Quarter 3, Weekly Quiz 3

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Material covered in Ms. Doyle's class Feb 9-Feb 12.


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  • 1. 
    Grandfather Clause
    • A. 

      A clause that restored the right to vote to men who could not pay the poll tax if their grandfathers could vote before the Civil War

    • B. 

      A clause that took away the right to vote to men who could not pay the poll tax

    • C. 

      A clause took away the right to vote to men who could not pay the poll tax if their grandfathers COULD NOT vote before the Civil War

    • D. 

      A clause that restored the right to vote to men who could not pay the poll tax if their grandfathers COULD NOT vote before the Civil War

  • 2. 
    Prohibition
    • A. 

      The right to vote

    • B. 

      One of the causes of World War I

    • C. 

      The right to go on strike

    • D. 

      The outlaw of alcohol sales and production

  • 3. 
    What percentage of African-Americans lived in the South in 1900?
    • A. 

      75%

    • B. 

      50%

    • C. 

      90%

    • D. 

      25%

  • 4. 
    Who edited the NAACP magazine "The Crisis"
    • A. 

      Booker T. Washington

    • B. 

      W.E.B. DuBois

  • 5. 
    Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
    • A. 

      Booker T. Washington

    • B. 

      W.E.B. DuBois

  • 6. 
    Segregation
    • A. 

      A belief that all groups should be able to practice their religious beliefs

    • B. 

      Calling people bad names on account of race

    • C. 

      Separation of the races

    • D. 

      The opressive and unjust use of power

  • 7. 
    Inflation
    • A. 

      A financial condition that occurs when money supply increases and there are not enough goods on which to spend the money and prices go up

    • B. 

      A legal judgement that a person of a business cannot pay its debts and that its financial affairs must be handled to pay off creditors

    • C. 

      A group of people at the same economic level

    • D. 

      Economic ups and downs , four phases of the cycle are prosperity, recession, depression, and recovery

  • 8. 
    This labor organization worked through elections
    • A. 

      American Federation of Labor

    • B. 

      Socialist Party

    • C. 

      International Workers of the World (Wobblies)

  • 9. 
    This labor organization believed in collective bargaining
    • A. 

      American Federation of Labor

    • B. 

      Socialist Party

    • C. 

      International Workers of the World (Wobblies)

  • 10. 
    This labor organization believed that general strikers were the answers to problems in industry
    • A. 

      American Federation of Labor

    • B. 

      Socialist Party

    • C. 

      International Workers of the World (Wobblies)

  • 11. 
    Which of the following was NOT one of the worker's demands in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902?
    • A. 

      8-hour work day

    • B. 

      No weekend work

    • C. 

      10% pay increase

    • D. 

      Recognition of the union

  • 12. 
    What was Ida B. Wells famous for?
    • A. 

      Being a journalist

    • B. 

      Fighting against lynching

    • C. 

      Integrating the women's suffrage movement

    • D. 

      All of the above

    • E. 

      None of the above

  • 13. 
    Booker T. Washington
    • A. 

      Was the first African-American to graduate college

    • B. 

      Founded the Tuskegee Institute

    • C. 

      Invented peanut butter

    • D. 

      Encourage boycotts of public transportation

  • 14. 
    _______________________ was a scientist and teacher at the Tuskegee Institute
    • A. 

      Benjamin Tillman

    • B. 

      Booker T. Washington

    • C. 

      Susan B. Anthony

    • D. 

      George Washington Carver

  • 15. 
    In social studies a trust is
    • A. 

      Depending on someone to do the right thing

    • B. 

      When a business owns so much no smaller businesses can compete

    • C. 

      When there is healthy competition in trade

  • 16. 
    What is it called when too much money is printed and the value of money goes down as prices go up?
  • 17. 
    Which president was responsible for passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?
    • A. 

      Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    • B. 

      Woodrow Wilson

    • C. 

      Theodore Roosevelt

    • D. 

      William McKinley

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