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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amendment giving women the right to vote

a)

Fourteenth

b)

Nineteenth

c)

Prohibition

d)

Suffrage

2.

journalist who writes to expose the wrongdoings of industrialization, urbanization and other social injustices

a)

suffrage

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

muckraker

3.

the right to vote; a major goal of women reformers

a)

initiative

b)

segregation

c)

suffrage

d)

muckraker

4.

winner of the 1912 Presidential election

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Upton Sinclair

5.

President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business

a)

Square Deal

b)

NAACP

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Jim Crow Laws

6.

Organization founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality

a)

Progressive Movement

b)

NAACP

c)

NAWSA

d)

Niagara Movement

7.

Book that exposed the meatpacking industry's flaws

a)

The Jungle

b)

The Sinclair

c)

Chicago Exposed

d)

Unionize Now

8.

An economic practice where the government does NOT try to control the economy.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

laissez faire

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

horizontal integration

9.

the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company

a)

laissez faire

b)

capitalism

c)

monopoly

d)

patent

10.

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie earn his fortune?

a)

steel

b)

railroad

c)

gold

d)

oil

11.

Which industry did Rockefeller dominate?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

communication

d)

railroad

12.

the idea that industrialists exploited workers, the environment, and corrupted the gov't

a)

captains of industry

b)

robber barons

c)

horizontal merger

d)

trusts

13.

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

a)

labor unions

b)

lockouts

c)

strike

d)

sweatshop

14.

During the industrial Revolution in the U.S., laissez-faire economic policies led to what?

a)

Markets that were dominated by monopolies

b)

The creation of strong regulations that ensured businesses did not harm the general public

c)

Significant improvements in working conditions gained through collective bargaining by labor unions

d)

The government placing heavy taxes on the large monopolies and truasts

15.

Which of the following did not keep African Americans in the South from voting

a)

literacy tests

b)

general intimidation

c)

poll tax

d)

separate but equal doctrine

16.

He said to improve themselves, African Americans should learn trades and remain patient?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

17.

What best describes the Jim Crow Laws?

a)

They provided better opportunities for Americans

b)

Discrimination laws that focused on African Americans

c)

African American gaining rights in the South

d)

They provided better opportunities for women

18.

The power to remove elected officials before their team is up is known as:

a)

Referendum

b)

Initiative

c)

Recall

19.

Which of the following minority groups were discriminated against during the Progressive Era?

a)

Chinese

b)

Mexicans

c)

Native Americans

d)

All of the above

20.

Progressivism is defined as:

a)

An advanced society

b)

A recall effort

c)

A vote on a initiative

d)

A series fo reform efforts that aimed to correct injustices in American life

21.

This amendment allowed for the popular, or direct election (people voting) of U.S. Senators.

a)

19th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

2nd amendment

d)

17th amendment

22.

The YMCA and Salvation Army were part of:

a)

Moral Reform

b)

Political Reform

c)

Economic Reform

d)

Social Welfare Reform

23.

The Five Goals of Progressivism were:

a)

Political Machines, big business, corruption, money, and prayer reform

b)

Religion, socialism, power for the rich, more taxes, and immigration reform

c)

Foster efficiency, moral, social, economic, and government reform

d)

Education, immigration, political. and religious reform

24.

Which former president was on the Supreme Court?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Eugene Debs

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William Taft

25.

Poll taxes and literacy tests were devices used to:

a)

deny African Americans the right to vote

b)

extend suffrage to women and 18 year old citizens

c)

raise money for political campaigns

d)

prevent immigrants from becoming citizens

26.

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the

mid-nineteenth century?

a)

People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.

b)

Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

c)

Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

d)

Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.

27.

City building and the movement of people to cities.

a)

Industrialization

b)

Organization

c)

Ruralization

d)

Urbanization

28.

Which of the following were reasons people were leaving their countries and immigrating to the U.S.

a)

rising taxes

b)

Too much food

c)

Famine

d)

Religious and Political persecution

e)

Escaping slavery

29.

A tenement can be defined as

a)

Factory producing goods without the aid of tariffs

b)

A new type of reservoir built to collect clean water outside the city

c)

A residential community outside the city

d)

A low-cost apartment building designed to house as many families as the owner could pack in

30.

Americans learned about the horrors of tenement life from whom?

a)

John Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Ida Tarbell

31.

Which book was written to show the horrors of the tenements

a)

The Jungle

b)

How the Other Half Lives

c)

Children of the Poor

d)

The History of Standard Oil

32.

Which of the following was a pull factor for immigrants coming to the US?

a)

Industrial Jobs

b)

Famine

c)

Religious/Political Persecution

d)

Crop Failure

33.

Which of the following was a push factor for immigrants coming to the US?

a)

Industrial Jobs

b)

Religious/Political Freedom

c)

Religious/Political persecution

d)

Falling taxes

34.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
35.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
36.
Which term describes the mixture of cultures we have here in the United States?
a)
Nativism
b)
Melting Pot
c)
Steerage
d)
Open Border
37.

What was the reason for US imperialism?

a)

To gain raw materials for industry

b)

To create military bases around the globe

c)

To develop markets to sell goods

d)

All of these

38.

What does this map support?

a)

The US fought the Spanish navy in the Atlantic and Pacific

b)

The Spanish-American War led to new US territories

c)

America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it

d)

The Panama Canal is critical to US trade

39.
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?
a)
End the Boxer Rebellion
b)
Ensure trading rights with China
c)
Win leaseholds in China
d)
Establish a sphere of influence
40.

What was the significance of building a canal in Panama?

a)

It would take territory away from the Spanish empire

b)

It would allow easier economic and military access to and from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

c)

It would make it easier for the US to invade countries in South America

d)

It would allow the US to control worldwide trade

41.

Which territory was promised independence after the Spanish-American War but was actually denied independence?

a)

Guam

b)

Philippines

c)

Cuba

d)

Puerto Rico

42.

Most US overseas possessions in 1900 were located in the ___________ Ocean

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

43.

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially. This led to the creation of a number of European empires which extended around the world.

a)

annexation

b)

imperialism

c)

manifest destiny

d)

expansionism

44.

Prohibition/ Volstead Act

a)

18

b)

28

c)

21

d)

22

45.

Congress can tax income

a)

14

b)

12

c)

16

d)

8