Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)

Question

(MC)Which group supported farmers' efforts to regulate railroad shipping rates?

new immigrants
union organizers
urban merchants
construction workers
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)This quote is from Farmer's Alliance member Mary Elizabeth Lease in the late 1800s:

"The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master. . . . The politicians said we suffered from overproduction. Overproduction, when 10,000 little children, so statistics tell us, starve to death every year in the United States. . . . We will stand by our homes and stay by our fireside by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us."


Based on this quote, with which statement would Lease agree?

Although slavery has been abolished in this country, African Americans still find themselves held in bondage.
Greater control over large corporations will help agricultural workers reclaim their livelihood and regain their financial footing.
Farmers produce more food than the population can handle, but they are not permitted to sell their surpluses to other markets.
Although child labor is a severe problem in the country, government leaders have done nothing to prevent children from working.
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(HC)The passage below is an excerpt from the Populist Party Platform of 1892:

Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is not precedent in the history of the world; our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must, within a few weeks or months, be exchanged for billions of dollars' worth of commodities consumed in their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, the impoverishment of the producing class.



What proposal did the Populist Party make to address the problems outlined in its platform?

allowing the free coining of silver
regulating bank interest rates for loans
ensuring government support for farmers' cooperatives
providing subsidies for farmers who leave fields unplanted
Question 4(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)Which of these shifts took place during the Second Industrial Revolution?

a shift in population from urban to rural areas
a shift from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy
a shift from northern economic dominance to southern economic dominance
a shift in popularity from big business to small-scale farmers
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)Which sentence describes an effect of the Haymarket Riot?

The riot was a setback for political machines.
The riot furthered the cause of women's suffrage.
The riot strengthened the anarchist movement.
The riot was the downfall for the Knights of Labor.
Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(HC)Concept map of four squares in a line. The first square has a question mark in it. An arrow points from the first square to the second square. The second square reads, Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. An arrow points from the second square to the third square. The third square reads, President Roosevelt becomes a trust buster. An arrow points from the third square to the fourth square. The fourth square reads, Several American companies are broken up.

Which phrase can be used to accurately complete the diagram?

Industry in the United States agrees to federal regulation.
Industry in the United States becomes increasingly consolidated.
The labor movement succeeds in organizing workers.
The long Depression increases unemployment rate.
Question 7(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(LC)Which form of transportation was central to the growth of industry in the Second Industrial Revolution?

rail
canal
highway
wagon
Question 8(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)Which statement describes one of the central trends in the transition from the First to the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States?

There was an increasing reliance on oil power.
Wages for factory workers slowly increased.
Innovation moved from agricultural to industrial production.
Natural resources were used efficiently and conserved effectively.
Question 9(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)Which policy did the U.S. government favor during the late 19th century to develop frontier regions?

subsidies for wheat farmers
coining of both silver and gold
land grants to railroad companies
relocation programs for African-Americans
Question 10(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)The use of pools and holding companies benefited which of these groups during the late 19th century and early 20th century?

industrialists
social reformers
union organizers
politicians
Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)What type of business practice did Andrew Carnegie pioneer with the Carnegie Steel Corporation?

establishing no-bid service contracts with large corporate customers
pricing products below cost to drive other producers out of business
integrating all phases of production and distribution in a single corporation
controlling the entire marketplace for a single product in order to set prices
Question 12(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)What was the purpose of the scientific management practices employed by American companies during the Progressive Era?

to improve relations with labor unions
to increase the speed of production in factories
to make conditions for workers cleaner and safer
to conserve natural resources needed for industrial development
Question 13(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(LC)Use the photograph below to answer the question:

A black and white photo taken from ground level looks up at a two winged glider. A man is lying on the lower wing. There is no engine or propeller visible.
Public Domain

Who was responsible for an invention that resembled the craft shown in this image?

Henry Ford
Charles Lindbergh
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(LC)The photograph below shows an industrial process:

A photograph shows a group of 1960s automobiles in single file in a factory. The hoods and the drivers side doors of the cars are open. A man dressed in coveralls leans over a cars engine. Another man leans into the drivers area of a following car.
Public domain

Who was responsible for pioneering the production method shown in the photograph above?

Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
George Pullman
Alexander Graham Bell
Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(LC)Which American industrialist developed a style of rail car that was named for him?

