Ch 20 and 21 Reading Quiz

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Question #1

One of Theodore Roosevelt’s policies against corporations and large financial entities including “busting the ______?”

A Corporations

B Trusts

C Lobbyists

D Corruption

Question #2

What does the acronym NAACP stand for?

A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

B National Association for Advanced Colored Politics

C National American Association for Colored Politics

D National Association for the American Corps of Politics

Question #3

Some organizations began to push back against female suffrage movements, believing that a sudden change in social dynamics was too soon for the country to embark upon.
What was this movement against female suffrage called?

A Anti-Voting Movement

B Anti-Suffragist Movement

C Anti-Rights Movement

D Anti-Women’s Movement

Question #4

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries (especially at the turn of the century), what was a main platform that many female leaders and organizers advocated for? Their organizations built saloons, leagues, and other meeting groups to push the issue even further over time.

A Women’s Suffrage

B Contraceptive Availability

C Equality Pay

D Abortion Rights

Question #5

Within the Progressive Era, there was a new wave of thought that some progressives believed in.
They believed that American was beyond reform and that only a complete “revolution” would bring about necessary changes to society.
What were these individuals known as?

A Revolutionary Progressives

B Far Leaning Progressives

C Radical Progressives

D Passionate Progressives

Question #6

By 1900, the U.S. census indicated that one out of every six children between the ages of 5-10 were working in the labor force.
Various committees began to advocate for what type of reform?

A Expanding child labor

B Managing child labor more efficiently within the system

C Child labor laws to limit/eliminate it

D Introducing consent laws by parents to have children continue working

Question #7

This new system/methodology of factory work and management allowed for managers to have a highly controlling system of regulating workflow, thereby limiting the amount of leeway individual employees had in their jobs. Essentially, an early form of “micro-managing” created by Fredric Winslow Taylor.
What was this new system called?

A Taylorism

B New Management

C Scientific Regulation

D Efficiency Reform

Question #8

This political creation changed the way elections were carried out. Typically, convention delegates were the ones who selected election candidates and had a heavy hand in doing so.
This creation allowed party members to vote directly for a candidate, with the nominee who had the most votes receiving the official nomination by the party later on.

A Nominee primary

B Delegate primary

C Indirect primary

D Direct primary

Question #9

At the turn of the century, which U.S. president was the first to famously begin implementing federal progressive reforms?
This individual became an unusual example of a Republican who wanted to include progressive ideals with his conservative outlook.

A Rutherford B. Hayes

B Grover Cleveland

C Theodore Roosevelt

D James A. Garfield

Question #10

At the turn of the century, journalists and writers wanted to uncover important topics/problems within American society. This would urge the public to identify solutions to the problems.
What was the term given to these journalists and writers?

A Journos

B Correspondent

C Muckrakers

D Freelancers

Question #11

In 1891, an alliance between farmers and other working-class Americans created a new political party for “the people.”
What new party was this?

A National Republican Party

B National Democratic Party

C Populist Party

D Whig Party

Question #12

In 1867, farmers organized with Oliver Hudson Kelly in an attempt to cooperate together and pool their resources to obtain better shipping rates, machinery pricing, and other production and selling-related items in their agenda.
What organization did they create?

A American Poultry Association

B American Farm Bureau Federation

C National Farmers Union

D The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange)

Question #13

President James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated in 1881 by a rogue agent.
Who was the assassin?

A Charles J. Guiteau

B Leon Czolgosz

C Lee Harvey Oswald

D John Wilkes Booth

Question #14

Even though Hayes could not achieve all of his legislation reforms, he still implemented a few measures toward civil service reform.
Which one of the following was NOT a measure that he was able to pass?

A Eliminating private financial donations to political campaign elections

B Adopted a new patronage rule, that a person appointed to office could be dismissed only to make government more efficient

C Government appointees were ineligible to manage campaign elections

D Party leaders have no say in political appointments

Question #15

Late 1800s corrupt politics was loosely modeled after an early Spoils System, stemming back to the 1820’s.
Which political leader was characterized as being the head of this Spoils System?

A Abraham Lincoln

B Thomas Jefferson

C Andrew Jackson

D Ulysses S. Grant

Question #16

In Figure 20.7, it shows a cartoon demonstrating how politics was being implemented during this time.
Who was Republican Party leader Roscoe Conkling related to in this image?

A A Saint

B The Devil

C A Donkey

D An Elephant

Question #17

In an attempt to get rid of corrupt governmental appointments, Rutherford B. Hayes began to push for the civil service reform.
What was this reform attempting to do?

A Recruit service members based on merit and being qualified

B Implementing a loyalty “oath” to limit political party interference

C Begin a works program that transitions government employees into civilian life directly

D Requiring at least 10 years experience before applying for government work

Question #18

In Figure 20.4, what overall message was the passage from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today trying to convey to its readers?

A That newly acquired wealth leads to government corruption and scandal

B That government and the private sector are in a perfect harmony with one another

C That American society remains pure, even on the onset of enormous wealthy individuals

D That Congress remains an immortal pure landscape, something you would directly see in nature

Question #19

Which one of these great American authors coined the phrase “Gilded Age?”

A John Steinbeck

B Ernest Hemingway

C F. Scott Fitzgerald

D Mark Twain

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