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VUS.8 TEST REVIEW PART TWO
VUS.8 TEST REVIEW PART TWO
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1
The 18th amendment demanded…
Equal voting rights
Restrictions on the sale and manufacture of alcohol
Complete prohibition
The repeal of Prohibition
2
Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly, and Eugene Debs were leaders in the movement to
stop racial segregation of Native American Indians
limit illegal immigration
improve working conditions
gain fair treatment of Native American Indians
3
What did Haymarket riot, Homestead strike,and Pullman strike all have in common?
All succeeded after short work stoppages
All were boycotts and succeeded
All failed after the strikes turned violent
All were lockouts
4
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
brought peace to the industrial community
paved the way for better working conditions
all of the above
made monopolies illegal
5
W.E.B. Du Bois co-founded this organization
NAACP
NDAP
American Red Cross
NASA
6
What role did muckrakers play during the progressive movement?
promote big business
exposed the evils of the Gilded Age
clean up with filth in the streets
organized labor for better conditions
7
Progressive political reforms were designed to make the government...
larger in size.
more powerful.
more responsive to the people.
totalitarian.
8
The Pullman Strike started because _______.
They wanted to
Of a pay cut
Of Henry Frick
Of the government
9
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act...
Strengthened Sherman anti-trust by specifying illegal acts
Ended the Sherman anti-trust act by revoking it
angered President Taft so much he resigned the Presidency
Created a new law allowing trusts to flourish
10
Booker T. Washington believed that African-Americans should:
demand immediate equality
learn skilled and semi-skilled positions first
demand higher education and equality
return to Africa and establish their own democratic nation
11
Booker T. Washington was born a slave
True
False
12
Which of the following was NOT a long-term effect of the Progressive Era reform movement was that
citizens were more involved in their governnment
Better working conditions
government regulations ensured more competition in American business
poll taxes were eliminated
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What is a referendum?
asking no one's opinion about the change in a law
asking the parliaments opinion about the change in a law
Asking the public's opinion about the change in a law
asking the media's opinion about the change in a law
14
What did the Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Homestead Strike of 1892 have in common?
The American Railway Union led both strikes.
Government troops shut down both strikes.
The American public supported the strikers.
The leaders of both strikes were jailed.
15
What was Ida Tarbell's role in the American progressive movement?
She organized a large movement for women's suffrage
Reporting on and exposing Rockefellers business practices
Pressing for rights of African Americans
Organizing workers into a labor union
16
Why were labor unions created?
To participate in strikes
to collect welfare
Negotiate wages and working conditions
Workers just wanted to go against management
17
What did the 17th amendment do?
Allowed women to vote
Direct election of U.S Senators
Make it harder for immigrants to become citizens
freed all of the slaves
18
How did labor unions support factory workers?
used communist ideals such as violent protests and murder
They took over factories by buying out business owners
Blackmailing factory owners into giving rights to workers
They negotiated with business owners and organized strikes
19
The primary goal of the Progressive Movement was to
expand American territories
address injustices of the industrial revolution
encourage US involvement in European affairs
end Prohibition and repeal the 18th Amendmen
20
What is a trust?
Process by which a company can gain a sponsor to help out
A process by which a company can loan money to the govt.
Amechanism by which a company gains control over operations
Process by which a smaller company buys a larger ones stocks
21
Which Supreme Court decision upheld the use of Jim Crow Laws?
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dredd Scott v Sandford 1857
Korematsu v United States 1944
Marbury v Madison 1803
22
The book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair...
was banned from libraries
there was a backlash against labor union organizers
revealed the unhealthy practices in the meatpacking industry
reported on unsanitary child labor practices
23
Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois disagreed on the issue of racial equality in that...
BTW fought for social & economic, WEB only economic equality
WEB focused on issues in the North, BTW focused on the South
BTW for economic equality, WEB only for social equality
WEB fought for social & political, BTW only economic equality
24
who were the 3 progressive presidents?
Roosevelt, Wilson, McKinley
Wilson, Taft,FDR
Tammany, Wilson, Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
25
The Knights of Labor were led by Terrence Powederly
False
True
26
Which statement best describes working conditions for industrial workers during the Gilded Age
safe with high wages and low hours
creative with hand crafted goods
dangerous with low pay and long hours
high tech with good benefits
27
Lincoln Steffens wrote....
The History of the Standard Oil Co.
The Shame of the Cities
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
28
How did the Jim Crow laws try to restore the ways of the "Old South"?
By preventing blacks from buying land or starting businesses
By keeping blacks and whites separate in every way and every place
By preventing blacks from leaving the South
By preventing blacks from taking jobs other than sharecropping
29
The initiative, referendum, and recall
preventedthe establishment of monopolies
increasedvoter participation in government
increasedgovernment regulation of the economy
decreased voter control of government.
30
What was a major effect of the Homestead strike?
Unions were destroyed
Unions were strengthened
Steelworker unions lost power throughout the country
Unions in general got the public behind them
31
Identify the goals of the Knights of Labor
Equal wages and have compensation for job-related injuries
All of the Above
The 8-hour workday
End child labor and convict labor
32
Which national labor union headed by Terence Powderly was the first national, influential union?
The American Railway Union
The American Federation of Labor
The International Labor Garment Workers Union
The Knights of Labor
33
Roosevelt's program of Progressive reforms
No Deal
New Freedom
Square Deal
New Deal
34
Which of the following Gilded Age technologies had the biggest impact on working women?
the Bessemer process
the telephone
the phonograph
the light bulb
35
1894 Chicago Strike that led to the eventual rise of Eugene Debs
Lattimer Massacre
Pullman Strike
Great Railroad Strike
Haymarket Affair
36
Both the Pullman Strike and the Homestead Strike worked.
No, only the Pullman Strike worked
Yes, both of them worked
No, neither of them worked
No, only the Homestead Strike worked
37
What precedent did Plessy v Ferguson establish
racial segregation
separate but equal
due process
initiative
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Which group was a part of the Pullman Strike?
Blacks upset with prejudice in working enviroments
Northerners upset with industrial working conditions
railroad workers upset by wage cuts
Southerners upset with the abolishment of slavery
39
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave the right to income tax
Gave property away for free in the west
Gave women the right to vote
Freed all the slaves
40
Who was Booker T. Washington?
a former slave who became a U.S. president
a former slave who opened Georgia State University
a former slave who became a movie star
a former slave who opened the Tuskegee Institute
41
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Progressive Era?
Greater economic opportunity through government regulation
Government controlled by the people
Eliminate certain social injustices
End segregation
42
The Temperance movement wanted to_
End war
To end the Opium crisis of the 1890's
End the consumption of alcohol
End political corruption
43
Who could be part of the AF of L?
any worker
skilled craftsmen
Unskilled laborers
Only Men
44
What was the forerunner of the modern protest movement?
Women's suffrage movement
Haymarket Strike
Homestead Strike
Pullman strike
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What is the 16th Amendment?
Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
Abolition of poll taxes
Women's Suffrage
Individual Income Tax
46
WEB Du Bois believed in a(n) ___________ approach to racial progress
immediate
gradual
violent
friendly
