The Haymarket Square meeting took place the day after __________. A) Mayor Harrison had banned all union meetings B) a railroad strike stopped all trains leaving the city C) police had killed four strikers D) President Cleveland sent in the National Guard to maintain order ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
As American cities grew during the Gilded Age, __________. A) everyone enjoyed a better standard of living B) few urban leaders did any long-term planning C) new city departments dealt efficiently with garbage and utility services D) a lack of transit systems limited outward growth ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The main factor that promoted economic growth during the second industrial revolution from 1871 to 1914 was __________. A) more skilled workers B) application of new technologies C) better business organization D) scientific management of the workplace ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
You are a labor leader writing a favorable speech on the gospel of work. List your main points and elaborate on them. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: the value of work; social obligations; the worth of productivity; obligations and rights of workers
Date: September 9th, 2020
The town of Pullman, Illinois, was an example of __________. A) an American small town B) a union shop C) a utopian commune D) a company town ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1896, the Populists were undermined when their free silver issue was adopted by __________. A) William McKinley B) James G. Blaine C) William Jennings Bryan D) Mark Hanna ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who did the Democrats nominate for president in 1896? A) William Jennings Bryan B) Grover Cleveland C) William McKinley D) Benjamin Harrison ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did southern progressives support the disfranchisement and segregation of African Americans? A) They argued it would lead to economic growth. B) They were more racist than most in the South. C) They wanted protection from the Ku Klux Klan. D) They believed it was necessary for political and social reform. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Uprising of the 20,000 illustrated the collective power of __________. A) working-class miners B) working-class women and middle-class reformers and suffragists C) the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League D) residents of company towns ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these people would have been most likely to favor prohibition? A) working-class Catholic B) German Lutheran C) Italian immigrant D) middle-class Protestant ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
