30. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

d. racial segregation in public facilities was legal.

3. Why did the federal government eventually send troops into the South?

b. to limit acts of violence and voter intimidation against African America

34. Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

c. Racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years.

20. Tammany Hall was the name of

c. a New York City political machine

4. Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?

d. The massacre at Wounded Knee

18. The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

b. assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture.

17. The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

a. decrease Chinese immigration.

32. Which of the following did not keep African Americans in the South from voting?

c. the seperate-but-equal doctrine

11. The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was to

b. steal railroad money for its shareholders.

23. Which of the following is an example of graft?

b. saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the money

28. Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of

c. the elevator and a steel framework.

21. Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen’s Agreement?

a. It decreased Japanese immigration.

2. Why did new Republican governments in the South after the CivilWar have difficulty?

c. Many white Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacks.

6. Who were the exodusters?

c. former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains

39. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

c. unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.

12. Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except

b. cutting the quality of his products

35. The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except

b. promoting business monopolies.

33. The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?

b. an interest in leisure activities

25. Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to

c. keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so.

40. Which of the following did not stimulate U.S. imperialism?

a. need for a new source of cheap labor

14. The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit

b. railroad companies and train travelers.

9. The intent of the Homestead Act was to

d. encourage white families to develop the West.

13. The Sherman Antitrust Act

a. outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade.

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30. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. lynching was a federal crime.
b. school segregation was unconstitutional.
d. racial segregation in public facilities was legal.
c. voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
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3. Why did the federal government eventually send troops into the South?
c. to protect the land farmed by African-American sharecroppers
a. to keep Confederate veterans from forming a new Southern army
b. to limit acts of violence and voter intimidation against African America
d. to put down riots caused by bank failures during the Panic of 1873
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34. Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
d. Race riots broke out in New York and other large cities.
b. Lynching of African Americans continued into the 1920s.
a. Southern blacks lost their voting rights for 60 years.
c. Racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years.
4
31. Which development in the late 1900s allowed cities to expand outward?
a. skyscrapers
c. horse-drawn streetcars
b. new railroad lines
d. four-lane highways
5
37. A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as
a. a recall
d. an amendment
c. a referendum
b. an initiative
6
20. Tammany Hall was the name of
d. the federal courthouse in New York City
a. a famous settlement house
gathering of military leaders
c. a New York City political machine
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4. Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?
c. the Sand Creek Massacre
d. The massacre at Wounded Knee
b. the death of Sitting Bull
a. the Treaty of Fort Laramie
8
18. The main goal of the Americanization movement was to
d. encourage people to move from the country to the city.
b. assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture.
a. limit the number of immigrants entering the country.
c. improve the living conditions in America’s largest cities.
9
17. The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to
c. settle a disagreement between China and the United States.
a. decrease Chinese immigration.
d. stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States
b. create segregated classrooms.
10
32. Which of the following did not keep African Americans in the South from voting?
a. poll taxes
c. the seperate-but-equal doctrine
d. literacy tests
b. grandfather clauses
11
22. Which of the following does not describe a typical supporter of a political machine?
d. opposed to immigration
c. factory worker
a. poor
b. urban
12
8. The Dawes Act was designed to benefit
b. white settlers
d. neither Native Americans nor white settlers
a. Native Americans
c. both Native Americans and white settlers
13
11. The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was to
d. obtain political positions for its shareholders.
c. obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry.
a. build the transcontinental railroad.
b. steal railroad money for its shareholders.
14
23. Which of the following is an example of graft?
c. choosing your friends for political offices
d. using the threat of force to get people to vote for a particular candida
b. saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the money
a. using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud
15
28. Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of
c. the elevator and a steel framework.
d. the airplane and the bicycle.
a. safer fire escapes.
b. larger bricks and stronger cement.
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19. The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called
a. nativism
c. gentlemen's agreement
d. graft
b. civil service
17
38. In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as
a. servants
d. telephone operators
b. teachers
c. clerks
18
21. Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen’s Agreement?
c. It caused anti-American rioting in Japan.
d. It prohibited aliens from working in industrial jobs.
a. It decreased Japanese immigration.
b. It resulted in segregated classrooms.
19
2. Why did new Republican governments in the South after the CivilWar have difficulty?
b. Slavery remained in force in several Southern states.
a. African Americans resented interference from Northern carpetbaggers.
d. African Americans did not hold office at the state or local level.
c. Many white Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacks.
20
27. Daniel Burnham’s plan for the city of Chicago emphasized
b. a lakefront park system
d. hidden electric lines
c. a network of bicycle paths
a. blocks of skyscrapers
21
36. Muckrakers were
a. politicians
b. conservationists
c. suffragists
d. journalists
22
6. Who were the exodusters?
d. cowboys who worked long drives in the summer and odd jobs in the winter
c. former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains
a. European immigrants who settled on the Great Plains
b. Plains Indians forced onto reservations in the 1800s
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39. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
c. unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.
d. illegal deals between special interests and the government
b. corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company.
a. dangers faced by coal miners.
24
1. Which is the best word to describe Lincoln’s original plan for Reconstruction, which Johnson largely followed?
d. unfair
b. harsh
a. vindictive
c. lenient
25
12. Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except
a. buying out his suppliers
d. underselling his competitors
c. buying out his competitors
b. cutting the quality of his products
26
35. The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except
d. fostering efficiency in the workplace.
b. promoting business monopolies.
a. protecting social welfare.
c. creating economic reform.
27
26. Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following except
a. subways
d. suspension bridges
b. skyscrapers
c. airplanes
28
16. The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called
a. Ellis Island.
b. Tammany Hall.
d. Hull House
c. Angel Island
29
15. The Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise railroad activities to
a. the federal government
b. railroad company officials
d. a select committee of wealthy industrialists
c. The Grange
30
29. Jim Crow laws were laws that
c. taxed voters.
a. separated the races.
b. denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
d. promoted discrimination against women.
31
33. The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?
a. wider public access to the fine arts
d. new ways of shopping and advertising
b. an interest in leisure activities
c. a rising literacy rate
32
24. The factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools was
b. poverty
c. language differences
a. racism
d. transportation problems
33
10. What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
b. fire safety standards
d. new methods of making steel
a. cheap electric power
c. the invention of the elevator
34
25. Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
a. keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote.
b. distinguish between recent immigrants and longtime citizens.
d. deny voting rights to African Americans who passed the literacy test.
c. keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so.
35
40. Which of the following did not stimulate U.S. imperialism?
d. a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture
c. desire for military strength
b. thirst for new economic markets
a. need for a new source of cheap labor
36
5. Which of the following was not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800s?
b. the buffalo
c. the extended family
d. land ownership
a. the horse
37
14. The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit
b. railroad companies and train travelers.
d. factory owners whose workers had set schedules
a. telephone and telegraph operators.
c. manufacturers who dealt in interstate trade.
38
9. The intent of the Homestead Act was to
b. settle Native Americans in farming communities.
c. make money for the government.
a. prevent African Americans from settling in the West.
d. encourage white families to develop the West.
39
7. Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
a. the railroad
c. sheep ranching
b. barbed wire
d. bonanza farming
40
13. The Sherman Antitrust Act
b. was supported by millionaire industrialists.
d. encouraged the establishment of large-scale businesses.
c. was used by labor unions to fight for workers’ rights.
a. outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade.

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