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- 1. Multiple ChoiceRailroads had which of the following impacts on Native Americans?they helped Native Americans thirve because they opened new markets.they made Native Americans wealthy because railroad companies paid them for their landthey hurt Native Americans by altering their way of life and disrupting their culturethey had little effect on Native Americans because Native Americans did not ride traines
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Dawes Act?a law meant to assimilate Native AmericansA law meant to put Native Americans on reservationsA law that allowed Native Americans to become Senators
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Dawes Act?a law meant to assimilate Native AmericansA law meant to put Native Americans on reservationsA law that allowed Native Americans to become Senators
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGeorge Westinghouse and Thomas Edison are connected in which of the following ways?their inventions made it easier for businesses to communiate on a broader scalethey both made important strides in inventing ways to harness the power of electricityEdison invented the first telephone and Westinghouse later improved on his inventionEdison discovered electricity, and Westinghouse figured out a way for factories to use it
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following men became rich and powerful as a finance capitalist who exerted influence over a number of different types of businesses?Andrew CarnegieBuck DukeJohn D. RockefellerJ.P. Morgan
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a monopoly?a board gamea market where there are two suppliers for a product with market competitiona market in which there is only one supplier of a product and no market competition
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow did railroads effect US business and Native Americans?they made it more expensive to ship goodsthey made it cheaper to ship goodsthere was no effect on businesses or native americans
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a problem faced by farmers in the late 1800s?failing railroad prices interfered with their ability to ship productshigh farm prices caused financial problems because few people could afford their productsoverproduction of agricultural products led to failing prices and made it hard to make a profitbecause there was to much money in circulation, it was impossible for farmers to get the price they needed for their goods
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements BEST describes reasons for joining the Grange?the grange provided a means by which farmers could protect their interest collectivelythe grange was a political movement which farmers and low income workers felt represented their needsthe grange gave a voice to railroad industrialists who felt unfairly criticized by angry farmersthe grange provided a place where farmers could fight to protect laissez-faire economics
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was bimetallism?the US dollar should be based on metalthe US dollar should be based off goldthe US dollar should be based off silverthe US dollar should be based off of gold and silver
- 11. Multiple Choice
This is the place that European immigrants arrived to.Angel IslandEllis IslandAlcatraz - 12. Multiple ChoiceThis is the place where Asian Immigrants arrived.AlcatrazAngel IslandEllis IslandApril Island
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBetween the late 1860s and the early 1900s, which of the following BEST describes the changes that occurred in urban population?African American numbers in living in inner city of northern urban areas more than doubledmany farmers migrated to the cities, while foreign immigrants did not start to come until just after 1900urban areas of the north became culturally diverse as more immigrants arrivedthe US middle class declined as people tended to be either rich businessmen or poor laborers
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements would be most supported by a nativist?"since the US is suppose to be the land of the free and the country of opportunity, then let all those who desire freedom and a better life come to the united states""immigration is bad for this country. Immigrants take jobs that otherwise would go to those born here. Their ways pollute our way of life. We need laws to prevent immigration.""cultural diversity is a good thing. It is our differences and the way foreigners hold on to their traditional ways that make our nation great. "
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following contributed to the rise of unions?increased numbers of workers in urban areaschild unemploymentunsafe farming techniquesgovernment policies giving more power to workers
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow did the public often perceive unions as the result of events like the Haymarket Riot and the Homestead Strike?the unions were viewed as champions of the common manthe unions were viewed as persecuted and victims of harsh treatment by employersthe unions were viewed as promoting violence and anarchythe unions were viewed as being treated unfairly by the government
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat were muckrakers?intellectual thinkersjournalists who exposed corruption in government and big businessbusinessmen who changed industrynativist who wanted isolation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceJane Addams was a progressivist.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 19th amendment?made alcohol legalgave women the right to votemade alcohol illegalallowed the people to vote for their senators
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 18th amendment?made alcohol legalgave women the right to votemade alcohol illegalallowed the people to vote for their senators
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 17th amendment?made alcohol legalgave women the right to votemade alcohol illegalallowed the people to vote for their senators
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 16th amendment?allowed Congress to have the power to collect taxes on businesses and individualsgave women the right to votemade alcohol illegalallowed the people to vote for their senators
- 23. Multiple ChoicePresident Theodore Roosevelt would most likely use the term "muckraker" to apply to which of the following?a woman demanding the right to votea supporter of the temperance movementa journalist writing about abuses by businessesa woman with a hatchet attacking saloons
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes Hull House?it provided a place for immigrants to liveit was a place where social workers lived and helped immigrantsit was a government-run school for the poorit was where the woman's suffrage movement began
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho of the following is most associated with the women's suffrage movement?Jane AddamsTheodore RooseveltCarrie C. CattWoodrow Wilson
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