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VUS 7-8 REVIEW

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the industrialist or "robber baron" associated with the RAILROAD industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
2.
Who was the industrialist or "robber baron" associated with the FINANCE industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Wilbur Wright
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Samuel Gompers
3.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
4.
Who invented the light bulb?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
5.
In a laissez-faire capitalist economy, the government
a)
keeps out of business affairs
b)
gives financial help to business
c)
regulates business
d)
controls all business
6.
Which was NOT true of working conditions at the beginning in the Progressive Era?  
a)
Fair Wages
b)
Low Wages
c)
Long Working Hours (much more than 8 hours!)
d)
Unsafe working conditions
7.
What was another name for the laws passed in the South after the Civil War forcing separation of the races in public places.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Jane Crow
c)
Black Codes
d)
Integration Laws
8.
Political Reform of Progressive Era:  with this action, people are allowed to introduce their own legislation for lawmakers to vote on.
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Direct Primary
9.
Political Reform of Progressive Era:  with this action, people are allowed to introduce their own legislation for lawmakers to vote on.
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Direct Primary
10.
Political Reform of Progressive Era:  with this action, people are allowed to vote to remove an elected official who they believe to be corrupt.
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Direct Primary
11.
Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?  (People pick their senators, not state legislatures)
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
17th
d)
19th
12.

All of the following were cities that rapidly grew during the early 20th century EXCEPT__

a)

Detriot

b)

Chicago

c)

Cleveland

d)

Atlanta

13.

How did race relations in the South change after reconstruction?

a)

African Americans moved back to the South because of renewed optimism

b)

laws were created to limit African Americans' rights

c)

poll taxes were decreased to ensure voting practices

d)

laws were created to increase African Americans' rights

14.

What technology helped open the West for occupation?

a)

telegraph

b)

railroad

c)

steam engine

d)

mining

15.

Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?

a)

organized religion

b)

role of women

c)

economic policy

d)

opposition to segregation

16.

Who invented the assembly line process?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Wright Brothers

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Thomas Edison

17.

What industry did John D. Rockefeller have a monopoly?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

railroads

d)

finance

18.

Who believed vocational education was the path for equality for African Americans?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

19.
I helped form the NAACP to provide equality for African Americans.
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Samuel Gompers
20.
I amassed my fortune from the steel industry. Later as a philanthropist, I provide funds for libraries, education and scientific research.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
21.
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided this to settlers who moved west. 
a)
Money
b)
Water
c)
Land
d)
golf
22.
Immigrants followed the process of assimilation into an America _______. Public schools served as an essential role in this process. 
a)
Square Deal
b)
Melting Pot
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Great Migration
23.
This event was the movement of African American from the South, Northward in search of a better life
a)
Great Migration
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Homestead Act
24.
The Transcontinental Railroad was mainly built with the help of which minority group?
a)
Hispanics
b)
African Americans
c)
Native American
d)
Chinese
25.
This court case ruled segregation was legal as long as both parties have equal services. 
a)
 McCulloch v. Maryland,
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden 
26.
All of the following were strikes that occurred during the Progressive Era except: 
a)
Haymarket Square Riot
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Pullman Strike 
d)
Boston Strike
27.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
28.
Which of the following believed equality could be achieved through vocational education and accepted social segregation?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
29.
Causes of the Progressive Movement include dangerous working conditions – (all of the following) except:
a)
Child labor
b)
Long hours
c)
High wages
d)
No job security
30.
Causes of the Progressive Movement include dangerous working conditions – (all of the following) except:
a)
Child labor
b)
Long hours
c)
High wages
d)
No job security
31.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
32.

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of the American "melting pot"?

a)
b)
33.

Which image is MOST associated with laissez-faire capitalism?

a)
b)
34.

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Radical Reconstructionists

c)

Radical Democrats

d)

Radical Republicans

35.

First to achieve a sustained, controlled flight in a powered airplane doing so in Kitty Hawk, NC.

a)

Dodge Bros.

b)

Mario Bros.

c)

Wright Bros.

d)

Left Bros.

36.

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, linking the two coasts of the United States.

a)

Eisenhower Interstate System

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Panama Canal

37.

In 1876, Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Custer's troops. The last great victory for Native Americans against the United States.

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Little Bighorn

c)

Massachusetts Falls

d)

Frog Lake

38.

Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Ida Tarbell

39.

What did the 16th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax people's income

b)

Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

c)

Allowed the government the right to vote

d)

Allowed people the right to vote

40.

What BEST explains why Homer Plessy went to court?

a)

to challenge poverty

b)

to win the right to move North

c)

to challenge segregation

d)

to win the right to vote

41.

The Great Migration of the early 20th century refers to the movement of –

a)

European immigrants to western cities

b)

European immigrants to northeastern cities

c)

African Americans from the South to northern cities

d)

African Americans from the Midwest to eastern cities

42.

Why did African Americans move away from the South?

a)

Scarce job opprotunites

b)

Discrimination and violence

c)

Low paying jobs

d)

All of the above

43.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
44.

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Government Tests

d)

Poll tests

45.

Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

1st

d)

14th

46.

Which word means "The Right To Vote"

a)

Democracy

b)

Elections

c)

Suffrage

d)

Rights

47.
Jim Crow was
a)
President of the United States
b)
Donald Duck's best friend
c)
a white actor who put charcoal on his face
d)
a bird 
48.
Define an immigrant
a)
Person who moves to a country from another country
b)
Person who moves from one state to another state
c)
Person who works in the United States
d)
Person who leaves the United States

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