Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Traditionally, immigrants had come to America for economic opportunity
and
a. | social equality. | c. | superior education. | b. | religious freedom. | d. | police
protection. |
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Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the United States
a. | were in first class steamship cabins. | c. | were dirty, crowded, and
unhealthy. | b. | allowed them to bring many belongings. | d. | were spacious and
inexpensive. |
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Rural-to-urban migration was primarily motivated by
a. | plentiful land. | c. | fear of crime. | b. | religious freedom. | d. | steady
employment. |
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Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
a. | mass transit | c. | zoning laws | b. | elevators | d. | suburbs |
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Which of these factors pulled immigrants to the United States?
a. | lack of food | c. | poor economic conditions | b. | religious
persecution | d. | potential
employment |
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6.
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At processing stations, officials met with immigrants to determine their medical
condition and
a. | legal standing. | c. | educational level. | b. | religious preferences. | d. | political
beliefs. |
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7.
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Which of the following provided Americanization programs for new
immigrants?
a. | Congress | c. | ghettoes | b. | settlement houses | d. | trade unions |
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Directions: Use the quotation to answer the following
questions.“The foreigner coming to these shores is more impressed at first by our
skyscrapers.... In the daylight they are ugly.... But at night, seen from the river where they are
columns towering against the sky, all sparkling with light, they are fairylike; they are beauty more
satisfactory to the soul than anything man has dreamed since the Arabian nights.” --Mark Twain
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In this quote, Twain is describing
a. | the new mass transit system. | c. | skyscrapers at
night. | b. | the countryside at night. | d. | tenement buildings. |
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The first reliable streetcars were powered by
a. | electricity. | c. | animals. | b. | coal. | d. | gasoline. |
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10.
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What was one of the dangers of living in a tenement?
a. | Tenements were owned by landlords that lived in areas that were far
away. | b. | Families had to live within walking distance of the industrial plants and
factories. | c. | Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions. | d. | Tenements typically
housed more than one family in the same apartment. |
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11.
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What journalist called attention to the living conditions of
tenement-dwellers?
a. | Jacob Riis | c. | Daniel Burnham | b. | Frederick Olmsted | d. | Elisha Otis |
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Whites accused Chinese workers on the West Coast of
a. | taking “white” jobs. | c. | destroying “Oriental”
schools. | b. | claiming the best land. | d. | attacking railroad property. |
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
a. | barred U.S. cities from hiring Chinese workers. | b. | prohibited Chinese
laborers from entering the country. | c. | stripped Chinese Americans of their U.S.
citizenship. | d. | forced Chinese children to attend segregated schools. |
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Unlike African American men, women in the late 1800s
a. | had to pay a poll tax to vote. | b. | were able to vote under grandfather
clauses. | c. | did not have the legal right to vote. | d. | experienced no restrictions when
voting. |
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What other issues did cartoonists like Joseph Keppler portray through their
illustrations?
a. | political corruption | c. | influences of big corporations | b. | current
events | d. | all of the
above |
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What did Du Bois view as the key to “everything”?
a. | suffrage | c. | protest | b. | freedom | d. | marriage |
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Read the quotation below. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, answer the
question that follows.
“[This book] deals with an entirely ideal
state of society; and the chief embarrassment of the writers in this realm of the imagination has
been the want of illustrative examples. In a State where there is no fever of speculation, no
inflamed desire for sudden wealth, where the poor are all simple-minded and contented, and the rich
are all honest and generous, where society is in a condition of primitive purity and politics is the
occupation of only the capable and the patriotic, there are necessarily no materials for such a
history as we have constructed out of an ideal
commonwealth.”
—Mark Twain, The Gilded Age, 1873
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Which Gilded Age President was known for his integrity?
a. | Chester Arthur | c. | Benjamin Harrison | b. | Grover Cleveland | d. | Rutherford B.
Hayes |
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In response to the Granger movement,
a. | the federal government disbanded the Interstate Commerce
Commission. | b. | membership in the Farmers’ Alliances declined. | c. | the Supreme Court
overturned laws regulating the railroads. | d. | Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota set maximum
rates for shipping and grain storage. |
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The Populist Party lost power in large part as a result of
a. | their refusal to endorse William Jennings Bryan. | b. | their exclusion of
African Americans. | c. | the 1896 election of
McKinley. | d. | the collapse of the gold standard. |
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The Coinage Act of 1873 caused protest by
a. | ending production of paper money. | b. | allowing the use of both gold and silver
coins. | c. | stopping the minting of silver coins. | d. | overturning the gold
standard. |
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Which of the following encouraged President Arthur to pursue civil service
reform?
a. | adoption of the gold standard | b. | arrest of William “Boss”
Tweed | c. | assassination of President Garfield | d. | loss of thousands of jobs in the U.S. Postal
Service |
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To what group of people did Populism primarily appeal?
a. | farmers | c. | city dwellers | b. | women | d. | African
Americans |
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Which of the following describes Thomas Nast?
a. | corrupt politician | c. | leader in big business | b. | political
cartoonist | d. | writer and
social commentator |
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The spoils system made political parties more powerful by
a. | allowing party workers to push for civil service reform. | b. | encouraging wealthy
businessmen to donate money to the party. | c. | blocking legislation introduced by the opposing
political party. | d. | filling important government positions with party
supporters. |
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In the late 1800s, organization among farmers resulted in
a. | repeal of the “Grange Laws.” | b. | dismantling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. | c. | more regulation of railroad and grain elevator
rates. | d. | a Democratic victory in the 1896 presidential
election. |
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What did political cartoonist Thomas Nast work to expose?
a. | the conspiracy behind James Garfield’s assassination | b. | the awarding of
thousands of postal jobs in exchange for votes | c. | the illegal activities of “Boss”
Tweed | d. | the secret deal behind the election of Rutherford B.
