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Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
The political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Populist
2.
Populist sought to have a typical work day last____hours.
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
3.
Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulyssess Grant
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
William McKinley
4.
Silver and gold caused________money in circulation, causing prices to________.
a)
less, increase
b)
more, increase
5.
Farmers support the ________standard for money.
a)
Bimetalism
b)
Gold
c)
Silver
6.
What was the famous speech by William Jennings Bryan called?
a)
The Cross Speech
b)
The Cross of Gold Speech
c)
Gold Standard
7.
Established the _______________& gave the federal govt the power to regulate the railroad industry
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Clayton Anti-trust Act
c)
16th Amendment
d)
Railroad Regulation Act
8.
Which of the following always hurt farmers?
a)
Gold Miners
b)
Railroads
c)
American Indians
d)
Exodusters
9.
Which group preferred silver money?
a)
Lawyers
b)
Politicians
c)
Bankers
d)
Farmers
10.
Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?
a)
Silver Money
b)
Income Tax
c)
Secret Ballot
d)
All of the Above
11.
By 1890s, women given the right to vote in state and local elections...where?
a)
East
b)
South
c)
Midwest
d)
West
12.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families
13.
What was one effect of the overproduction of cotton in the late 1800s?
a)
Supported increased immigration
b)
Farmers put the boll weevil in each other's fields
c)
Farmers switched to rice.
d)
Many banks foreclosed on land.
14.
Populist sought to have a typical work day last____hours.
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
15.
Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulyssess Grant
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
William McKinley
16.
Silver and gold caused________money in circulation, causing prices to________.
a)
less, increase
b)
more, increase
17.
Farmers support the ________standard for money.
a)
Bimetalism
b)
Gold
c)
Silver
18.
What was the famous speech by William Jennings Bryan called?
a)
The Cross Speech
b)
The Cross of Gold Speech
c)
Gold Standard
19.
The west and westward expansion was an easier way of life
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Established the _______________& gave the federal govt the power to regulate the railroad industry
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Clayton Anti-trust Act
c)
16th Amendment
d)
Railroad Regulation Act
21.
Which of the following always hurt farmers?
a)
Gold Miners
b)
Railroads
c)
American Indians
d)
Exodusters
22.
Which group preferred silver money?
a)
Lawyers
b)
Politicians
c)
Bankers
d)
Farmers
23.
Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?
a)
Silver Money
b)
Income Tax
c)
Secret Ballot
d)
All of the Above
24.
By 1890s, women given the right to vote in state and local elections...where?
a)
East
b)
South
c)
Midwest
d)
West
25.
In what way were the Second and First Industrial Revolutions the same.
a)
Both involved technological advancements
b)
Both saw monopolies form
c)
Both had women in the forefront of the movement
26.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families
27.
What was one effect of the overproduction of cotton in the late 1800s?
a)
Supported increased immigration
b)
Farmers put the boll weevil in each other's fields
c)
Farmers switched to rice.
d)
Many banks foreclosed on land.
28.
The Homestead Act...
a)
Sold land at a low cost to anyone willing to farm it.
b)
Build homes across America
c)
Allowed Native Americans to have any land they wanted
29.
The Transcontinental Railroad:
a)
Crossed Native American trails and disturbed buffalo hunting grounds
b)
Was the 1st train to Asia
c)
Was built by Native Americans
30.
The political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Populist
31.
Why was farming so good in the 1800's?
a)
The rain destroyed all the corn
b)
It was an easy job
c)
Plenty of inexpensive land available
32.
In which way was the First Industrial Revolution different from the Second Industrial Revolution?
a)
The use of water to power factories increased.
b)
More factory labor was done by women.
c)
The size of business firms grew.
d)
More goods were made by artisans.
33.
All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s EXCEPT
a)
A wealth of natural resources
b)
Government support for business
c)
A growing urban population
d)
The emergence of the middle class
34.
Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel company by doing all of the following EXCEPT
a)
Buying out his supporters
b)
Cutting the quality of his products
c)
Buying out his competitors
d)
Underselling his competitors
35.
The Sherman Antitrust Act
a)
Outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade
b)
Was supported by millionaire industrialists
c)
Was used by labor unions to fight for the workers rights
d)
Encouraged the establishment of large- scale businesses
36.
Refined Oil is also known as which of the following
a)
gasoline
b)
kerosene
c)
valvoline
37.
What inventor first implemented the Assembly Line on a large scale?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Orville Wright
c)
George Westinghouse
d)
Andrew Carnegie
38.
What material did Carnegie mass produce in order to make his bridge stronger?
a)
Iron
b)
Carbon
c)
Concrete
d)
Steel
39.
Who did Vanderbilt team with to form a powerful business alliance?
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Carnegie
c)
Morgan
d)
Edison
40.
What did Rockefeller's father do for a living?
a)
He was a circus actor
b)
He was wild-game hunter
c)
He was a traveling storyteller
d)
He was a scam artist
41.
