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1
What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson?
slavery should be abolished
public schools must be integrated
“separate but equal” policies were legal
blacks were not citizens
2
Which African-American leader was inspired to speak out against racism in response to lynching?
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
Ida B. Well
W.E.B. Du Bois
3
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of labor conditions that led to the creation of industrial unions?
Dangerous working conditions
Long hours
Great wages
Child labor
4
Which wealthy industrialist made his fortune with Standard Oil?
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Frick
John D. Rockefeller
5
Andrew Carnegie was considered a Robber Baron because he was so hard on people working in his...
Railroad
Banks
Oil company
Steel Mill
6
What was the purpose of settlement houses like Hull House in Chicago?
help workers recover from injuries.
assimilate Native American children.
offer low income apartments to the poor.
offer community services, like English classes, to immigrants.
7
What is the “hands off” policy through which the government allows businesses to run themselves?
protective tariffs
laissez-faire
monopolies
patents
8
Who was the inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and hundreds of other technological advancements?
Andrew Carnegie
Jay Gould
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
9
What kind of laws were meant to further segregate blacks from mainstream society?
Jim Crow
Steve Cardinal
Dave Falcon
Nuremburg
10
Which union, still in existence, fought for an 8-hour workday? (It was led by Samuel Gompers)
Knights of Labor
International Ladies’ Garment Union
Industrial Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
11
What type of company has complete control over an industry?
perfect competition
monopoly
bank
oligopoly
12
Nativists discriminated against Irish immigrants because
They had dirty clothes
They were catholic
They had red hair
They had freckles
13
In which strike did workers from Carnegie’s steel mill fight with the Pinkerton agency?
Pullman strike
Transcontinental lockout
Homestead strike
Haymarket Square riot
14
What are the worker organizations that seek better wages, hours, and working conditions for its membership?
trust
labor union
corporation
holding company
15
Improvements in steel technology and lack of new real estate in big cities led to high rising______
Skyscrapers
Subways
Tenements
Mansions
16
What idea said that some people had developed through competition & natural selection to be stronger & fit?
Social Darwinism
Spoils System
Segregation
Socialism
17
What political party developed from the farmer’ Alliance and the complaint over the abuse of big businesses?
Farmers Only
Bull Moose Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Populist Party
18
What was the purpose of a political machine of the late 1800s?
to keep African Americans from voting
to elect candidates to office based on their qualifications
to be able to count votes very fast and effectively
to maintain control of local government often through unfair elections
19
Prejudice against foreign born individuals is called...
Anti-semitism
Communism
Nativism
Nationalism
20
Where was the Transcontinental RR completed?
California
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
21
Where did most of the immigrants arriving from Europe enter the United States?
Ellis Island
Caribbean Island
Deserted Island
Angel Island
22
The United States of the late 19th century was sometimes called the Gilded Age because...
so many wealthy immigrants entered the country.
the country was entangled in a constant state of warfare.
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
23
Increasing profits by acquiring every step of the manufacturing and distribution process is called
pipelining
horizontal integration
diagonal integration
vertical integration
24
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.
attempted to regulate rates charged by railroads.
increased tariffs on textiles and many other goods.
gave jobs to political supporters of the winning candidate.
25
How did the transcontinental railroad benefit the country in a lasting way?
People became more secluded
It desegregated public transportation
Different time zones were created
Native Americans assimilated to white society
26
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.
Workers’ wages rose as industrialists profited.
Industrialist’s support for the development of new technology helped the US
27
Who created Tuskegee Institute, encouraging blacks to acquire industrial skills?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
Ida B. Wells
28
Where did most of the Asian immigrants arrive before entering the United States?
Caribbean Island
Ellis Island
Deserted Island
Angel Island
29
Work stoppages organized by labor unions are called
lockout
closed shop
arbitration
strike
30
Which group of people were banned from entering the US in 1889, in the ______Exclusion Act?
Korean
Italian
Japanese
Chinese
31
The urban poor lived in cheap, unkempt apartments called...
Studios
Flats
Condos
Tenements
32
Who advocated education for African-Americans, but demanded rights immediately?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
Mary Church Terrell
Booker T. Washington
33
Business ventures that are treated as if they are a single person are called…
holding company
corporation
monopoly
closed shop
34
Southern Democrats used literacy tests and poll taxes for what purpose?
To select the best voters.
To end child labor.
Prevent immigrants from voting.
Prevent African Americans from voting.
35
Why did the government get involved in the Pullman strike?
postal service (the mail)
consumer goods delivery
vacations of the upper class
cattle transport
36
Violence at what public demonstration turned the public against unions in general?
Pullman strike
Haymarket Square Riot
L.A. Riots
Ferguson riots
