Populist Party
Where did most immigrants in the U.S live at the end of the 1800's?
a) On Farms
b) In Small Towns
c) In Tenements
d) In Cities
d) In Cities
Journalists who exposed obscenities in the workplace were called?
a) Scrapegoats
b) Rakemuckers
c) Monopolies
d) Muckrakers
d) Muckrakers
What was the name of the laws that kept African Americans from experiencing the freedoms granted to them?
a) Jim Crow Laws
b) Desegregation Laws
c) Sherman Antitrust Laws
d) Roosevelt Laws
a) Jim Crow Laws
Susan B Anthony founded what?
a) Women's Suffrage
b) Abolition of Slavery
c) Temperance
d) All of the Above
d) All of the Above
Eugene Debs believe in...?
a) Socialism
b) Capitalism
c) Communism
d) Conservatism
a) Socialism
What were the Populists Demanding?
a) A shorter workday and a graduated income tax
b) A shorter workday and no income tax
c) A longer workday and no income tax
d) A longer workday and a graduated income tax
a) A Shorter workday and a graduated income tax
Jane Addams helped make Hull House better by providing...
a) bathtubs, kitchens, and a daycare center in the settlement
b) a swimming pool, entertainment center, and free food
c) a farm to grow healthy food and access to a zoo for all residents
d) a private hospital for the sick
a) bathtubs, kitchens, and a daycare center in the settlement
What did W.E.B Du Bois want to do?
a) Free African Americans from slavery
b) Becomes the first African American President
c) Break the "color line" between blacks and whites
d) Build Settlement Houses for Immigrants
c) Break the "color line" between blacks and whites
Who wrote articles exposing the Standard Oil Company?
a) Ida Tarbell
b) Susan B Anthony
c) W.E.B Du Bois
d) Upton Sinclair
a) Ida Tarbell
Theodore Roosevelts' regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was named?
a) Rough Riders
b) Wobblies Ward
c) Rusty Rebellion
d) Green Berets
a) Rough Riders
What was William Jennings Bryan known for?
a) The writer who exposed the Railroad Company
b) The President of the Populist Party
c) A great orator who ran for President three times
d) The founder of Standard Oil
c) A great orator who ran for President three times
What industry did Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle expose?
a) The Slave Industry
b) The oil Industry
c) Lynching
d) The meatpacking industry
d) The meatpacking industry
What did the Thirteenth Amendment finally achieve?
a) Gave Women the ability to vote
b) Gave land to refugees
c) Ended Slavery in America
d) Reinstated monopolies
c) Ended Slavery in America
Why was the Women's State Temperance Society founded?
a) Women wanted to wear pants
b) Women wanted to speak out against men and their alcohol abuse
c) Women were not allowed to speak at the Men's Temperance Society
d) Women were not allowed to speak at the Men's Temperance Social
c) Women were not allowed to speak at the Men's Temperance Society
During Roosevelt's reign as president; The Forestry Division of the Federal Land Office...
a) Started a protest against the Black Bear
b) Promoted drilling for oil in Forests
c) Became responsible for the wise use of the nation's forestlands
d) Worked to protect State parks from inhabitation
c) Became responsible for the wise use of the nations forestlands
What Form of Currency did the Populist Party favor to help back paper money?
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Copper
d) Greenbacks
b) Silver
Jacob Riis wrote about the demand for...
a) Immigration to end
b) Tenement Reform
c) Another Political Party
d) Inflation to end
b) Tenement Reform
Ida B Wells started a campaign against...
a) Muckrakers
b) Populism
c) All of the Above
d) Lynching
d) Lynching
Which amendment in the Constitution allowed Women's Suffrage?
a) Seventeenth
b) Thirteenth
c) Fourteenth
d) Nineteenth
d) Nineteenth
What was Theodore Roosevelts proposal for all Americans?
a) The Refugee Deal
b) The Fast Deal
c) The New Deal
d) A Square Deal
d) A Square Deal
What does Populist mean?
a) combination of corporations, created to reduce competition and increase prices
b) Laws passed by elected officials
c) The right to vote
d) Caring about the rights and interests of common, ordinary people
d) Caring about the rights and interests of common, ordinary people
a) The killing a person by a mob, often by hanging
b) A government agency or organization that sets rules
c) An extended period of reduced economic activity, when large numbers of people cannot find jobs and most have less money to spend
d) When someone wants to protect nature and natural spaces
b) A governments agency or organization that sets rules
What made Booker T Washington famous?
a) Founding the NAACP
b) Founding Tuskegee University
c) Refusing to sit at the back of the bus
d) Being related to George Washington
b) Founding Tuskegee University
In what year did Women receive the right to vote?
a) 1927
b) 1920
c) 1922
d) 1925
b) 1920
After the Pullman Strike, Eugene Debs stated that unions were...?
a) Able to change history for the better
b) Could be strong enough to protect workers rights if they worked together
c) Not strong enough to protect the rights of workers
d) Weak because people couldn't commit to them
c) Not strong enough to protect the rights of workers