Mid Term ReviewPart I

Gilded AgeIndustrial Age

Progressive Era

During the late 19th century, factory owners often hired child workers because children

1. Could be paid low wages

2. Had received job training at school

3. Were able to work after school

4. Required little supervision

The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following

except-1. Growth of cities2. Improved

communications

3. Expanded markets

4. Shortage of raw materials

What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s

economy during the late 1800s1. Transportation

and communication improved

2. Big business monopolized industry

3. The government collected fees on all new patents

4. Taxes were assessed on all new inventions

Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890

by1. Forming holding

companies2. Hiring non-

union workers3. Filing lawsuits4. Issuing stock

How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political

power to the individual voter1. It allowed citizens to

vote regardless of race

2. It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax

3. It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population

4. It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote

Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive

reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall

1. Restructured the government branches

2. Increased the power of the judicial branch

3. Made government more responsive to the voters

4. Provided for use of the Australian ballot

What group do the large men at the back of the room represent?

1. labor organizers

2. wealthy monopolists

3. very powerful senators

4. typical American citizens

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

1. The Senate is working for the people, not for special interests.

2. Owners of business monopolies control the Senate.

3. Ordinary people are not allowed in the Senate.

4. Senators can be bribed for small amounts of money.

Which of the following best completes the diagram below?

1. Integration2. Progressivis

m3. Imperialism4. immigration

The labor movement grew rapidly during the late 1800s

because of-1. An increase in

agricultural production

2. A significant fall in stock prices

3. An increase in wages for unskilled labor

4. A significant growth in industry

Which of the following issues was the most likely reason for the creation of the National Woman’s Party, shown in

the photograph?1. Promoting

conservation legislation

2. Ending gender discrimination in voting

3. Promoting the growth of big business

4. Ending immigration restrictions

The conditions listed below best explains the growth of-

- Unhealthy working conditions

- Unequal distributions of wealth

- Long working hours

- Growing incidence of wage cuts

1. Farmer alliance

2. Urban areas3. National

railroads4. Labor unions

The innovations listed below had a direct impact on-

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1. Reform movements

2. Union organizations

3. Western expansion

4. Industrial development

-Invention of the cotton gin

-Use of interchangeable parts

Introduction of the assembly line

The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following

except-1. Growth of cities2. Improved

communications

3. Expanded markets

4. Shortage of raw materials

What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s

economy during the late 1800s1. Transportation

and communication improved

2. Big business monopolized industry

3. The government collected fees on all new patents

4. Taxes were assessed on all new inventions

Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890

by1. Forming holding

companies2. Hiring non-

union workers3. Filing lawsuits4. Issuing stock

How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political

power to the individual voter1. It allowed citizens to

vote regardless of race

2. It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax

3. It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population

4. It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote

Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive

reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall

1. Restructured the government branches

2. Increased the power of the judicial branch

3. Made government more responsive to the voters

4. Provided for use of the Australian ballot

WEB DuBois’s views on racial equality differed from Booker T.

Washington’s in that-1. Dubois thought

that whites would grant blacks equality without a fight

2. Dubois openly opposed segregation

3. Their views did not differ

Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in the 1872

presidential election because1. She wanted to

protest the fact that women were not allowed to vote.

2. She did not know it was illegal

3. She wanted to help re-elect President Grant

Which concept is described by this passage?

1. Communism2. Populism3. Social

Darwinism4. Utopian

socialism

“The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest. The American beauty rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.”

- John D. Rockefeller

In the late 1800s, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D.

Rockefeller was intended to

1. Control prices and practices in the oil refining business

2. Increase competition among oil refining companies

3. Protest small, independent oil firms

4. Distribute donations to charitable causes

As a result of the 19th Amendment

1. Women were guaranteed voting rights

2. African Americans were granted citizenship

3. Native Americans were prevented from owing property

4. Children were prohibited from working in factories

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Wilson3. W.E.B. Dubois4. Robert

LaFollette

The Progressive Era is defined by reform of all of the following

except-

1. Political parties2. Big business3. Labor practices4. Civil rights

Which person worked to reform social conditions in cities in the

late 1800s?

1. Jane Addams2. Ida Tarbell3. Helen Hunt

Jackson4. William Marcy

Tweed

In the 19th century, government attempts to regulate industry in the U.S. included the Interstate

Commerce Act (1887), Sherman Antitrust Act (1890). What posed the biggest obstacle to

enforcement of these laws?

1. The business tactics of industrialists

2. The use of vertical integration

3. The ruling of the Supreme Court

4. The theory of Socail Darwinism

Justice Harlan used this reasoning for what purpose?

1. To celebrate American democracy

2. To justify democracy

3. To denounce the “separate-but-equal” argument

4. To demonstrate the equality before the law is not practical

“We boast of the freedom enjoyed by our people above all other peoples. But it is difficult to reconcile that boast with a state of the law which, practically, puts the brand of servitude and degradation upon a large class of our fellow-citizens, our equals before the law.”

-Justice John Harlan in

the dissenting opinion in

Plessy v. Ferguson

The muckrakers served Progressivism by-

1. Informing people about abuses so that they could protest

2. Enacting legislation to prevent political corruption

3. Cleaning up unhealthy meat processing plants

4. Filing and prosecuting antitrust lawsuits.