stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
US History Unit 2 Review for Test Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
US History Unit 2 Review for Test
US History Unit 2 Review for Test
36 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
140 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
36 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
36
Answers
1
Prejudice against foreign born individuals is called...
Communism
Nativism
Anti-semitism
Nationalism
2
In which strike did workers from Carnegie’s steel mill fight with the Pinkerton agency?
Homestead strike
Pullman strike
Haymarket Square riot
Transcontinental lockout
3
Improvements in steel technology and lack of new real estate in big cities led to high rising______
Skyscrapers
Mansions
Subways
Tenements
4
The urban poor lived in cheap, unkempt apartments called...
Flats
Studios
Condos
Tenements
5
Nativists discriminated against Irish immigrants because
They had red hair
They had freckles
They were catholic
They had dirty clothes
6
What kind of laws were meant to further segregate blacks from mainstream society?
Nuremburg
Steve Cardinal
Jim Crow
Dave Falcon
7
Work stoppages organized by labor unions are called
closed shop
arbitration
strike
lockout
8
Southern Democrats used literacy tests and poll taxes for what purpose?
To select the best voters.
To end child labor.
Prevent African Americans from voting.
Prevent immigrants from voting.
9
Increasing profits by acquiring every step of the manufacturing and distribution process is called
horizontal integration
diagonal integration
pipelining
vertical integration
10
What was the purpose of a political machine of the late 1800s?
to be able to count votes very fast and effectively
to keep African Americans from voting
to maintain control of local government often through unfair elections
to elect candidates to office based on their qualifications
11
The United States of the late 19th century was sometimes called the Gilded Age because...
it was a golden period with no problems in the country at all.
while things seemed great, the country had a lot of problems that were hidd
the country was entangled in a constant state of warfare.
so many wealthy immigrants entered the country.
12
Which group of people were banned from entering the US in 1889, in the ______Exclusion Act?
Chinese
Korean
Italian
Japanese
13
Where was the Transcontinental RR completed?
California
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
14
Which wealthy industrialist made his fortune with Standard Oil?
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Frick
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
15
Where did most of the Asian immigrants arrive before entering the United States?
Ellis Island
Deserted Island
Caribbean Island
Angel Island
16
What is the “hands off” policy through which the government allows businesses to run themselves?
protective tariffs
laissez-faire
patents
monopolies
17
Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as “Captains of Industry?”
Monopolies forced small companies out of business.
Consumers were harmed by inflated prices.
Industrialist’s support for the development of new technology helped the US
Workers’ wages rose as industrialists profited.
18
What are the worker organizations that seek better wages, hours, and working conditions for its membership?
holding company
corporation
trust
labor union
19
Who created Tuskegee Institute, encouraging blacks to acquire industrial skills?
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
20
Who advocated education for African-Americans, but demanded rights immediately?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
21
What political party developed from the farmer’ Alliance and the complaint over the abuse of big businesses?
Farmers Only
Populist Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Bull Moose Party
22
Violence at what public demonstration turned the public against unions in general?
L.A. Riots
Haymarket Square Riot
Pullman strike
Ferguson riots
23
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of labor conditions that led to the creation of industrial unions?
Great wages
Long hours
Child labor
Dangerous working conditions
24
Business ventures that are treated as if they are a single person are called…
monopoly
corporation
closed shop
holding company
25
What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson?
“separate but equal” policies were legal
slavery should be abolished
blacks were not citizens
public schools must be integrated
26
What type of company has complete control over an industry?
oligopoly
bank
monopoly
perfect competition
27
Passed by Congress in response to the assassination of President James A. Garfield, the Pendleton Act...
brought an end to patronage and the spoils system.
gave jobs to political supporters of the winning candidate.
attempted to regulate rates charged by railroads.
increased tariffs on textiles and many other goods.
28
What idea said that some people had developed through competition & natural selection to be stronger & fit?
Spoils System
Socialism
Segregation
Social Darwinism
29
Why did the government get involved in the Pullman strike?
cattle transport
vacations of the upper class
postal service (the mail)
consumer goods delivery
30
Which African-American leader was inspired to speak out against racism in response to lynching?
Mary Church Terrell
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Well
Booker T. Washington
31
How did the transcontinental railroad benefit the country in a lasting way?
Different time zones were created
People became more secluded
It desegregated public transportation
Native Americans assimilated to white society
32
Who was the inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and hundreds of other technological advancements?
Thomas Edison
Jay Gould
Andrew Carnegie
George Westinghouse
33
Andrew Carnegie was considered a Robber Baron because he was so hard on people working in his...
Railroad
Oil company
Banks
Steel Mill
34
Where did most of the immigrants arriving from Europe enter the United States?
Deserted Island
Caribbean Island
Ellis Island
Angel Island
35
Which union, still in existence, fought for an 8-hour workday? (It was led by Samuel Gompers)
Industrial Workers of the World
Knights of Labor
International Ladies’ Garment Union
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
36
What was the purpose of settlement houses like Hull House in Chicago?
help workers recover from injuries.
offer community services, like English classes, to immigrants.
offer low income apartments to the poor.
assimilate Native American children.
