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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Plains is the area between what two geographic features?Rocky Mts. and Mississippi RiverRocky Mts. and Missouri RiverAppalachian Mts. and Mississippi RiverRocky Mts. and Hudson River
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIn order to improve working conditions, laborers united and formed these groups.UnionsMilitariesProprietorshipsPartnerships
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis era in history was focused on improving the unsafe conditions created during Industrialization.ImmigrationIndustrial RevolutionWestward ExpansionProgressive Era
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the primary reason most people moved to the cities during Industrialization?Jobs!Excellent Housing!Sushi!To join the Red Cross!
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis group of people worked at exposing the problems created during Industrialization.Yellow JournalistsMuckrakersArchivistsRobber Barons
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the foreign policy of the US prior to the Spanish American War?ImperialismInterventionismIsolationismNeutrality
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy are monopolies and trusts unfair to the consumer?They charge high prices and eliminate competitionThey decrease production of goodsThey decrease prices and encourage competitionThey have no impact
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen would a farmer get the most for his produce?When supply is high and demand is highWhen supply is high and demand is lowWhen supply is low and demand is highWhen supply is low and demand is low
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis act banned the Chinese from entering the US.Gentleman's AgreementChinese Exclusion ActThe Immigrant ActPlessy v. Ferguson
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis act banned the Japanese from entering the US.The Chinese Exclusion ActThe Gentlemen's AgreementThe Open Door PolicyThe Immigrant Act
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThis act secured US trade with China during the Age of Imperialism.Open Door PolicyMonroe DoctrineRoosevelt CorollaryPlatt Amendment
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis is what the children of many "New Immigrants" wanted to do when they first came to America.AssimilatePlay video gamesPractice their traditional cultureJoin a gang
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis railroad allowed for settlement of the west and improved the overall economy between the east and west.Pennsylvania RRTranscontinental RRRiverside RRThe Peterson Express
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe primary reason why the Indians and US settlers and government didn't get along was because...The Gov't broke a lot of promises and treatiesThe Gov't favored Indian policiesThe Gov't did not want to approve the Square DealThe Gov't was friendly with the French
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe primary reason why the Indians and US settlers and government didn't get along was because...The Gov't broke a lot of promises and treatiesThe Gov't favored Indian policiesThe Gov't did not want to approve the Square DealThe Gov't was friendly with the French
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich are the FOUR PROGRESSIVE ERA amendments?13,14,15,1614,15,16,1716,17,18,1915,16,17,18
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis act was passed by the US government and gave settlers 160 acres for 5 years if they lived on it and approved the land over time.Dawes ActHomestead Act14 PointsTreaty of Versialles
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Age of Industry, how did Big Business Owners and the Government feel about child labor?Big Business and the Gov't supported itBig Businesses and the Gov't were against itBig Business owners were against it while the Gov't supported itBig Business Owners were in favor of it while the Gov't was against it
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho would argue that "Women should be allowed to vote because they are not smart enough!"A suffragistAn anti-suffragistA prohibitionistAn isolationist
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis amendment granted women suffrage, no matter what state they lived in.16th17th18th19th
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one reason why an anti-imperialist would be against annexing Hawaii?It was not fair taking over another group of people, just like the colonists didn't like it during British ruleThe sugar cane business would sufferIt would hurt the pineapple tradeThe weather in Hawaii was not nice enough or favorable to benefit economically
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis foreign policy deals with a stronger country taking over a weaker country.IsolationismMonroe DoctrineImperialismRoosevelt Corollary
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThese are the territories the US won after the Spanish American War.Philippines, Puerto Rico, and GuamPhilippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and Cuba (temporarily)Philippines, Panama, and GuamCuba (temporarily), Guam, Panama and the Philippines
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe goal of the Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust laws were to...limit the formation of monopolies and trustsregulate monopolies and trustsbreak up monopolies but allow trusts to formallow for inspections at meat packing plants
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIn which economic system, does an individual have the opportunity to own private property or a business?Capitalism (free-enterprise)socialismdictatorshiptribal law
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThis factory had a large fire in 1911 which eventually led to better working conditions and new laws to make businesses safer.Standard OilCarnegie SteelSearsTriangle
- 27. Multiple ChoiceHow does the economy change between 1865-1900?Industries grow and produce a lot of goodsIndustries remained stagnantIndustries downsized and cut productionIndustries would not hire men to work
- 28. Multiple ChoicePush or Pull? The availability of jobs working to build the Transcontinental RR.PushPull
- 29. Multiple ChoiceSettlement Houses, like Hull House helped which group of people?IndustrialistsImmigrantsOlder men and women onlyChildren only
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThis Supreme Court case ruled that "Separate but Equal" was legal.Brown v. Board of EducationMarbury v. MadisonPlessy v. FergusonSchenck v. U.S.
