02 Feb D. Graduated income tax

Question 1

1. Which business tycoon was involved in the oil industry with his Standard Oil Company?

A. Bill Gates

B. Andrew Carnegie

C. John Rockefeller

D. J. P. Morgan

Question 2

2. Which of the following was a major factor in taking away the ability of the Plains Native Americans to survive?

A. The Ghost Dance

B. The loss of hunting skills among young Natives

C. The killing of the horse herds

D. The killing of the buffalo herds

Question 3

3. Which of the following was a Progressive Era reform?

A. Allowing women to own land

B. Abolishing slavery

C. Direct election of US Senators

D. Pushing for civil rights for African Americans

Question 4

4. What American socialist ran for president while in jail during World War I?

A. Eugene V. Debs

B. Vladimir Lenin

C. Karl Marx

D. Woodrow Wilson

Question 5

5. What event happened relating to the west of the continental United States in the late 1800s?

A. The Spanish-American War

B. The Comstock Law

C. The growth of urban areas

D. The closing of the frontier

Question 6

6. What was the result of the encounter between US forces and the Sioux at Little Big Horn?

A. The United States forces under Custer were massacred.

B. The Sioux forces were massacred.

C. Sioux women and children were slaughtered.

D. A peace treaty was signed.

Question 7

7. What sport became the national pastime in the late 1800s?

A. Boxing

B. Baseball

C. Soccer

D. Football

Question 8

8. What name was given to journalism that focused on eye-catching stories and not necessarily the truth?

A. Fake news

B. Yellow journalism

C. Blue journalism

D. Propaganda

Question 9

9. What was the goal of the National Origins Act of 1924?

A. To end immigration

B. To increase immigration from Asia

C. To limit all immigration

D. To limit immigration from Asia

Question 10

10. What term is used to describe government officials who use their office to gain wealth and power for themselves instead of serving the public?

A. Monopoly

B. Trust

C. Politics

D. Corruption

Question 11

11. Concerns over the Spanish treatment of what nation help lead to the Spanish–American War?

A. Portugal

B. Canada

C. Hawaii

D. Cuba

Question 12

12. What was a muckraker?

A. A person who wrote about small town affairs

B. A writer who wrote scandalous fiction

C. A writer who exposed abuses of businesses and government

D. A person who worked in sanitation

Question 13

13. What law did Theodore Roosevelt use to break up businesses that stood in the way of competition?

A. The Dawes Act

B. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

C. The Roosevelt Corollary

D. The Competition Act of 1890

Question 15

15. Which of the following was a serious problem faced by farmers in the late 1800s?

A. No one was buying their products.

B. Large amounts of debt

C. Years of drought

D. A lack of railroads

Question 16

16. What technology brought about the end of the open range and large cattle drives in the American west?

A. Gatling guns

B. Barbed wire

C. Automobiles

D. Railroads

Question 17

17. Which of the following was an economic spinoff of the success of automobiles?

A. Coal industry

B. Motels

C. Railroads

D. Clothing stores

Question 18

18. What tactic was used by unions to shut down a factory to force the owner to negotiate in a way more favorable to the union?

A. Strikebreaking

B. Lockout

C. Arbitration

D. Strike

Question 19

19. What was a goal of the Populist movement?

A. Higher taxes for farmers

B. Staying on the gold standard

C. War with Spain

D. Graduated income tax

Question 20

20. Which of the following nations was part of the Central Powers in World War I?

A. Britain

B. Russia

C. France

D. Austria-Hungary