Taft's main criticism of Roosevelt was he

claimed more power for his presidency than allowed.

Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote because they thought

women voters would support minimum wage/child labor laws.

Who brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Which of the following best describes the Hull House?

contributed to the survival of the immigrant population

Radical Republicans urged Congress to pass a bill that would

give the Freedman's Bureau more power

How frequently did immigration officials at Ellis Island reject new arrivals?

rarely, as records show less than two percent were rejected

Why was the KKK able to obtain a great deal of power in the South before 1870?

Local government did little to stop the group's violence

Effect of factory specialization

workers repeat steps, becoming bored and more likey injured

Lincoln's main vision for Reconstruction was to

reunite the nation as quickly as possible

During western settlement in the 1850's reservations were set up to provide

living space for Native Americans

What did governments do to try to improve city sanitation in the late 1800s?

built water purification systems

Collective bargaining is the

laborers acting together have greater negotiating success

Dry farming is best described as the

growing of crops that do not need much water

What was the main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930?

Mexicans could cross the border with relative ease.

Because the transition to American culture was difficult, many immigrant families

moved into neighborhoods with people from the same country

Which of the following was a major factor in Chicago's rapid growth?

Railroad lines connecting the coasts ran through Chicago

How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?

The telegraph could carry only written messages.

What main change was brought by the steel industry to American architecture?

