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- 1. Multiple Choice
Following the Civil War the westward movement of settlers intensified into the area between the _____________ and the Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
- 2. Multiple Choice
Long cattle drives over unfenced open land in the West marked the era of the _______________
Black Hills
American cowboy
Native American
Medical reforms
- 3. Multiple Choice
What gave free public land in the western territories to settlers who would live on and farm it?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
Homestead Act
Proclamation of 1763
- 4. Multiple Choice
Southerners and African Americans moved ________________ to seek new opportunities after the Civil War
North
South
East
West
- 5. Multiple Choice
What immigrant group is known for their help in building the Transcontinental Railroad from the West?
Chinese
Germans
French
Japanese
- 6. Multiple Choice
European immigrants entered America through _____________
Angel Island
Long Island
Manhattan Island
Ellis Island
- 7. Multiple Choice
Many countries melding into one way of American life is known as what?
Melting pot/Assimilation
Diffusion
Oxidization
Manifest Destiny
- 8. Multiple Choice
What public accommodation was essential in helping immigrants assimilate to American life?
Public church
Public schools
Public transportation
Public sewer
- 9. Multiple Choice
People found jobs in cities but lived in harsh conditions in ______________ or slums
Shelters
Tenements
Ghettos
Boxes
- 10. Multiple Choice
New York City was the first city to begin the construction of a _________________
Stoplight
Phone booth
Subway system
Railroad
- 11. Multiple Choice
Between Civil War & WWI the US transformed into what kind of economy?
Communist
Egalitarian
Industrial
Agricultural
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who invented the light bulb?
Alexander Graham Bell
The Wright Brothers
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
The Wright Brothers
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who invented the airplane?
Thomas Edison
The Right Brothers
Henry Ford
Henry Bessemer
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who perfected the assembly line?
Henry Bessemer
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who became a leader of the steel industry in the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who was leader of the financial/banking industry?
JP Morgan
John Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which Captain of Industry had a monopoly in oil?
Andrew Carnegie
John Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
- 19. Multiple Choice
What means government should interfere the LEAST amount possible in the economy?
Laissez-faire
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
- 20. Multiple Choice
America grew because of the wealth of natural resources and navigable _______________________
Oceans
Rivers
Mountains
Lakes
- 21. Multiple Choice
After reconstruction, many southern state governments passed _______________ laws that separated races
KKK
Rustic
Jim Crow
White Privilege
- 22. Multiple Choice
What court case said that separate but equal did not violate the Constitution and was legal?
Brown v. Board of Education
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
Plessy v. Ferguson
- 23. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the American Railway Union?
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Tilden
- 24. Multiple Choice
What region did "New Immigrants" primarily come from after 1871?
Northern and Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
South America
Central America
- 25. Multiple Choice
What region did "Old Immigrants" come from pre-1871?
Northern and Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
South America
Central America
- 26. Multiple Choice
The inventor of the mechanical reaper was-
John Deere
Stephen Douglas
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
- 27. Multiple Choice
The Haymarket Square Riot CANNOT be characterized as-
contributing to the end of the Knights of Labor
involving a bomb that skilled a police officer
supporting the goals of labor unions throughout the U.S.
prosecuting anarchists who organized the strike
- 28. Multiple Choice
On March 25, 1911, a deadly fire killed 146 garment workers. Where did this take place?
Haymarket Square
Pullman Factory
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plan
- 29. Multiple Choice
A strategy used by organized labor when employees refuse to work is called a-
strike
boycott
lockout
collective bargaining
- 30. Multiple Choice
Why did many immigrants settle in places like Boston, NYC, Chicago, and Pittsburgh during the Gilded Age?
These places were rural areas that provided a variety of farming jobs
These places were flatlands which made them easy to travel across
These places were growing cities that offered a variety of industrial jobs
These places were sparsely populated, making it easier to set up homesteads.
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