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Gilded Age and Progressive Age Review (Quarterly)
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1
Boss Tweed's political machine was known as -
Tammany Hall
Tweed's Tigers
Tweed's Toughs
The Graft Gang
2
Which demographic shift occurred in the U.S. because of industrialization?
Africans Americans moving to the north
Northerners moving to the sun belt"
working class people moving to the suburbs
rural residents moving to urban areas"
3
The Populists believed that most of the economic problems could be solved by establishing
lower interest rates
a better banking system
a bimetallic standard
a renewed policy of open immigration
4
The opportunity for citizens to vote on legislation is called a
recall
initiative
amendment
referendum
5
Robert LaFollette is most well known as the reformer who fought for
social reform
education reform
political reform
labor reform
6
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in -
gave women the right to vote
limiting the president to two terms
creating the federal income tax
prohibited the sale of alcohol
7
What is patronage?
when politicians give jobs to people without qualifications
corrupt government deals
changing political parties after an election
when a person campaigns to get another elected
8
The Gilded Age can best be described as a period of
social and economic chaos
high unemployment and low standards of living
agricultural expansion and decline of industry
corruption followed by reform
9
Jane Addams is a reformer who is most often associated with -
Red Cross
Women's Suffrage
Settlement Houses
Salvation Army
10
The WCTU lobbied for -
the prohibition of alcohol
suffrage for women
the end of child labor
female membership in unions
11
Theodore Roosevelt was give the nickname "Trust Buster", but the person who deserved it was -
Grover Cleveland
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
12
All of the following were popular forms of entertainment during the late 1800's EXCEPT?
amusement parks
motion pictures
baseball
television
13
The Progressive Era is a period characterized by
poplitical reform led by former political machines
expansion into new territories
social reform led by big business and government
social and political reform led by average Americans
14
He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
William McKinley
James A. Garfield
William Jennings Bryan
Grover Cleveland
15
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in -
prohibited the sale of alcohol
gave women the right to vote
limiting the president to two terms
creating the federal income tax
16
The assassination of President Garfield by a Republican stalwart led to which reform?
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Federal Reserve Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pendleton Act
17
Members of the Populist Party were mostly
former Mugwumps
industrialists
businessmen
farmers
18
Which author and which president are most responsible for the Pure Food and Drug Act?
John Spargo and William Taft
Frank Norris and Woodrow Wilson
Upton Sinclair and Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Dresser and William McKinley
19
Laws requiring individuals to pass civil service examinations for jobs were enacted to -
encourage the growth of local political parties
eliminate patronage and corruption in government hiring
allow the government to compete with private industry
support the development of public employee labor unions
20
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in -
prohibited the sale of alcohol
gave women the right to vote
creating the federal income tax
direct election of senators
21
The purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
make railroads raise wages for their workers
allow railroad wokers to form their own unions
eliminate overchariging by the railroad companies
force railroad companies to keep their rates secret
22
Jim Crow laws -
improved working conditions in factories
made segregation illegal
made discrimination legal
discriminated against immigrants
23
The main goal of the Granger movement was to
force ralroads to lower freight rates
reduce the rate of inflation
strengthen labor unions
improve living conditions in the tenements
24
If a student got a petition to change the curfew law - what political reform would he/she use?
Referendum
Recall
Political lobbying
Initiative
25
What phrase best explains government interaction with business during this Age?
live free or die
e plurbius unum
safety net
laissez-faire
26
A muckraker is a person who
helps farmers develope new methods
uses yellow journalism to promote literary works
uses investigative journalism to expose problems
assists immigrants in finding jobs and housing
27
Ida B Wells is most well known for her effort to eliminate
segregation
labor unions
lynching
large trusts
28
Which is a drawback to a trust or a monopoly?
limits on competition
better quality of goods
a lowering of prices
"more government regulations
29
During the late 1800's Midwestern farmers found that earning a living was difficult because -
agricultural output was declining
railroad companies charged high rates for transporting goods
crop prices were increasing
farm workers joined unions
30
He was the candidate in 1896 for Populists and Democrats
William McKinley
James A. Garfield
William Jennings Bryan
Grover Cleveland
31
Most of the "new" immigrants were from
South America
Northern and Western Europe
Asia
Eastern and Southern Europe
32
In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced politics by
giveing money to government officials
offering to pay higher taxes
running for political office
importing more foreign goods
33
Which group did not benefit from the Progressive Era?
children
unions
African Americans
women
34
Which of the following is true of W.E.B. Dubois?
He co-founded the NAACP
He was a critic of the Niagra Movement
He was the co-author of the Declaration of Independence
He believed that blacks should learn a trade & earn rights
35
Nativists wanted to...
group immigrants into their own sections of the city
limit immigration
convert immigrants to Protestantism
assimilate immigrants into American society
36
What landmark SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the U.S.) decision resulted in "separate but equal"?
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Loving v Virginia
Muller v Oregon
37
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in -
direct election of senators
creating the federal income tax
gave women the right to vote
prohibited the sale of alcohol
38
Of all the legislation passed by Teddy Roosevelt, he is most remembered for -
foreign policy to control Latin America
economic policy for busting up monopolies
conservation policy and establishing national parks
political policy for eliminating child labor
39
At the turn of the century, most immigrants settled in cities because ...
immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland
that was a government requirement
that is where the jobs were
labor unions prohibited them from settling anywhere else
40
This philosophy said that wealthy Americans should use their wealth to further social progress.
Gospel of Wealth
Redistribution of Wealth
Realism
Social Darwinism