Used to build skyscrapers that needed limited city space

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1
Taft's main criticism of Roosevelt was he
encouraged the formation of monopolies.
hurt conservation efforts by leasing public lands.
claimed more power for his presidency than allowed.
opposed big business regulation.
2
Americans who believed that the US should not allow so many immigrants were called
suburbs
nativists
exclusion activist
protectionists
3
Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote because they thought
woman would support government anticorruption efforts.
women voters would support minimum wage/child labor laws.
woman shoudl focus on the prohibition of alcohol.
only married women should have a voice in government.
4
City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called
voting leagues
voting drives
political machines
political mobs
5
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
False
True
6
Large group of African Americans who left the South to go to Kansas in 1879
Populisters
Sodbusters
Exodusters
Homesteaders
7
Plessy v Ferguson- The US Supreme Court decided that segregation was unconstitutional
True
False
8
Abraham Lincoln's proposed plan for readmitting southern states to the Union was called the
Jim Crow Laws
Ten Percent Plan
Freedman's Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
9
Who founded the National Woman's Party (NWP).
Julia Ward Howe
Alice Paul
Susan B. Anthony
Lady Gaga
10
Idea that those who were "fittest" would be successful
John D. Rockefeller
Grover Cleveland
Fredrick W. Taylor
social Darwinism
11
Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and businesspeople
the New Way
the Square Deal
the Fair Play Accord
the Great Society
12
Who brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
Progressives
Muckrakers
13
Which of the following best describes the Hull House?
taught Americans to embrace immigrants' cultures
contributed to the survival of the immigrant population
supplied moneye to immigrants to overcome discriminations
provided homes/ ended problem of homelessness for immigrants
14
Radical Republicans urged Congress to pass a bill that would
limit African American rights
abolish Black Codes
pardon those who committed crimes against African Americans
give the Freedman's Bureau more power
15
Encouraged African Americans to improve economic and educational opportunites rather than fight
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
16
New immigrants were often forced to take low-paying jobs because they lacked needed skills
true
false
17
Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
Fourteenth
Sixteenth
Twenty-first
Fifteenth
18
Established private land ownership for Native Americans
Homestead Act
Bidwell Act
Dawes General Allotment Act
Morrill Act
19
In the election of 1868, Grant won with the with of African American voters
False
True
20
How frequently did immigration officials at Ellis Island reject new arrivals?
never, the government left social Darwinism to weed-out weak
often, because of nativists protested their arrival
rarely, as records show less than two percent were rejected
often, because many immigrants brought disease
21
New technologies in the steel industry increased productivity in the
electric industry
railroad industry
oil industry
textile industry
22
Worker's compensation prohibited companies from paying wages to employees injured on the job
True
False
23
Why was the KKK able to obtain a great deal of power in the South before 1870?
they received public support from Congress
Local government did little to stop the group's violence
local government had no legal right to prohibit the group
they provided jobs for people who supported their beliefs
24
Roosevelt signed a bill requiring manufacturers to limit fossils fuels
False
True
25
Effect of factory specialization
workers repeat steps, becoming bored and more likey injured
managers paid more attention, attracting more workers
produce only one product- greater financial risk
union contracts eliminated violent conflicts over wages
26
The ___ Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters to elect senators.
Seventeenth
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
Tenth
27
Lincoln's main vision for Reconstruction was to
quickly return the South to its previous way of life
make it difficult for the southern states to reenter Union
see freed slaves living as equals with white counterparts
reunite the nation as quickly as possible
28
The Oklahoma land rush signified the
pointlessness of the Farmers' Alliance
strength of the Populist party
end of the frontier
rise of deflation
29
Which industry was most closely associated with term "sweatshop"?
construction
clothing
transportation
steel
30
The telephone is the most well-known invention of _______
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
31
During western settlement in the 1850's reservations were set up to provide
living space for Native Americans
plots of land for miners and settlers
small areas for Native Americans to breed livestock
temporary housing for cowboys on Native American land.
32
Which of the following characterized the boomtowns of the West?
tightly clustered houses
high birth rates
underground gold mines
sudden growth
33
The Wright brothers built a lighweight airplane that ran on a ____-powered engine.
water
gas
solar
steam
34
