**early Period Through Progressivism

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This quiz helps prepare students for the California U. S. History STAR test. It covers the early period of U. S. History

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1.

We owe the theory of natural rights central to the Declaration of Independence to the writings of
- A.
  
  John Locke.
- B.
  
  Baron de Montesquieu.
- C.
  
  The Marquis de Sade.
- D.
  
  Voltaire.
2.

The first ten constitutional amendments were supported most strongly by those who
- A.
  
  Believed in a strong national government.
- B.
  
  Believed in limiting the power of the national government.
- C.
  
  Supported a strong central executive branch.
- D.
  
  Supported a strong judicial branch.
3.

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, the National Bank controversy, the Doctrine of Nullification, and the debate over the expansion of slavery are all examples of
- A.
  
  Reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed as a form of government.
- B.
  
  Battles over whether the South or North would be most important to the country’s financial well-being.
- C.
  
  Arguments over whether the executive, legislative, or judicial branch would be supreme in the federal government.
- D.
  
  Issues faced in the struggle between federal and state authority.
4.

A significant social effect of the Great Awakening was that
- A.
  
  Many colonists returned from dissenting religious groups to the Church of England.
- B.
  
  Colonists began to emphasize weekly church attendance as a sign of salvation.
- C.
  
  The colonists began to challenge the hierarchical structure of existing religious denominations.
- D.
  
  Singing became a more important part of church services.
5.

The factor that most led to persecution of the Mormons in the 1840s was
- A.
  
  The objection of the native Americans in Utah to the Mormons’ settlement there.
- B.
  
  Their practice of polygamy.
- C.
  
  Their large families.
- D.
  
  Their reliance on the Book of Mormon in addition to the Bible.
6.

Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration to develop a monopoly in the steel industry by
- A.
  
  Buying 90% of the steel mills in the United States.
- B.
  
  Refusing to negotiate with the union representing his workers.
- C.
  
  Buying coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields to provide the materials he needed for making steel.
- D.
  
  Organizing all his companies under the umbrella of a holding company.
7.

The two factors most important to the rapid growth of cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s were
- A.
  
  Increased immigration and industrial development.
- B.
  
  Migration of vast numbers of southern African Americans and of farmers.
- C.
  
  Improvements in transportation and in communication.
- D.
  
  The inventions of the electric light bulb and moving picture camera.
8.

A central source of power for the urban political machines’ was
- A.
  
  Their power to recommend deportation for particular immigrants.
- B.
  
  Their service in providing relief from poverty to the poor and recent immigrants.
- C.
  
  Control of city police and fire departments.
- D.
  
  Their control of the press.
9.

The principle that best expresses the idea of social conscience that originated in the Social Gospel movement is
- A.
  
  One’s patriotism should be expressed through Christian faith.
- B.
  
  The poor should adhere to high standards of morality despite their circumstances.
- C.
  
  Good works are necessary to get to heaven.
- D.
  
  We should assist the less fortunate according to the biblical idea of charity.
10.

The application of the theory of natural selection to business practices was called
- A.
  
  The Social Gospel.
- B.
  
  Populism.
- C.
  
  Progressivism.
- D.
  
  Social Darwinism.
11.

The Populist Party supported public ownership of railroads because
- A.
  
  Travel would be cheaper.
- B.
  
  Its members were socialists.
- C.
  
  It would help the small farmer.
- D.
  
  Americans could share in the profits.
12.

A negative effect of the Americanization movement was that
- A.
  
  Immigrants refused to participate, creating increased nativism.
- B.
  
  Immigrants resented the loss of their cultural heritage.
- C.
  
  The cost of building schools depleted the American treasury.
- D.
  
  Immigrants fought to move into the upscale parts of cities.
13.

One of the central concerns expressed by author Upton Sinclair in The Jungle is
- A.
  
  Child labor.
- B.
  
  Police corruption.
- C.
  
  Food production.
- D.
  
  Labor unions.
14.

The key goals of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act were
- A.
  
  Place a banking system under the direct control of Congress.
- B.
  
  Decentralize the banking industry in order to allow for local control of money.
- C.
  
  Protect the banking industry by removing the country from the gold standard.
- D.
  
  Create a banking system that could regulate the amount of money in circulation.
15.

The Prohibition movement in the early 1900s was partly a reaction to
- A.
  
  Differences between rural and urban culture.
- B.
  
  Upton Sinclair’s publication of The Jungle.
- C.
  
  Anti-Catholic sentiment.
- D.
  
  An increase in liquor prices.
16.

The Volstead Act enforced the
- A.
  
  Nineteenth Amendment establishing women’s right to vote.
- B.
  
  Eighteenth Amendment establishing Prohibition.
- C.
  
  Fourteenth Amendment establishing the right to equal treatment under the law.
- D.
  
  Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.
17.

The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment was most influenced by
- A.
  
  The increasing number of women elected to state office.
- B.
  
  Women’s participation in World War I.
- C.
  
  The efforts of men who supported the Amendment.
- D.
  
  The support of President Woodrow Wilson.