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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?Union LeadersPhilanthropistsNativistsPolitical Bosses - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe photo demonstrates one of the problems withovercrowding urban tenements.labor union activism in urban areas.the overproduction of consumer goods.the growth of political machines.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?Dawes ActNational GrangeFarmers' AlliancesHomestead Act
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families and led to assimilation of natives?Hayes ActSherman Anti-Trust ActBland-Allison ActDawes Act
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAssimilation can be defined aswhen one becomes more like the dominant culture.when a person refuses to learn the dominant culturewhen a culture is practice all over the worldwhen a culture is similar to another culture
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Plains can be found in what area?Area 1Area 2Area 3None of the above
- 7. Multiple ChoiceRailroads, windmills, steel plows, and barbed wire are all examples of -items used to settle the Appalachian Mountains during the Gold Rush.native american technology.inventions and adaptations used to settle the Great Plains.innovations of WWI.
- 8. Multiple Choice19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?Work in building the Transcontinental RailroadWork in New York factoriesContributions to the steel industryContributions to John D. Rockefeller
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?hospitality of the Native American tribes inhabiting the regionconstruction of railroads west of the Mississippi Riverfreeing of slaves in the southern statesinflux of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn the late nineteenth century, the "bosses" of urban political machines often-accepted bribes in return for favorsdenied voting rights to the poorwasted money on military spendingdescrimated againts migrant workers
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.NativistsPolitical bossesMinersLabor leaders
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?Sherman Antitrust ActStamp ActGreat Plains ActHomestead Act
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunesNativistLabor UnionsPolitical MachinesRobber Barons
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?Andrew CarnegieHenry FordJohn D. RockefellerWilliam Tweed
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?Interstate Commerce ActHomestead ActSherman AntiTrust ActDawes Act
- 16. Multiple Choice
This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies-
Monopolies
Nativism
Laissez-faire (hands off)
New Deal
- 17. Multiple Choice
During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.
Work and Infrastructure
Corruption and Laissez-Faire
Urbanization and Immigration
Monopolies and Political Bosses
- 18. Multiple Choice
This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West Coast because it prohibited immigration from China-
Pendleton Act
Homestead Act
Mexican Repatriation Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
- 19. Multiple Choice
One of the most influential political machines was -
Upton Sinclair and the FDA
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor
W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP
Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
- 20. Multiple Choice
Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?
The Immigrants and the Poor
The Immigrants and Big Businesses
The Poor and the Chinese
The Chinese and the Big Businesses
- 21. Multiple Choice
Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?
Assimilation
Nativism
Protectionism
Temperance
- 22. Multiple Choice
Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe
Nativists
Populists
Philanthropists
Social Workers
- 23. Multiple ChoiceCompeting businesses that cooperate to act like a monopolyTrustCorporationHolding companyInfrastructure
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe Interstate Commerce Act...Created jobsPromoted the steel industryRegulated businessesExpanded our natural resources
- 25. Multiple Choice
In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
- 26. Multiple Choice
Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Building an Empire
Civil Rights and the 60's
- 27. Multiple Choice
Native Americans were removed from their land and sent to reservations to-
make land available for settlers
make land available for immigrants
protect the buffaloes
clear way for the railroads
- 28. Multiple Choice
A migration of settlers to Alaska and Western Canada began with The ____________________
Klondike Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
Texas Oil Rush
Oklahoma Oil Rush
- 29. Multiple Choice
Congested, overcrowded, and pollution were some problems due to-
Urbanization
Westward Expansion
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Transcontinental Railroad
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the best example of a political machine?A group of immigrants gather together and demand rights, and better payThe government breaks apart big businesessA political organization that uses corruption to buy and cheat votesA politician asks for donations for his campaign
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the significance of Ellis Island?It was the place where most European immigrants settled.It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.It was the headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands?
Injunctions
lockouts
Strikes
Scabs
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