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Unit 1 covers Westward Expansion and the Gilded Age
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1
What groups formed to fight for better wages and working conditions?
labor unions
holding companies
trusts
populists
2
An investor like Bill Gates who organizes a business is known as an __________
entrepreneur
consumer
executive
muckraker
3
Ted bought an X-box. He is a ___________________.
consumer
cooperative
muckraker
entrepreneur
4
The United States dollar is America's ______________
monopoly
laissez-faire
currency
GNP
5
In cities during the Gilded Age what group handed out jobs and favors in return for votes?
big business
political machines
monopolies
labor unions
6
Which group lived out West before all the others?
Native Americans
farmers
ranchers
Irish immigrants
7
The farmer went to the ___________ where farmers buy products from each other
consumer
entrepreneur
muckraker
cooperative
8
Which policy caused deflation which made it difficult for farmers to make money?
socialism
gold standard
free silver
populist
9
Which group went west to escape religious persecution?
Mormons
Chinese immigrants
Exodusters
Irish immigrants
10
Which policies did the Populist want?
one term presidency
all of the above
restrictions on immigration
graduated income tax
11
William Jennings Bryan led this movement to use silver as the nation's money supply.
imperialism
populism
dollar diplomacy
gold standard
12
Examples of preventing African-Americans from voting included_____
literacy tests
poll taxes
both red and blue
none of the above
13
Joe needs a raise because of the increase in prices or _____________
recall
deflation
reflation
inflation
14
JP Morgan bought several companies to form a ______ and limit his competition.
holding company
corporation
trust
monopoly
15
Which policies did the Populist want?
Australian (secret) ballot
direct election of U.S. Senators
all of the above
remonetize silver
16
Walmart is an example of a _____
holding company
corporation
monopoly
trust
17
Which group went out west to unearth ore?
farmers
ranchers
Miners
Native Americans
18
What law was passed that required passing civil service exams to get federal government jobs?
Pendleton Act
Service Act
Work Act
Exam Act
19
Farmers bought plots of U.S. public land for $10 called _________________
stead homes
farmhouses
homesteads
farms
20
Citicorp is the ______ that owns controlling shares of stock in Citibank and other companies
trust
corporation
monopoly
holding company
21
The factory workers and owners could not agree on a contract so they decided to use ___________
initiative
referendum
protectorate
arbitration
22
What type of integration is where a corporation owns the entire supply chain?
horizontal
circular
vertical
multidirectional
23
Which group went west to escape discrimination and sharecropping?
Homesteaders
Chinese immigrants
Exodusters
Irish immigrants
24
Which type of economic system resulted from laissez-faire policies?
free enterprise
socialism
Darwinism
captive audience
25
African Americans could stop worrying about segregation when the U.S. got rid of _____________
Black Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Blue Jay Laws
Jim Hawk Laws
26
Native Americans were forced to __________ into American culture.
recall
assimilate
segregation
trust
27
Which is an example of how labor union were successful?
The Homestead Strike turned violent.
The AFL introduced collective bargaining.
Eugene Debs was arrested in the Pullman Strike.
Labor unions did not gain government support.
28
Which was a push factor that caused people to leave the eastern United States
freedom
good paying jobs
expensive farmland
war
29
Which group felt more equal to men by moving west?
Native Americans
Vaqueros
Women
ranchers
30
Plains Native American culture was threatened when this animal was overhunted.
aardvark
buffalo
cougar
wolf
31
Which was NOT a reason for industrialization of the United States?
abundant natural resources
shrinking population
innovations
railroads
32
Which group was discriminated against by nativists?
Both red and blue
Irish immigrants
Chinese immigrants
Exodusters
33
Which was a negative effect of industrialization on the United States?
Increased business efficiency and productivity.
Drove wages down and causwed whole familiwes to work.
Made finished goods cheaper and of better quality.
Opened many new jobs to immigrants and ex-farmers.
34
Which was a pull factor that drew people to the West?
Expensive farmalnd
Easier way of life
Dawes Act
Pacific Railway Act
35
Which group bought homesteads for cheap and resold them for a handsome profit?
Buffalo soldiers
speculators
Mormons
farmers
36
Which group drove cattle over long distances to get them to market?
ranchers
Buffalo Soldiers
Exodusters
Women
37
What new business did retailers use to get customers?
accounting
bond sales
marketing
advertising
38
What policy did the Supreme Court uphold in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
equal rights
separate but equal
equal but opposite
separation anxiety
39
What did the Interstate Commerce Act, passed in 1887, allow the federal government to regulate?
commerce
railroads only
bakeries
agriculture
40
Wealthy businessmen were characterized as either captains of industry or
managers
robber barons
train robbers
supervisors
41
The United States' _______ was over $21 trillion last year.
monopoly
currency
laissez-faire
gross national product
42
Name one of the purposes of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
turn Native Americans into soldiers
create Native American leaders who would persuade their tribe to assimilate
return them to their native lands
strengthen the tribal relationship
43
Who was the Democratic candidate for President in 1896 who ran on free coinage of silver?
William Jennings Bryan
William Jefferson Clinton
William Randoph Hearst
William Howard Taft
44
John D Rockefeller bought all the oil companies to create a ______________
laissez-faire
currency
GNP
monopoly
45
Having separate water fountains for whites and African Americans is an example of ___________
yellow journalism
segregation
protectorate
unfair trade policies
46
Farmers could not afford to plant new crops when prices dropped too much. A drop in prices is _
deflation
reflation
recall
inflation
47
Which group were expert ranchers who were from Mexico?
Chinese immigrants
Mormons
Vaqueros
speculators
48
Which policies did the Populist want?
8 hour workday
abolish the national bank
nationalize the railroads and telegraph companies
all of the above
49
Late 1800’s presidents believed in _________ because they would not interfere with the economy.
GNP
laissez-faire
currency
monopoly
50
Which group claimed 160 acre lots for $10?
Vaqueros
farmers
ranchers
miners