What did governments do to try to improve city sanitation in the late 1800s?
built water purification systems
hired full-time firefighters
forced steel factories to limit polution
built public hospitals
35
Crime was one of the effects of the overcrowded and unhealthy conditions of city neighborhoods
true
false
36
Collective bargaining is the
practice used by employers to hire groups of laborers
practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor
idea that laborers working in groups are more productive
laborers acting together have greater negotiating success
37
Elevated trains are examples of ___ or public transportation
mass transit
industrial transit
38
Made steel production quicker and cheaper, which created a booming railroad industry
Bessemer process
Horizontal integration
Social Darwinism
Steel Labor Unions
39
An aim of the Society of American Indians was to preserve Native Americans' culture
True
False
40
Made it illegal to create monopolies
Bessemer Process
Knights of Labor
Sherman Antitrust Act
Corporations
41
The invention of the airplane led to increased demand for
coal
oil
aluminum
lumber
42
Dry farming is best described as the
conversion of fields into grazing land
growing of crops that do not need much water
development of fields far from water sources
cultivation of crops during droughts
43
What was the main cause of pollution in Pittsburgh in the late 1800s?
overcrowded tenements
garbage thrown in the river
use of electricity for daytime lighting
smoke from steel mills
44
Religious movement that predicted the arrival of paradise for Native Americans
Exodusters
Trail of Tears
Long Walk
Ghost Dance
45
Thaddeus Stevens was a leader of the
KKK
Radical Republicans
Jim Crow Law
Freedman's Bureau
46
After the war the economy of the South was badly damaged and banks went bankrupt
True
False
47
What was the main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930?
Mexicans became a key part of the Southwest economy.
Mexicans could cross the border with relative ease.
Mexicans could occupy areas that once belonged to Mexico.
Mexicans immigrated with their children and families.
48
Because the transition to American culture was difficult, many immigrant families
kept their native customs sercret
moved into neighborhoods with people from the same country
returned to their native countries after a few years
chose to live in areas populated mostly by American familes
49
Which of the following was a major factor in Chicago's rapid growth?
Employers in Chicago paid high salaries
Large number of bakeries provided many jobs for residents
Location on Lake Michigan made it an international port
Railroad lines connecting the coasts ran through Chicago
50
How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?
The telegraph could carry only written messages.
The telegraph was much more expensive than the telephone.
The telegraph could work only in big cities.
The telegraph could not send messages over long distances.
51
What main change was brought by the steel industry to American architecture?
Used to build skyscrapers that needed limited city space
residential neighborhoods could be built cheaply
every building was built with steel fire escapes
steel could be combined with brick to create new buildings
52
John Rockefeller's control of about 90 percent of the oil refining business
vertical integration
horizontal integration
social Darwinism
corporations
53
The Freedman's Bureau was an agency that
prohibited slaves from attending school
infiltrated the KKK in Southern States
worked to enforce Black Codes
gave relief for freedpeople and some poor
54
The Black Codes greatly increased rights and freedoms of African Americans
False
True
55
______ own a corporation, but they do not make its day-to-day business decisions.
stockholders
CEO's
Knights of Labor
union workers
56
The 11 million acres of land opened in the OK land rush belonged to the
Lakota Sioux Indians
Creek and Seminole Indians
southern Plains Indians
Navajo and Nez Perce' Indians
57
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to passage of laws improving factory safety.
False
True
58
Hiram Revel was the first African American to hold which post?
Supreme Court Justice
Secretary of State
U.S. Representative
U.S. Senator
59
The majority of ___ immigrants were from southern and eastern Europe
old
new
60
How did Carnegie deal with striking union workers at his steel factory in 1892?
firing half the workers and cutting pay for the rest
firing every worker and replacing them with machines
agreeing to give workers higher wages
locking workers out of factory and hiring strike breakers
61
Whom did white southerners call Carpetbaggers?
African Americans who took over Confederate seats
northern Republican office-holders who had moved to South
former slaves living in the north who voted Republican
Confederate leaders who joined the Republican party
62
Discovery that started the mining boom
Populist
49ers
Comstock Lode
Boomtown
63
Of the following, which was an effect of railroads
increase in steel prices
movement of city dwellers to the suburbs
rapid growth of cities
decrease in interstate trade
64
A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.
True
False
65
Which characteristic of the Texas longhorn made is significant to the Cattle Kingdom?
meat that fetched a high price in overseas markets
little need for water and ability to survive harsh weather
a diet of grain, leaving grassland available for sheep
