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US History A Practice Test 1

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Question 1

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The 4 major factors contributing to American Industrialization were [blank_start]geography[blank_end] and natural [blank_start]resources[blank_end], [blank_start]inventions[blank_end], [blank_start]transportation[blank_end], and [blank_start]population[blank_end].
Answer
  • geography
  • resources
  • inventions
  • transportation
  • population

Question 2

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From what we looked at in class, select from the list 6 INVENTIONS and how they contributed to industrialization.
Answer
  • Chainsaw helped lumberjacks harvest trees faster.
  • Telegraph increased the speed of communication.
  • Light bulb made it so workers could work around the clock.
  • Cement Mixer allowed bigger factories to be built.
  • Typewriter gave offices greater ability to keep accurate records.
  • Electric power distribution allowed factories to use electric powered machines in the production of goods.
  • Refrigerator increased the shelf life of food.
  • Telephone further increased the speed and accuracy of communication
  • Assembly Line made possible the mass production of goods by unskilled labor.
  • Steam Engine reduced the use of animal power and replaced it with machine power.

Question 3

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Select the group of words that best describe the following person: JANE ADAMS
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  • Chicago, Money, Immigrants, Settlement House, Full House, English Classes. Medical Care
  • New York, English Classes, Hull House, Factory Workers, English Classes, Medical Care
  • Chicago, Education, Immigrants, Settlement House, English Classes, Medical Care
  • Chicago, Immigrants, Hull House, Settlement House, English Classes, Medical Care

Question 4

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The work on an ASSEMBLY LINE required
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  • Highly skilled labor that was easily replaced
  • Unskilled labor that was easily replaced
  • Highly skilled labor that was hard to replace
  • Unskilled labor that was hard to replace.

Question 5

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ANDREW CARNEGIE was a Scottish Immigrant who went from being poor to one of the wealthiest men in America by dominating the steel industry.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The term LAISSEZ-FAIRE means
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  • French for "let people do as they choose" .
  • The limited involvement of government in business.
  • Both French for "let people do as they choose" and the limited involvement of government in business.
  • None of these are correct.

Question 7

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[blank_start]Political machines[blank_end] such as William [blank_start]Tweeds[blank_end] Tammany Hall were political groups designed to gain and keep power by exchanging [blank_start]food, protection, or jobs[blank_end] for [blank_start]votes[blank_end].
Answer
  • Political parties
  • Political unions
  • Political machines
  • Twill's
  • Tweed's
  • Thwart's
  • education, tools, or fishing nets
  • food, protection, or jobs
  • bricks, lumber, or tools
  • votes
  • loyalty
  • money

Question 8

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A crowded multi-family apartment was known as a [blank_start]tenement[blank_end].
Answer
  • tenement

Question 9

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The term ENTREPRENEUR is best defined as
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  • a person who uses others money to start as business with opportunity to make a profit.
  • a person who uses some their own money to invest in other people's businesses with opportunity to make a profit.
  • a person who risks their own capital (money, land, labor) to create their own business with opportunity to make a profit
  • None of these choices are correct.

Question 10

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Select ALL of the statements that apply to MUCKRAKERS.
Answer
  • Pro-business American journalists who wrote articles on the positive effects of business.
  • Reform-minded American journalists who investigated corporate and political corruption.
  • Muckraker articles were published by popular magazines such as McClure’s.
  • Muckrakers also tried to raise public awareness about the success of sports athletes.
  • Muckraker articles tried to raise public awareness of chronic urban poverty, unsafe working conditions, and social issues like child labor.
  • Muckraker authors included Linda Pierce, Greg Lattig, and Jeremy Cunningham.
  • Muckrakers authors included Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Jacob Riis.

Question 11

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Select all of the phrases that correctly describe the term BLACKLISTING
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  • A technique used by factory worker to discourage the owners from joining a monopoly.
  • Being blacklisted helped a worker to find work within a certain profession.
  • A technique used by unions to discourage their workers from joining a different union.
  • Being blacklisted prevented a worker from finding work within a certain profession.
  • A blacklisted factory discouraged workers from working at a particular factory.
  • A technique used by the owners of a factory to discourage them from joining a union
  • If a worker was blacklisted they would have to change their name, change their profession, or move to another city to find work.
  • Being blacklisted helped workers move from city to city and find jobs as they moved.

Question 12

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Select the best definition for NATIVISTS/ NATIVISM.
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  • People who had a preference for bringing more immigrants to America people to help fill factory jobs.
  • People who had a preference for immigrants and a desire to increase immigration.
  • Government officials who had a preference for foreign born people and a desire to increase immigration.
  • People who had a preference for native born people and a desire to limit immigration.