Where did Carnegie build his Mills?
a)
Chicago
b)
Pittsburgh
c)
New York
d)
Johns town
42.
Who did Carnegie hire to run his Mills?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Henry Frick
c)
J.P Morgan
d)
Nikola Tesla
43.
Where did Carnegie build his first bridge?
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Hudson River
d)
Quinipiac River
44.
Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?
a)
Hard work
b)
Industrialization
c)
Government regulation
d)
The accumulation of wealth
45.
What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
a)
Cheap electric power
b)
Fire safety standards
c)
The invention of the elevator
d)
New methods of making steel
46.
A corporation that did nothing but buy out the stock of other companies was known as a
a)
Trust
b)
Holding
c)
Grange
d)
Monopoly
47.
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.
a)
vertical integration
b)
horizontal integration
c)
trust
d)
profit sharing
48.
Why did the Homestead Strike start? (it occurred at Andrew Carnegie's Steel factory in Pittsburgh)
a)
workers were protesting the purchase of machinery that they thought would cut jobs
b)
workers were protesting crowded factory floors by walking outside to get fresh air
c)
workers were fighting for healthcare since the steel mill was causing lung problems
d)
workers head Andrew Carnegie was donating to charity instead of raising their pay
49.
What industry did Vanderbilt invest in after moving on from the shipping industry?
a)
Steamships
b)
Canals
c)
Aqueducts
d)
Railroads
50.
What is the name of Rockefeller's wealthy oil business?
a)
Standard Oil Inc.
b)
Standard Oil Company
c)
Standardized Oil Associates
d)
Standard Oil
51.
Multi-family urban housing were known as
a)
Settlement houses
b)
Suburbs
c)
Tenements
d)
Boarding homes
52.
Who made his fortune in the banking industry
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
53.
Who perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Thomas Alva Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Andrew Carnegie
54.
I was awarded the contract to build the power plan at Niagara Falls.
a)
George Westinghouse
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
55.
Risk takers who use their money to launch a business are called what?
a)
Entrepreneur
b)
Sole proprietor
c)
limited liability company
d)
Partnership
56.
What is the nickname that Vanderbilt received due to his business dealings in the shipping industry?
a)
Captain
b)
Commodore
c)
Admiral
d)
General
57.
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
58.
How did Jay Gould and Jim Frisk decide to try to stop Vanderbilt?
a)
Partnering with Rockefeller to put him out of business
b)
Investing in the Grand Central Railroad
c)
Watering down the stock, creating an infinite amount of shares
d)
Attempting to kill him
59.
What product convinces Rockefeller that gasoline can be even bigger than kerosene?
a)
train
b)
bicycle
c)
telephone
d)
car
60.
How did Andrew Carnegie vertically integrate the steel industry?
a)
buying his competition and closing their plants
b)
buying iron mines and means of transportation
c)
persuading laborers and managers to cooperate
d)
bribing government officials to allow a monopoly
61.
Use the excerpt below to answer the question.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad . . . from one State or Territory of the United States . . . to any other State or Territory of the United States. . . "
—Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
What was the importance of this act?
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad . . . from one State or Territory of the United States . . . to any other State or Territory of the United States. . . "
—Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
What was the importance of this act?
a)
It protected the rights of workers in unions
b)
It was the first federal food-safety regulation
c)
It prohibited the formation of monopolies
d)
It was the first federal law to regulate industry
62.
What was Henry Ford’s main contribution to U.S. industry?
a)
inventing rubber tires
b)
supporting worker safety laws
c)
perfecting the combustion engine
d)
utilizing the assembly line
63.
Why would the U.S. government seek to limit the development of business monopolies?
a)
to guarantee low prices
b)
to encourage competition
c)
to increase production levels
d)
to improve hiring practices
64.
Powerful industrials like Carnegie and Rockefeller were called both “Captains of Industry"and “Robber Barons” because
a)
they provided good paying jobs, but produced unsafe products.
b)
they provided new goods and services while underpaying their laborers.
c)
they supported workplace reform but drove their competitors out of business.
d)
they worked closely with their competitors and charged consumers incredibly high prices.
65.
Use the list below to answer the question.
--
• promotion of the interests of small farmers, ranchers, and laborers
• preservation of public land/protection of land from large landowners
• regulation of the railroads
• increase of the amount of money in circulation
--
Which group of people pushed for the reforms listed in the list?
--
• promotion of the interests of small farmers, ranchers, and laborers
• preservation of public land/protection of land from large landowners
• regulation of the railroads
• increase of the amount of money in circulation
--
Which group of people pushed for the reforms listed in the list?
a)
Buffalo soldiers
b)
Populists
c)
Communists
d)
Social Darwinists
66.
Use the excerpt below to answer the next question.
"If they ask us here why it is we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question, I reply that if protection has slain its thousands the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we did not embody all these things in our platform which we believe, we reply to them that when we have restored the money of the Constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possible, and that until that is done there is no reform that can be accomplished."
—William Jennings Bryan, 1896
Which group most directly supported this speech?
