Which wealthy businessman and philanthropist is known for founding the University of Chicago?
John Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
Question 2
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 3
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
How did political bosses make money?
all of these answers are correct
gambling
bribery
prostitution
Question 4
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 5
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
What percentage of American children between the ages of eight and fourteen were in school by 1900?
75%
25%
50%
33%
Question 6
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
The Alliance and members of the Grange movement eventually formed the ________ Party that also tried to help farmers.
Populist
Communist
Democrat
Republican
Question 7
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 8
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 10
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
________ sports became big events in the late 1800s.
Virtual
Independent
Spectator
Participant
Question 11
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 12
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 13
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 14
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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
Question 15
Multiple Choice Question
Points
1
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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