Question 13

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Select ALL of the phrases that correctly describe the ADVANTAGES and PROBLEMS with factories using ASSEMBLY LINES.
Answer
  • Workers did the same jobs over and over, which led to accidents.
  • Factories were able to increase their productivity.
  • Workers were paid higher wages and access to health care insurance.
  • Workers were able to socialize everyday with their coworkers.
  • Factory managers watched out for their workers and kept them safe.
  • Factories were made safer leading to less worker deaths and injuries.
  • Factories were able to use unskilled labor that was easily replaced.

Question 14

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Select the phrases that describe the effects of INDUSTRIALIZATION in the United States.
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  • People moved from rural areas to cities to work factory jobs.
  • Immigrants came to America to fill the need for farmers.
  • Immigrants stopped coming to America because they heard the jobs in factories were dangerous.
  • Labor unions formed to improve working conditions in factories.
  • Immigration increased because there were more jobs available.
  • The price for goods decreased as factories increased their productivity.

Question 15

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Select the phrase that best describes what IMMIGRANTS experienced when they arrived in America.
Answer
  • Went though inspection and processing at Ellis Island. If healthy and given permission to enter the country, many settled in areas with people from their former homeland.
  • Had to pay an admission fee at Beaver Island. After Beaver island they usually found work in a factory.
  • Upon arrival most called up relatives on the telephone so they could come pick them up.
  • They were inspected on Alcatraz Island. When brought to the mainland they were given food and shelter until they found a job.

Question 16

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Select all of the phrases that describe the reasons for UNIONS forming and the goals they had.
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  • To increase the power of the owners to make profits.
  • To make working conditions in factories better.
  • To blacklist monopolies and trusts.
  • To increase the number of hours workers worked per week.
  • To gain the ability to use collective bargaining and negotiate with factory owners.
  • To gain fair wages for workers.
  • To limit work days to 8 hours.
  • To make factories closed shops.

Question 17

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Chose the best definition for the term TRUST.
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  • A business that owns the entire market and is able to control prices.
  • A method of breaking up big businesses and increasing competition.
  • A method of building political dominance by exchanging votes for food, clothing, shelter, or protection.
  • A method of combing businesses by allowing one person to control others property, known as a trustee.

Question 18

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______________________ was created to break up monopolies and trusts in order to increase competition.
Answer
  • Laissez-Faire Act
  • Bull-Moose Act
  • Right to Work Act
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 19

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Choose the phrase that best describes the cartoon.
Image:
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Answer
  • Immigrants were fleeing Asian countries filled with violence, coming to America because they offered free food.
  • Immigrants were fleeing European countries filled with political problems, forced military service, famine, and poverty. They were welcomed into America a land of freedom and opportunity.
  • Immigrants were fleeing Central American countries filled with political problems, famine, and poverty. They were not welcome into America because they took to many jobs.
  • Immigrants were going to European countries filled with freedom and opportunity. While America was filled with political corruption and poor working conditions.

Question 20

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Choose the primary reasons for the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Answer
  • to work for political rights of workers
  • to work for political rights of immigrants
  • to expanding the political rights of African Americans
  • to end racial discrimination of Immigrants
  • to make Congress establish African American Universities
  • to end the lynching of African Americans
  • to give African Americans more farm land
  • to supply African Americans with guns for a revolution
  • to end racial discrimination of African Americans

Question 21

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Which of the following did immigrants contribute to the culture of the United States?
Answer
  • conservation
  • food and drink
  • capitalism
  • holidays
  • music
  • religion

Question 22

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Choose the sentence that best describes the cartoon.
Image:
146c61b3-9e82-491d-90b0-7447adb0c6a5 (image/jpeg)
Answer
  • Wealthy Americans welcomed at the docks, giving them food and clothing because they were once immigrants.
  • Wealthy Americans always wanted to restrict immigration because they did want to share their money with immigrants.
  • Wealthy Americans wanted to restrict immigration because they believed immigrants were lazy and a drain on the economy.
  • Wealthy Americans began to not welcome immigrants even though they were once poor immigrants.

Question 23

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In the late 1800s, where did most immigrants come from?
Answer
  • Asia (China, Japan)
  • Western Europe (Great Britain, France)
  • Southern Europe (Italy, Greece)
  • Central America (Mexico, Panama)
  • South America (Brazil, Argentina)
  • Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway)
  • Eastern Europe (Russia, Hungary)
  • Australia
  • Africa (Egypt, Nigeria)

Question 24

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Choose the phrase that best describes the approach of WEB DuBois.
Answer
  • African Americans would submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities.
  • African Americans would work and submit to white political rule, while gaining full civil rights through violent revolution.
  • African Americans should gain full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by basic educational and economic opportunities.
  • African Americans should gain full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite.

Question 25

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Choose the phrase that best describes the approach of Booker T Washington.
Answer
  • African Americans would submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities.
  • African Americans would submit to white political rule, while African Americans built an educational elite.
  • African Americans should have full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite.
  • African Americans should gain full civil rights and increased political representation though violent revolution.
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