strength to handle northward cattle drives
66
The practice of giving government jobs to supporters after a candidate wins an election
Spoils system
Civil service
Direct primary
Initiative
67
The Homestead Strike was a protest
against the Pullman Palace Car Company's unsafe conditions
in Chicago demanding an eight-hour work day
demanding safer working conditions in Colorado
against the Carnegie Steel Company's plan to cut jobs
68
Native Americans of the Plains survived by
gathering roots
selling fur
hunting buffalo
breeding horses
69
Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as
capitalists
reformers
Progressives
muckrakers
70
Led the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Edison
Fredrick W. Taylor
Grover Cleveland
71
Required states to sell land and build colleges of agriculture and engineering with the profits
Homestead Act
Dawes General Allotment Act
Populist Party
Morrill Act
72
Child labor continued even after reforms because
corruption made government monitoring useless.
poor families needed the income, however little.
greedy factory owners lied about workers' ages.
the courts established high child wage rates.
73
How did labor force change during Second Industrial Revolution?
Workers began to receive more benefits and higher wages
Industries began to hire highly educated workers
Machines eliminated the jobs of many skilled craftspeople
experienced workers replaced children working in mills
74
Progressive reform improved education for medical professionals.
False
True
75
At a protest in Chicago's___ a bomb killed eight police officers and injured many others.
Rockefeller Center
Lincoln Square
Haymarket Square
Carnegie Hall
76
Which statement describes life at southern mills in the late 1800's?
workers were bored but they made high wages
employees were overworked and suffered lung diseases
children were not allowed near mills
Skilled employees received training and were content
77
Plains Indians used the meat and hide of buffalo, but did not use the bones or horns
False
True
78
McKinley's victory in 1896 brought an end to both the Populist Party and the Farmer's Alliances
True
False
79
Most southern Plains Indians agreed to live on reservations in the Treaty of Medicine Lodge.
True
False
80
___ were aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness and death
Settlement houses
Benevolent societies
81
Lawrence Veiller's exhibit of photographs and maps helped get the ___ passed.
New York State Tenement House Act
New York City Building Code
82
Florence Kelley helped pass laws that limited women's working hours and prevented child labor
true
false
83
The United States began to develop forms of ____, or cultural activities shared by many people
mass culture
popular entertainment
84
Inventor of the light bulb
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Gomper
Henry Ford
85
Most immigrants traveled in ___, where the cabins were hot, cramped and foul-smelling.
second class
steerage
first class
tenements
86
The Chisholm Trail was used primarily by
the U.S. Army to build forts
Paiute Indians to hunt buffalo
the Pony Express to transport mail
cowboys to drive cattle
87
Owned businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process in his industry
Fredrick W. Taylor
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Samuel Gompers
88
Why did Congress still refuse to readmit the southern states to the Union in 1865?
New government failed to revise their constitution
Representatives failed to declare secession illegal
New government refused to ban slavery
representatives has been leaders of the Confederacy
89
What led up to the Long Walk of 1864?
Geronimo surrendered to the US Army
Raids by US troops left the Navajo without food and shelter
General Custer's troops attacked the Navajo
US negotiators tricked the Navajo into selling their land
90
Connected the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
golden spike
Morrill Act
Homestead Act
Comstock Lode
91
In the fight against discrimination, Ida B. Wells drew attention to lynching.
False
True
92
Jobs in which industry offered many southern workers an alternative to farming in late 1800's?
shipping
steel
cotton
construction
93
By 1850, the western boundary had been pushed to the Pacific by the
donation of the Great Plains to war veterans
admission of the state of California to the Union
discovery of silver and gold mines in Nevada
construction of the intercontinental railroad
94
To begin the process of Reconstruction, President Johnson first
allowed elections of state and federal representatives
banned Confederate officials from public offic
established a temporary government for the entire South
appointed a temporary governor for each state
95
The "old immigrants" who arrived in America during the 1800s were from
northern Europe
central Australia
central Asia
eastern Europe
96
Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government has proposed or passed?
the initiative
the recall
the referendum
direct primary
97
The KKK was formed because many white southerners opposed civil rights for African Americans
False
True
98
Most victims of diseases like cholera, influenza, and tuberculosis were elderly
true
false
99
The Pacific Railway Acts helped finance construction of the transcontinental railroad.
True
False
100
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 limited African Americans' rights.
True
False

