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1
Which political party was mostly created to help farmers?
Populist Party
Democratic Party
Farmer's Alliance Party
Republican Party
2
This was the name given to segregation laws in the South:
Antitrust Laws
Pendleton Acts
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Morrison Laws
3
According to Marx, the final stage of socialism...gov't would fade away and not be needed
Capitalism
Socialism
Fascism
Communism
4
Which industry is John D. Rockefeller most associated with?
steel
timber
railroads
oil and gas
5
Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech urged his fellow African Americans to:
educate themselves and focus on economic goals
leave the country
lobby the gov't for representation
protest for civil rights
6
Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
Rutherford Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
7
This barrier to voting required someone to prove they could read & write in order to vote
Property Requirement
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
8
This was a payment, intended to keep African Americans from voting, one had to make to vote:
Jim Crow Law
poll tax
tariff
literacy test
9
Where were most Asian immigrants processed when they arrived in the US (after 1900)?
San Francisco
Angel Island
Alcatraz Island
Ellis Island
10
Which industry is Andrew Carnegie most associated with?
timber
railroads
oil and gas
steel
11
The Gospel of Wealth, the belief that the wealthy have a duty to give back, was created by?
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
John D. Rockefeller
12
Which companies can usually operate more efficiently, large or small companies?
small
small, if it is a partnership
large
both are about the same
13
This is when a small group of people manage the stocks of many people to control a company
corporation
limited partnership
trust
holding company
14
Who is famous for founding Tuskegee Institute, a place of higher learning for African Americans
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
W. E. B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
15
Who applied Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection to people and business?
Andrew Carnegie
Horatio Alger
Herbert Spencer
Mark Twain
16
This is segregation by custom; this type existed in both the North and the South
De Jure Segregation
De Facto Segregation
Customary Segregation
Forced Segregation
17
Who got the credit for inventing the first long-lasting light bulb?
Cyrus Field
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
18
Between 1890 and 1900 the number of African Americans registered to vote in the South:
slightly decreased
greatly increased
slightly increased
greatly decreased
19
What were working conditions like in factories in the late 1800s?
safe, with good wages
unsafe, with low wages
safe, with low wages
unsafe, with high wages
20
Who was responsible for laying the first transatlantic cable in 1858?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Cyrus Field
21
This author wrote "rags to riches" books in the late 1800s
Herbert Spencer
Mark Twain
Andrew Carnegie
Horatio Alger
22
Where did most European immigrants get processed after 1892?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Charleston, SC
Rhode Island
23
Which type of union was for unskilled workers in any industry?
industrial union
common union
managerial union
craft union
24
Who invented the telegraph
Thomas Edison
Cyrus Field
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
25
The first immigration restrictions imposed by the US Gov't targeted which group?
Italians
Irish
Asians
Russians
26
This is when a company directly owns the stock of several companies that do the same thing
corporation
holding company
trust
limited partnership
27
This is the philosophy that the Gov't should not interfere in people's lives or business
Communism
Laissez-Faire
Fascism
Socialism
28
Why did most RRs want Gov't land grants?
to sell for cash & to encourage settlement
to build steel mills
to create colleges
to trade for stocks
29
This term usually means killing someone by hanging; without a trial
Treeing
Trial by hanging
Mob Killing
Lynching
30
Under this philosophy, the workers (Gov't) would control everything and all would make the same
Socialism
Fascism
Capitalism
Communism
31
Which industry is Cornelius Vanderbilt most associated with?
timber
steel
oil and gas
railroads
32
Why was the time period of 1870-1900 called the Gilded Age?
life was great for all Americans
it seemed great, but many problems were under the surface
gold was plentiful
all books were gilded
33
Before 1890, most immigrants to the US came from ________ and __________
South America and the Caribbean
Eastern and Southern Europe
Northern and Western Europe
Central and South America
34
This American author is considered by some to be the first great American novelist:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Earnest Hemingway
Horatio Alger
Mark Twain
35
This 1890 law was a weak first attempt to limit monopolies in the US
Clayton Antitrust Act
Pendleton Act
Anti-Monopoly Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
36
Who got the credit for inventing the telephone?
Cyrus Field
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
37
Why were many RR owners called "Robber Barons?"
many were British nobility
many were former bank robbers
many were thought to be corrupt
many were vertically integrated
38
Which of the following was
not
a geographic factor in the early industrialization of the US?
lots of rivers and streams
large amounts of coal and iron ore
large amounts of timber
lots of oil
39
Most African Americans (and poor whites) in the South did this for a living in the late 1800s?
worked in textile mills
sharecropped on other people's land
worked in steel mills
worked in coal mines
40
Which inexpensive building material made the building of skyscrapers possible?
steel
stone
aluminum
brick
41
Which type of union was for workers with a specific skill?
managerial union
craft union
industrial union
common union
42
After 1890, most immigrants to the US came from _____ and _____
Central and South America
Southern and Eastern Europe
Northern Europe and Central America
Northern and Western Europe
43
Which of the following was a new source of power discovered & used by the US by the late 1800s
oil
iron ore
coal
rivers
44
People who opposed immigration in the 1800s were called
meanies
nativists
carpetbaggers
scalawags
45
This means segregation by law; this type was found only in the South
Forced Segregation
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Customary Segregation
46
Who coined the term "Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
Grover Cleveland
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
47
By the late 1800s, the US was transitioning from an ___ economy to an ___ economy
industrial; agrarian
capitalist; socialist
socialist; capitalist
agrarian; industrial
48
This major Supreme Court case (1896) created the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine
Plessy -vs- Ferguson
Marbury -vs- Madison
Baker -vs- Carr
Brown -vs- Board of Education
49
The expensive land in large cities led to the building of many:
oil wells
houses
factories
skyscrapers
50
Most immigrants who lived in large cities usually lived in this type of housing:
tenement housing
single story houses
two-story houses
condominiums
51
Some applied Darwin's theory of natural selection to people and business; what is this called?
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
Reform Darwinism
Imperialism
52
This term means when a person or company dominates or controls an entire industry
partnership
robber baron
monopoly
corporation
53
Vertical integration is most associated with which of the following
Edison
Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
54
This type of business acts like a person, but has low personal risk for the owners
company
sole proprietorship
corporation
partnership
55
Who actually owns a corporation
two or more partners
stockholders
the government
a single person
56
Prominent Civil Rights leader of the early 1900s; founded of the NAACP; wanted equality now
E. D. Nixon
Booker T. Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
W. E. B. Du Bois
57
Where did most immigrants settle when they arrived in the US?
small towns
the Great Plains
rural areas
large cities
58
This is the belief that the ability to earn more money is an incentive to work harder; built US
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Fascism
59
What industries were most affected by RR building?
timber, steel, & gold
coal, silver, & farming
coal, oil, & farming
coal, steel, & timber
60
Which of the following was not a major demand made by many unions in the late 1800s?
health insurance
safer working conditions
higher wages
shorter working hours
61
In the late 1800s, Alabama's economy was mostly:
agricultural
industrial
manufacturing
textiles
62
Horizontal integration is most associated with which of the following
Edison
Rockefeller
Ford
Carnegie
63
Andrew Carnegie set aside millions of $$$ to build these in order to provide a free education
grammar schools
private schools
high schools
libraries
64
Which type of union allowed all workers in a particular industry to join (skilled & unskilled)?
common union
managerial union
craft union
industrial union
65
This law stated that if your relative could vote during the Civil War, then you could vote
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Property Requirement