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Chapter 16 Life at the Turn of the 20TH Century

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 3580secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes what the Wrights achieved at Kitty Hawk?

a)

The first safe and practical flying machine

b)

The longest flight by a piloted craft up to that point

c)

The first flying machine to carry multiple passengers

d)

The first flight by a powered, controlled aircraft

2.

He is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented paper based film.

a)

Edweard Muybridge

b)

George Eastman

c)

Luis Daguerre

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

3.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
4.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
5.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
6.

Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

a)

white people are superior

b)

the telephone is the best invention

c)

Education for African-Americans is important

d)

Equal rights for all

7.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

8.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades              
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
9.
This organization was created to help colored people with racial problems they were experiencing, especially in the South
a)
United Way
b)
NAACP
c)
Red Cross
d)
KKK
10.
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
11.

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

12.

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

State laws

c)

Federal laws

d)

Jim Crow laws

13.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
14.

A tax of a fixed amount per persons that had to be paid before the person could vote.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Grandfather Clause

15.

A article that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Black Codes

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Jim Crow Laws

16.

Land or business owner forces a worker to pay off a debt with work. Workers are often unable to re-pay the debt, and find themselves in a continuous work-without-pay cycle.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Ku Klux klan

c)

Radical Republican

d)

Debt Peonage

17.
Which of the following engaged in a printing war, selling large quantities of newspaper both to inform and to entertain, gaining much wealth and power along the way?
a)
Mark Twain and Joseph Pullitzer
b)
William Randolph Hearst and Mark Twain
c)
Joseph Pullitzer and William Randolph Hearst
d)
Mark Twain and Horatio Alger
18.
What invention made skyscrapers both possible and practical?
a)
Electric Street Car
b)
Telegraph
c)
Elevator
d)
Air Conditioning
19.
What was the Rural Free Delivery Bill? 
a)
Provide free mail delivery to rural areas (farmers)
b)
Provided Farmers with free equipment. 
c)
Provided Rural counties with more votes in elections. 
20.

Yellow Journalism is...

a)

reporters who leave the scene of an event early

b)

real news that has been dulled down to

please the audience

c)

journalists who yell at their audience

d)

sensationalized (embellished or made up stories to hook readers)

21.

The use of shocking language or ideas to excite people

a)

Influence

b)

Evidence

c)

Reasoning

d)

Sensationalism

22.

As women began making their way into professional jobs, they worked mainly in

a)

law, engineering, and ministry

b)

education, health care, and social work

c)

science, music, and manufacturing

d)

architecture, textiles, and law

23.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was

a)

an example of yellow journalism

b)

a popular magazine in the late 1800's

c)

a popular novel with local color

d)

the name of a vaudeville show

24.

What effect did bicycling and other sports have on women's clothing?

a)

made clothing more practical

b)

made wearing pants acceptable

c)

forced women to wear corsets

d)

forces women to wear hats

25.

Which of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800's?

a)

vaudeville

b)

moving picures

c)

trolley parks

d)

all of the above

26.

What did W.E.B. Du Bois encourage students to seek in school?

a)

a vocational education

b)

a liberal arts education

c)

basic literacy

d)

agricultural skills

27.

What did Booker T. Washington tell his students to focus on in school?

a)

political equality

b)

leadership skills

c)

economic security

d)

plenty of opportunities

28.

How did immigrants regard public eduction?

a)

as an aid to assimilation

b)

as a threat to cultural heritage

c)

as a path to advancement

d)

all of the above

29.

Why did parents pressure local governments to reform public schools?

a)

to prepare their children for college

b)

to extend their children's knowledge beyond the basic skills

c)

to keep their children out of criminal activity

d)

to provide opportunities for sports and other extracurricular activities

30.

What was implemented to test comprehension skills of primarily African Americans in the South and prevent them from voting?

a)

literacy test

b)

poll tax

c)

grandfather clause

d)

Jim Crow laws

31.

