stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
USH B Unit 2 Quiz! Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
USH B Unit 2 Quiz!
USH B Unit 2 Quiz!
47 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
103 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
47 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
47
Answers
1
Teddy Roosevelt’s plan for America was known as
The Fair Deal.
The New Deal.
The New Freedom.
The Square Deal.
2
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
lynching was a federal crime.
school segregation was unconstitutional.
racial segregation in public facilities was legal.
voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
3
Who established Hull House in Chicago?
Janie Porter Barrett
Washington Gladden
Jane Addams
Elizabeth Cady Staton
4
The primary goal of the NAACP was
better working conditions.
equality among the races.
regulation of the banking industry.
voting rights for women.
5
The Chinese Exclusion Act was originally supposed to last for just 10 years.
False
True
6
_________________ gained the most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment.
Industrial leaders
Ordinary citizens
Party bosses
State legislators
7
Ward bosses are located in which part of the political machine pyramid?
Top
bottom
middle
lower
8
As president, Woodrow Wilson worked hard to do all of the following EXCEPT
foster a free market economy.
support small businesses.
create stronger antitrust legislation.
fight for civil rights legislation.
9
Piped water was uncommon in New York in the 1860s.
True
False
10
Which of the following is NOT true regarding minority workers in the West?
Chinese workers faced segregation on the West coast.
Mexican workers were paid the same as white workers.
Mexican workers were used to the hot, dry climate.
Mexican workers built railroad, mined, and farmed.
11
Which of the following is true regarding women in the workforce at the turn of the century?
Women refused to work in the garment industry.
African-American women did mostly domestic work.
Four out of five women held jobs outside of the home.
Women got paid as much as their male workers.
12
Single women could not be deported if they didn’t have a male relative to vouch for them.
True
False
13
Which statement is true regarding the election of 1912?
Teddy Roosevelt was the Bull Moose candidate.
None of the above.
Teddy Roosevelt was the Democratic candidate.
Teddy Roosevelt was the Republican candidate.
14
What offered goods through a catalog to be shipped through the mail?
Marshall Field ofChicago
Woolworths
Sears Roebuck
Hearst
15
Limited working hours for women
17th Amendment
Referendum
Initiative
Muller v. Oregon
16
The 19th Amendment was finally ratified giving women the right to vote due largely to
All of the above
door to door campaigns.
pressuring government officials.
their contributions in WWI.
17
The Progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT
creating economic reform.
promoting business monopolies.
fostering efficiency in the workplace.
protecting social welfare.
18
Fires were not common in big cities in the 1800s because there were many wooden structures.
True
False
19
All of the following were trends in education around 1900 EXCEPT
a variety of choices in curriculum (science, social studies, etc).
African Americans being completely accepted in public schools.
immigrants becoming “Americanized” by attending public schools.
more students attending both elementary and high schools.
20
Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so.
deny voting rights to all grandfathers of African Americans.
keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote.
distinguish between recent immigrants and longtime citizens.
21
James A. Garfield's assassin killed the president because he thought he deserved a job in the executive branch.
True
False
22
Voters could remove an elected official
17th Amendment
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
23
What featured featured theatrical performances that included juggling, singing, and dancing?
all of the above
Vaudeville
New York Morning Journal
Ashcan School
24
Under the Gentleman's Agreement, students were still allowed entrance into the country
False
True
25
Gives voters the right to propose a law
Referendum
17th Amendment
Muller v. Oregon
Initiative
26
The law that requires truthful labels and paved the way for the modern-day FDA was the
Pure Food and Drug Act.
Meat Inspection Act.
Interstate Commerce Act.
Sherman Antitrust Act.
27
Not all immigrants had to pass a medical examination before they were admitted to the country.
True
False
28
Wilson’s _______________________ controlled the money supply and extended credit to more Americans
Federal Trade Commission
income tax
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve System
29
What taught art techniques that embraced realism?
Ashcan School
all of the above
New York Morning Journal
Vaudeville
30
Who believed racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Jim Crow
31
What event in 1911 caused the need for change in American factories regarding safety and working conditions?
None of the above
Seneca Falls Convention
19th Amendment
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
32
Chester A. Arthur was successful in getting Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Act
False
True
33
Muckrakers were mostly
suffragists who fought for women’s rights.
conservationists who created National Parks.
politicians who took bribes and kickbacks.
journalists who exposed corruption and other issues.
34
Voters could accept or reject an initiative
Referendum
17th Amendment
Recall
Initiative
35
Japan agreed to limit emigration to the United States in the
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen’s Agreement
36
The Chinese Exclusion Act was not officially repealed until 1943
False
True
37
Ellis Island is were immigrants on the East Coast were processed
True
False
38
More people immigrated to the East Coast than immigrated to Angel Island on the West Coast.
False
True
39
This “trustbuster” used his presidency as a “bully pulpit” to regulate big business
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
40
Elevators allowed skyscrapers to be more appealing to businesses
False
True
41
Garbage collection in the 1800s was not taken care of by government agencies.
True
False
42
Jim Crow laws were laws that
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
Made all forms of lynching illegal in America.
promoted discrimination against women.
separated black and white citizens in the south.
43
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.
corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company.
dangers faced by coal miners along the east coast.
illegal deals between special interests and the government.
44
Called for senators to be elected directly by the people
Referendum
17th Amendment
Muller v. Oregon
Initiative
45
Tenements were multi-family residences that were not well maintained by landlords.
False
True
46
Which of the following groups is most associated with prohibition?
Democratic political machines
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
The Salvation Army
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)
47
What did Woolworths offer?
none of the above
offered goods througha catalog to be shipped through the mail
offered inexpensive merchandisethat was generally only a nickel
specialized departments that featured products women wanted to buy