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Chapter 7 Section 1 Practice



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

In many cities, local governments were controlled by
a.
the federal government.
c.
patronage.
b.
political machines.
d.
civil servants.
 

 2. 

Railroads were required to charge "reasonable and just" rates according to the
a.
Civil Service Commission.
c.
Interstate Commerce Act.
b.
spoils system.
d.
Pendleton Act.
 

 3. 

What group supported the government efforts to regulate industry?
a.
muckrakers
c.
socialists
b.
civil servants
d.
progressives
 

 4. 

Whose book led Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act?
a.
Upton Sinclair
c.
Lincoln Steffens
b.
Ida Tarbell
d.
James Garfield
 

 5. 

Who introduced the direct primary election?
a.
Robert La Follette
c.
Boss Tweed
b.
Grover Cleveland
d.
Eugene V. Debs
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

____________________ headed the Democratic political machine in New York City during the 1860s and 1870s.
 

 

 7. 

By 1917 ____________________ governed nearly 400 cities.
 

 

 8. 

President ____________________ was assassinated by an unsuccessful office seeker.
 

 

 9. 

The railroad industry was considered an ____________________ because there were only a few companies controlling the prices.
 

 

 10. 

Journalists that brought the corruption underlying society to the surface were called ____________________.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Pendleton Act
d.
Eugene V. Debs
b.
spoils system
e.
William M. Tweed
c.
city “bosses”
 

 11. 

corrupt politicians
 

 12. 

New York City's political boss
 

 13. 

established Civil Service Commission
 

 14. 

patronage
 

 15. 

American Socialist Party leader
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What did the political machines do?
 

 17. 

The Civil Service Commission was established to end what system?
 

 18. 

Why did Republicans raise tariffs sharply in 1890?
 

 19. 

Reporter Nellie Bly’s work improved the lives of what group?
 

 20. 

What changes did the Upton Sinclair novel, The Jungle, bring about?
 



 
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