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MCPS USH A Unit 1 Review
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Why did the US population increase so much in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
There was an end to all the wars and conflicts in the US
Immigrants from Europe came to the US for job opportunities
Birth control was not invented
People lived longer
2
A terrorist organization whose main goal was to undermine the success of African Americans
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Freedmen's Bureau
Kennedy Cruise
3
Carnegie & Rockefeller were
Captains of Industry
because...
They tried to destroy union power
They abused employees by paying them low wages
They made sure their employees had unsafe working conditions
They innovated and worked hard to build their companies
4
This act broke up
reservations
into 160 acres of land for each head of household
The Dawes Act
The Judicial Act
The PATRIOT Act
The Homestead Act
5
At the end of slavery, many former slaves in the South became...
Klansmen
Carpetbaggers
Land owners
Sharecroppers
6
This gave
settlers
160 acres if they lived on it for 5 years, built a house & farmed the land
The Judicial Act
The PATRIOT Act
The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act
7
Anytime you encounter a document, you should...
Just read it
Determine the Date, Author, and Purpose
Determine the Date, Audience, and Performance
Determine the Design, Achievement, and Price
8
These schools were established to assimilate Native American children into white society
Sioux Schools
Carlisle Schools
Boarding Schools
Public Schools
9
Assimilation means...
To value all cultures equally
To maintain your cultural traditions
to absorb one culture into another
10
Which immigrant group primarily worked on the railroad?
Mexican
Chinese
German
Russian
11
Laws established during Reconstruction that kept blacks from having equal rights
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Jim Crow laws
Democrats
12
What is the result for the Great Plains after the railroad is complete?
Population increases in the Plains
People move back east
Towns are abandoned
Population decreases in the Plains
13
A
monopoly
is
When a single company dominates an industry
When companies have a fair share of the market
A type of government
Buying items in bulk
14
Which is
NOT
a principle of Social Darwinism
Wealth is often a result of luck, not work
The best and brightest will surivive, others will perish
Hard workers will eventually become successful
Poor people deserve to be poor
15
The idea that Americans had a God-given right to expand westward was known as
Wounded Knee Massacre
Assimilation
Emancipation Proclamation
Manifest Destiny
16
The time period after the Civil War in which the South was rebuilt was known as...
Reconstruction
Construction
Reform
Revitalization
17
Who were the exodusters?
Chinese immigrants
Israelites leaving Egypt
Black Americans leaving the South after the Civil War
Irish immigrants coming for work opportunities
18
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of the way Native Americans viewed land?
Each man has the right to own property
It is man's responsibility to care for the land
Land is a gift from nature
Land is communal and meant for everyone
19
All of the these are examples of
PULL
factors of immigration
except...
Better jobs
Lack of services
Access to food and water
Safer environment
20
Which of these is NOT an example of a
PUSH
factor encouraging blacks to leave the South?
Jim Crow Laws
The KKK
The Homestead Act
Segregation
21
Why did Chinese immigration decrease after 1882?
There was no more work for the Chinese
The Chinese Exclusion Act kept new immigrants from coming in
The Dawes Act encouraged settlement in the plains
Chinese left voluntarily after the railroad was completed
22
How did this invention change the way of life in the west?
Caused farmers to dislike ranchers
Encouraged cattle to graze wherever they wanted
Eliminated the need for cattle drives & cowboys
Kept convicts in prison
23
Haters of the business leaders called “captains of industry" mostly argued that these men...
Built their wealth by taking advantage of workers
grew rich from hard work, not luck
rejected industrial and technological advances
caused damage to the environment
24
Which of the following was
NOT
a challenge of settling the west?
Crop damage
Severe weather
Locusts
Low wages
