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Most immigrants to the United States at the end of the nineteenth century lived....
A. On Farms
B. In small towns
C. In Suburbs
D. In Cities
Journalists committed to exposing social wrongs were called
A. Scapegoats
B. Robber barons
C. Monopolies
D. Muckrakers
D. Muckrakers
Under Roosevelt's administration, the Forestry Division of the federal Land Office
A. Waged a campaign against the dangerous black bear
B. Promoted oil drilling and strip mining in Oklahoma and Kansas
C. Became responsible for the wise use of the nation’s forestlands
D. Was known for the favoring industrial use of protected lands
C. Became responsible for the wise use of the nation’s forestlands
What is Booker T Washington best known for?
A. Refusing to sit at the back of buses
B. Founding Tuskegee University
C. Founding the NAACP
D. Being the nephew of George Washington
B. Founding Tuskegee University
Which amendment to the Constitution provided for women's suffrage?
A. Thirteenth
B. Fourteenth
C. Fifteenth
D. Nineteenth
D. Nineteenth
The Populist Party was in favor of backing US paper money with...
A. gold
B. silver
C. greenbacks
D. none of the above
B. silver
Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle exposed the horrors of
A. Segregation
B. Lynching
C. The oil industry
D. The meatpacking industry
D. The meatpacking industry
What did Theodore Roosevelt propose for all Americans?
A. Set aside land for wildlife refuges
B. The New Deal
C. Forty acres and a mule
D. A square deal
D. A square deal
W.E.B. Du Bois wanted to
A. Support Booker T. Washington ideas
B. Be the first African American US president
C. Break the “color line” between blacks and whites
D. Establish settlement houses for immigrants
C. Break the “color line” between blacks and whites
Debs believed in the principles of
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Communism
D. Conservatism
A. Socialism
The demands of the Populists included
A. A shorter workday and a graduated income tax
B. A longer workday and no income tax
C. A shorter workday and no income tax
D. A longer workday and a graduated income tax
A. A shorter workday and a graduated income tax
To better serve the poor community near Hull House, Jane Addams included
A. Bathtubs, kitchens, and a day-care center in the settlement
B. A swimming pool and entertainment center
C. A farm and a zoo filled with unusual animals
D. A hospital for the seriously ill
A. Bathtubs, kitchens, and a day-care center in the settlement
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution officially
A. Set aside land for wildlife refuges
B. Banned monopolies
C. Ended slavery in America
D. Gave women the right to vote
C. Ended slavery in America
Susan B. Anthony fought for
A. Woman suffrage
B. Temperance
C. Abolition of slavery
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
After the Pullman Strike, Eugene Debs concluded that unions were
A. The most powerful organizations in the world
B. Weak because the workers were not committed to them
C. Not strong enough to protect the rights of workers
D. The only solution for conflicts between workers and employers
C. Not strong enough to protect the rights of workers
Who was William Jenings Bryan?
A. The first president from the Populist Party
B. The founder of Standard Oil
C. A great orator who ran for president three times
D. A writer who exposed abuse in the railroad industry
C. A great orator who ran for president three times
Jacob Riis wrote about the need for
A. An end to immigration
B. Tenement reform
C. Inflation
D. A third major political party
B. Tenement Reform
The laws designed to keep African Americans from experiencing the freedoms granted to them in amendments to the Constitution were called
A. Jim Crow laws
B. Roosevelt laws
C. Sherman Antitrust laws
D. Desegregation laws
A. Jim Crow laws
The Women’s State Temperance Society was founded because
A. Women were the first to establish a society dedicated to temperance
B. Women felt that the chief abusers of alcohol were women
C. Women were not allowed to speak at the Men’s state Temperance Society
D. Women were afraid that the men’s temperance society was too large
C. Women were not allowed to speak at the Men’s state Temperance Society
In what year were women finally allowed to vote throughout the United States?
A. 1862
B. 1920
C. 1962
D. 1945
B. 1920
Who wrote articles exposing the dubious practices of the Standard Oil Company?
A. Ida Tarbell
B. Upton S
C. John D Rockefeller
D. Samuel McClure
A. Ida Tarbell
Theodore Roosevelt's regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was called
A. Rough Riders
B. Bull Moose
C. Green Berets
D. Wobblies
A. Rough Riders
Ida B Wells waged a campaign against
A. Trusts
B. Populism
C. Muckrakers
D. Lynching
D. Lynching
What does Populist mean?
Caring about the rights and interests of common, ordinary people
What does the phrase Regulatory Body mean?
A government agency or organization that sets rules