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Review for chapters 7-8 US History from 1877 to Present #gildedage
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An advocate for improving the lives of women and children
Bob Builder
John Spargo
Florence Kelley
Upton Sinclair
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All of these became popular around the turn of the century except
vaudeville theater
amusement parks
professional baseball
European literature
3
Assasinated by a disgtruntled supporter in 1881
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
4
The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by
enclosing a park shared by several buildings
combining air vents with trash disposal areas
sharing side walls with other buildings
rising ten or more stories high
5
Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800's by
new immigrants
industrial workers
political machines
social reformers
6
Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
deny voting to people who passed the literacy test
keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote
distinguish between recent immigrants and longtime citizens
keep blacks from voting but allowing whites to vote
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The law that required truthful labels was ...
Meat Inspection Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
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Used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt
New Deal
Progressivism
Federal Trade Commission
Square Deal
9
Watchdog agency given power to stop unfair business practices
Better Business Bureau
Federal Trade Commission
Watchdog Agency
Conservation Commission
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In the mid 1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as ...
clerks
telephone operators
servants
teachers
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The Progressive Movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except...
creating economic reform
fostering efficiency in the workplace
promoting business monopolies
protecting social welfare
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The Pendleton Civil Service Act required
government workers to renounce all party loyalties
applicants for government jobs to pass examinations
cities to provide services such as clean water to residents
native-born Americans to treat immigrants with courtesy
13
Tammany Hall was the name of
a famous settlement house
a New York City political machine
the federal court house in New York City
a New York Customs House
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Muckrakers were
suffragists
politicians
conservationists
journalists
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Which development of the 1900's allowed cities to expand outward
horse-drawn street cars
new railroad lines
skyscrapers
four-lane highways
16
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to
create segregated classrooms
decrease Chinese immigration
settle a disagreement between China and the United States
stop Chinese Americans from attending school
17
Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people
conservation
Gilded Age
progressivism
muckraker
18
In
Plessy vs Ferguson
the Supreme Court ruled
school segregation was unconstitutional
voting rights could not be denied
lynching was a federal crime
racial segregation in public facilities was legal
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An agreement between Japan and the US that limited immigration of unskilled workers
Gentlemen's Agreement
Angel Island
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Buying out raw material producers and distributors
directional integration
vertical integration
horizontal integration
monopoly
21
The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called
nativism
civil service
gentleman's agreement
graft
22
Which can be traced to the Supreme Court decision in
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Lynching of blacks continued to increase
Southern blacks lost their voting rights
Racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years
Race riots broke out in New York City
23
A bill that originates from the people rather than the legislators is known as
recall
amendment
initiative
referendum
24
Who believed educated blacks should immediately join the mainstream of society
Louis Sullivan
Marshall Fields
William Randolph Hearst
W.E.B. Du Bois
25
Which issue is most closely related to the assassination of President Garfield
civil service reform
tariffs
kickbacks
immigration
26
Opened the first department store in the nation
Louis Sullivan
Marshall Fields
Ida B. Wells
George Eastman
27
Who founded Hull House in Chicago
Jane Addams
John Rockefeller
Ida Tarbell
Andrew Carnegie
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President whose actions split the Republican Party
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
Franklin Roosevelt
29
Muckraker who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry
Ida Tarbell
John Spargo
Florence Kelley
Upton Sinclair
30
The factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending high school was
racism
poverty
language differences
transportation problems
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Who believed that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
William Harris
W.E.B. Du Bois
32
American politician noted as the "boss" of Tammany Hall
John D. Rockefeller
William M. Tweed
Isaac Harris
Andrew Carnegie
33
The main immigration processing station in New York City was called
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Hull House
Tammany Hall
34
The primary goal of the NAACP was...
equality among the races
voting rights for women
better working conditions
regulation of the banking industry
35
Skyscrapers are made possible by the invention of
larger bricks and stronger cement
airplanes and bicycles
safer fire escapes
elevators and a steel framework
36
A leader of the woman's suffrage movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Alice Paul
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
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An example of patronage would be
bribing a government official
appointing a friend to a political position
saying one thing and doing another
assassinating a public official
38
The main goal of the Americanization movement was to
limit the number of immigrants entering the country
encourage people to move from the country to the city
improve the living conditions in America's largest cities
assimilate people into the dominant culture
39
The inventor of the roll-film camera was
Marshall Field
George Eastman
Ida B. Wells
Louis Sullivan
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People argued that segregation violated which Constitutional amendment
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Jim Crow laws were laws that
promoted discrimination against women
separated the races
taxed voters
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants
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Raised tariffs when elected President in 1896
William Howard Taft
James Garfield
William McKinley
Gover Cleveland
43
Which of the following was not true about public education around 1900
Kindergartens were being added
The number of blacks attending public school rapidly grew
State laws required 8-14 year-old students to attend
High school curriculum expanded to include science
44
This was a system of involuntary labor. After slavery was abolished, this was used.
debt peonage
lynching
poll tax
literacy test
45
The Stalwarts were strong supporters of
low tariffs
civil service reform
high tariffs
the spoils system
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Elected President in non-consecutive terms (1884, 1892)
William Howard Taft
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
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The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called
Tammany Hall
Hull House
Ellis Island
Angel Island