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThis muckraker drew political cartoons and focused on exposing the truth about corrupt politics in Tammany Hall.Jacob RiisThomas NastIda TarbellUpton Sinclair
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThis amendment allowed for the collection of income taxes.16th17th18th19th
- 33. Multiple ChoiceFarmers formed this political party to try and get fair prices in RR shipping rates.Populist PartySilver PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican Party
- 34. Multiple ChoiceHe used Big Stick Diplomacy in order to get the land to build the Panama Canal.FDRERTRJFK
- 35. Multiple ChoiceHe was blamed by the media for arranging the purchase of Alaska, even though later on, we found tons of natural resources like oil there!Queen LilyTRWilliam SewardPresident McKinley
- 36. Multiple ChoiceAlcoholism is considered this classification of a problem.EnvironmentalSocialEconomicalPolitical
- 37. Multiple ChoiceThis type of journalism swayed public opinion during the Spanish American War.YellowBluePurpleRed
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat impact did the explosion of the USS Maine have on world history?It led to US involvement into the Spanish American WarIt led to the US joining WWIIt led to the US joining WW2It led to the Age of Industry
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThis war made the US a world power.WWIWWIIRevolutionary WarSpanish American War
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThis was TR's greatest achievement - it ultimately created a short cut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Hoover DamPanama CanalTriangle FactoryTranscontinental RR
- 41. Multiple ChoiceThis is the city and state where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met to unite the tracks for the Transcontinental RR.Omaha, NebraskaSan Francisco, CaliforniaPromontory Point, UtahAlbany, NY
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThis was one negative impact of building the Transcontinental RR.The US killed buffalo on the Great Plains which angered the Native AmericansThe US built faulty tracks and the trains wouldn't runThe US wouldn't hire men to work on the RRThe US lost a ton of money by building the RR
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhy did suffragists argue that women should be entitled to vote?Women were citizens and should have equal rightsWomen would cheat when they went to voteWomen had better ideas than menWomen didn't want the right to vote
- 44. Multiple ChoicePrimary or Secondary Source? An interview with a Holocaust survivor.PrimarySecondary
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhy did new wave immigrants face more discrimination than old wave immigrants?New wave immigrants spoke English and were ProtestantsNew wave immigrants didn't speak English and practiced different religionsNew wave immigrants did not face discriminationNew wave immigrants looked like old wave immigrants and assimilated easily into American culture
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty?FDRTREmma LazarusEdgar Allen Poe
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhich heading completes the outline below:
I. __________________
a. Oreos
b. Nutter Butters
c. Pecan SandiesCandy BarsCookiesPopcorn FlavorsTypes of cars - 48. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which a business owner builds a monopoly by buying up all of its competitors is known as...Horizontal IntegrationVertical Integration
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThis processing station was located in California during the height of US Immigration.Ellis IslandAngel islandThe BalkansAlcatraz
- 50. Multiple ChoiceThis group of people strongly disliked all the immigrants coming into our country at the turn of the 20th century.NativistsWar HawksDovesImperialists
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