United States History
Fall 2006
Base your answer to question 1 on the chart
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
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Base your answers to question 4 on the cartoon
below and your knowledge of social studies.
Rural and Urban Populations
in the United States
Year
Rural
Urban
1860
25,226,803
6,216,518
1870
28,656,010
9,902,361
1880
36,059,474
14,129,735
1890
40,873,501
22,106,265
1900
45,997,336
30,214,832
1910
50,164,495
42,064,001
1920
51,768,255
54,253,282
1. Which generalization about population
growth is supported by the information in this
chart? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
For every census listed, rural population
exceeded urban population.
By 1920, more people lived in cities
than in rural areas.
The Civil War significantly slowed the
rate of population growth.
Most urban population growth was due
to people migrating from rural areas.
“One sees his finish unless good government retakes
the ship.” – George Luks, The Verdict, June 5, 1899
(adapted)
4. What is the main idea of the cartoon? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
2. What was a result of the growth of big
business in the late 1800s? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
a reduction in child labor
the elimination of the middle class
the widening of the economic gap
between rich and poor
a shift in transportation investment from
railroads to canals
5. Between 1880 and 1900, why did most
immigrants coming to the United States settle
in the cities along the east coast? (7.01)
A
B
C
3. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, where
did most of the immigrants to the United States
settle? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
1
Government policies have created a
recession.
Americans support the activities of the
trusts.
Good government has saved the country
from trusts.
Trusts are a threat to the nation.
D
many factory jobs were available in the
East
little farmland remained to be settled in
the Midwest
most immigrants came from the cities
of Europe
city laws afforded special rights and
protections for immigrants
urban centers of the Northeast
plantations of the New South
mining areas of the Far West
farming regions of the Great Plains
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6. In 1906, what did the publication of The
Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, lead
Congress to do? (7.01)
10. How did muckrakers contribute to the rise
of Progressivism in the early years of the 20th
century? (7.01)
A
B
A
C
D
enact stronger prohibition laws
support the national conservation
movement
establish a system for meat inspection
legalize strikes and boycotts by labor
unions
B
C
D
7. The photographs of Jacob Riis are most
closely associated with the (7.01)
A
B
C
D
battlefields of the Civil War
living conditions of the urban poor
plight of sharecroppers in the South
victims of the Dust Bowl on the Great
Plains
8. During the Progressive Era, why did
muckrakers publish articles and novels? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
to advance their own political careers
to make Americans aware of problems
in society
to help the federal government become
more efficient
to provide entertainment for readers
11. What was a goal of the Progressive
movement? (7.01)
A
B
C
D
A
B
A
D
B
C
D
C
settlement houses that provided
assistance to the poor
newspapers that helped inform
American about slum conditions
laws that restricted certain immigrant
groups
free public schools located in inner-city
neighborhoods
13. What was a goal of Progressive Era reforms
such as the initiative, referendum, and recall?
(7.02)
A
B
C
D
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reduce the government’s involvement in
social issues
correct the problems caused by
industrialization
promote laissez-faire policies
promote settlement of land west of the
Mississippi River
12. During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams
responded to urban conditions by working to
establish (7.02)
9. What did the tragedy of the Triangle
Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 draw national
attention to the need to do? (7.01)
restrict immigration from southern
Europe
establish full-time fire departments
protect the safety of workers
improve conditions for tenement
dwellers
challenging big government and urging
a return to past conditions
exposing widespread corruption in
business and government
writing favorable biographies about
wealthy Americans
aligning themselves with the women’s
suffrage movement
increase the power of citizens in state
and local government
reestablish the system of checks and
balances
provide low-interest loans to farmers
expand voting rights to Native
Americans
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14. Which president was known as a
trustbuster? (7.02)
16. Why was the Federal Reserve System
created? (7.02)
A
B
C
D
A
B
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
C
D
Base your answer to question 15 on the table
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Date
1905
1906
1906
1913
Progressive Era Legislation
Legislation
Purpose
United States
Manage the
Forest Service
nation’s water
established
and timber
resources
Meat Inspection
Act
Pure Food and
Drug Act
Department of
Labor established
Regulate meat
processing to
ensure clean
conditions
Outlaw
dishonest
labeling of
food and drugs
Promote the
interests of
working people
15. What was the common purpose of these
legislative acts? (7.02)
A
B
C
D
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protect the nation’s natural resources
improve conditions for recent
immigrants to the United States
advance the growth of big business
promote the general welfare of the
American public
to maintain a national petroleum supply
to provide military support for the
armed forces
protect consumers from fraud
manage the nation’s supply of currency
and interest rates
17. The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton
Antitrust Act were passed in an effort to (7.02)
A
B
C
D
promote the formation of new trusts
maintain competition in business
increase business investment
limit the activities of foreign
corporation
18. To improve distribution of money and
guarantee an adequate money supply, what did
President Woodrow Wilson ask Congress to
do? (7.02)
A
B
C
D
eliminate the gold standard
limit foreign investment
provide insurance for bank deposits
establish the Federal Reserve System
19. In 1920, how did women gain the right to
vote? (7.02)
A
B
C
D
presidential order
Supreme Court decision
national election
constitutional amendment
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20. “The right of citizens of the United States
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude. .
