Module 11 Quiz U.S. History EHS

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Which wealthy businessman and philanthropist is known for founding the University of Chicago?

John Rockefeller

Cornelius Vanderbilt II

Cornelius Vanderbilt

J.P. Morgan

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The parade of scandals during the administration of President Grant led to the use of the term ________, a word that came to mean greed and corruption.

Whiskey Ring

Indian Ring

Spoils system

Grantism

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How did political bosses make money?

all of these answers are correct

gambling

bribery

prostitution

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What was the judgment in Munn v. Illinois?

railroads were responsible for deflation and could therefore be regulated by the state governments

railroads were private industries and could not therefore be regulated by the state governments

railroads provided services to the public and could therefore be regulated by the state governments

railroads must offer free services to the public

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What percentage of American children between the ages of eight and fourteen were in school by 1900?

75%

25%

50%

33%

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The Alliance and members of the Grange movement eventually formed the ________ Party that also tried to help farmers.

Populist

Communist

Democrat

Republican

Question 7

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Which of the following describes a political machine?

a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century

a hypothetical machine that can predict presidential election results

an organized group of men who were in control of the activities of a political party in a city

a hypothetical machine that can do work infinitely without an external energy source

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Why did the McKinley Tariff make life more difficult for farmers?

farmers had to sell wheat for low prices in the international market

farmers had to sell wheat for low prices in the American market

all of these answers are correct

farmers had to pay high prices for American goods they needed

Question 9

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Why did 44 college football players die from injuries in one season at the end of the 1800s?

footballs were twice as heavy as they are today

all of these answers are correct

the mafia began influencing sports results

players did not wear helmets

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________ sports became big events in the late 1800s.

Virtual

Independent

Spectator

Participant

Question 11

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What was the result of the Pendleton Act of 1883?

the legalization of the spoils system

the formation of a bipartisan commission that would make appointments to federal jobs on the basis of merit

the formation of the Federal Reserve

the formation of a bipartisan commission that would regulate money supply

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The ________ movement begun in the 1870s and worked in many states to get the state governments to pass laws that regulated the rates that the railroads were charging.

Farmers’ Market

Munn

National Grange

Farmers and Artisans

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Which of the following is credited as causing the end of Populism?

Bryan’s presidential victory

the Great Depression

McKinley’s presidential victory

the Panic of 1843

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What caused the price of wheat to decline?

all of these answers are correct

railroads charged more to store wheat in granaries than what farmers earned

farmers produced more wheat than what was in demand

railroads charged more to transfer wheat than what farmers earned

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Which of the following was a blending of African American spirituals and European musical forms that came into being in the 1880s in the saloons of the South?

vaudeville

melodrama

ragtime

drama

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