Hayes |
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What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle
describe?
a. | the struggles of black Americans | b. | the living and working conditions in
Chicago’s stockyards | c. | the ruthless business methods of John D.
Rockefeller and Standard Oil | d. | the conflict between California farmers and the
Southern Pacific Railroad |
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Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
a. | a ban on child labor | b. | antitrust legislation | c. | workers’
compensation laws | d. | the spread of settlement
houses |
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Progressive women reformers worked to
a. | reduce wages. | b. | limit the workday. | c. | overturn the
Nineteenth Amendment. | d. | establish segregated schools in
Chicago. |
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Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?
a. | temperance laws | c. | a ban on child labor | b. | women’s suffrage | d. | African American men’s
suffrage |
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Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African
American families and those who were less fortunate?
a. | Susan B. Anthony | c. | Alice Paul | b. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | d. | Ida B. Wells |
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32.
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The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their
a. | goals | c. | organization | b. | strategies | d. | geographic
focus |
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33.
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Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal
attacks and false statements?
a. | Asian Americans | c. | Native Americans | b. | Jewish Americans | d. | Mexican
Americans |
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following
questions.
Local Union Catechism
Q. What is the Women’s Christian Temperance
Union? A. It is an organization of Christian women banded together for the protection of the hoe,
the abolition o the liquor traffic and the triumph of Christ’s golden rule in custom and
law.
Q. How can a women become a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union? A.
By signing the pledge and paying yearly dues.
Q. What is the pledge? A. Pledge--“I
hearby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, and malt liquors,
including wine, beer, and cider,and to employ all proper means to enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment.”
Q. What are the membership dues? A. One dollar per year.
Q. To
whom should dues be paid? A. To the treasurer of the local
union... --Handbook for the Women’s Christian Temperance
Union, 1920
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For what purpose was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union formed?
a. | to become a third political party | c. | to protect the home and ban
liquor | b. | to gain universal voting rights | d. | to improve workers’
conditions |
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35.
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The efforts of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union eventually led to
which change?
a. | suffrage | c. | workplace reform | b. | prohibition | d. | minimum wage |
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36.
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The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural
resource?
a. | oil | c. | water | b. | coal | d. | lumber |
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Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government
a. | upheld the Standard Oil trust. | b. | strengthened the Sherman Antitrust
Act. | c. | brought lawsuits against many corporations. | d. | continued
Roosevelt’s “rule of reason” policies. |
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What fields did Progressives aim to reform?
a. | education | c. | government | b. | workplace conditions | d. | all of the
above |
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Use the information below to answer the following question.
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Why did minority groups receive limited benefits from Progressivism?
a. | Minority groups did not wish to Americanize. | b. | The Supreme Court
barred minority groups from having increased rights. | c. | Many Progressives held racist ideas about
minority groups. | d. | Few minority groups actively worked for their own
rights. |
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Progressives that promoted Americanization efforts
a. | helped immigrants establish ethnic communities in urban
communities. | b. | believed that the temperance movement unfairly targeted
immigrants. | c. | believed that assimilating immigrants would make them less loyal
citizens. | d. | encouraged immigrants to follow white, middle-class ways of
life. |
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Matching
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a. | Jim Crow laws | h. | Populist party | b. | grandfather clause | i. | spoils system | c. | W.E.B. Du
Bois | j. | poll
tax | d. | Ida B. Wells | k. | Grange | e. | Las Gorras Blancas | l. | William McKinley | f. | Oliver H.
Kelley | m. | civil
service | g. | Farmers’ Alliances | n. | William Jennings Bryan |
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tool used to prevent African Americans from voting by charging them
money
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42.
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political group that demanded “free silver” and government
ownership of railroads
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43.
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Democratic presidential candidate who supported “free
silver”
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44.
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Republican winner of the 1896 presidential election
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45.
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group of Mexican Americans who fought to protect land claims
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schoolteacher, journalist, and anti-lynching activist
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founder of an organization that taught farmers new farming techniques
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Match the definitions with the letter of the correct term or person. You will
not use all the terms and people. a. | WCTU | h. | W.E.B. Du Bois | b. | Woodrow
Wilson | i. | Gifford
Pinchot | c. | settlement house | j. | NAACP | d. | Square Deal | k. | Booker T. Washington | e. | Margaret
Sanger | l. | Clayton Antitrust
Act | f. | Federal Reserve Act | m. | NAWSA | g. | muckrakers | n. | Ida B. Wells |
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socially conscious writers who dramatized the need for reform
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49.
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a community center that provided social services to the urban poor
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50.
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an organization that worked for women’s suffrage
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51.
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an African American leader who urged African Americans to demand immediate
recognition of their rights
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52.
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an organization that used the courts to challenge laws that were unfair to
African Americans
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53.
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Theodore Roosevelt’s plan for fair government
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54.
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legislation that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by spelling out the
specific activities in which businesses could not engage
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