Henry Ford
George Pullman
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Question 16(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)The map below shows the growth of the urban population in the United States from 1870 to 1930:

A map of the continental United States shows rapid population growth in urban areas of the Northeast and the Midwest, Great Lakes region. Very little population growth is indicated in the Plains region or the West Coast.
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Which pull factor contributed to the population growth shown in the urban area of northern Illinois and Indiana?

political instability
racial discrimination
development of railroad lines
conflict with Native Americans
Question 17(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)Urbanization directly contributed to which of these early 20th century trends?

the spread of the temperance movement
rising popularity for the Democratic Party
greater federal regulation of the food supply
increasing unionization among American workers
Question 18(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(HC)The graph below compares the size of the urban and rural population in the United States during the first four decades of the 20th century:

The graph is a combination line graph, top, and bar graph, bottom. The line graph expresses percentage. The bar graph expresses total numbers. The vertical axis is population in millions from 0 to 200 on the left and percentage from 0 to 80 on the right. The horizontal axis is the years from 1900 to 1930 in ten year increments. The red line representing rural population slopes downward from 1900 to 1930. The blue line slants upward for the same period. The bars do not have the same opposite relation.

Which statement about the period from 1900 to 1930 is true, based on interpretation of both sections of the graph?

While the population of people living in rural areas increased, the percentage of people living in urban areas decreased.
While the percentage of people living in rural areas declined, the population in rural areas increased.
While the population of people living in urban areas increased, the percentage of people in urban areas declined.
While the percentage of people living in urban areas decreased, the population of people living in urban areas increased.
Question 19(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)The cartoon below was published in the United States in 1928:

A political cartoon shows Uncle Sam standing in front of a wall with a closed door. The word immigrants appears over the door. Behind, three faces peer over the wall. They are labeled, Rome, for Catholics, Rum, for alcoholics, and Red, for Communists. Uncle Sam says, Nothing doing. The cartoon is labeled, Not Wanted.
Public Domain

What was the purpose of this cartoon?

to criticize new laws restricting immigration
to support nativist anti-immigration sentiment
to point out a prominent form of hypocrisy in America
to generate public support for isolationist foreign policy
Question 20(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(MC)The Gentleman's Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?

Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria
Japanese immigration to the United States
tariffs between Japan and the United States
U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your multiple-choice questions:

Question 1:
Which group supported farmers' efforts to regulate railroad shipping rates?

• Answer: union organizers

Question 2:
Based on this quote, with which statement would Lease agree?

• Answer: Greater control over large corporations will help agricultural workers reclaim their livelihood and regain their financial footing.

Question 3:
What proposal did the Populist Party make to address the problems outlined in its platform?

• Answer: allowing the free coining of silver

Question 4:
Which of these shifts took place during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Answer: a shift from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy

Question 5:
Which sentence describes an effect of the Haymarket Riot?

• Answer: The riot was the downfall for the Knights of Labor.

Question 6:
Which phrase can be used to accurately complete the diagram?

• Answer: Industry in the United States becomes increasingly consolidated.

Question 7:
Which form of transportation was central to the growth of industry in the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Answer: rail

Question 8:
Which statement describes one of the central trends in the transition from the First to the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• Answer: There was an increasing reliance on oil power.

Question 9:
Which policy did the U.S. government favor during the late 19th century to develop frontier regions?

• Answer: land grants to railroad companies

Question 10:
The use of pools and holding companies benefited which of these groups during the late 19th century and early 20th century?

• Answer: industrialists

Question 11:
What type of business practice did Andrew Carnegie pioneer with the Carnegie Steel Corporation?

• Answer: integrating all phases of production and distribution in a single corporation

Question 12:
What was the purpose of the scientific management practices employed by American companies during the Progressive Era?

• Answer: to increase the speed of production in factories

Question 13:
Who was responsible for an invention that resembled the craft shown in this image?

• Answer: Orville and Wilbur Wright

Question 14:
Who was responsible for pioneering the production method shown in the photograph above?

• Answer: Henry Ford

Question 15:
Which American industrialist developed a style of rail car that was named for him?

• Answer: George Pullman

Question 16:
Which pull factor contributed to the population growth shown in the urban area of northern Illinois and Indiana?

• Answer: development of railroad lines

Question 17:
Urbanization directly contributed to which of these early 20th-century trends?

• Answer: increasing unionization among American workers

Question 18:
Which statement about the period from 1900 to 1930 is true, based on interpretation of both sections of the graph?

• Answer: While the percentage of people living in rural areas declined, the population in rural areas increased.

Question 19:
What was the purpose of this cartoon?

• Answer: to support nativist anti-immigration sentiment

Question 20:
The Gentleman's Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?

• Answer: Japanese immigration to the United States

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