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- 1. Multiple Choice
Nativist attitudes were aimed atForeignersBlacksIndiansUnions - 2. Multiple ChoiceNativist attitudes were aimed atForeignersBlacksIndiansUnions
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Gilded Age was characterized byA laissez faire (hands off) approach to big business.A rise in political corruption like political machines.A rise in nativist attitudes toward immigrants.All of these are true.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Gilded Age was characterized byA laissez faire (hands off) approach to big business.A rise in political corruption like political machines.A rise in nativist attitudes toward immigrants.All of these are true.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Homestead Act of 1862provided cheap land to farmers.led to the adoption of barbed wire.ended cattle ranching.led to the passage of the Dawes Act.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Homestead Act of 1862provided cheap land to farmers.led to the adoption of barbed wire.ended cattle ranching.led to the passage of the Dawes Act.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceT.R.s foreign policy was known asThe "Big Stick Policy."Dollar DiplomacyAnti-ImperialismNone of these
- 8. Multiple ChoiceT.R.s foreign policy was known asThe "Big Stick Policy."Dollar DiplomacyAnti-ImperialismNone of these
- 9. Multiple ChoiceT.R.s foreign policy was known asThe "Big Stick Policy."Dollar DiplomacyAnti-ImperialismNone of these
- 10. Multiple ChoiceT.R.s foreign policy was known asThe "Big Stick Policy."Dollar DiplomacyAnti-ImperialismNone of these
- 11. Multiple ChoiceT.R.s foreign policy was known asThe "Big Stick Policy."Dollar DiplomacyAnti-ImperialismNone of these
- 12. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Gilded Age, laissez faire practices gave power tothe governmentmonopolists and big business.foreignersSenators.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich was the only foreign group to be excluded due to an act of Congress in 1882?JewsMexicansRussiansChinese
- 14. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Gilded Age, laissez faire practices gave power tothe governmentmonopolists and big business.foreignersSenators.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBoss Tweed used political machines togain votes by providing social programs and favors.by petitioning Unions.By giving equality to the Irish.None of these.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat Act of Congress ended the Spoils System?Clayton ActPendelton ActSherman Act.Dawes Act
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat Act of Congress ended the Spoils System?Clayton ActPendelton ActSherman Act.Dawes Act
- 18. Multiple ChoiceOne of the most corrupt practices during the Gilded Age wasthe use of child laborlaissez fairethe creation of unions.the use of scabs.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAlfred Thayer Mahan called for the creation of a strongNavyArmyAirforceCalvery
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAlfred Thayer Mahan called for the creation of a strongNavyArmyAirforceCalvery
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho is considered the "Father of the American Navy?"MahanRooseveltGarfieldLincoln
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat change to the Monroe Doctrine stated America could intervene in Latin America and the Caribbean?The Roosevelt CorralaryThe Good Neighbor PolicyDollar DiplomacyBig Stick Diplomacy
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe Open Door Policy called for equal trade among all nations inJapanIndiaChinaKorea
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe Open Door Policy called for equal trade among all nations inJapanIndiaChinaKorea
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat year did the Maine explode in Havana starting the Spanish American War?1898189919141877
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe name for sensationalistic journalism wasRed JournalismYellow JournalismTabloid JournalsimNone of these
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWho was the last Queen of Hawaii?PochontahsLiliioukalniMinihahaSacajeah
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.Sherman Antitrust ActPendelton Civil Service ActUnderwood Tariff ActCeller-Kefaufer Act
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?credit mobilierpolitical machinecorrected democracyelectoral politics
- 30. Multiple ChoiceCongressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusiv practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...Sherman Antitrust ActCeller-Kefauver ActClayton Antitrust ActInterstate Commerce Act
- 31. Multiple ChoiceA group of companies in the same industry giving day-to-day operation of their companies over to a single board of directors.monopolycorporationtrusthorizontal Integration
- 32. Multiple ChoiceA group of companies in the same industry giving day-to-day operation of their companies over to a single board of directors.monopolycorporationtrusthorizontal Integration
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWho was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWho was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt
- 35. Multiple ChoiceTechnological development most revolutionized US steel industry?ElectrificationVulcanizationSteam powerBessemer Process
- 36. Multiple ChoiceTechnological development most revolutionized US steel industry?ElectrificationVulcanizationSteam powerBessemer Process
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands?InjunctionsLock outsScabsStrikes
- 38. Multiple ChoiceA sensationalist reporting in which writers often exaggerated stories to attract readers.De Lome LetterJournalismYellow JournalismIsolationism
- 39. Multiple ChoiceFebruary 15, 1898- this explodes and over 260 people died. Americans began to blame Spain.Sinking of the USS MaineBoxer RebellionOpen Door PolicyDollar Diplomacy
- 40. Multiple Choice1st US Volunteer Cavalry- President McKinley called for 1,250 volunteers to assist in the war.Rough RidersBoxersTeddy RooseveltImperialists
- 41. Multiple ChoiceHe was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era.Alfred T MahanRough RidersTheodore RooseveltHenry Cabot Lodge
- 42. Multiple ChoiceOpposed the gaining of colonies by the U.S.IsolationismAnti-ImperialismImperialismNationalism
- 43. Multiple Choice1903- The 48mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8,000 miles. ¨Expansion of World trade.Platt AmendmentMonroe DoctrineBoxer RebellionPanama Canal
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the historical significance of the year 1898?Civil War endedMexican War endedFirst World War beganSpanish American War began
- 45. Multiple ChoiceAlfred Thayer Mahan supported moving the US into a position of power bybolstering US industrial outputstrengthening US naval capacityimproving relations with US alliesincreasing funding for the US Air Force
- 46. Multiple ChoiceSanford B. Dole is remembered for having expanded US power byleading troops in the Spanish American Warworking for annexation of Hawaii as a statepassing legislation to increase funding for the navynegotiating treaties with the Philippine gov't
- 47. Multiple ChoiceAs a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in --the Hawaiian islandsthe Panama Canal Zonethe Central Powers Alliancethe Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe US adopted the Open Door policy primarily tospread democracy in Asiasecure trade opportunities in Chinapromote immigration to US territoriesnegotiate free trade concessions from Britain
- 49. Multiple ChoiceHe invented the Bessemer Steel Process, which made steel much stronger at a cheaper price than before.Henry BessemerElisha OtisAlexander Graham BellThomas Edison
- 50. Multiple ChoiceThis person invented the telephone.Nikola TeslaJohn DeereThomas EdisonAlexander Graham Bell
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