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Questions 100

Answers

1
Taft's main criticism of Roosevelt was he
encouraged the formation of monopolies.
hurt conservation efforts by leasing public lands.
claimed more power for his presidency than allowed.
opposed big business regulation.
2
Americans who believed that the US should not allow so many immigrants were called
suburbs
nativists
exclusion activist
protectionists
3
Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote because they thought
woman would support government anticorruption efforts.
women voters would support minimum wage/child labor laws.
woman shoudl focus on the prohibition of alcohol.
only married women should have a voice in government.
4
City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called
voting leagues
voting drives
political machines
political mobs
5
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
False
True
6
Large group of African Americans who left the South to go to Kansas in 1879
Populisters
Sodbusters
Exodusters
Homesteaders
7
Plessy v Ferguson- The US Supreme Court decided that segregation was unconstitutional
True
False
8
Abraham Lincoln's proposed plan for readmitting southern states to the Union was called the
Jim Crow Laws
Ten Percent Plan
Freedman's Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
9
Who founded the National Woman's Party (NWP).
Julia Ward Howe
Alice Paul
Susan B. Anthony
Lady Gaga
10
Idea that those who were "fittest" would be successful
John D. Rockefeller
Grover Cleveland
Fredrick W. Taylor
social Darwinism
11
Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and businesspeople
the New Way
the Square Deal
the Fair Play Accord
the Great Society
12
Who brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
Progressives
Muckrakers
13
Which of the following best describes the Hull House?
taught Americans to embrace immigrants' cultures
contributed to the survival of the immigrant population
supplied moneye to immigrants to overcome discriminations
provided homes/ ended problem of homelessness for immigrants
14
Radical Republicans urged Congress to pass a bill that would
limit African American rights
abolish Black Codes
pardon those who committed crimes against African Americans
give the Freedman's Bureau more power
15
Encouraged African Americans to improve economic and educational opportunites rather than fight
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
16
New immigrants were often forced to take low-paying jobs because they lacked needed skills
true
false
17
Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
Fourteenth
Sixteenth
Twenty-first
Fifteenth
18
Established private land ownership for Native Americans
Homestead Act
Bidwell Act
Dawes General Allotment Act
Morrill Act
19
In the election of 1868, Grant won with the with of African American voters
False
True
20
How frequently did immigration officials at Ellis Island reject new arrivals?
never, the government left social Darwinism to weed-out weak
often, because of nativists protested their arrival
rarely, as records show less than two percent were rejected
often, because many immigrants brought disease
21
New technologies in the steel industry increased productivity in the
electric industry
railroad industry
oil industry
textile industry
22
Worker's compensation prohibited companies from paying wages to employees injured on the job
True
False
23
Why was the KKK able to obtain a great deal of power in the South before 1870?
they received public support from Congress
Local government did little to stop the group's violence
local government had no legal right to prohibit the group
they provided jobs for people who supported their beliefs
24
Roosevelt signed a bill requiring manufacturers to limit fossils fuels
False
True
25
Effect of factory specialization
workers repeat steps, becoming bored and more likey injured
managers paid more attention, attracting more workers
produce only one product- greater financial risk
union contracts eliminated violent conflicts over wages
26
The ___ Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters to elect senators.
Seventeenth
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
Tenth
27
Lincoln's main vision for Reconstruction was to
quickly return the South to its previous way of life
make it difficult for the southern states to reenter Union
see freed slaves living as equals with white counterparts
reunite the nation as quickly as possible
28
The Oklahoma land rush signified the
pointlessness of the Farmers' Alliance
strength of the Populist party
end of the frontier
rise of deflation
29
Which industry was most closely associated with term "sweatshop"?
construction
clothing
transportation
steel
30
The telephone is the most well-known invention of _______
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
31
During western settlement in the 1850's reservations were set up to provide
living space for Native Americans
plots of land for miners and settlers
small areas for Native Americans to breed livestock
temporary housing for cowboys on Native American land.
32
Which of the following characterized the boomtowns of the West?
tightly clustered houses
high birth rates
underground gold mines
sudden growth
33
The Wright brothers built a lighweight airplane that ran on a ____-powered engine.
water
gas
solar
steam
34
What did governments do to try to improve city sanitation in the late 1800s?
