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- 1. Multiple Choice
Based on this poster, which is an accurate statement?
Immigrants were encouraged to learn and to speak English
Granite City had laws prohibiting immigrants from moving there
The people in the poster were native-born Americans
Granite City encourged diversity in its immigrant population
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by -
creating a system of dams for crop irrigation
providing land for $10 to settlers
removing all restrictions on immigration
Moving Native American Indians to reservations
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?
It supported their existing cultural traditions
It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains
It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture
It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which was a successful example of "Americanization"?
The Dawes Act led to Americanization of the Indians.
The Homestead Act made federal land available to settlers.
The children of New Immigrants learned English in public schools.
Congress prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is happening in this photo?
The Civil War is being ended
Transcontinental railroad is being finished
Transcontinental railroad is being started
- 6. Multiple Choice
Related to what we have been studying in class what is a Reservation?
To hold or request a spot or item
land set aside for Native American Tribes.
to pause or hesitate about something
To maintain or keep in good condition
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did westward expansion impact Native Americans?
Native Americans and white settlers lived side by side as equals
it destroyed the buffalo and the Native American way of life
Native Americans acquired more lan
it helped the Native Americans prosper
- 8. Multiple Choice
3) What were the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad? (Pick TWO)
It allowed for the rise of the steel industry
It connected the United States by rail from east coast to west coast
It lead to increased the population in western cities
The population in urban centers grew drastically
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis act was intended to help Native Americans acquire private land in the reservations, but instead they sold them. It was also intended to have Native Americans assimilate.Homestead ActDawes ActInterstate Commerce ActSherman Anti-Trust
- 10. Multiple ChoiceLearning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans is knows asUrbanizationAmericanization/AssimilationImmigrationNativism
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which resource primarily drew pioneers to California?
Wheat
Gold
Corn
Copper
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis legislation gave free land to Americans who lived in the West.The Dawes ActThe Homestead Act
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis legislation divided Indian reservations into privately owned plots of land -- forced Indians to assimilateThe Dawes ActThe Homestead Act
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA positive incentive for migratingPush factorPull factor
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA business with no competition is a...Holding companyCapitalist companyUtility companyMonopoly
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich time period featured the growth of industry -- along with widespread poverty & poor working/living conditions?The Gilded AgeThe Age of ImperialismThe Roaring 20sThe Great Depression
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Carnegie was a "robber baron" who controlled the _________ industry.ShippingOilSteelBanking
- 18. Multiple ChoiceJohn Rockefeller was a "robber baron" who controlled the _______ industry.ShippingOilSteelBanking
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?
Machines needed to be repaired more frequently
Products could be manufactured on an assembly line
Businesses needed to hire skilled workers
Factories could extend working hours
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which answer choice goes into the middle circle?
Irish families immigrated to the United States
The Bracero program was introduced
Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?
Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies
Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants
Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction
Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading
- 22. Multiple Choice
Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated --
Conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks
Globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements
Promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration
Limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?
Social and economic class divisions began to disappear
Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations
Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions
Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace
- 24. Multiple Choice
How did the Dawes Act change the relationship between the federal government and Native Americans?
It contributed to the policy of assimilation
It allowed Native Americans to keep their tribal customs
It gave land ownership rights to the Native American Women
It allowed Native tribes to stay on their native lands.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic attributed to a Captain of Industry?
Providing soup kitchens and shelters to homeless immigrants
Lowering wages and increasing the amount of hours your workers are required to work
Donating a large sum of your personal wealth to homeless orphans
Using your own fortune to create a new university
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?
The rapid influx of immigrants provided for a ready voter base for the Political Bosses
Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level
The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth
Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city
- 27. Multiple Choice
What led to having a large workforce in the U.S?
Larger Families
Inventions
Immigrants
Former Slaves and Immigrants
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?
