Question 1

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who gained considerable wealth in the steel industry.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

What was Hull House? ​

Accepted Answer

A) a political machine 
B) a settlement house for immigrants 
C) ​one of the country's first skyscrapers 
D) ​one of the exhibition buildings at the 1893 world's fair in Chicago 
A) a political machine 
B) a settlement house for immigrants 
C) ​one of the country's first skyscrapers 
D) ​one of the exhibition buildings at the 1893 world's fair in Chicago B

Question 3

Which of the following was not a popular form of entertainment in the late nineteenth century? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Baseball 
B) Vaudeville 
C) ​Football 
D) ​The circus 
A) Baseball 
B) Vaudeville 
C) ​Football 
D) ​The circus C

Question 4

The 1906 Hepburn Act increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Who was the co-founder of Hull House,a settlement house in Chicago? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Jane Addams 
B) Louis Sullivan 
C) ​Samuel Gompers 
D) ​Andrew Carnegie 
A) Jane Addams 
B) Louis Sullivan 
C) ​Samuel Gompers 
D) ​Andrew Carnegie

Question 6

The fact that many people associated the Haymarket Riot with organized labor resulted in which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A) A decline in membership in the Knights of Labor. 
B) Greater public support for an eight-hour day and improved working conditions. 
C) ​Federal laws requiring labor leaders to undergo background checks. 
D) ​New legislation banning national unions. 
A) A decline in membership in the Knights of Labor. 
B) Greater public support for an eight-hour day and improved working conditions. 
C) ​Federal laws requiring labor leaders to undergo background checks. 
D) ​New legislation banning national unions.

Question 7

In the late 1800s a new wave of immigrants came from which region? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Southern and eastern Europe 
B) Northern and western Europe 
C) ​Latin America 
D) ​Southeast Asia 
A) Southern and eastern Europe 
B) Northern and western Europe 
C) ​Latin America 
D) ​Southeast Asia

Question 8

What city hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893? ​

Accepted Answer

A) New York 
B) Chicago 
C) ​St.Louis 
D) ​Philadelphia 
A) New York 
B) Chicago 
C) ​St.Louis 
D) ​Philadelphia

Question 9

Who is generally credited with building the first skyscraper in the United States? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Louis Sullivan 
B) Daniel Burnham 
C) ​John Pemberton 
D) ​Andrew Carnegie 
A) Louis Sullivan 
B) Daniel Burnham 
C) ​John Pemberton 
D) ​Andrew Carnegie

Question 10

What was the most common form of government in U.S.cities toward the end of the nineteenth century? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Mayor-council 
B) City manager 
C) ​Town meeting 
D) ​Commission 
A) Mayor-council 
B) City manager 
C) ​Town meeting 
D) ​Commission

Question 11

What Thomas Edison inventions was made more commercially successful by a George Westinghouse invention? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Incandescent lamp 
B) Phonograph 
C) ​Transformer 
D) ​Sewing machine 
A) Incandescent lamp 
B) Phonograph 
C) ​Transformer 
D) ​Sewing machine

Question 12

Writer Mark Twain coined the term "Gilded Age" to refer to the appealing facade of an age that concealed problems lurking beneath the surface.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What writer became famous for his rags-to-riches novels? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Herbert Spencer 
B) Horatio Alger 
C) ​Mark Twain 
D) ​Samuel Gompers 
A) Herbert Spencer 
B) Horatio Alger 
C) ​Mark Twain 
D) ​Samuel Gompers

Question 14

Who founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870? ​

Accepted Answer

A) John D.Rockefeller 
B) Andrew Carnegie 
C) ​J.P.Morgan 
D) ​Samuel Gompers 
A) John D.Rockefeller 
B) Andrew Carnegie 
C) ​J.P.Morgan 
D) ​Samuel Gompers

