Quiz on Unit 18

Question 1

Elected President in 1896 and 1900

Answer 1

William McKinley

Question 2

Practice that justified racial segregation upheld by Plessy v Ferguson decision

Answer 2

Separate but equal

Question 3

Black activist who favored taking action to obtain civil rights for blacks

Answer 3

W.E.B. DuBois

Question 4

Tactic used to prevent blacks from voting, it based the ability to vote in 1898 on who could vote in 1867

Answer 4

Grandfather clause

Question 5

Republican presidentila nominee in 1896; gave the “Cross of Gold” speech

Answer 5

William Jennings Bryan

Question 6

Extreme Chinese nationalists who wanted to drive the “foreign devils” out of China in 1900

Answer 6

Boxers

Question 7

Revenue law passed by Congress but declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

Answer 7

Personal income tax

Question 8

Tax paid to be able to vote; was a tactic to prevent blacks from voting

Answer 8

Poll tax

Question 9

What country in addition to Cuba did the U.S. invade during the Spanish-American War?

Answer 9

Philippines

Question 10

Politician who furthered the Progressive cause most on the national level

Answer 10

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 11

Black educator who accepted social segregation and discrimination

Answer 11

Booker T Washington

Question 12

Maximum length of workday proposed by Progressives

Answer 12

Ten-hour workday

Question 13

Term used for the execution by a mob of an African American

Answer 13

Lynching

Question 14

Journalists and authors who exposed the abuses and failings in American life

Answer 14

Muckrakers

Question 15

Wisconsin Senator who was a leading Progressive spokesman

Answer 15

Robert LaFollette