Question 1

Which corruption scandal is most associated with the administration of Ulysses S. Grant?

Accepted Answer

Whiskey Ring Scandal

Answer

Star Route Scandal

Answer

Teapot Dome Scandal

Answer

Whitewater Scandal

Question 2

The Civil Service Commission ended the spoils system by

Accepted Answer

requiring anyone applying for a government job to take a competitive exam.

Answer

cutting the number of jobs within the federal government.

Answer

allowing the president to offer supporters government jobs.

Answer

forbidding the government from hiring employees who belonged to the same party as the president.

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT part of the Populist Party's platform?

Accepted Answer

Adherence to a gold standard

Answer

A graduated income tax

Answer

Government ownership of the railroads

Answer

Institution of a secret ballot

Question 4

Which of the following transformed the practice of post-Civil War agriculture?

Accepted Answer

The use of machinery on farms increased.

Answer

The size of the average farm decreased.

Answer

The government ended all homestead acts.

Answer

There was a lack of open land in the Great Plains.

Question 5

During the late 19th century, the reduction in price of American agricultural products led to

Accepted Answer

farmers being compelled to increase production.

Answer

more workers shifting to agricultural work.

Answer

farmers facing less of a debt burden.

Answer

farmers experiencing greater profit.

Question 6

Which of the following factors played the largest role in increasing the settlement of the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

Construction of railroads

Answer

Increase in price of agricultural goods

Answer

Extended period of economic inflation

Answer

Increase in foreign demand for agricultural goods

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the condition of western cattle ranching during the 1880s?

Accepted Answer

Cattle ranching was plagued with natural and man-made obstacles.

Answer

Cattle ranching was extremely lucrative for cowboys.

Answer

Cattle ranching continued to be highly lucrative for small farmers.

Answer

Open-range grazing became standard practice.

Question 8

During the late 19th century, a "robber baron" would be best defined as

Accepted Answer

a powerful industrialist.

Answer

a large agricultural landowner.

Answer

the leader of a large criminal organization.

Answer

a leader of a large labor union.

Question 9

The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to

Accepted Answer

create greater fairness in industry.

Answer

encourage the growth of trusts.

Answer

encourage the creation of labor unions.

Answer

allow for the creation of vertical monopolies.

Question 10

In response to the 1894 Pullman strike, the U.S. government

Accepted Answer

used federal troops to subdue the workers.

Answer

tried the company owners under antitrust laws.

Answer

nationalized the company.

Answer

forced the striking workers to collectively bargain.

Question 11

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 when the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met at

Accepted Answer

Promontory Point, Utah.

Answer

Independence, Missouri.

Answer

Indianapolis, Indiana.

Answer

Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Question 12

Which author is credited with coining the term "Gilded Age"?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Answer

Ida Tarbell

Answer

Upton Sinclair

Answer

Lincoln Steffens

Question 13

A monopoly is best defined as

Accepted Answer

a market situation where there is only a single provider of a good or service.

Answer

negotiation by workers as a group with business owners over compensation.

Answer

an arrangement of similar businesses created to regulate production and control pricing.

Answer

a group of investors who own shares of a business and receive a percentage of its profit.

Question 14

Andrew Carnegie engaged in the practice of vertical integration by

Accepted Answer

controlling all aspects of the production process from beginning to end.

Answer

monopolizing a single product by eliminating all competition.

Answer

using private detective agencies to break strikes.

Answer

artificially inflating the value of his companies' stock to attract investors.

Question 15

Horizontal integration is best illustrated by

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller eliminating all competing firms that produced the same products.

Answer

Andrew Carnegie controlling all aspects of the production process.

Answer

John P. Morgan artificially inflating the price of his own stocks.

Answer

Cornelius Vanderbilt issuing noncompetitive railroad rebates.

Question 16

Which of the following people is NOT correctly matched to the industry or business he is historically associated with?

Accepted Answer

Gustavus Swift - tobacco

Answer

John D. Rockefeller - oil

Answer

Cornelius Vanderbilt - railroads

Answer

Andrew Carnegie - steel

Question 17

In what way did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

Accepted Answer

Unlike the Knights of Labor, the AFL limited membership to skilled labor only.

Answer

Unlike the Knights of Labor, the AFL allowed African-Americans to be members.

Answer

Unlike the AFL, the Knights of Labor limited membership to skilled labor only.

Answer

Unlike the Knights of Labor, the AFL allowed women to be members.

Question 18

The primary function of the Grange movement was to

Accepted Answer

help farmers create cooperatives.

Answer

allow western state governments to sell land quickly.

Answer

purchase large areas of land in the West to sell later for a profit.

Answer

herd cattle from the South to railroad centers.

Question 19

The main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to

Accepted Answer

control unfair railroad rate and rebate practices.

Answer

limit union actions that could negatively affect interstate commerce.

Answer

better regulate free-range cattle grazing.

Answer

move western Native American groups to reservations.

Question 20

Farmers of the late 19th century did NOT benefit from the

Accepted Answer

McKinley Tariff

Answer

Farmers' Alliances

Answer

Grange

Answer

Homestead Act

Question 21

Which Native American nation is most associated with Wounded Knee?

Accepted Answer

Sioux

Answer

Crow

Answer

Nez Perce

Answer

Apache

Question 22

The 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was passed to

Accepted Answer

force Native Americans to adopt Western culture and farming practices.

Answer

compensate Native Americans for prior illegal land contracts.