Question 15

To address concerns in the Panic of 1893,Congress ​

Accepted Answer

A) passed the McKinley Tariff Act. 
B) repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 
C) ​strengthened laws regulating the stock market. 
D) ​established the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
A) passed the McKinley Tariff Act. 
B) repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 
C) ​strengthened laws regulating the stock market. 
D) ​established the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Question 16

Time zones were put in place by the railroad industry to help facilitate nationwide travel and transport. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union died out after a strike among cotton pickers in Arkansas resulted in ​

Accepted Answer

A) the restriction of work on the cotton fields to non-union members. 
B) the imprisonment of the union's leaders. 
C) ​the lynching of fifteen strikers. 
D) ​a state law banning the organization. 
A) the restriction of work on the cotton fields to non-union members. 
B) the imprisonment of the union's leaders. 
C) ​the lynching of fifteen strikers. 
D) ​a state law banning the organization.

Question 18

Samuel Gompers led the Knights of Labor,which was aimed at organizing skilled workers.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Andrew Carnegie cut the cost of steel rail in half by switching to the Bessemer process.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which statement was not true of railroads in the 1880s? ​

Accepted Answer

A) They stimulated the development of a national market. 
B) They consumed more than half of the nation's steel production. 
C) ​There was only one transcontinental line. 
D) ​They moved toward consolidation. 
A) They stimulated the development of a national market. 
B) They consumed more than half of the nation's steel production. 
C) ​There was only one transcontinental line. 
D) ​They moved toward consolidation.

Exam 15: Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who gained considerable wealth in the steel industry.​

What was Hull House? ​

Which of the following was not a popular form of entertainment in the late nineteenth century? ​

The 1906 Hepburn Act increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads.​

Who was the co-founder of Hull House,a settlement house in Chicago? ​

The fact that many people associated the Haymarket Riot with organized labor resulted in which of the following? ​

In the late 1800s a new wave of immigrants came from which region? ​

What city hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893? ​

Who is generally credited with building the first skyscraper in the United States? ​

What was the most common form of government in U.S.cities toward the end of the nineteenth century? ​

What Thomas Edison inventions was made more commercially successful by a George Westinghouse invention? ​

Writer Mark Twain coined the term "Gilded Age" to refer to the appealing facade of an age that concealed problems lurking beneath the surface.​

What writer became famous for his rags-to-riches novels? ​

Who founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870? ​

To address concerns in the Panic of 1893,Congress ​

Time zones were put in place by the railroad industry to help facilitate nationwide travel and transport. ​

The Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union died out after a strike among cotton pickers in Arkansas resulted in ​

Samuel Gompers led the Knights of Labor,which was aimed at organizing skilled workers.​

Andrew Carnegie cut the cost of steel rail in half by switching to the Bessemer process.​

Which statement was not true of railroads in the 1880s? ​

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Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who gained considerable wealth in the steel industry.

What was Hull House?

Which of the following was not a popular form of entertainment in the late nineteenth century?

The 1906 Hepburn Act increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads.

Who was the co-founder of Hull House,a settlement house in Chicago?

The fact that many people associated the Haymarket Riot with organized labor resulted in which of the following?

In the late 1800s a new wave of immigrants came from which region?

What city hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893?

Who is generally credited with building the first skyscraper in the United States?

What was the most common form of government in U.S.cities toward the end of the nineteenth century?

What Thomas Edison inventions was made more commercially successful by a George Westinghouse invention?

Writer Mark Twain coined the term "Gilded Age" to refer to the appealing facade of an age that concealed problems lurking beneath the surface.

What writer became famous for his rags-to-riches novels?

Who founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870?

To address concerns in the Panic of 1893,Congress

Time zones were put in place by the railroad industry to help facilitate nationwide travel and transport.

The Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union died out after a strike among cotton pickers in Arkansas resulted in

Samuel Gompers led the Knights of Labor,which was aimed at organizing skilled workers.

Andrew Carnegie cut the cost of steel rail in half by switching to the Bessemer process.

Which statement was not true of railroads in the 1880s?