History Final

Question 1

An increase in political corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization took place during the-

Answer 1

Gilded Age

Question 2

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in _________ and _________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

Answer 2

Urbanization and Immigration

Question 3

What are businessmen who are known for their positive contribution to the modern industrial economy called?

Answer 3

Captains of Industry

Question 4

Immigration push factors are…

Answer 4

Reasons people leave their homelands

Question 5

Immigration pull factors are…

Answer 5

Reasons people come to a new place

Question 6

A political organization that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes.

Answer 6

Spoils System

Question 7

Which of the following is not a pull factor?

War in home country
New inventions
Job opportunities
Freedoms

Answer 7

War in home country

Question 8

Which of the following best explains the impact of railroads during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 8

Railroads increased the need for coal, steel, and steam engine production

Question 9

The growth of cities is called-

Answer 9

Urbanization

Question 10

The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by Congress to-

Answer 10

Regulate aspects of business

Question 11

Companies who control all the different phases of the business to control profits & maximize efficiency use the method called-

Answer 11

Vertical Integration

Question 12

Companies who specialize in one area of business and buy out competition use the method of organization called-

Answer 12

Horizontal Integration

Question 13

This ideology is associated with government’s responsibility to intervene in the economy-

Answer 13

laissez faire

Question 14

When the economy is expanding, leading to a rise in stock prices and increased investing, the market is described as a…

Answer 14

Bull Market

Question 15

When a large number of customers line up to withdraw cash from deposit accounts from a financial institution.

Answer 15

Bank Run

Question 16

This is making a very risky investment in the stock market, in hopes of earning a large profit.

Answer 16

Speculation

Question 17

This cause led many businesses to close, because they were producing more goods than consumers were willing to buy.

Answer 17

Overproduction

Question 18

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

An increase in the price of wheat on the world market
An increase in demand for imported products
A decrease in the supply of consumer goods
Overproduction and underconsumption

Answer 18

Overproduction and underconsumption

Question 19

Who was the President of the United States when the Stock Market crashed?

Answer 19

Herbert Hoover

Question 20

During the 1930’s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the.

Answer 20

Development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

Question 21

Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?

Huey Long ran on a strong third-party campaign
Roosevelt won a third term
Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide
Hoover lost by a narrow margin

Answer 21

Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide

Question 22

A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt.

Answer 22

Supported direct relief to people out of work.

Question 23

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

Answer 23

Fireside Chats

Question 24

What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?

Answer 24

Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.

Question 25

How would an African American during the Great Depression most likely have felt about the New Deal?

Answer 25

Frustrated, because the CCC and other work programs discriminated against African Americans.

Question 26

A major result of the New Deal was that it:

Answer 26

Greatly increased the size and power of the Federal Government.

Question 27

What did young men employed by the CCC or Civil Conservation Corps do?

Answer 27

Planted trees on public lands

Question 28

What happened to the farmers of the Great Plains who were affected by the Dust Bowl?

Answer 28

They became migrant workers hopping to find work on the farms of California.

Question 29

During the early 1900s, the term “muckrackers” was used to describe-

Answer 29

Writers who exposed the evil in American society.

Question 30

The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

Answer 30

Regulate big business

Question 31

Civil service reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a reaction to which of the following issues?

• The corrupt and inefficient distribution of government jobs by political machines
• The dwindling influence of political machines
• The ignorance of voters who elected well-meaning but incompetent public officials
• The emergence of single-issue third parties

Answer 31

The corrupt and inefficient distribution of government jobs by political machines.

Question 32

During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish-

Answer 32

Settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor.

Question 33

The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states during the Progressive Era as ways to-

Answer 33

make government more democratic

Question 34

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts.

Answer 34

Upton Sinclair

Question 35

This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses

Answer 35

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

Question 36

A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and, in some cases, reformed.

Answer 36

Progressive Era

Question 37

Progressive reformers, or muckrackers known for taking photographs to expose unsafe or unsanitary conditions.

Answer 37

Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine

Question 37

Which of the following was a major goal of Jane Addams’ settlement house movement in Chicago?

Answer 37

The assimilation of immigrants

Question 37

Suffrage refers to:

Answer 37

The right to vote

Question 38

The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in-

Answer 38

The expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process.

Question 39

What was the Square Deal?

Answer 39

Roosevelt’s promise to the American people to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism.

Question 40

Which of the following best explains what happened in the election of 1912?

Answer 40

William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, a former Republican, split the “Republican” vote, allowing for the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, to be elected President.

Question 41

I established the federal Reserve in 1913

Answer 41

Wilson

Question 42

What did the 18th Amendment accomplish?

Answer 42

It banned the sale and consumption of alcohol (prohibition)

Question 43

What fraction of the states is needed in order to ratify an amendment

Answer 43

three-fourths

Question 44

Journalists called muckrakers and urban photographers exposed people

Answer 44

to the plight of the unfortunate in hopes of sparking reform

Question 45

What is a referendum?

Answer 45

Opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill

Question 46

“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof…” this quote represents which amendment?

Answer 46

17th

Question 47

Which factor most contributed to the living conditions faced by many immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Answer 47

Lack of government regulations and standards for public housing

Question 48

This statement describes how government officials responded to the arrival of Asian immigrants in the United States?

Answer 48

They passed restrictions that blocked the settlement of additional Asian Americans.

Question 49

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

Answer 49

Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate.

Question 50

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

Answer 50

More willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems.

Question 51

The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by

Answer 51

paying them not to grow crops.

Question 52

What event brought the country out of the Great Depression?

Answer 52

World War II

Question 53

This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and federal loan program?

Answer 53

Populist party