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US - Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

a)

Railroads

b)

Telephone

c)

Dry farming

d)

Sewing machine

2.

Many immigrants found work as-

a)

unskilled labor in factories

b)

farmers on the Great Plains

c)

skilled craftsmen

d)

Educators

3.

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

a)

Many Americans moved west to farm

b)

Native Americans were placed on Reservations

c)

The discovery of Gold increased western migration

d)

Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

4.

What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

a)

Immigrants were exploited by political machines

b)

Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

c)

American workers formed labor unions

d)

Many immigrants lived in tenements

5.

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

a)

Machines were able to be more efficient

b)

Products were created on the assembly line

c)

Factories could extend working hours

d)

Businesses hired more skilled workers

6.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Political Corruption

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Monopoly

d)

Social Darwinism

7.

What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry?

a)

Laissez faire economics

b)

New production techniques

c)

Labor unions

d)

The need for a new building material

8.

What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age?

a)

The living conditions of tenements improved greatly

b)

The number of people living in tenements declined

c)

Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

d)

Tenements were torn down and rebuilt

9.

What term attempted to assimilate people of different cultures?

a)

Americanization movement

b)

Nativism

c)

Patronage System

d)

Labor unions

10.

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

a)

By homesteading on the Great Plains

b)

By joining labor unions

c)

By working for Political bosses

d)

Through better education

11.

What was one positive of wealthy industrialists?

a)

Paying their workers low wages

b)

Philanthropic donations to charity

c)

Supporting social darwinism

d)

Working with political machines

12.

This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

a)

the telegraph

b)

the Bessemer Process

c)

the Model T

d)

The light bulb

13.

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?

a)

When one person or company controls a market

b)

a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie

c)

a law that gave them advantages in business

14.

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were know as robber barons because:

a)

they were like nobility, but they trampled on people to get rich.

b)

they robbed trains to get rich.

c)

they made their fortune by working through the night.

15.

When a single group of people makes decisions for multiple companies and trade stocks, it is known as a:

a)

stock

b)

corporation

c)

monopoly

d)

trust

16.

What Supreme Court case set the precedent for "Separate but Equal", which would last until the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 1900s?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Brown v Board of Education

c)

Marbury v Madison

d)

Roe v Wade

17.

This period, during 1877 to 1900, is known for the rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

a)

World War I

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Gilded Age

d)

Roaring Twenties

18.

In 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

a)

Nativist Act

b)

Mexican Reparition Act

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

19.

What is the anti-immigration sentiment called?

a)

Nativism

b)

Native Americans

c)

Political Machines

d)

Republicans

20.
Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 
a)
geopolitical
b)
political bosses
c)
anthropolgy
d)
philanthropy
21.

What industry did John D Rockefeller create a monopoly in?

a)

Oil Refineries

b)

Automobiles

c)

Telephones

d)

Steel

22.

By the 1890's, a new political party emerged. This party was made up largely of farmers and workers.

a)

Green Party

b)

Populist Party

c)

Labor Party

23.

What is Nativism

a)

Individuals who are born from immigrants

b)

Individuals born in the U.S.

c)

An Extreme dislike for immigrants by native born people

d)

Natives who like immigrants

24.

What is this a criticism of in the 19th century

a)

monopolization

b)

industrialism

c)

horizontal integration

d)

laissez-faire capitalism

25.

The Cartoon below by Thomas Nast was published in 1871.  

       Which problem is addressed in the cartoon? 

a)

New citizens were often unable to exercise their voting rights  

b)

City governments were providing inadequate services to residents  

c)

Political machines were profiting from kickbacks on public contracts 

d)

The deadlock between political parties was costing taxpayers money 

26.

Who wrote The Jungle?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Chester Arthur

27.

What government change occurred because of The Jungle?

a)

Regulation of cash crops used for food for cattle

b)

Unionization of meat industry

c)

Creation of a federal health department

d)

Federal Meat Inspection Act

28.

Define muckraker.

a)

Radicals who despised any kind of immigrant

b)

Investigative journalists who desired social change

c)

Economists who predicted the Panics of 1877 and 1893

d)

Immigrants who went from rags to riches due to laissez faire economics

29.

