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The Guilded Age and Progressive Era - Quiz
Contributed by: Ferguson
  • 1. In the 1850's United States government policy toward the Indians changed from pushing them farther West to . . .
A) sending them to reservations
B) giving them land in Texas
C) relocating them in the East
D) paying them for thier lands
  • 2. Which of these speakers is a believer in social Darwinism?
A) "Even poor people should give to charity to the best of thier ability."
B) "Weak and struggling businesses should never get assistance from the government."
C) "The rewards of a booming econoomy should be distributed evenly among all citizens."
D) "Government should give assistance to people who can't make it on thier own."
  • 3. In the late 1800s cities began to build skyscrapers because of two innovations, the elevator and . . .
A) steel frames
B) revolving doors
C) architectural blueprints
D) flat roofs
  • 4. Immigrants from this country declined sharply after acts of Congress banned them in 1882 and 1902.
A) South Africa
B) China
C) France
D) Russia
  • 5. In capitalism, most industries are run by . . .
A) stores
B) the government
C) private businesses
D) oligarchs
  • 6. The hurdles faced by immigrants at Ellis Island included . . .
A) vaccinations
B) medical examinations
C) crowded and unsanitary conditions
D) military background checks
  • 7. The discovery that 2 million acers in central Oklahoma had not been assigned to any Native American group led to . . .
A) the establishment of the first settlements on the Plains
B) the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
C) passage of the Pacific Railway Act, which set aside the unassigned land for construction of railroads
D) passage of teh Homestead Act, which allowed any head of household over the age of 21 to claim 160 acers of land
  • 8. Native Americans were subject to "Americanization." What was Americanization?
A) a battle plan that involved a series of conflicts and massacres, culminating in the Dawes Act
B) a process of making Native American practices more accessible to whites
C) the process by which Native Americans would become citizens of the United States
D) an attack on Native American beliefs and practices, including tribal identity
  • 9. The vast buffalo herds were reduced to just a few buffalo by U.S. Army policy and . . .
A) the needs of Indian nations
B) bad weather and changing climates
C) hunting by railroad passengers and hide seekers
D) wolves
  • 10. The novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair prompted an investigation into the . . .
A) railroad industry
B) meatpacking industry
C) Department of Labor
D) homesteads
  • 11. Which of the following quotes expresses the attitude of nativism?
A) "It is an expression of religious faith to help those less fortunate than ourselves."
B) "I love my adopted country, America, as much as the country I left behind."
C) "Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home."
D) "Every immigrant will find a helping hand in America."
  • 12. Reformers called for prohibition because they believed that alcohol . .
A) production lines were liable to burst into flames under the right conditions
B) caused health problems
C) was produced under unsanitary conditions
D) was responsible for crime, poverty and violence against women
  • 13. What political reform was enacted thorugh the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?
A) the direct election of senators
B) the creation of the posts of city commissioners
C) the elimination of the position of city manager
D) the abolishment of jail time for failure to pay debts
  • 14. Immigrants to the United States from 1880 to 1910, as part of the "New Immigration" differend from immigrants of the past because they were mostly from . . .
A) northern European countries like Scotland, England and Belgium
B) Switzerland, Germany and France
C) southern and eastern Europe, like Italians, Russians and Serbians
D) Ireland and Germany
  • 15. Which of the following business leaders was famous for building his business through both horizontal and vertical integration?
A) Andrew Carnegie
B) John D. Rockefeller
C) George Pullman
D) Jay Gould
  • 16. The Bessemer process revolutionized this industry
A) textile
B) steel
C) railroad
D) oil
  • 17. How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
A) They hired lawyers to settle disputes and create mass torts
B) They testified in Senate hearings
C) They exposed corruption by writing about it
D) They organized labor strikes
  • 18. The struggle for women's suffrage resulted in a final victory with the ratification of the . . .
A) NAWSA
B) Nineteenth Amendment
C) Suffrage Act
D) Constitution
  • 19. What did the Plains Indians depend on for thier food, shelter and clothing?
A) The buffalo herds
B) white settlers
C) trade with other tribes and with Mexican peoples
D) a wide variety of plants and animals
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