built water purification systems
hired full-time firefighters
forced steel factories to limit polution
built public hospitals
35
Crime was one of the effects of the overcrowded and unhealthy conditions of city neighborhoods
true
false
36
Collective bargaining is the
practice used by employers to hire groups of laborers
practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor
idea that laborers working in groups are more productive
laborers acting together have greater negotiating success
37
Elevated trains are examples of ___ or public transportation
mass transit
industrial transit
38
Made steel production quicker and cheaper, which created a booming railroad industry
Bessemer process
Horizontal integration
Social Darwinism
Steel Labor Unions
39
An aim of the Society of American Indians was to preserve Native Americans' culture
True
False
40
Made it illegal to create monopolies
Bessemer Process
Knights of Labor
Sherman Antitrust Act
Corporations
41
The invention of the airplane led to increased demand for
coal
oil
aluminum
lumber
42
Dry farming is best described as the
conversion of fields into grazing land
growing of crops that do not need much water
development of fields far from water sources
cultivation of crops during droughts
43
What was the main cause of pollution in Pittsburgh in the late 1800s?
overcrowded tenements
garbage thrown in the river
use of electricity for daytime lighting
smoke from steel mills
44
Religious movement that predicted the arrival of paradise for Native Americans
Exodusters
Trail of Tears
Long Walk
Ghost Dance
45
Thaddeus Stevens was a leader of the
KKK
Radical Republicans
Jim Crow Law
Freedman's Bureau
46
After the war the economy of the South was badly damaged and banks went bankrupt
True
False
47
What was the main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930?
Mexicans became a key part of the Southwest economy.
Mexicans could cross the border with relative ease.
Mexicans could occupy areas that once belonged to Mexico.
Mexicans immigrated with their children and families.
48
Because the transition to American culture was difficult, many immigrant families
kept their native customs sercret
moved into neighborhoods with people from the same country
returned to their native countries after a few years
chose to live in areas populated mostly by American familes
49
Which of the following was a major factor in Chicago's rapid growth?
Employers in Chicago paid high salaries
Large number of bakeries provided many jobs for residents
Location on Lake Michigan made it an international port
Railroad lines connecting the coasts ran through Chicago
50
How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?
The telegraph could carry only written messages.
The telegraph was much more expensive than the telephone.
The telegraph could work only in big cities.
The telegraph could not send messages over long distances.
51
What main change was brought by the steel industry to American architecture?
Used to build skyscrapers that needed limited city space
residential neighborhoods could be built cheaply
every building was built with steel fire escapes
steel could be combined with brick to create new buildings
52
John Rockefeller's control of about 90 percent of the oil refining business
vertical integration
horizontal integration
social Darwinism
corporations
53
The Freedman's Bureau was an agency that
prohibited slaves from attending school
infiltrated the KKK in Southern States
worked to enforce Black Codes
gave relief for freedpeople and some poor
54
The Black Codes greatly increased rights and freedoms of African Americans
False
True
55
______ own a corporation, but they do not make its day-to-day business decisions.
stockholders
CEO's
Knights of Labor
union workers
56
The 11 million acres of land opened in the OK land rush belonged to the
Lakota Sioux Indians
Creek and Seminole Indians
southern Plains Indians
Navajo and Nez Perce' Indians
57
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to passage of laws improving factory safety.
False
True
58
Hiram Revel was the first African American to hold which post?
Supreme Court Justice
Secretary of State
U.S. Representative
U.S. Senator
59
The majority of ___ immigrants were from southern and eastern Europe
old
new
60
How did Carnegie deal with striking union workers at his steel factory in 1892?
firing half the workers and cutting pay for the rest
firing every worker and replacing them with machines
agreeing to give workers higher wages
locking workers out of factory and hiring strike breakers
61
Whom did white southerners call Carpetbaggers?
African Americans who took over Confederate seats
northern Republican office-holders who had moved to South
former slaves living in the north who voted Republican
Confederate leaders who joined the Republican party
62
Discovery that started the mining boom
Populist
49ers
Comstock Lode
Boomtown
63
Of the following, which was an effect of railroads
increase in steel prices
movement of city dwellers to the suburbs
rapid growth of cities
decrease in interstate trade
64
A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.
True
False
65
Which characteristic of the Texas longhorn made is significant to the Cattle Kingdom?
meat that fetched a high price in overseas markets
little need for water and ability to survive harsh weather
a diet of grain, leaving grassland available for sheep
