B2 American History Set 1

What was an actual consequence of the "separate, but equal" ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson?

The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit

Which law were passed to stop corporations colluding and becoming monopolies?

What was one reason for the rise of labor unions in the 19th century?

What effect did the Dawes Act have on the Native Americans?

Which of the following allowed manufacturers to build factories away from rivers

In what ways were literacy tests harder for African Americans?

Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers?

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

Offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household

A short description of urbanization is a ________.

Booker T. Washington was often under criticism because

Define laissez-faire.

Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it ____.

_______ was the system of giving political supporters jobs.

Which of the following groups of people would most likely endorse social darwinism?

Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?

Immigrants were not desired by

What was the Westward Expansion?

What did the Grandfather Clause do?

Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following except

What pulled people to cities?

Which of the following groups of people would most likely support the Chinese Exclusion Act?

This made it illegal for corporations to interfere with free interstate or international trade

Which of the following was NOT a cause of industrialization in the United States?

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

Which of the following reasons led to the organization of the Progressive movement?

Escaping poverty and persecution would be an argument to

The most severe problem faced by immigrants was

Which of the following is an example of vertical integration?

The Sherman Anti-trust Act

What was the Bessemer process?

Which of the following was most responsible for the end to the era of the wide open frontier?

Which industrial technique helped improve steel-making?

Aside from religious freedom, what was the biggest reason immigrants moved to the U.S.?

Demand for beef in the East contributed to

Stocks, share holders, corporations, labor issues, and trusts are best associated with...

How did the sinking of the Lusitania affect the US relationship with Germany?

The Dawnes Act was designed to benefit

Which of the following is an effect of industrialization in the United States?

The immigration processing station in San Francisco was called

What is the best definition of a strike?

Through which place did immigrants arriving on the East coast pass before gaining entry into the United States?

Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves

What territory did the US gain after the Spanish American war?

Assimilation is ...

How were literacy tests harder for African Americans?

A political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people.

Why did big business favor tariffs?

Immigrants largely came to America because

The Bessemer process did what?

The passage of the _____________ attempted to regulate the railroads

In the business world, what is a monopoly?

This technique, pioneered by people like Pulitzer and Hearst, sensationalized news stories.

All of these factors caused the 2nd industrial revolution except

People who favor American-born people over foreign-born people are called

What best explains why organized strikes by unskilled workers failed?

Pulitzer & Hearst cared more about selling papers than accurately reporting the news.

Prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act, America's immigration policy was one of

What was the court case that established that blacks and whites were "separate but equal?"

All of the following were true about child labor except...

Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the ____.

Which industry did the Bessemer process revolutionize?

A theory that justified individual responsibility and blame and discouraged government interference

Political machines helped immigrants with problems in exchange for _____.

Most immigrants lived in cities to

Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?

Identify the push factor.

Which of the following made Conscription legal?

These immigrants came to the U.S. to work on the Transcontinental RR in the 19th century?

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

The intent of the Homestead Act was to

What did the Dawes Act do?

How did the construction of the Panama Canal affect the relationship between the US and Panama?

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called

What did the US blame the USS Maine explosion on?

In the late 1800s collective bargaining was a technique used to

Which of the following was a critical issue for Woodrow Wilson in the lead up to US entry into WWI?

After the Spanish American War, Cuba became...

______ during the Gilded Age sometimes involved children as young as 8 working 12 hours a day.

potato famine

What sectors did the Progressive Movement change?

According to most business owners, immigrants equal =

What was not a reason why Americans wanted the land that the Natives were on out west?

Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following except

Which of the following is a pull factor that drew immigrants to settle in the United States?

What is a tariff?

Chinese immigrants, dangerous work, spanning the country, new technology, all had to do with..

Horizontal integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves

Which of the following was a problem caused by urbanization

Why did Republicans support high tariffs?

immigrants stayed in cities because

This time period saw artists attempt to be show things more like they really were.

Which class was most likely to live in tenements during the Gilded Age?

All of the following were traits of the majority of the new wave of immigrants except...

According to "Laissez faire," how should government be involved in private business?

What two positions were women hired for the most during the Gilded Age?

The Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise railroad activities to

A person who starts his or her own business is called a _______.

What impact did nativism have on immigrants in the United States during the late 1800s?