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US II Midterm 2012

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Traditionally, immigrants had come to America for economic opportunity and
a.
social equality.
c.
superior education.
b.
religious freedom.
d.
police protection.
 

 2. 

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.
 

 3. 

Rural-to-urban migration was primarily motivated by
a.
plentiful land.
c.
fear of crime.
b.
religious freedom.
d.
steady employment.
 

 4. 

Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
a.
mass transit
c.
zoning laws
b.
elevators
d.
suburbs
 

 5. 

Which of these factors pulled immigrants to the United States?
a.
lack of food
c.
poor economic conditions
b.
religious persecution
d.
potential employment
 

 6. 

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.
 

 7. 

Which of the following provided Americanization programs for new immigrants?
a.
Congress
c.
ghettoes
b.
settlement houses
d.
trade unions
 
 
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
 

 8. 

In this quote, Twain is describing
a.
the new mass transit system.
c.
skyscrapers at night.
b.
the countryside at night.
d.
tenement buildings.
 

 9. 

The first reliable streetcars were powered by
a.
electricity.
c.
animals.
b.
coal.
d.
gasoline.
 

 10. 

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.
 

 11. 

What journalist called attention to the living conditions of tenement-dwellers?
a.
Jacob Riis
c.
Daniel Burnham
b.
Frederick Olmsted
d.
Elisha Otis
 

 12. 

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.
 

 13. 

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.
 

 14. 

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.
 

 15. 

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
 

 16. 

What did Du Bois view as the key to “everything”?
a.
suffrage
c.
protest
b.
freedom
d.
marriage
 
 
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
 

 17. 

Which Gilded Age President was known for his integrity?
a.
Chester Arthur
c.
Benjamin Harrison
b.
Grover Cleveland
d.
Rutherford B. Hayes
 

 18. 

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.
 

 19. 

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.
 

 20. 

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.
 

 21. 

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
 

 22. 

To what group of people did Populism primarily appeal?
a.
farmers
c.
city dwellers
b.
women
d.
African Americans
 

 23. 

Which of the following describes Thomas Nast?
a.
corrupt politician
c.
leader in big business
b.
political cartoonist
d.
writer and social commentator
 

 24. 

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.
 

 25. 

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.
 

 26. 

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
 

 27. 

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
 

 28. 

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
 

 29. 

Progressive women reformers worked to
a.
reduce wages.
b.
limit the workday.
c.
overturn the Nineteenth Amendment.
d.
establish segregated schools in Chicago.
 

 30. 

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
 

 31. 

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
 

 32. 

The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their
a.
goals
c.
organization
b.
strategies
d.
geographic focus
 

 33. 

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
 
 
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
 

 34. 

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
 

 35. 

The efforts of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union eventually led to which change?
a.
suffrage
c.
workplace reform
b.
prohibition
d.
minimum wage
 

 36. 

The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?
a.
oil
c.
water
b.
coal
d.
lumber
 

 37. 

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.
 

 38. 

What fields did Progressives aim to reform?
a.
education
c.
government
b.
workplace conditions
d.
all of the above
 
 
Use the information below to answer the following question.

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 39. 

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.
 

 40. 

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.
 

Matching
 
 
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
 

 41. 

tool used to prevent African Americans from voting by charging them money
 

 42. 

political group that demanded “free silver” and government ownership of railroads
 

 43. 

Democratic presidential candidate who supported “free silver”
 

 44. 

Republican winner of the 1896 presidential election
 

 45. 

group of Mexican Americans who fought to protect land claims
 

 46. 

schoolteacher, journalist, and anti-lynching activist
 

 47. 

founder of an organization that taught farmers new farming techniques
 
 
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
 

 48. 

socially conscious writers who dramatized the need for reform
 

 49. 

a community center that provided social services to the urban poor
 

 50. 

an organization that worked for women’s suffrage
 

 51. 

an African American leader who urged African Americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights
 

 52. 

an organization that used the courts to challenge laws that were unfair to African Americans
 

 53. 

Theodore Roosevelt’s plan for fair government
 

 54. 

legislation that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by spelling out the specific activities in which businesses could not engage
 



 
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