. .” -15th Amendment, Section 1, United States
Base your answer to question 23 on the poem
below and your knowledge of social studies
One Way Ticket
Constitution, 1870
I am fed up
With Jim Crow laws,
People who are cruel
And afraid,
Who lynch and run,
Who are scared of me
And me of them.
I pick up my life
And take it away
On a one-way ticket
Gone Up North
Gone Out West
Gone!
-Langston Hughes, 1926
Which actions did Southern States take to keep
African Americans from exercising the rights
guaranteed in this amendment? (7.03)
A
B
C
D
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suspending habeas corpus and denying
women the right to vote
collecting poll taxes and requiring
literacy tests
establishing religious and propertyholding requirements for voting
passing Black Codes and establishing
segregated schools
21. In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws
in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the (7.03)
23. Why does the author state that he has
“Gone”? (7.03)
A
B
C
D
A
racial integration of public schools
decline of the Democratic Party
organization of the Ku Klux Klan
segregation of public facilities
B
C
22. How did the Supreme Court decision in
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) have a major impact
on the lives of African Americans? (7.03)
A
B
C
D
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segregation was legal in educational
institutions
voting was a right guaranteed by the
Constitution
separate but equal public facilities were
legal
military occupation of the South was
unconstitutional
D
jobs were available in northern
industries
there was no racial prejudice in the
West
farmland was more available in the
North
racial discrimination drove him away
24. Which leader founded a vocational training
institution in the late 1800s to improve
economic opportunities for African Americans?
(7.03)
A
B
C
D
George Washington Carver
Frederick Douglass
W. E. B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
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25. What was one idea that both Booker T.
Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois supported?
(7.03)
28. A significant contribution to the
industrialization of the United States was
Henry Ford’s development of (7.04)
A
A
B
C
D
B
C
D
African Americans should have
increased civil rights
vocational training was the best
approach to education
immigration was responsible for racial
segregation
Jim Crow laws were needed to help
African Americans
29. Henry Ford produced a more affordable car
primarily because his company (7.04)
A
26. In the early 20th century, which policy for
the advancement of African American was
favored by W. E. B. Du Bois and the newly
formed National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
(7.03)
A
B
C
D
mass migration to northern cities
immediate action to end segregation and
win equal rights
establishment of a new republic in
Africa for freedmen
emphasis on economic advancement
over social equality
the assembly line
electric-powered vehicles
the first holding company
a new process for making steel
B
C
D
paid workers lower wages than its
competitors paid
used foreign-made parts
developed a less expensive method of
production
offered a variety of options to buyers
30. Improved mass-production techniques
affected the American economy of the 1920s
by (7.04)
A
B
C
D
reducing prices of consumer goods
lowering the quality of most products
causing higher unemployment
decreasing the quantity of manufactured
products
27. In which area did the views of Booker T.
Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois differ most?
(7.03)
A
B
C
D
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the need to stop violence against
African Americans
the speed with which full equality of the
races should be achieved
the need to integrate the armed forces
the idea of including white Americans
in their political organizations
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