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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Pendleton Act of United States in 1883 decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit (test) instead of political affiliation.direct votingcivil service reformpolitical machinescivil labor unions
- 2. Multiple ChoiceMany Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but these group of people mostly restricted new immigrants from emtering the country.DemocratsRepublicansDonald TrumpNativists
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHe invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park.Thomas EdisonAlexander Graham BellGeorge Washington CarverThe Wright Brothers
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHe invented the telephone in 1876 in Boston, MassachusettsThomas EdisonAlexander Graham BellGeorge Washington CarverThe Wright Brothers
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impuritiesMolten IronLavaBirmingham ProcessBessemer Process
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHe focused his efforts on steel makingAndrew CarnegieHenry FordCoach WebbMike Ford
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directorsTruthTrustcorporationsCorporations
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did labor unions want in return?Higher wages, shorter hours, safer working conditionsMore friendsMore helpFeedback from their boss
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat were settlement houses?Storage spacesCenter offering help to the urban poor communitySweatshops
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat were living conditions like in tenements?Small, no windows, 10 people in one room sharing one bathroom, many diseases spreadFun and luxuriousNot many people
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat were tenements?buildings that were spaciousbuildings that had swimming poolsbuildings that rich people lived inbuildings divided into many tiny apartments
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was steerage?Where people sat on the busWhere people sat for funIn the back of the boatLarge compartments usually held cattle
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWith the proposal of his Fourteen Points, President Wilson intended to-Create the nation of Israel to secure a homeland for the JewsExpand Russian influence in eastern EuropeIncrease the role of the United States global affairsResolve grievances between nations without having to resort to war
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Zimmerman note, intercepted by the British and shown to the United States, suggested an alliance between Germany and Mexico.TrueFalse
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWoodrow Wilson's idea for peace after WWI?14 pointsTreaty of ParisTreaty of Versailles10 points
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African American musicians?trancepopjazzhip hop
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT a characteristic of a flapper?smoked and drank in publicover 65 yrs. oldwore make uprebellious, fun, and energetic - 18. Multiple ChoiceWho became a national celebrity for becoming the first man to fly non-stop, across the Atlantic Ocean?Louis ArmstrongClaude McKayCharles LindberghCalvin Coolidge
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name given to people who illegally transported and sold alcohol during Prohibition?Diabolical DriversBootleggersRule BreakersTricksters
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Scopes Trial is one of the most famous trials in the History of the U.S. It garnered a great deal of media attention and caused a great bit of controversy in the country. What was the issue up for debate in the Scopes Trial?ProhibitionDeficit SpendingEvolutionCommunism
- 21. Multiple ChoiceA fear of communism that swept the United States following World War I.Red ScareProhibitionImmigrationthe Great Fear
- 22. Multiple ChoiceMovement of Southern blacks to urban Northeast, Midwest & West.Harlem RenaissanceGreat MigrationFundamentalism
- 23. Multiple ChoiceAfter WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars byavoiding involvement in world affairsexcluding Germany from the League of Nationsdisbanding the League of Nationsforbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWarren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to American's desire tobecome a world powerreform societyreturn to life as it was before the warrepeal Prohibition
- 25. Multiple ChoiceMany people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion becausethe bullets used in a murder matched Sacco's gunThey were Italian immigrants and anarchistsSacco owned a gun similar to the murder weaponthey were members of the KKK
- 26. Multiple ChoiceGermany's plan to defeat France in 6 weeks and then defeat Russia was known as the...Versailles PlanSchlieffen PlanFourteen PointsSpecialists
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWorld War I ended on...December 7, 1945November 8, 1911November 11, 1918July 28, 1914
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWho is the founder of the modern assembly line?Charles LindberghHarry DaughertyBill GatesHenry Ford
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhen stock market prices plummeted in 1929,brokers' investments were securemillions bought into stocksstocks bought on margin were being soldonly savings in banks were secure
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST completes the diagram?CommunismImperialismLiberalismNationalism
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich 1899 statement established America's right to trade with China without interference from European nations?the Monroe Doctrinethe Fourteen Pointsthe Open Door Policythe Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the American ship that was blown up in Cuba?U.S.S MaineLusitainiaCaravelU.S.S. Panama
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when Newspapers exaggerate the headlines to sell more papers?purple journalismgreen journalismyellow journalismnot the news
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the United States build that connects North and South America to make trading easier?Colombia CanalProtectorate CanalMexico CanalPanama Canal
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