#1
Which event prompted the start of the California Gold Rush in 1848?
Discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill
Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Establishment of the Homestead Act
#2
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
#3
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
#4
Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
#5
Which industrialist was known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park'?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
#6
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
#7
Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
#8
Who was the leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States?
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
#9
Who led the famous Pullman Strike of 1894?
Eugene V. Debs
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
#10
Who authored the book 'The Jungle', exposing the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida B. Wells
Jane Addams
#11
What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
To regulate interstate commerce
To prevent unfair business practices and monopolies
To establish labor rights
To promote westward expansion
#12
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
To grant citizenship to Native Americans
To assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society
To preserve Native American culture and traditions
To allocate tribal land to individual Native Americans
#13
What was the primary cause of the Panic of 1893?
Overproduction in agriculture and manufacturing
Stock market crash
Government overspending
Failure of the gold standard
#14
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
#15
What was the main objective of the Progressive Movement?
To advocate for women's suffrage
To promote labor unions
To address social and economic problems caused by industrialization
To expand American imperialism