strength to handle northward cattle drives
66
The practice of giving government jobs to supporters after a candidate wins an election
Spoils system
Civil service
Direct primary
Initiative
67
The Homestead Strike was a protest
against the Pullman Palace Car Company's unsafe conditions
in Chicago demanding an eight-hour work day
demanding safer working conditions in Colorado
against the Carnegie Steel Company's plan to cut jobs
68
Native Americans of the Plains survived by
gathering roots
selling fur
hunting buffalo
breeding horses
69
Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as
capitalists
reformers
Progressives
muckrakers
70
Led the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Edison
Fredrick W. Taylor
Grover Cleveland
71
Required states to sell land and build colleges of agriculture and engineering with the profits
Homestead Act
Dawes General Allotment Act
Populist Party
Morrill Act
72
Child labor continued even after reforms because
corruption made government monitoring useless.
poor families needed the income, however little.
greedy factory owners lied about workers' ages.
the courts established high child wage rates.
73
How did labor force change during Second Industrial Revolution?
Workers began to receive more benefits and higher wages
Industries began to hire highly educated workers
Machines eliminated the jobs of many skilled craftspeople
experienced workers replaced children working in mills
74
Progressive reform improved education for medical professionals.
False
True
75
At a protest in Chicago's___ a bomb killed eight police officers and injured many others.
Rockefeller Center
Lincoln Square
Haymarket Square
Carnegie Hall
76
Which statement describes life at southern mills in the late 1800's?
workers were bored but they made high wages
employees were overworked and suffered lung diseases
children were not allowed near mills
Skilled employees received training and were content
77
Plains Indians used the meat and hide of buffalo, but did not use the bones or horns
False
True
78
McKinley's victory in 1896 brought an end to both the Populist Party and the Farmer's Alliances
True
False
79
Most southern Plains Indians agreed to live on reservations in the Treaty of Medicine Lodge.
True
False
80
___ were aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness and death
Settlement houses
Benevolent societies
81
Lawrence Veiller's exhibit of photographs and maps helped get the ___ passed.
New York State Tenement House Act
New York City Building Code
82
Florence Kelley helped pass laws that limited women's working hours and prevented child labor
true
false
83
The United States began to develop forms of ____, or cultural activities shared by many people
mass culture
popular entertainment
84
Inventor of the light bulb
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Gomper
Henry Ford
85
Most immigrants traveled in ___, where the cabins were hot, cramped and foul-smelling.
second class
steerage
first class
tenements
86
The Chisholm Trail was used primarily by
the U.S. Army to build forts
Paiute Indians to hunt buffalo
the Pony Express to transport mail
cowboys to drive cattle
87
Owned businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process in his industry
Fredrick W. Taylor
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Samuel Gompers
88
Why did Congress still refuse to readmit the southern states to the Union in 1865?
New government failed to revise their constitution
Representatives failed to declare secession illegal
New government refused to ban slavery
representatives has been leaders of the Confederacy
89
What led up to the Long Walk of 1864?
Geronimo surrendered to the US Army
Raids by US troops left the Navajo without food and shelter
General Custer's troops attacked the Navajo
US negotiators tricked the Navajo into selling their land
90
Connected the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
golden spike
Morrill Act
Homestead Act
Comstock Lode
91
In the fight against discrimination, Ida B. Wells drew attention to lynching.
False
True
92
Jobs in which industry offered many southern workers an alternative to farming in late 1800's?
shipping
steel
cotton
construction
93
By 1850, the western boundary had been pushed to the Pacific by the
donation of the Great Plains to war veterans
admission of the state of California to the Union
discovery of silver and gold mines in Nevada
construction of the intercontinental railroad
94
To begin the process of Reconstruction, President Johnson first
allowed elections of state and federal representatives
banned Confederate officials from public offic
established a temporary government for the entire South
appointed a temporary governor for each state
95
The "old immigrants" who arrived in America during the 1800s were from
northern Europe
central Australia
central Asia
eastern Europe
96
Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government has proposed or passed?
the initiative
the recall
the referendum
direct primary
97
The KKK was formed because many white southerners opposed civil rights for African Americans
False
True
98
Most victims of diseases like cholera, influenza, and tuberculosis were elderly
true
false
99
The Pacific Railway Acts helped finance construction of the transcontinental railroad.
True
False
100
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 limited African Americans' rights.
True
False