Muckrakers were

a)

Social Reformers

b)

Social Darwinists

c)

Socialists

d)

Nativists

30.

What is this political cartoon referencing?

a)

The Gentlemen's Agreement

b)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

The Federal Meat Inspection Act

d)

Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

31.

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

To prevent Chinese immigrants from entering the United States

b)

To prevent Southeast Asian immigrants from entering the United States

c)

To prevent discrimination of Chinese students in West coast schools

d)

To prevent Chinese immigrants from registering to vote

32.
Author of the "The Jungle", which exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Robert La Follette
d)
Frances Willard
33.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
34.
Who initiated the Square Deal?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d)
Bill Clinton
35.

Journalist who focused on the housing issues of New York City

a)

Ida Barnett

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Wells

d)

Upton Sinclair

36.

Founder of the Tuskegee Institute

a)

Horace Mann

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

d)

Carter Woodson

37.

Term for the party that formed to help farmers with their economic situation

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Populist

d)

None of the above

38.

Which muckraker used photography to reveal life in urban slums?

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Frank Norris

d)

Upton Sinclair

39.

Which novel exposed the unsafe and unsanitary conditions of Chicago meatpacking plants?

a)

The Octopus

b)

The Jungle

c)

The Settlement House

d)

The Social Gospel

40.

What type of laws were passed to end child labor and break up monopolies and trusts?

a)

Labor laws

b)

Antitrust laws

c)

Immigration laws

d)

Tax laws

41.

Which movement believed that society would improve if people followed the Bible's teachings about charity and justice?

a)

Progressivism

b)

Muckraking

c)

The Social Gospel

d)

Settlement House Movement

42.

Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

43.

16th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

44.

17th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

45.

18th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

46.

19th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

47.

Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.

-Abolish child labor

-Restrict working hours for mothers

-Enact public health programs

-Raise wages for workers

These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?

a)

Civil Rights

b)

isolationist

c)

Social Gospel

d)

temperance

48.

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

a)

Standing guard to protect big business

b)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Leading a government take-over of large industries

d)

Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

49.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

50.

The cartoon was most likely a reaction to...

a)

Formation of labor unions.

b)

Lack of government regulation of industry.

c)

Philanthropy of the robber barons.

d)

U.S. imperialism.

51.

The creation of monopolies in the late 1800s were made possible by the...

a)

Effects of laissez-faire policies.

b)

Passage of federal antitrust laws.

c)

Elimination of the free-enterprise system.

d)

Adoption of socialist economic practices.

52.

Which of the following Populist demands was NOT achieved?

a)

Coinage of silver.

b)

Secret ballot.

c)

Income tax.

53.

Fear that New Immigrants would have a hard time assimilating into American culture was a concern of...

a)

Nativists.

b)

Settlement houses.

c)

Industrialists.

d)

Fellow immigrants.

54.

Which of the following was the BEST reason that millions immigrated to cities?

a)

Entertainment

b)

Jobs

c)

Higher Wages

d)

Better Living Conditions

55.

Which combination of author and work is correct?

a)

Jacob Riis; How the Other Half Lives

b)

Jacob Riis; The Jungle

c)

Upton Sinclair; How the Other Half Lives

d)

Upton Sinclair; Truth about Standard Oil

56.

What did the 19th Amendment guarantee?

a)

Congress can collect taxes

b)

Prohibition

c)

Direct election of U.S. senators

d)

Women's suffrage (right to vote)

57.

What was a characteristic of the Progressive Era?

a)

Government reforms to better protect working class Americans

b)

Paranoia over nuclear aggression

c)

A downsizing of federal government

d)

The elimination of income tax

58.

What civil rights activist thought the push for racial equality should move slowly to avoid severe backlash?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Robert Kennedy

59.

Which amendment gives Congress the power to tax income?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

60.

Who was NOT one of the "Progressive Presidents"?

a)

William H. Taft

b)

T. Woodrow Wilson

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

61.

What president was known for being a "trustbuster" because he broke up so many monopolies?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William McKinley

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Adlai Stevenson