"If they ask us here why it is we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question, I reply that if protection has slain its thousands the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we did not embody all these things in our platform which we believe, we reply to them that when we have restored the money of the Constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possible, and that until that is done there is no reform that can be accomplished."
—William Jennings Bryan, 1896
Which group most directly supported this speech?
a)
laborers who wanted increased wages
b)
immigrants who needed to obtain jobs
c)
businessmen who wanted decreased taxes
d)
farmers who were burdened by debt
67.
The first anti-trust law to include a provision prohibiting price setting and price discrimination was the
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Federal Trade Commission Act
68.
How did Andrew Carnegie vertically integrate the steel industry?
a)
buying his competition and closing their plants
b)
buying iron mines and means of transportation
c)
persuading laborers and managers to cooperate
d)
bribing government officials to allow a monopoly
69.
Use the excerpt below to answer the question.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad . . . from one State or Territory of the United States . . . to any other State or Territory of the United States. . . "
—Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
What was the importance of this act?
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad . . . from one State or Territory of the United States . . . to any other State or Territory of the United States. . . "
—Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
What was the importance of this act?
a)
It protected the rights of workers in unions
b)
It was the first federal food-safety regulation
c)
It prohibited the formation of monopolies
d)
It was the first federal law to regulate industry
70.
Use the list below to answer the question.
Late-Nineteenth Century Organizations
Knights of Labor (KOL) --1869 -- include all labor regardless of skill or type
American Federation of Labor (AFL) --1886 -- organized skilled laborers into trade unions
What was the primary reason for the early popularity of these organizations?
Late-Nineteenth Century Organizations
Knights of Labor (KOL) --1869 -- include all labor regardless of skill or type
American Federation of Labor (AFL) --1886 -- organized skilled laborers into trade unions
What was the primary reason for the early popularity of these organizations?
a)
They organized the industrial sector into a single voting bloc.
b)
They educated workers to help new technology.
c)
They advocated for the rights of workers in a market economy.
d)
They increased profits for the owners of industry.
71.
Use the quote below to answer the next question.
"Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty. . . . Our bignesses-cities, factories, monopolies, fortunes, which are our empires, are the [problems] of an age gluttonous beyond its powers of digestion."
—Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1894
Which statement supports Lloyd’s assertion?
"Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty. . . . Our bignesses-cities, factories, monopolies, fortunes, which are our empires, are the [problems] of an age gluttonous beyond its powers of digestion."
—Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1894
Which statement supports Lloyd’s assertion?
a)
Industrialization improves the working conditions for employees.
b)
Government regulations prevent industrial innovation.
c)
The growth of industry is weakening the nation.
d)
Democratic government prevents industrialists from gaining power.
72.
What was Henry Ford’s main contribution to U.S. industry?
a)
inventing rubber tires
b)
supporting worker safety laws
c)
perfecting the combustion engine
d)
utilizing the assembly line
73.
Why would the U.S. government seek to limit the development of business monopolies?
a)
to guarantee low prices
b)
to encourage competition
c)
to increase production levels
d)
to improve hiring practices
74.
Powerful industrials like Carnegie and Rockefeller were called both “Captains of Industry"and “Robber Barons” because
a)
they provided good paying jobs, but produced unsafe products.
b)
they provided new goods and services while underpaying their laborers.
c)
they supported workplace reform but drove their competitors out of business.
d)
they worked closely with their competitors and charged consumers incredibly high prices.
75.
Use the list below to answer the question.
--
• promotion of the interests of small farmers, ranchers, and laborers
• preservation of public land/protection of land from large landowners
• regulation of the railroads
• increase of the amount of money in circulation
--
Which group of people pushed for the reforms listed in the list?
--
• promotion of the interests of small farmers, ranchers, and laborers
• preservation of public land/protection of land from large landowners
• regulation of the railroads
• increase of the amount of money in circulation
--
Which group of people pushed for the reforms listed in the list?
a)
Buffalo soldiers
b)
Populists
c)
Communists
d)
Social Darwinists
76.
Use the excerpt below to answer the next question.
"If they ask us here why it is we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question, I reply that if protection has slain its thousands the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we did not embody all these things in our platform which we believe, we reply to them that when we have restored the money of the Constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possible, and that until that is done there is no reform that can be accomplished."
—William Jennings Bryan, 1896
Which group most directly supported this speech?
"If they ask us here why it is we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question, I reply that if protection has slain its thousands the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. If they ask us why we did not embody all these things in our platform which we believe, we reply to them that when we have restored the money of the Constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possible, and that until that is done there is no reform that can be accomplished."
—William Jennings Bryan, 1896
Which group most directly supported this speech?
a)
laborers who wanted increased wages
b)
immigrants who needed to obtain jobs
c)
businessmen who wanted decreased taxes
d)
farmers who were burdened by debt
77.
The first anti-trust law to include a provision prohibiting price setting and price discrimination was the
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Federal Trade Commission Act
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