Period 6

Question 1

2 major components of the Compromise of 1877 (Second Corrupt Bargain)

Answer 1

1. removal of U.S. military from former Confederate states
2. appointment of at least 1 southern democrat to Haye’s cabinet

Question 2

Name one of two bills Johnson vetoed that led to Radical Republicans to believe that the 14th amendments was needed to protect blacks in the south

Answer 2

Civil Rights Bill

Question 3

According to the constitution, which part of the U.S. government was responsible for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Answer 3

House of Representatives

Question 4

Name 3 groups of Americans that populated the West from 1870 to 1900 (gilded age)

Answer 4

1. Chinese railroad workers
2. white settlers from the east
3. African-American settlers from the south

Question 5

Name 2 acts of Congress from 1860 to 1900 that facilitated western migration during the Gilded Age

Answer 5

1. Homestead Act 1862
2. Construction of transcontinental railroad

Question 6

What was the most significant platform issue of Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896

Answer 6

economic issues

Question 7

Name 2 significant strikes of the Gilded Age

Answer 7

1. Homestead strike
2. Pullman strike

Question 8

Name the winners of the 5 presidential elections in 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896

Answer 8

1880- James A. Garfield
1884- Grover Cleveland
1888- Benjamin Harrison
1892- Grover Cleveland
1896- William Mckinley

Question 9

In the Wabash v. Illinois case in 1879, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot regulate railroads because it involved interstate trade, how did congress respond

Answer 9

They established the Interstate Commerce Commission Act 1887

Question 10

Name 2 ways companies in the Gilded Age became monopolistic

Answer 10

1. There was less competition and government restrictions
2. Made agreements with other companies

Question 11

How did Congress respond when President Garfield was assassinated

Answer 11

Established the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act 1883

Question 12

What is a political machine

Answer 12

party organization with members that is linked to a political party led by a single boss that commands to maintain political control of state

Question 13

Who was the most famous person associated with machine politics in the Gilded Age

Answer 13

William Magear Tweed- Tammany Hall

Question 14

In regards to women, Progressivism

Answer 14

supported many reforms advocated by feminists

Question 15

What is a muckraker

Answer 15

person who writes to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, wrongdoings in institutions or politics

Question 16

Lincoln Steffens, in his book “The Shame of the Cities” tackled corruption in what area

Answer 16

municipal government in American cities and for his leftist values

Question 17

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to do what

Answer 17

make public aware of social problems

Question 18

Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from which socio-economic class

Answer 18

middle class

Question 19

Political progressivism could be found in which political party and level of government

Answer 19

1. third party
2. city and state gov’t

Question 20

Progressives advocated all except
A. direct election of U.S senators
B. initiative
C. recall
D. referendum
E. Socialism

Answer 20

E. socialism

Question 21

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the 17th and 18th amendments added to the constitution. The 17th called for ___, and the 18th called for ___.

Answer 21

1. allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators
2. made production, transport, sale of intoxicating liquors illegal

Question 22

Settlement houses were crucial centers of female progressive activity because they

Answer 22

introduced many middle class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns

Question 23

Most horrific example of the exploitation of workers during Progressive era

Answer 23

1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

Question 24

Why was the progressive-inspired city-manager system of government started

Answer 24

to remove politics from municipal administration

Question 25

What did Theodore Roosevelt choose to label his reform proposals while he was president

Answer 25

Square Deal

Question 26

As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except
A. conservation of natural resources
B. consumer protection
C. control of corporations
D. control of labor
E. railroad regulation

Answer 26

D. control of labor

Question 27

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by doing what

Answer 27

to seize mines and operate them with federal troops

Question 28

One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that the government did not automatically side with whom

Answer 28

big business

Question 29

The Hepburn Act dealt with the subject of

Answer 29

railroad shipping rates

Question 30

The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt’s assault on trusts was to prove what

Answer 30

that the gov’t, not private business, ruled the country

Question 31

President Roosevelt believed that the federal gov’t should adopt a policy of ___ trusts

Answer 31

regulating

Question 32

When Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle”, he intended his book to focus attention on what

Answer 32

mistreatment of workers in meat-packing industry

Question 33

While president, Theodore Roosevelt did what for the office of the president

Answer 33

enhanced the power and prestige

Question 34

During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except
A. create the federal reserve and first national income tax
B. develop and environmental and conservation plan
C. expand presidential power
D. shape the progressive movement at the national level
E. use the Sherman Antitrust Act to regulate monopolies

Answer 34

E. Use the sherman Antitrust Act to regulate monopolies

Question 35

The Supreme Court used the “restraint-of-trade clause of the Sherman Antitrust Act for the first time to break up which company

Answer 35

Standard Oil company

Question 36

Why did Teddy Roosevelt decide to run for presidency in 1912

Answer 36

William Howard Taft seemed to discard Roosevelt’s progressive policies

Question 37

Before he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson had been a

Answer 37

state governor

Question 38

As governor of New Jersey, Wilson established a record as a

Answer 38

mild conservative

Question 39

In 1912, what was Wilson’s Democratic platform called

Answer 39

The New Freedom

Question 40

When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt’s name in nomination for the presidency in 1912, what did it symbolize

Answer 40

the rising political status of women

Question 41

Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom

Answer 41

Favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship

Question 42

When congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation to do what

Answer 42

lower tariff rates

Question 43

The 16th Amendment provided for what

Answer 43

personal income tax

Question 44

The Federal Reserve Act gave the gov’t the authority to do what

Answer 44

issue paper money, increase or decrease amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates, establish economic stability with central bank