True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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The first conflict immigrants faced was with Native Americans.
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Most of the immigrants who arrived in the United States after the Civil War were
from countries in southern and eastern Europe.
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A majority of West Virginia voters were opposed to prohibition.
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Company owners hired immigrants to replace unionized workers.
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Collective bargaining between workers and owners of companies was expanded after
World War I.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which is the main belief of the Progressive Movement?
a. | Government could correct the ills of society. | b. | Individual citizens
could work to improve social conditions. | c. | Business and the free enterprise system could
best improve society. | d. | Progress could only be made if people in the
private business sector were left alone. |
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Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, and
transportation of alcoholic beverages?
a. | Seventeenth Amendment | b. | Eighteenth Amendment | c. | Nineteenth
Amendment | d. | Twentieth Amendment |
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What term refers to laws that were passed to establish “separate but
equal” facilities for different races?
a. | Black Codes | b. | Discrimination Laws | c. | Jim Crow
Laws | d. | Separate but Equal Laws |
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Which belief was NOT promoted by Booker T. Washington?
a. | vocational education was important | b. | economic equality was more important than
social equality | c. | economic independence would result in political and social
equality | d. | civil rights and equality for all people would result in a better
society |
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What is the subject of the political cartoon?
a. | Civil War | b. | Reconstruction | c. | Suffrage | d. | Temperance |
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Who is represented in the cartoon?
a. | Susan B. Anthony | b. | Mother Jones | c. | Carrie
Nation | d. | Sojourner Truth |
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Which statement BEST describes the content of the political
cartoon?
a. | Eliminate alcoholic beverages. | b. | Exercise your freedom to bear
arms. | c. | Take a stand for women’s rights. | d. | Take up arms to defend your
nation. |
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What did Homer Plessy do that resulted in Plessy v Ferguson?
a. | He attended a “whites only” school. | b. | He sat in a
“whites only” railroad car. | c. | He ate in a “whites only”
restaurant. | d. | He drank from a “whites only” water
fountain. |
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What did the Sixteenth Amendment do?
a. | repealed prohibition | b. | established an income tax | c. | gave women the right
to vote | d. | prohibited the use of alcoholic beverages |
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Where was the first group in West Virginia to support temperance formed?
a. | Charleston | b. | Huntington | c. | Clarksburg | d. | Wheeling |
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What was unusual about the referendum on women’s suffrage in West Virginia
in 1916?
a. | Most women opposed it. | b. | Only men voted on the
issue. | c. | It was passed by illegal voters. | d. | It gave women in West Virginia the vote before
it was approved nationally. |
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Where was the mine accident that led to the first calls for federal safety in
the mines?
a. | Blair Mountain | b. | Harewood | c. | Matewan | d. | Monongah |
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In the early 1900s, why did workers hesitate to join a union?
a. | No laws protected a worker’s right to join a union. | b. | Unions had been
unsuccessful in securing higher wages. | c. | New machines resulted in improved working
conditions. | d. | Private guards raised concern for the safety of unionized
workers. |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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A work stoppage to call attention to a worker grievance or problem is called a
____________________.
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Women who campaigned and protested against their inability to vote were
called
____________________.
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The U.S. Supreme Court decision which gave the states the right to control
social discrimination and promote the segregation of the races was _______________________.
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_______________ led the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
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To improve health and safety in the mine industry, the United States Congress
created the _______________.
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During the Paint Creek strike, Kanawha County Sheriff Bonner Hill and coal
operators rode an armored train, named the _______________, to the miners’ camp at Holly
Hill.
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an injunction to keep union miners from
interfering with the operation of the mines owned by the _______________ Company.
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Matching
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Match the term with its definition. a. | ethnic | e. | referendum | b. | evict | f. | scrip | c. | prejudice | g. | temperance | d. | prohibition | h. | ultimatum |
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moderation or abstinence of consumption of alcohol
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process whereby people were allowed to vote on issues
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a final statement of terms offered by one party to another party
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complete banning of alcoholic beverages
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Essay
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What were some of the major issues that unions addressed in the mines?
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