The availability of buffalo
The discovery of precious metals
A decrease in agricultural production
A series of federal land grants
- 29. Multiple Choice
This excerpt is from a book written by a Norwegian man who immigrated to the United States in the late 1800s
"Then west by train on road and route not known to us. We saw mountains, which must have been the Alleghenies, and felt much depressed. Was that America? Had we been fooled? We expected to see flat ground with no timber or boulders to clear. When we came far enough to see that kind of country our spirits rose again"
These immigrants were relieved when they saw the type of land they were expecting because they...
Hoped to establish farms
Wanted to build factories
Planned to mine for gold
Wanted to work for the railroad
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?
Political Bosses
Nativists
Union Leaders
Philanthropist
- 31. Multiple Choice
During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by
Campaigning for women's suffrage
Advocating the use of poll taxes
Making improvements in urban infrastructure
Providing public assistance for former slaves
- 32. Multiple Choice
During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for
The acquisition of foreign territories
Increased temperance regulations
The growth of Big Business
Involvement in foreign wars
- 33. Multiple Choice
-Receive 160 Acres of Land
-Had to live on the land for 5 years
-After 5 years the owner received the land for free
The above characteristics apply to which of the following?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Morrill Act
- 34. Multiple Choice
How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the United States?
By promoting spiritual and moral values in public schools
By supporting conservative ideals in federal legislation and foreign policy
By establishing philanthropic organizations dedicated to education and the arts
By creating a charitable foundation to end hunger
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which application of a new technology can be attributed to the invention of Thomas Edison?
Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night
Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances
Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes
Sonar technology was used to track submarine
- 36. Multiple Choice
During the late nineteenth century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for
Opposed to machine poltics
Loyal to the United Kingdom
Conscientious Objectors
Taking American Jobs
- 37. Multiple Choice
These photographs are of the same student at Carlisle Indian School during the late nineteenth century.
Which world best explains the changes shown in these photographs?
Immigration
Assimilation
Nullification
Nativism
- 38. Multiple ChoiceAs settlers moved onto the Great Plains in the 1800s, they needed to build shelters. One way that many settlers met this need was by building sod houses. Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod?Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials.Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.Sod houses were more fashionable than other types of buildingsSod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe Dawes Act...Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herdsdivided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilationprovided 160 acres of free land to white settlersestablished the route for the Transcontinental railroad
- 40. Multiple Choice
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
Nativism
Ethnic Enclaves
Assimilation
- 41. Multiple Choice
Why did immigrants support Tammany Hall?
They provided them with shelter, food, and jobs in return for votes
They would use Tammany Hall to learn English
Many women supported them because they supported women's rights
Tammany Hall members were also immigrants
- 42. Multiple Choice
William "Boss" Tweed was known for what?
Controlling elections, and giving favors away to immigrants to stay in control
Robbing banks and then giving the money to the poor
A Republican political machine
A naturalized Irish immigrant that fought for immigrants
- 43. Multiple Choice
Nativist would often argue...
That immigrants working for low wages were taking jobs away from American citizens
Immigrants were benefiting the US by creating a melting pot
Immigrants were destroying the US because they taking all the land in the Dawes Act
Immigrants should be allowed to participate in all elections
- 44. Multiple Choice
A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Mechanical Reaper
Manifest Destiny
Homestead Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
- 45. Multiple Choice
1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
Immigration Restriction Act
Homestead Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Tenement Housing Act
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Ellis Island?An amusement parkAn immigration center in New JerseyAn immigration center in New YorkThe first capital of the United States
- 47. Multiple Choice
Why did the US want to keep the Chinese laborers out of the US, but allowed Chinese teachers, tourists, merchants, students, and their families to live and work in the US?
They did not want them taking their jobs.
They did not like labor
They wanted them as slaves
They did not believe in laborers
- 48. Multiple ChoiceA monopoly is the total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents ________________.UnionsCapitalismCompetitionregulation
- 49. Multiple Choice
This is another word for monopoly
Trust
Corporation
Merger
Subsidiary
- 50. Multiple Choice
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
World War I
Progressive Era
Gilded age
Roaring Twenties
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