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9th Grade Contemporary Era Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Recent Contemporary Era Quizzes

Bentley Ch. 28 Revolutions

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 778 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2025

Sample Question
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the French Revolution of 1789?

A staggering national debt

Accusation of treason against Louis XVI

Resentment at the privileges of the aristocracy

The extravagance of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles

Industrial Revolution Vocab Practice

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 359 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
What is the Industrial Revolution?

The system of producing large numbers of identical items in factories.

The period of time of rapid and radical changes that occurred in how products were produced during the 18th and 19th centuries.

The period of time with radical advancements in the fields of chemistry, physics, anatomy, and math.

The belief that the government should not interfere with business.

The Era Of Reconstruction: Quiz! Trivia

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 116 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to help:

Former slaves

All free people in the South

All poor people in the South

Plantation owners

Quiz 8: The Progressive Era Pt. 1

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 790 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question
The Progressive Era saw many Americans look for solutions to long-standing problems created during the rapid industrialization of the Gilded Age. What types of solutions did Americans seek? Check all that apply.

Protective Legislation--government prevents business owners from cheating or harming workers.

Moral Reform--government worked to change harmful behaviors

Limit Special interests--increase competition by decreasing the influence of the rich and powerful.

More Democratic Participation--spread out power to more Americans.

Nationalization--National government takes over industries that the people need, like banks and the oil industry.

Progressive Era Test 2

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 1043 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question
Which of the following acts created a federal civil service in which federal workers would be hired based on competitive exams rather than political influence.

Hepburn Act

Mann-Elkins Act

Sherman Antitrust Act

Pendelton Act

U.S History: The Progressive Era Questions!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1373 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
What law reformed the civil service system by administering competitive examinations for job positions so that they would be awarded based on merit?

Pendleton Act

Sherman Antitrust Act

Clayton Antitrust Act

Interstate Commerce Act

Unit 2 History Ch. 24

Questions: 66 | Attempts: 464 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

True

False

Modern World History Final Exam Review - Part IV

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 230 | Last updated: Mar 17, 2025

Sample Question
During the French Revolution, who were the religious leaders?

Clergy

Nobles

Common people

20th & 21st Century Study Quiz

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 294 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Which Virginian was a twentieth- century president who wrote a plan for world peace?

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Andrew Jackson

A New Century Begins Ch31 (Ah)

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 130 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
______________ ran for the Green Party in the 2000 presidential election.

Dick Cheney

Al Gore

Ralph Nader

George W. Bush

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