1. American History II NCFE Review
Units 1 & 2
The Great West & Gilded Age
The Progressive Era
Abrams

2. #1
Which of the following was not a goal of the Populist Party platform?
Increase money in circulation to raise prices
Graduated income to have the wealthy taxed more than the poor
Government ownership of railroads to fight high prices 
Free access to ship goods with railroad companies.

3. #2
The process of buying other companies in the same industry and consolidating them under one company is known as:
 Horizontal Integration
 Vertical Integration
 Business manipulation
 Diagonal Integration

4. #3
Low-cost multi-family housing designed to fit as many families as possible with poor sanitation and fire hazards are known as:
 Hull-Houses
Temporary Housing
Ghettos
Tenements

5. #4 Which group would most likely support bimetallism? Bankers
Industrialists and merchants
Foreign investors
Farmers and laborers

6. #5 Which sentence best expresses the function of a trust?
 Trusts make sure businesses are honest.
 Trusts are business associations.
 Trusts allow corporations to fix prices and regulate wages and prices.
 The Supreme Court ordered trusts to dissolve.

7. #6 The Pendleton Act provided for Higher protective tariffs
Railroad rate controls
Civil service reform
Using silver as well as gold to back paper currency

8. #7
The use of machines in industry in the second half of the 19th century did what?
Required a better educated workforce
Dramatically raised the price of goods
Made it possible to hire cheap unskilled labor
Made it possible to eliminate human labor altogether

9. #8
Frederick Law Olmstead is famously known to have designed and plan __________________.
The Empire State Building
The transcontinental railroad
Successful labor unions
Central Park

10. #9
What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)?
To halt corruption in the railroad industry
To ensure fair trade between states
To make sure the transcontinental railroads were built
To help families move out west and to help provide new farmland

11. #10
What was the name of the processing center for new immigrants coming to America from Europe?
Angel Island
Immigration Island
Liberty Island
Ellis Island

12. #11
Which of the following answers best describes how minorities were treated during the progressive era? 
Minorities were given equal rights and helped create a unified society with little to no discrimination.
Minorities made some strides in their reform but ultimately were widely discriminated against.
Minorities were ignored leaving them to riot and protest.
Minorities were treated fin because they did not try to bring about equality and reform.

13. #12
Which of the following BEST describes how the Progressive movement was similar to the Populist movement?
Progressives and Populists both supporting farmers and the common laborer.
Progressives were not similar because they favored big business.
Progressives and Populists both wanted to fix corrupt government and make it more responsive to people’s needs.
Both backed minority equality.

14. #13
Wilson thought that businesses were being held back by the “triple wall of privilege.” What was the “triple wall of privilege?”
Farmers, Banks, Small Businesses
Trusts, Banks, Tariffs
Tariffs, Farmers, Trusts
Small Businesses, Tariffs, Trusts

15. #14 What is an initiative? Special election to remove an official
An election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Citizens vote on legislation
Citizens introduce legislation for vote

16. #15 What is a referendum? Special election to remove an official
An election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Citizens vote on legislation
Citizens introduce legislation for vote