclair

42.

Roosevelt's (a)   Policy included the threat of a powerful military to bring countries to negotiate.