What allowed people to vote, even if they failed a test, in the South if their previous ancestors were able to vote?

a)

literacy test

b)

poll tax

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

grandfather clause

32.

What was passed in the South that separated black and white people in public and private spaces?

a)

literacy test

b)

poll tax

c)

grandfather clause

d)

Jim Crow laws

33.

What Supreme Court Case said that Jim Crows laws did not violate the 14th Amendment and that segregation was constitutional?

a)

Illinois v. Munn

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Madison v. Marbury

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

34.

What did Mexican workers in the West face that bound workers to pay off their debts to employers through labor?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

debt peonage

d)

grandfather clause

35.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the reformers when it came to education?

a)

prepare children for active participation in their communities

b)

having an educated workforce

c)

immediately include as many African Americans as possible in the education system

d)

provide children with a place to be now that child labor laws forbade them from working

36.

What did W.E.B. Du Bois encourage students to seek in school?

a)

a vocational education

b)

a liberal arts education

c)

basic literacy

d)

agricultural skills

37.

In the Plessy v Ferguson decision, the court ruled that the doctrine of ___________________________ was legal.

a)

the same but different facilities

b)

separate but equal facilities

c)

Unequal but separate

d)

all of the above

38.

The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was...

a)

George Eastman

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Washington

d)

Phil Harmonic

39.

Two of the pioneers in catalog sales were

a)

Montgomery Ward and Macy's

b)

Marshall Fields and Macy's

c)

Montgomery Ward and Sears

d)

it was only Sears that was a pioneer in catalog sales

40.

Who was the African American leader that believed in accepting segregation for the moment and focusing on getting farming and job skills?

a)

W. E. B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

NAACP

d)

Jim Crow

41.

Who believed that African Americans should focus on improving their farming and job skills?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Malcolm X

42.

Where did the Wright Brothers first flight take place?

a)

Warner Robins Air Force Base

b)

Charlotte, North Carolina

c)

Charleston, South Carolina

d)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

43.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
separated the races
b)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants
c)
taxed voters
d)
promoted discrimination against women
44.
Jim Crow laws were more prevalent in the South than the North.
a)
true
b)
false
45.
Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Homer Plessy
46.

_____ was an African American leader who felt he should "demand" equal rights and he campaign for voting rights.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B Du Bois

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Homer Plessy

47.

Vaudeville began to slowly die due to which 2 new media forms?

a)

Internet and WiFi

b)

Radio and Motion Pictures

c)

Automobiles and Trains

d)

Hotels and Boarding Houses

48.

Vaudeville was a type of entertainment popular in the U.S. in the early 1900s. What kind of entertainment did they show?

a)

Sports

b)

Variety acts

c)

Movies

d)

Radio

49.

Which of the following would you NOT find at a Vaudeville show?

a)

Comedians

b)

Movies

c)

Musicians

d)

Dancers

50.

How did ragtime start?

a)
Ragtime originated in Europe during the 18th century.
b)
Ragtime was created by classical composers in the early 20th century.
c)
Ragtime emerged from rock music in the 1960s.
d)

Ragtime started by blending African and European musical traditions.

51.

This person, along with Hearst, created the New York Newspaper Wars of the 1890s.

a)

Joseph Pulitzer

b)

Nellie Bly

c)

Charles Foster Kane

d)

William Henderson

52.

Choose all of the following qualities that constitute yellow journalism.

a)

color supplementation

b)

scare headlines

c)

sensationalized stories

d)

deceiving information

53.

What is Clickbait?

a)

an online library of secret government documents

b)

fake news

c)

a new type of fishing lure

d)

a sensationalized text that encourages you to click a link

54.

The use of shocking language or ideas to excite people

a)

Influence

b)

Evidence

c)

Reasoning

d)

Sensationalism

55.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

56.

Yellow Journalism is...

a)

reporters who leave the scene of an event early

b)

real news that has been dulled down to

please the audience

c)

journalists who yell at their audience

d)

sensationalized (embellished or made up stories to hook readers)