These questions are used as quizzes. These questions are also 1/3 of the questions for the objective part of the Exam that ends Unit 1, with the other 2/3rds coming from the two other quizzes in this Unit.
These questions are from Chapter 17 and 18.
B |
1.
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Among the most famous of authors
of the Gilded Age is this person who wrote such books as The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and who even named the age: a. Horatio Alger *b. Mark Twain c. Thomas Nast d. Helen Hunt e. Herbert Spencer |
B |
2.
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The philosophy known as Social Darwinism a. is associated with Herbert
Spencer b. held that "survival of
the fittest," a term Spencer coined, applied to people c. was supported by the Social
Gospel movement *d. both a and b |
B |
3.
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Social Gospel adherents
concentrated their efforts on *a. providing assistance to
slum residents. b. helping working men battle
alcohol addiction. c. preaching the gospel to
business leaders. d. bringing prostitution to an
end. |
B |
4.
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In 1890, the Census Bureau
announced that *a. b. most Americans lived in
urban areas. c. d. both a and b |
B |
5.
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Middle-class women, frequently
in women's clubs, supported various reform movements, such as: a. Groups working with women
and children in slums, providing legal services to help mothers and children,
and trying to improve the working conditions of women workers b. Settlement houses, such as
Hull House founded by Jane Addams, to bring reformers to live in the slums to
help assimilate immigrants c. Women’s Christian Temperance
Union, led by its president Francis Williard, with its goal of ending
consumption of alcohol. *d. all of the above. |
B |
6.
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Representative of the reform
in the Gilded Age and of the strength of the Prohibition movement was this
President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union: a. Jane Addams b. Helen Hunt *c. Francis Willard d. Thomas Nast e. Herbert Spencer |
B |
7.
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Which of the following was not
a complaint of farmers? a. Railroad rates were too
high. b. Railroads discriminated
against farmers in favor of middlemen and manufacturers. c. Farmers wanted more currency
in circulation. *d. Farmers wanted to reduce
the number of farmers and farms. e. All of these were complaints
of farmers. |
B |
8.
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Complaints of western farmers
were vocalized by the a. Republicans. *b. Populists. c. Socialists. d. Democrats. e. none of the above |
B |
9.
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Which of the following was not
one of the a. a subtreasury system b. regulation of transportation
facilities c. free and unlimited coinage
of silver *d. abolition of the income tax e. direct election of senators |
B |
10.
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Which of the following was
passed shortly after President Garfield's assassination, in part because of his assassination? a. Bland-Allison Act b. Dawes Severalty Act *c. Pendleton Civil Service Act d. Chinese Exclusion Act e. Interstate Commerce Act |
B |
11.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882 barred Chinese from moving into a. b. c. d. *e. the |
B |
12.
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Most "new immigrants"
to the *a. were from Southern and
Eastern b. entered the c. were quickly assimilated
into the dominant society. d. were from Northern and |
B |
13.
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As the number of immigrants
increased in the late 1800s a. most Americans welcomed the
newcomers into their communities. b. many found it necessary to
move into the Southwest to obtain land. *c. prejudice and religious
intolerance increased. d. Catholics began to get more
involved in politics. |
B |
14.
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The Dawes Act of 1887 a. attempted to divide
reservations into single farms. b. planned to use farm
ownership to "civilize" the Native Americans. c. made more land available to
whites. *d. all of the above. |
B |
15.
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The individual associated with a. Alexander Graham Bell *b. Thomas Edison c. Joseph Glidden d. George Westinghouse |
B |
16.
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Buchanan Duke made his fortune
by mechanizing part of this industry (one that was in the South since the
colonial era). a. banking b. railroads c. steel d. oil *e. tobacco |
B |
17.
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John D. Rockefeller made his
fortune in a. banking. b. railroads. c. steel. *d. oil. e. tobacco |
B |
18.
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Andrew Carnegie, who dominated
the steel industry, worked to achieve vertical
integration in his business, which meant a. allowing blacks the same
access to jobs as whites. b. working hard to continually
become more productive. *c. controlling all aspects of
an industry. d. building ever larger and
taller buildings. |
B |
19.
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Many people associated the
Haymarket affair with labor violence, resulting in *a. losses in membership for
most unions. b. a purge of union radicals
from leadership positions. c. a complete restructuring of
the unions so they would seem more orderly. d. the outlawing of national
unions. e. both a and c |
B |
20.
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The American Federation of
Labor a. became heavily involved in
the politics of the time. *b. excluded the majority of
industrial workers. c. embraced immigrant laborers. d. never gained more than
100,000 members. |
B |
21.
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The union that embraced women,
blacks, and agricultural workers, as well as workers from various skilled
crafts, was the a. American Federation of
Labor. b. National Labor Union. *c. Knights of Labor. d. American Railway e. Ladies Garment |
B |
22.
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The __________ industry was the
first to confront large-scale labor issues. a. oil b. steel *c. railroad d. farm equipment e. textile |
B |
23.
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In the case of Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court
ruled that __________ were legal. a. monopolies *b. regulatory commissions c. pools d. rebates e. trusts |
B |
24.
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The federal government's first attempt
to regulate the railroads was to *a. pass the Interstate
Commerce Act. b. adopt higher tariffs against
foreign competition. c. pass the National
Reclamation Act to determine a fair price for railroad services. d. prosecute railroad magnates
such as Cornelius Vanderbilt for abuses. e. pass a law outlawing
monopolies. |
B |
25.
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The South faced many problems
after the Civil War, including a. decimation of its forests
with the growth of the lumber industry. b. low wages in its few factories. c. a lack of necessary capital
for investment. *d. both b and c |
B |
26.
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In the years following the end
of Reconstruction, "Redeemers" sought to a. keep the South from becoming
industrialized. b. join with
"Readjusters" in fighting for more public services. c. help blacks in the South
gain more rights. *d. bring urbanization and
development to the "New South." |
B |
27.
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For African Americans in the
South, the post-Reconstruction era included a. an increase in tenant
farming and sharecropping. b. an increase in violence. c. an increase in segregation
laws. d. continuing discrimination. *e. all of the above |
B |
28.
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In the segregated South, blacks
faced a. separate railroad cars and
public facilities. b. literacy requirements and
poll taxes designed to keep them from voting. c. lynchings and other forms of
violence. d. housing and job
discrimination. *e. all of the above |
B |
29.
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The Colored Alliance died out
after a strike among black cotton pickers in a. blacks being barred from the
cotton fields. b. the imprisonment of the
leader, Ben Patterson. *c. the lynchings of fifteen
strikers d. both a and c Tip: What is a lynching and who
does it? Why would local government let this happen? |
B |
30.
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Captain Alfred T. Mahan, a
leading American imperialist, pushed the a. construct a strong army. b. build a canal across c. curtail foreign
commerce. *d. build a strong navy. |
B |
31.
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Queen Liliuokalani of a. missionaries began to
intermarry with the Hawaiian people. b. American settlers usurped
power from the Hawaiians and basically took over the government. c. the McKinley tariff of 1890
virtually destroyed *d. both b and c |
These
questions are in some cases based on questions in the test database for
American Passages.
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