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Who is in charge of the executive branch?
The Speaker of the House
The Prime Minister
The President
The Chief Justice
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
The inalienable rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
The President
Checks and balances
The people
Freedom of speech
We elect a President for how many years? Choose one:
Eight (8)
Two (2)
Four (4)
Ten (10)
What is the highest court in the United States?
Federal Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
International Court of Justice
How many justicies are on the Supreme Court?
9
5
12
3
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Because the state's Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives.
Because of the state's population.
Because of the geographical size of the state.
Because of the state's location.
What is an amendment?
An addition (to the Constitution).
The Preamble to the Constitution.
An introduction.
The beginning of the Declaration of Independence.
How many US senators does Utah have?
1
2
3
4
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
The House of Representatives and the courts.
The House of Lords and the House of Commons.
The Senate and House of Representatives.
The Senate and the courts.
What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?
Russia
England
Spain
France
What was the main crop the United States was interested in from Hawaii?
Sugar
Apples
Tobacco
Wheat
Which of the following best describes the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Plantation owners purchasing slaves at a Charleston auction
Delegates meeting to write a new Constitution in Phildelphia
Explorers crossing the Atlantic Ocean searching for the New World
Pioneers moving west across the Mississippi River to clain new lands
Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from France for $15 million dollars and it DOUBLED the size fo the United States. What was this called?
American Revolution
Louisiana Purchase
Annexation of Texas
Mexican Cession
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American continent was known as
The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
bean pickers
barbed wire
steel plow
Windmills
This act was passed to allow 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen.
The Exodusters Act
The Dawes Act
The Homestead Act
The Ft Laramie Act
Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
California
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
Native Americans could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty
Native Americans were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from the white pioneers
Native Americans could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
Native American culture became widley accepted by white settler
How did the Dawes Act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal Indian Policy?
It led to conflicts between new settlers and Indian tribes on the Great Plains
It moved Indian tribes still on the Great Plains to reservations farther west
It permited Indians to withdraw private plots from the tribal reservation
It encouraged the shooting of buffalo herds from new railroads
In which battle was George Armstrong Custer involved?
Sand Creek Massacre
Inddian Removal Act
Battle of Little Big Horn
Dawes Act
Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to
deny African Americans the right to vote
extend suffrage to women and 18 year old citizens
raise money for political campaigns
prevent immigrants from becoming citizens
"[The register] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the consitution of Mississippi, ... I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out."

Source: A History of the United States since 1861

The main intent of the literacy test described in the passage was to:
encourage reform of the political system
encourage Mississippi residents to learn about their state's legal system
prevent African Americans from exercising a basic right
enforce the provisions of the United States Consitution
Booker T. Washington state that the best way for formerly enslaved persons to advance themselves in American society was to
leave their farms in the South and move to the North
run for political office
pursue economic gains through vocational training
form a seperate political party
W.E.B. Du Bois believed that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States by
setting up a seperate nation within the United States
entering vocational training programs in seperate schools
demanding full and immediate participation in American society
taking over the leadership of the two major political parties
What Supreme Court case ruled "seperate but equal" was legal?
Union vs. Confederacy
Aylor vs. Byrd
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Who was President of the United States during the American Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Who won the American Civil War?
United States of America
Confederate States of America
Mexico
Canada
How did ratification fo the 14th Amendment change the United States?
It established citizenship laws and quotas for new immigrants
It allowed only skilled workers to become U.S. Citizens
It granted U.S. citizenship to African Americans
It increased the residency requirements needed for U.S. citizenship
During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the 15th Amendment was adopted to grant African Americans
educational opportunities
economic equality
freedom of speech
voting rights
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments to the Constitution was to
expand educational opportunities for Native American Indians
allow women to become full citizens
guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
extend consitutional rights to new territories
After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by
developing overseas markets
paying high wages to their workers
increasing the prices of their products
forming monopolies or trusts

This man controlled the steel industry.

Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Teddy Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Who was a leader in the railroad industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell

Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?

meatpacking, automobile, and construction
railroads, steel and oil
textile, meatpacking and canals
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos

During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the term robber baron best defined a person who...

controlled large tracts of western lands
used ruthless business tactics
stole from the rich to give to the poor
encouraged the conversion of raw materials

Child labor, low wages, and unsafe working conditions could best be described as...

Negative Effects of Industry
Positive Effects of Industry
Restrictions on child labor
Reasons for Increased Immigration

This man controlled the oil industry.

Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Upton Sinclair
Teddy Roosevelt
One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they
robbed from the rich to give to the poor
used ruthless business tactics against their competitors
stole money from the federal government
made unnecessary risky investments
"Prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace." The author of this statement would most probably support
government ownership of utilities
wage and price controls
minimum-wage laws
laissez-fair capitalism
Which labor organization invited skilled workers, unskilled workers, women, and blacks to participate?
The American Federation of Labor
The Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Knights of Labor
The Grange
During the Industrial Age, poor working conditions in factories led to what?
the establishment of labor unions
a shortage of people willing to work in the factories
a decrease in the nuber of immigrants coming to work
increased support for laissez-faire governmet policies
What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
to prevent companies from forming monopolies to control prices
to prevent large businesses from exporting goods abroad
to prevent large companies from expanding into multiple states
to prevent any company from firing an employee without reason
The Homestead Act in 1892
was settled quickly when Carnegie Steel met worker demands for higher wages
caused major changes in labor union legislation
pitted railway workers against the owners
resulted in violence between steel workers and private security agent
What was the main cause for the Pullman Strike of 1894?
The murder of Eugene V. Debs
Reduced wages with no reduction in rental fees
Reduced wages
Horrible working conditions
Why was the Pendleton Civil Service Act passed?
to force money to be backed by silver instead of gold
to regulate unfair railroad practices
to end the spoils system
to eliminate European and Asian immigration
The settlement houses during the late 1800's offered solutions to poor city dwellers through:
protection from the power of political machines
social services
provided a basic income
protection from area crime
Nativists main objective during the Gilded Age was to:
restrict immigration
allow immigration
offer social services to immigrants
help teach immigrants to assimilate
Where did Asian immigrants enter the United States?
Ellis Island
Spoils Center
Upper East Side
Angel Island
Patronage or the "spoils system" is when:
the government stays out of business practices
office holders reward their supporters with federal jobs
industrial leaders share their fortune with those less fortunate
prospective employees must pass a series of examinations before hiring
By 1900, at least 40% of Americans lived in urban areas, with New York City and Chicago having populations of over one million. This increased urbanization largely resulted in?
cities that were overcrowded, congested and polluted
philanthropists establishing foundations to help the poor
passage of legislation limiting immigration to urban areas
demands for an end to the power of the political machines
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Baltimore
Immigrants came to America to escape
religious persecution
famine
poor economies
all of the above
This reformer started a settlement house in Chicago to help poor immigrants assimilate and get jobs.
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Who offered immigrants favors for their votes?
Jane Adams
Pendelton Act
Political Machines
Captains of Industry