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1
What did the Homestead Act do?
Redistributed Native American lands and gave it to white settlers
It gave people money to construct sod houses
Provided people homes in urban centers
Provided land to American settlers in the West for $10 filing fee
2
Difference between an assembly line and a cottage industry is that a cottage industry products are made by one person
True
False
3
Best definition for:
industrialization
economic activity characterized by manufacturing of goods
migrating into the cities
the bulding of factories
developing new technology
4
Which business leader below took over the Bessemer Steel Process and made an empire with it?
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockerfeller
J.P. Morgan
5
Favoring the rights and privileges of the “native born” population over and against those of “foreign” status
Racism
Classism
Nativism
Elitism
6
Which is not a cause of Westward Expansion.
Transcontinental Railroad
Klondike Gold Rush
Homestead Act
Slavery
7
What school were Native Americans sent to assimilate into American culture?
John Hopkins Indian School
Carlisle Indian School
Westpoint Indian School
Westminister Indian School
8
Former slaves who moved west in the 1800's became known as
farmers
49ers
buffalo soldiers
exodusters
9
Which corrupt
political machine "boss"
was the subject of Thomas Nast's political cartoons?
Boss Tweed
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Nast
Eugene V. Debs
10
Best definiton for:
immigration
becoming proficient in agriculture
moving from one’s homeland to live in another place
moving from the country to the city
trying to assimilate to another culture
11
The growth of what
industry
, led to the
expansion and settlement of the West
?
railroad
banking
communication
agriculture
12
A
boom town
was a town that was abandoned and nobody lived in it.
True
False
13
Which business leader below dominated the
Banking
industry and made an empire with it?
John D. Rockerfeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
14
With
industrialization
, there was a shift from
urban to rural
society.
False
True
15
Transformative leaders generating great industrial strength and benefit to the society were seen as
Captains of industry
False
True
16
A ghost town was a town that was full of people that came in search for gold.
True
False
17
Which was not an issue that labor union members were fighting for?
Safer working conditions
Less work hours
Better wages
Better meals
18
General George Custer was defeated at Wounded Knee
True
False
19
Which process explains vertical integration?
a business practice where a company takes over all its competitors
buying up stocks in your company
when a company owns all means of production
20
Best definition for:
nativism
being from native american descent
being illiterate and poor
a form of slavery
favors the rights and privileges of the “native born” vs the immigrants
21
People started forming these
groups
in several industries to fight for better working rights
lobbying groups
political machines
labor unions
political parties
22
Best definition for:
robber baron
transformative leaders generating great industrial strength
political leaders that wield a lot of power and influence
ruthless businessmen solely concerned with personal benefit
a thief
23
Laissez Faire Economics
means that the
GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS INTRUDING
in business/jobs by placing rules on them
False
True
24
Which business leader below dominated the
Railroad
industry and made an empire with it?
John D. Rockerfeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
25
Ruthless businessmen solely concerned with personal benefit were seen as
Captains of industry
True
False
26
Who was the leader of the most prominent
political machine
in New York,
Tamany Hall
?
Thomas Nast
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
Boss Tweed
27
Which process best explains horizontal integration?
having a monopoly
a business practice where a company owns all the means of production
business practice where you out buy your competitors
28
Which business leader below dominated the
Oil
industry and made an empire with it?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockerfeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
29
What were political machines?
Groups of people that joined a labor union
voting machines
groups of politicians that controlled political parties, headed by a "boss"
Machines in factories that produced political newspapers
30
Which was one of the benefits of the introduction of the
assembly line
?
mass production of goods
Shorter work days
Less products being made
Longer production times
31
The cowboys emerged to perform the cattle drives across the Plains
False
True
32
Why was it referred to as the Gilded Age?
Refers to the "superficial glitter" of the new wealth in the U.S.
It was a period of oil and gold production
A lot of gold was being discovered in California so people were rich
It was a period of prosperity for all Americans
33
What is Social Darwinism?
A social experiment on how weak people are
How people who are poor are lazy
Survival of the fittest or strongest
How people go up in social classes
34
This law prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the United States.
Dawes Act
Asian Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Homestead Act
35
Best definition for:
urbanization
the migration of people to live in the country
creating industries in the city
the migration of people to live in cities
the contruction of skyscrapers
36
Which one is not a
labor strike
during this time period?
Pullman Riot
Homestead Riot
Dawest Riot
Haymarket Riot
37
Thousands called _____________ rushed to California to find gold!
gold diggers
Forty-Whiners
Free loaders
Forty-Niners
38
Which invention stopped the Range Wars?
lightbulb
cotton gin
assembly line
barbed wire
39
The Sioux were massacred at the site of Wounded Knee
False
True
40
Where did most women begin working in?
railroads
restaurants
textile factories
Mines
41
The
Dawes Act
redistributed Native American lands and gave it to white settlers moving West.
True
False
42
Nativists
welcomed immigrants and advocated for
MORE
immigrants to come to the U.S.
False
True
43
Political machines
helped
new immigrants
settle into the cities in
return
for their
vote
at the ballot box
True
False
