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USHG Regents Review 3 (U5-6)

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  • What was the 19th Amendment?
    Gave women the right to vote
    Ended child labor
    Raised taxes
    Lowered voting age
  • What was the purpose of the Temperance movement?
    Expand trade
    Ban alcohol
    Support war
    Increase taxes
  • Why were trusts criticized during the Gilded Age?
    They paid high wages
    They supported unions
    They protected workers
    They reduced competition
  • What is collective bargaining?
    Workers negotiating as a group
    Hiring new workers
    Buying stocks
    Government regulation
  • What did muckrakers do?
    Worked in mines
    Ran for office
    Exposed problems in society
    Built factories
  • Who was known for dominating the oil industry?
    Cornelius Vanderbilt
    J.P. Morgan
    John D. Rockefeller
    Andrew Carnegie
  • What does laissez-faire mean?
    Government stays out of business
    Workers own factories
    Businesses pay taxes
    Government controls industry
  • Why did many immigrants come to the U.S. in the late 1800s?
    For jobs and freedom
    To fight in wars
    To escape unions
    For voting rights
  • What was the “melting pot” theory?
    Blending of cultures in the U.S.
    Creation of unions
    Loss of jobs
    End of culture
  • What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?
    U.S. will give up territory
    U.S. should stay out of Latin America
    U.S. supports European colonies
    U.S. can intervene in Latin America
  • What is a monopoly?
    A type of tax
    A labor strike
    Control of an entire industry
    An immigration policy
  • The goal of the initiative, referendum, and recall was to
    Expand businesses
    Increase voter power
    Limit Congress
    Stop immigration
  • The term “Yellow Journalism” refers to
    Sensationalized news
    War propaganda
    Honest reporting
    Government newspapers
  • Andrew Carnegie believed in the “Gospel of Wealth,” which said
    All people should be rich
    The rich should help society
    Unions are harmful
    Give to all equally
  • What was the main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
    End slavery
    Build railroads
    Give land to China
    Limit Chinese immigration
  • What was the main goal of the Open Door Policy?
    Promote U.S. trade in China
    End trade
    Close U.S. borders
    Keep Europe out of Africa
  • What was the purpose of Ellis Island?
    Process immigrants
    Store goods
    Raise taxes
    Train soldiers
  • What was one result of the growth of big business after the Civil War?
    Less trade
    Decline in cities
    Rise of monopolies
    End of factories
  • The Federal Reserve System was created to
    Reduce immigration
    Expand farming
    Control trade
    Regulate banking
  • What did the Sherman Antitrust Act aim to do?
    Expand railroads
    Lower tariffs
    Break up monopolies
    Promote unions
  • What is the difference between a tenement and a suburb?
    Tenements are big houses
    Suburbs are in cities
    Suburbs are poor areas
    Tenements are crowded city apartments
  • What did Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives expose?
    Farming practices
    Poor living conditions in cities
    Political corruption
    Immigration laws
  • What did the 17th Amendment change?
    Allowed direct election of Senators
    Gave women the vote
    Created the income tax
    Lowered voting age
  • Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to
    More immigration
    Food safety laws
    End of unions
    Railroad expansion
  • Why did factory owners oppose labor unions?
    They increased trade
    They brought in immigrants
    They led to higher costs
    They supported monopolies
  • What was the result of the Spanish-American War?
    War with Britain began
    U.S. gained overseas territories
    Slavery returned
    U.S. lost land
  • What was a major reason labor unions formed?
    To support monopolies
    To fight poor working conditions
    To support immigration
    To fund railroads
  • What was the goal of the Progressive movement?
    Expand the empire
    Increase immigration
    End the war
    Fix social and political problems
  • What is nativism?
    Supporting open borders
    Expanding trade
    Helping immigrants
    Favoring native-born Americans
  • What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?
    Immigration laws
    Railroad expansion
    Wage cuts and high rents
    New taxes
  • What does the term “robber baron” refer to?
    A government official who steals tax dollars
    A wealthy business owner who used unfair methods
    A war hero who rose in ranks unfairly
    A labor leader who tricks workers
  • Why did the U.S. want overseas territories in the late 1800s?
    To gain resources and markets
    To reduce the military
    To spread slavery
    To support unions
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