1. Unit 1B Test Review
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2. Progressive Presidents
Gilded Age
Immigration
Progressive Presidents
Progressive Reform
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3. Gilded Age – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This author coined the term “Gilded Age”
ANSWER:
Mark Twain

4. Gilded Age – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
An increase in _____, or giving away government offices for votes, kickbacks, & party service, was a common theme of the Gilded Age
ANSWER:
Patronage

5. Gilded Age – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Political machines often did this in order to win votes and loyalty
ANSWER:
Provided services to businesses, immigrants, & the poor

6. Gilded Age – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Civil Service Act that awarded positions based on merit rather than political affiliation
ANSWER:
Pendleton Act (1883)

7. Gilded Age – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Graft
This is the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
ANSWER:
Graft

8. Immigration – 10 Points QUESTION:
Characteristics of these immigrants included mainly Protestant, English speaking, high literacy level, and high level of occupational skills
ANSWER:
Old Immigrants

9. Immigration – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
An extreme dislike for immigrants by native-born people and a desire to limit immigration
ANSWER:
Nativism

10. Immigration – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Nearly all U.S. immigrants that arrived on the East Coast passed through this island
ANSWER:
Ellis Island

11. Immigration – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The idea that America is a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by assimilation
ANSWER:
Melting Pot

12. Immigration – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This was a “push” factor in getting New Immigrants to come to America.
ANSWER:
Religious Persecution, Overcrowding/Scarcity of farmland in Europe.

13. Progressive Presidents – 10 Points
QUESTION:
The 1st Progressive President, also known as the Bully Pulpit
ANSWER:
Teddy Roosevelt

14. Progressive Presidents – 20 Points
QUESTION:
This President, hand-picked by Teddy, ”betrayed” the values of the Progressives by becoming more conservative
ANSWER:
William Taft

15. Progressive Presidents – 30 Points
QUESTION:
Wilson’s philosophy that focused on tariff reform, business reform and banking reform
ANSWER:
New freedom

16. Progressive Presidents – 40 Points
QUESTION:
This act led to the creation of national parks and forests
ANSWER:
Antiquities Land Act

17. Progressive Presidents – 50 Points
QUESTION:
This Roosevelt strategy included the Meat Inspection Act and corporation control/conservation efforts
ANSWER:
Square Deal

18. Progressive Reform – 10 Points
QUESTION:
This movement led to the creation of the 18th Amendment
ANSWER:
Temperance Movement

19. Progressive Reform – 20 Points
QUESTION:
The most famous example of a settlement house that was created to serve the community via job training, shelter and recreation
ANSWER:
Jane Addams’ Hull House

20. Progressive Reform – 30 Points
QUESTION:
WEB Dubois formed this organization as a way to encourage African-Americans to stand up for their civil rights
ANSWER:
NAACP

21. Progressive Reform – 40 Points
QUESTION:
Lincoln Steffens and Thomas Nast were muckrakers responsible for the takedown of this kind of corruption
ANSWER:
Political Machines

22. Progressive Reform – 50 Points
QUESTION:
This political reform allows for citizens to vote directly on important issues
ANSWER:
Referendum

23. Unit 1A – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This gave 160 acres of land out west to an individual and their family
ANSWER:
Homestead Act

24. Unit 1A – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This invention led to expansion out west and an increased amount of Chinese immigrants arriving in the U.S.
ANSWER:
Railroad

25. Unit 1A – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Henry Ford’s automobile factory increased production and efficiency thanks to this invention
ANSWER:
Assembly Line

26. Unit 1A – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This change in manufacturing led to the mass production of steel in the industrial era
ANSWER:
Bessemer Process

27. Unit 1A – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This business practice is when you control all means of manufacturing in your product
ANSWER:
Vertical Integration