Boarding Schools for native American children were an attempt to:

Americanize the native American.

Which one of the following contributed to the growth of cities between 1860 and 1890?

Migration of farmers from rural areas looking for jobs.

19th century nativist organizations advocated--

for a ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

Industrialists used their political connections for material gain and power

Which of the following answers are the author's goals in publishing the documents above?

To improve living conditions of the working poor

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

factories could extend working hours

What did the Dawes Act attempt to do?

Bring American Indians into mainstream society through land ownership.

This cover from a nineteenth century magazine helps show that the United States was beginning to change from

a mostly rural society to a mostly urban society

Which one of the following answer choices explains why the United States wanted to build a transcontinental railroad?

To link the east and west coasts

What does this cartoon imply about U.S. economic policy prior to 1890?

Government passed laws that favored big business over small businesses.

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1
Based on this cartoon, which institutions was Nast criticizing?
Settlement Houses
Nativists Organizations
Political Machines
Labor Unions
2
Boarding Schools for native American children were an attempt to:
Americanize the native American.
Provide training that was not taught among their tribes.
Provide free education to these children
3
This prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes.
Pendleton Act
Plessy v. Ferguson
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
4
President Arthur signed the _____________ to establish all federal government positions should be awarded based on merit
Selective Service Act
Pendleton Service Act
Freedman's Bureau
15th Amendment
5
Civil Service Reform Act that ensured a merit based promotion for government jobs.
Interstate Commerce Act
Plessy v. Ferguson
14th Amendment
Pendelton Act
6
Which one of the following contributed to the growth of cities between 1860 and 1890?
Higher birth rate among middle class families
Migration of farmers from rural areas looking for jobs.
Increased agricultural production
The invention and affordability of the Model-T.
7
19th century nativist organizations advocated--
conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks
for a ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration
limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
globalizing the economy through the participation in free-trade agreements
8
Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?
A sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in industry
Industrialists used their political connections for material gain and power
The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase money.
Farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations
9
Which of the following answers are the author's goals in publishing the documents above?
To demonstrate the negative influence of the "new" immigrants
To promote stereotypes of individuals living in poverty
To generate support for abolishing Jim Crow Laws.
To improve living conditions of the working poor
10
How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?
products could be manufactured on an assembly line
businesses needed to hire more skilled workers
machines needed to be repaired less frequently
factories could extend working hours
11
According to the political cartoon, which event below is depicted as leading to the end of Reconstruction?
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments
The election of African Americans to Congress
The disputed election of 1876
12
This established seperate but equal in the United States.
Pendelton Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Plessy v. Ferguson
14th Amendment
13
Which group of people most likely inspired this 1893 cartoon?
Philanthropists
Union Leaders
Nativists
Political Bosses
14
What did the Dawes Act attempt to do?
Pay for American Indian children to attend private boarding schools
Civilize American Indian children by forcible adoption into white families
Bring American Indians into mainstream society through land ownership.
Strengthen tribal government sovereignty after years of treaty violations
15
The compromise of 1877 did which of the following:
All of the above
The removal of all federal troops from the former Confederate States.
The creation of legislation to help industrialize the South.
The construction of another transcontinental railroad.
16
This cover from a nineteenth century magazine helps show that the United States was beginning to change from
a slave owning society to one without slavery
a direct democracy to a representative democracy
a mostly rural society to a mostly urban society
a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism
17
This guaranteed "equal protection under the law"
Interstate Commerce Act
14th Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson
Pendelton Act
18
This individual won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote in 1876
Samuel Tilden
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
19
Which one of the following answer choices explains why the United States wanted to build a transcontinental railroad?
To increase trade and shipping to Canada
To link the east and west coasts
To improve transporting troops to Indian country
To link New England and the Great Lakes
20
What does this cartoon imply about U.S. economic policy prior to 1890?
Government raised corporate taxes and decreased public spending
Government favored natural-resource conservation over industrial power
Government increased competition and decreased industrial power
Government passed laws that favored big business over small businesses.
21
The photo demonstrates one of the problems with
overcrowding urban tenements.
labor union activism in urban areas.
the overproduction of consumer goods.
the growth of political machines.

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