Unit 6 MCQ

Question 1

Sherman Silver Act

Answer 1

required the government to purchase 4.5 million ounces of silver every month to mint coins and to back paper currency.

Question 2

Standard Oil Company

Answer 2

John D. Rockefeller’s company, formed in 1870, which came to symbolize the trusts and monopolies of the Gilded Age.

Question 3

JP Morgan

Answer 3

a banker who financed the reorganization of railroads, insurance companies, and banks. Funded Edison’s business, and merged steel companies to make the United States Steel Corporation.

Question 4

Gold Standard Act

Answer 4

Transferred ownership of all monetary gold in the United States to the US Treasury and prohibited the Treasury and financial institutions from redeeming dollars for gold.

Question 5

Vertical Integration

Answer 5

An expansion strategy where a company takes control over one or more stages in the production or distribution of its products.

Question 6

Horizontal Integration

Answer 6

the merger of two or more companies that occupy similar levels in the production supply chain

Question 7

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 7

addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business.

Question 8

Boss Tweed

Answer 8

A disgraced American politician who was convicted for stealing millions of dollars from New York City taxpayers through political corruption

Question 9

Hull House

Answer 9

to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency and help immigrants learn to speak English.

Question 10

Panic of 1893

Answer 10

a national economic crisis set off by the collapse of two of the country’s largest employers, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the National Cordage Company

Question 11

Andrew Carneige

Answer 11

One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the world.

Question 12

John D. Rockefeller

Answer 12

He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.

Question 13

Samuel Grompers

Answer 13

Samuel Gompers. is responsible for the formation of one of the first labor unions. The American Federation of Labor worked on getting people better hours and better wages. The formation of this triggered the formation of various others that would come later.

Question 14

McKinley

Answer 14

The 25th president of the United States serving until his assassination six months into his second term. He led the U.S. to victory in the Spanish-American War, raised protective tariffs that promoted American industry, and maintain the gold standard.

Question 15

Billion-Dollar Congress

Answer 15

named for its lavish spendings, gave pensions to Civil War veterans, increased government purchases on silver, and passed the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. The McKinley Tariff Act raised tariffs yet again and brought more troubles to farmers.

Question 16

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 16

U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the legality of Jim Crow laws that permitted or required separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites

Question 17

Election of 1880

Answer 17

James Garfield (Republican) defeated Winfield Hancock (Democrat) in the 1880 presidential election. Although Garfield comfortably won the Electoral College vote, he won the popular vote by less than 10,000 votes.

Question 18

Omaha Platform

Answer 18

political agenda adopted by the populist party in 1892 at their Omaha, Nebraska convention. Called for unlimited coinage of silver (bimetallism), government regulation of railroads and industry, graduated income tax, and a number of election reforms.

Question 19

Populist Party

Answer 19

the People’s party or the Farmers’ party. It was a political group that gained much support from farmers who turned to them to fight political unfairness.

Question 20

Grangers

Answer 20

The Granger movement was founded in 1867, by Oliver Hudson Kelley. Its original intent was to bring farmers together to discuss agricultural styles, in an attempt to correct widespread costly and inefficient methods. Kelley promoted his movement all over the country, but it only caught on in the West.

Question 21

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 21

The Chinese Exclusion Acts were a set of laws that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens. They were passed in 1882, renewed in 1892, and then made permanent in 1902, but were repealed in 1943.

Question 22

Tammany Hall

Answer 22

Tammany Hall was powerful New York political organization. It drew support from immigrants. The immigrants relied on Tammany Hall patronage, particularly for social services. In return, they asked for ppl’s votes on election day.

Question 23

Sherman Anti Trust

Answer 23

authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them

Question 24

Morrill Act

Answer 24

made it possible for states to establish public colleges funded by the development or sale of associated federal land grants.

Question 25

Social Darwinism

Answer 25

the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

Question 26

Dawes Act

Answer 26

An act that broke up Indian reservations and distributed land to individual households

Question 27

Knights of Labor

Answer 27

a secret society of garnet workers in Philadelphia, but emerged as a national movement by 1878

Question 28

Pendleton Act

Answer 28

provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams

Question 29

Political Machines

Answer 29

a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.

Question 30

Nativism

Answer 30

the belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners

Question 31

Social Gospel

Answer 31

the religious wing of the progressive movement which had the aim of combating injustice, suffering and poverty in society.

Question 32

Sitting Bull

Answer 32

political and spiritual leader of the Sioux warriors who destroyed General George Armstrong Custer’s force in the famous battle of Little Big Horn

Question 33

Social Darwinism

Answer 33

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

Question 34

Coxey’s Army

Answer 34

a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.

Question 35

Louis Sullivan

Answer 35

an American architect who used steel frames to design skyscrapers. He was also the founder of what is now the Chicago School of Architects.

Question 36

Jane Addams

Answer 36

a middle-class woman dedicated to uplifting the urban masses

Question 37

Patronage

Answer 37

A system, prevalent during the Gilded Age, in which political parties granted jobs and favors to party regulars who delivered votes on election day.

Question 38

Hi!

Answer 38

Bye!

Question 39

Gospel of Wealth

Answer 39

Carnegie argued that extremely wealthy Americans like himself had a responsibility to spend their money in order to benefit the greater good.

Question 40

Glidden

Answer 40

invented the barbed wire; and was used against trespassing cattle.

Question 41

Tenements/Slums

Answer 41

poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived;

Question 42

sanitation

Answer 42

the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces.

Question 43

skyscrapers

Answer 43

Tall steel framed buildings that began in America

Question 44

Time Zones

Answer 44

Due to this lack of time standardization, railroad schedules on the same tracks often could not be coordinated, resulting in collisions

Question 45

Railroads

Answer 45

By providing cheaper and faster freight delivery, the railroads helped create a new national market. While the completion of the transcontinental railroad paved the way for exponential growth in the population and economy of the West and the nation, it also caused significant harm to many people.

Question 46

Buffalo

Answer 46

The buffalo were very important to the Native economies. They provided them with food, clothing, shelter, fuel, knives, arrow heads, and bow strings. Much of their life was based upon the buffalo.

Question 47

Refridgerated Cars

Answer 47

provided a new way to transport raw goods and materials and creating a way for them to last longer

Question 48

Migrants

Answer 48

a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons

Question 49

Suburbs

Answer 49

a community that is next to or close to a city. rural. far from the city with open space and might have farms

Question 50

Subways/trolleys

Answer 50

Boston built the first subway in the United States in 1897. The trolley car was invented in 1834 by Thomas Davenport, “built a tiny electric motor on wheels that propelled itself around a little track, like the engine of a toy train.”