Answer

move Native Americans onto western reservations.

Answer

help Native Americans retain their cultures.

Question 23

What was a primary motivation for the Kansas Exodus of many African-Americans to the West following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Escaping the racial tensions of the South

Answer

Finding employment as sharecroppers

Answer

Creating an independent state for African-Americans

Answer

Establishing bonanza farms

Question 24

What did the events that took place between Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and the federal government illustrate about U.S.-Native American relations in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Violent conflicts continued to be waged between the Native Americans and the government.

Answer

Native Americans were willing to abandon traditional practices for sedentary agriculture.

Answer

The government became more active in protecting traditional Native American lands.

Answer

Native Americans became more willing to accept the reservation system.

Question 25

What was the main focus of the Ghost Dance movement?

Accepted Answer

Restoring the traditional way of life to Native Americans and repelling white settlement

Answer

Negotiating a peaceful end to disputes over land between settlers and Native Americans

Answer

Ending the famines that plagued Native American reservations

Answer

Educating white Americans on the cultural practices of Native Americans in hopes of preserving those practices

Question 26

Frederick Jason Turner's thesis argued that America's frontier

Accepted Answer

was a fundamental factor in American government and individualism.

Answer

was a major obstacle that stood in the way of progress.

Answer

would continue despite the closing of the West.

Answer

allowed immigrants to retain their culture.

Question 27

William Jennings Bryan lost his 1896 campaign for the presidency because he

Accepted Answer

could not win the support of eastern urban centers.

Answer

lacked ability as a persuasive speaker.

Answer

was unable to win the support of western farmers.

Answer

was seen as a pawn of the railroad industry.

Question 28

"We shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." This quotation is associated with which late-19th-century leader?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Answer

Eugene V. Debs

Answer

William McKinley

Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 29

Tammany Hall of the late 19th century was

Accepted Answer

a Democratic political machine that controlled New York City politics.

Answer

the headquarters for the newly formed NAACP.

Answer

the location where President Garfield was assassinated, causing the end of the spoils system.

Answer

the base of organization for the Populist Party joining with the Grange movement.

Question 30

Which of the following statements best defines Andrew Carnegie's ideas in his essay "The Gospel of Wealth"?

Accepted Answer

The rich should use their wealth in a way they see best fit to better society.

Answer

Charitable giving to the poor should address only their basic needs.

Answer

Charity is primarily the domain of religious organizations.

Answer

Frivolity is the right of those who have accumulated wealth.

Question 31

Which of the following statements about Supreme Court decisions during the latter part of the nineteenth century is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

They reduced federal power over the states by narrowly defining the applicability of the Constitution to state law.

Answer

They used the Fourteenth Amendment to create numerous environmental regulations and human rights, stifling American business growth.

Answer

They cleared the way for the liberal reforms of the twentieth century by broadly interpreting constitutional guarantees of individual rights.

Answer

They had little practical effect because the executive branch consistently refused to enforce the Court's rulings.

Question 32

The Haymarket Affair represents a major setback for the

Accepted Answer

Knights of Labor

Answer

women's suffrage movement

Answer

Temperance movement

Answer

civil rights movement for African Americans

Question 33

The "new immigrants" who arrived in the United States after the Civil War were different from the "old immigrants" in that they

Accepted Answer

spoke different languages and had different customs than most Americans and thus were not easily assimilated.

Answer

were better prepared than previous immigrants had been to face the challenges of urban life.

Answer

settled in rural areas in the Midwest where land was plentiful.

Answer

came mostly from Latin American countries.

Question 34

The "Ghost Dance" movement among Western Native Americans stressed all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

nonviolence.

Answer

the belief that the world would soon come to an end.

Answer

unity among Native Americans of different tribes.

Answer

rejection of alcohol and other trappings of white society.

Question 35

In the late nineteenth century, political machines such as Tammany Hall were successful primarily because

Accepted Answer

machine politicians provided needed jobs and services to naturalized citizens in return for their votes.

Answer

they championed the suffragettes and received their support in return.

Answer

they operated primarily in rural areas, where the government could not monitor their activities.

Answer

they focused on accomplishing only a narrow set of human rights objectives.

Question 36

Which of the following was the intended result of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans would be coaxed off reservations by land grants and would thus assimilate into Western culture.

Answer

Legislators would be less likely to accept bribes because of the severity of the penalty.

Answer

Railroad companies would be persuaded to stop unfair pricing through a number of government incentives.

Answer

Recently arrived European immigrants would be enticed into settling in the less populated West.

Question 37

Jane Addams's Hull House was established primarily to

Accepted Answer

create educational programs to aid poor immigrants.

Answer

fight the overconsumption of alcohol in the nation's slums.

Answer

promote women's suffrage.

Answer

provide a halfway home for recently released criminals.

Question 38

Which of the following inventions is NOT associated with Thomas Edison?

Accepted Answer

AC electric power

Answer

incandescent light bulb

Answer

motion picture camera

Answer

phonograph

Question 39

Farmers of the late 19th century did NOT benefit from the

Accepted Answer

McKinley Tariff

Answer

Farmers' Alliances

Answer

Homestead Act

Answer

Grange

Question 40

The Wabash case, decided by the Supreme Court in 1886, led to the passage of which law?

Accepted Answer

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer

Elkins Act

Answer

Homestead Act

Answer

Hepburn Act

Related quizzes

Related quizzes