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US History Review Test #populisim #ushistory #cities
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1
In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by…
accepting bribes to route tracks through businessmen's towns
conspiring with other railroads to set high prices.
achieving a freight hauling monopoly along the railroad
paying inflated to from a construction com. they controlled.
2
When a company owns all of the competing businesses in a market in order to control that market
corporation
holding company
vertical integration
horizontal integration
3
What was the famous New York Democratic political machine called?
Thomas Pendergast Machine
Tammany Tweed
William M Tweed Hal
Tammany Hall
4
In cities like Chicago in the 1800s, ___ were community & political centers for male workers.
churches
sports clubs
saloons
cafes
5
Why did the Haymarket riots tarnish the reputation of the Knights of Labor?
A member of the KoL threw a bomb into a group of police.
A German anarchist arrested was also member of KoL.
Protests in Haymarket Square began as a KoL protest.
KoL members conspired against to attack the police.
6
A bill that cut rates on such items as raw sugar but raised rates on others, such as textiles.
Sherman Antitrust Act.
Pendleton Act.
McKinley Tariff.
Interstate Commerce Commission.
7
Due to a shortage of workers in California, the Central Pacific Railroad hired workers from...
Japan
Mexico
Ireland
China
8
Nativist wanted to…
limit immigration.
convert immigrants to Protestantism.
assimilate immigrants into American society.
group immigrants into their own sections of the city.
9
A corporation that simply owns stock in other companies that produce goods.
holding company
trusts
monopoly
pools
10
Laissez-faire relies on __________ to regulate prices and wages.
supply and demand.
the GNP.
business.
government.
11
An organization is owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a single person.
vertical integration
monopoly
corporation
horizontal integration
12
He proposed that Blacks concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ida Wells
13
Processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast was at…
Staten Island.
Angel Island.
Ellis Island.
Long Island.
14
Ellis Island was to European Immigrants as ____ was to Asian immigrants.
Angel Island
Whidbey Island
Manhattan Island
Alcatraz Island
15
Launched a fearless crusade against lynching.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida Wells
16
When a company owns all the different businesses on which it depends for its operation.
vertical integration
horizontal integration
corporation
holding company
17
In 1883 the Supreme Court set the stage for legalized segregation by overturning the…
Fourteenth Amendment.
Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Fifteenth Amendment.
18
The Gospel of Wealth held that wealthy Americans were responsible for engaging in…
culture.
gentility.
philanthropy.
laissez-faire.
19
In the early 1860s, Chinese immigrants came to the United States to…
work in factories in Chicago.
work for the transcontinental railroad.
escape industrialization in China.
escape religious persecution.
20
When a single company achieves control of an entire market.
trusts
holding company
monopoly
pools
21
In the 1800’s, industrialization improved the standard of living, giving many more money for
clothing.
travel abroad.
houses.
entertainment and recreation.
22
What organization offered practical aid and religious counseling to the urban poor?
Salvation Army
Tammany Hall
Vaudeville
American Protective Association
23
Why did the economic phenomena called “deflation” lead to labor unrest in the late 1800’s
Value of goods ↓ in relation to the buying power of wages,
As businesses began to downsize their labor forces,
Workers were left without a way to support their families.
As producers cut wages to keep up with falling prices,
24
Corporations can achieve economies of scale by…
investing in more machines and larger facilities.
keeping their operating cost as low as possible.
investing in companies in the same business.
keeping their fixed costs as low as possible.
25
How did corporations try to prevent workers from unionizing in the late 1800’s?
Requiring workers to sign a contract to not join a union.
Locking out or not paying unionized workers
Blacklisting union organizers
Hiring strikebreakers to replace striking workers.
26
Company that manages property (stocks) for others in exchange for stock in a larger business.
holding company
trusts
monopoly
pools
27
The application of the theory of evolution & natural selection to human society and was called…
Human Society Theory.
Social Darwinism.
Realism.
Darwin’s Followers.
28
Unlike the North, segregation in the South was…
enforced by law.
not limited to private clubs.
enforced by violence.
not limited to public places.
29
By the early 1900s, Americans had transformed the United States into the world’s leading…
industrial nation
gross national product
military establishment
laissez-faire country
30
Label for republican reformers who wanted to end the practice of patronage.
Halfbreeds.
Mugwumps.
Tammany Hallers.
Stalwarts
31
Why did the owners of large corporations often oppose industrial unions?
Feared the Unions would seize control of the corporations
They were forced to recognize and negotiate with the Unions
They viewed them as threatening their property.
They need they the skilled labor they represented
32
What was considered crucial to the Americanization of immigrant children?
public schools
ethnic churches
settlement houses
vaudeville
33
In 1888, presidential hopeful Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote for president…
on the Populist Party ticket.
and the Electoral College majority.
in spite of scandals.
but still won the election in an Electoral College majority.
34
Executions carried out by a mob without due process.
Jim Crows
Hangings
Klu Klux Klan
Lynchings
35
By the 1890’s, immigrants made up significant percentages of some of the country’s largest…
plantations.
farms.
cities.
suburbs.
36
America’s industrialization not only made some people wealthy; it also helped create a growing…
political machine.
tenement system.
middle class.
agricultural system.
37
US Railroads helped increase the size of markets by, providing greater opportunities for many…
Native Americans
cities
inside traders
industries
38
What were the goals of AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
A closed shop, businesses would only hire from the Union.
8 hour work day
They wanted businesses to recognize the Union
a Socialist government in the US
39
Forced, either by law or custom, separation of the races.
Discrimination
Stereotyping
Racism
Segregation
40
Immigrants tended to adjust well to America if they…
settled in cities.
settled in rural areas.
settled with their own ethnic group.
settled with mixed ethnic groups.
41
Members of the Farmers Alliance formed the People’s Party, also known as the…?
Populists.
Kansas Grange
Silverites.
Goldbugs.
42
Agreements among producers to maintain prices at a certain level.
holding company
monopoly
pools
trusts
43
Requiring that all citizens to pay a fee to register to vote is called a...
poll tax.
voting fee.
head tax.
Jim Crow tax.
44
He was concerned with protecting & exercising voting rights & civil rights of African Americans
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Ida Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
45
Why were many Americans in the late 1800’s so suspicious of unions in general?
They associated american unions with Marxism
They associated american unions with corporatism
They associated american unions w/Radical Islamic Terrorism
They associated american unions with Anarchism
46
By calling their era the Gilded Age, Mark Twain and Charles Warner were sounding…
an alarm that beneath the surface lay corruption.
a warning against realism.
a cry for voter’s rights.
a plea for individualism.
47
To alleviate congestion in cities, both Boston & New York built the first…
trolley cars.
subway systems.
tunnels.
overpasses.
48
The first trade unions in the US organized around what type of industrial worker?
Craft Workers
Common laborers
Professional employees
Government employees
49
Many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants…
would not join the union.
did not understand English.
would work for low wages.
had no marketable skills.
