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The Guilded Age and Progressive Era - Quiz
Contributed by: Ferguson
  • 1. In the 1850's United States government policy toward the Indians changed from pushing them farther West to . . .
A) paying them for thier lands
B) relocating them in the East
C) sending them to reservations
D) giving them land in Texas
  • 2. Which of these speakers is a believer in social Darwinism?
A) "Even poor people should give to charity to the best of thier ability."
B) "Government should give assistance to people who can't make it on thier own."
C) "Weak and struggling businesses should never get assistance from the government."
D) "The rewards of a booming econoomy should be distributed evenly among all citizens."
  • 3. In the late 1800s cities began to build skyscrapers because of two innovations, the elevator and . . .
A) steel frames
B) revolving doors
C) flat roofs
D) architectural blueprints
  • 4. Immigrants from this country declined sharply after acts of Congress banned them in 1882 and 1902.
A) South Africa
B) Russia
C) France
D) China
  • 5. In capitalism, most industries are run by . . .
A) stores
B) private businesses
C) the government
D) oligarchs
  • 6. The hurdles faced by immigrants at Ellis Island included . . .
A) crowded and unsanitary conditions
B) medical examinations
C) vaccinations
D) military background checks
  • 7. The discovery that 2 million acers in central Oklahoma had not been assigned to any Native American group led to . . .
A) the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
B) passage of the Pacific Railway Act, which set aside the unassigned land for construction of railroads
C) passage of teh Homestead Act, which allowed any head of household over the age of 21 to claim 160 acers of land
D) the establishment of the first settlements on the Plains
  • 8. Native Americans were subject to "Americanization." What was Americanization?
A) the process by which Native Americans would become citizens of the United States
B) a process of making Native American practices more accessible to whites
C) an attack on Native American beliefs and practices, including tribal identity
D) a battle plan that involved a series of conflicts and massacres, culminating in the Dawes Act
  • 9. The vast buffalo herds were reduced to just a few buffalo by U.S. Army policy and . . .
A) wolves
B) the needs of Indian nations
C) bad weather and changing climates
D) hunting by railroad passengers and hide seekers
  • 10. The novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair prompted an investigation into the . . .
A) railroad industry
B) Department of Labor
C) homesteads
D) meatpacking industry
  • 11. Which of the following quotes expresses the attitude of nativism?
A) "It is an expression of religious faith to help those less fortunate than ourselves."
B) "Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home."
C) "I love my adopted country, America, as much as the country I left behind."
D) "Every immigrant will find a helping hand in America."
  • 12. Reformers called for prohibition because they believed that alcohol . .
A) was produced under unsanitary conditions
B) was responsible for crime, poverty and violence against women
C) caused health problems
D) production lines were liable to burst into flames under the right conditions
  • 13. What political reform was enacted thorugh the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?
A) the creation of the posts of city commissioners
B) the elimination of the position of city manager
C) the direct election of senators
D) the abolishment of jail time for failure to pay debts
  • 14. Immigrants to the United States from 1880 to 1910, as part of the "New Immigration" differend from immigrants of the past because they were mostly from . . .
A) Ireland and Germany
B) northern European countries like Scotland, England and Belgium
C) Switzerland, Germany and France
D) southern and eastern Europe, like Italians, Russians and Serbians
  • 15. Which of the following business leaders was famous for building his business through both horizontal and vertical integration?
A) Jay Gould
B) Andrew Carnegie
C) George Pullman
D) John D. Rockefeller
  • 16. The Bessemer process revolutionized this industry
A) oil
B) steel
C) textile
D) railroad
  • 17. How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
A) They organized labor strikes
B) They testified in Senate hearings
C) They exposed corruption by writing about it
D) They hired lawyers to settle disputes and create mass torts
  • 18. The struggle for women's suffrage resulted in a final victory with the ratification of the . . .
A) Suffrage Act
B) Nineteenth Amendment
C) Constitution
D) NAWSA
  • 19. What did the Plains Indians depend on for thier food, shelter and clothing?
A) white settlers
B) The buffalo herds
C) trade with other tribes and with Mexican peoples
D) a wide variety of plants and animals
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