WorksheetsUnit 2 Test
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why did the government have to regulate businesses during the Gilded Age?
Declining business profits
High tariffs
Unfair business practices
Increased factory and farm production
8-1 The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to end the spoils system.
True
False
8-1 The post-Reconstruction era was marked by corruption of business and government.
True
False
8-2 What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s?
Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
The desire of free land
Jobs with American railroad companies
The Gentleman's Agreement
8-2 Most immigrants in the 1890s came from
northern European countries
southern and eastern European countries
Mexico and central America
China and Japan
8-2 Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?
The military draft
A chance at a better life
Strong alien land laws
Labor unions
8-3 What is a tenement?
Organization designed to keep a group in power
Residential communities surrounding a city
Cheap apartment buildings crammed with people
The use of one's job to gain profit
8-3 What was a major result of both immigration and increased productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s?
The rapid expansion of urban areas
Mechanization of agriculture
High wages for factory owners
Overpopulation in the South
8-3 Open space, trees, and grass best characterizes urban areas in the early 1900s.
True
False
8-4 Prohibitionists and purity crusaders shared the goal of
making charity "scientific"
redistributing the nation's wealth
ending immigration from Asia
improving the personal behavior of individuals
8-4 The main objective of the nativists was to
repeal laws that restricted immigration
help immigrants adjust to American culture
build tenement apartments for immigrants
restrict immigration
9-1 Public schools played an important role in
teaching religion
helping immigrant children assimilate
training women for the workplace
decreasing literacy
9-1 Why did parents pressure local governments to reform public schools?
To prepare their children for college
To keep their children out of criminal activity
To extend their children's knowledge beyond the basic skills
To provide opportunities for sports and clubs
9-1 Why did African Americans and Mexican American students benefit less than whites from public education?
Inadequate funding of schools
Untrained teachers
Poor management of schools
Limited support from parents
9-2 Baseball was the most popular American sport during the late 1800s.
True
False
9-2 What caused newspaper publishers to encourage "sensational" reporting?
Competition for readers
Growing interest in sports
The high price of paper and ink
The popularity of comic strips
9-2 African Americans art forms changed to meet the tastes of white audiences.
True
False
9-2 What development helped women take their first steps toward public life?
Rise of labor unions
Rise of national women's groups
Laws giving women pay equal with that of men
Men's increased interest in women's right
9-3 In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court
declared segregation unconstitutional
established the "separate-but-equal" doctrine, upholding segregation
ordered public school districts to upgrade schools for African Americans
ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans
9-3 W.E.B. Du Bois argued African Americans should educate themselves so they could learn a trade.
True
False
9-3 The act of lynching might be best described as
seizure and execution of a person by a mob
illegal search of a home or business
imprisonment of a suspect without a trial
illegal seizure of property
9-3 What was one result of northern white's fears of racial equality?
Race riots
Plessy v. Ferguson
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
9-4 Women with professional jobs during the early 1900s mainly worked in education, healthcare, and social work
True
False
