American History 2 - Unit 1

Question 1

When did thousands of miners rush into California?

Accepted Answer

1849

Question 2

Nativists were....

Accepted Answer

Americans who were anti-immigrant

Question 3

Why did the president step in to stop the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

Accepted Answer

RR's were too important to the American economy

Question 4

From what country did America buy Alaska?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 5

Who invented the electric elevator?

Accepted Answer

Elisha Otis

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a tactic that WORKERS used to accomplish their goals?

Accepted Answer

lockouts

Question 7

Settlement houses, like Hull House in Chicago were community centers designed to help ________.

Accepted Answer

immigrants

Question 8

When did the OLD immigrants arrive in America?

Accepted Answer

before the Civil War

Question 9

Which of the following national labor unions accepted both SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS?

Accepted Answer

Knights of Labor

Question 10

What group of immigrants built the Central Pacific Railroad from California to the East?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 11

Which president ended the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 by using federal troops to end strike?

Accepted Answer

Hayes

Question 12

Which of the following economic systems = the gov't having COMPLETE CONTROL of everything?

Accepted Answer

communism

Question 13

Which of the following people supported "the Gospel of Wealth"?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie

Question 14

What type of workers did the American Federation of Labor accept?

Accepted Answer

"white collar" only

Question 15

_______________ integration is when a business buys out other competitors in the same industry.

Accepted Answer

horizontal

Question 16

Which act gave Americans 160 acres of land in the West for $10.00?

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act

Question 17

What new invention closed the "open range"?

Accepted Answer

barbed wire

Question 18

Who was the cartoonist who exposed the corruption of political machines like Tammany Hall?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Nast

Question 19

A factory worker during the Gilded Age would have been considered a(n)....

Accepted Answer

unskilled worker

Question 20

If the government is "laissez-faire", then they are...

Accepted Answer

very hands off, with little regulation of business

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT a demand of labor unions during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

longer hours

Question 22

Which of the following was a popular sport in America during this time period?

Accepted Answer

golf

Question 23

Who created Hull House is Chicago?

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

Question 24

Which of the following is an economic system where WEALTH IS DIVIDED UP EQUALLY?

Accepted Answer

socialism

Question 25

Who was the leader of the most famous "political machine", Tammany Hall in New York City?

Accepted Answer

Boss Tweed

Question 26

What religion were most NEW immigrants?

Accepted Answer

Catholic

Question 27

Who had the more difficult job in building the Transcontinental Railroad because of mountains?

Accepted Answer

The Chinese for the Central Pacific

Question 28

A tariff if a tax on...

Accepted Answer

imported goods

Question 29

Who invented the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander G. Bell

Question 30

A person who believed in ___________ believed in "survival of the fittest."

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 31

Who invented the light bulb?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison, Alexander G. Bell

Question 32

_________________ integration is when a company controls every LEVEL/STEP of production.

Accepted Answer

vertical

Question 33

Which company built the Transcontinental Railroad from Omaha to the West?

Accepted Answer

Union Pacific

Question 34

Which of the following WAS a problem with the economy during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

the use of child labor

Question 35

What was the MOST important animal to Native American life?

Accepted Answer

bison, buffalo

Question 36

What kinds of houses did the frontier farmers live in?

Accepted Answer

sod

Question 37

A doctor, lawyer, or lab technician would be considered a...

Accepted Answer

skilled worker

Question 38

A _______ is the combination of MULTIPLE companies to control an entire market for good/service

Accepted Answer

trust

Question 39

Which of the following labor unions was blamed for the bomb explosion during the Haymarket Riot

Accepted Answer

Knights of Labor

Question 40

Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

Accepted Answer

Utah

Question 41

The ___________ Act ended the spoils system and required gov't jobs to be given based on merit.

Accepted Answer

Pendleton

Question 42

A(n) _______________ believes in getting rid of all government, even if it means using violence

Accepted Answer

anarchist

Question 43

Immigrants from what nation were completely excluded from entering the U.S. in 1882?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 44

Which of the following WAS NOT an abundant natural resource in America during this time period?

Accepted Answer

Telephone lines

Question 45

A _______________ is a single company that controls an entire market and eliminates competition

Accepted Answer

monopoly

Question 46

Who invented the mail-order catalog?

Accepted Answer

Aaron Montgomery Ward

Question 47

Which was NOT a problem caused by the massive growth of cities during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

they were all problems experienced during this time period

Question 48

Who was the captain of the STEEL industry?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie

Question 49

Who invented the refridgerated railroad car?

Accepted Answer

Gustavus Swift

Question 50

Who was the captain of the RAILROAD industry?

Accepted Answer

Vanderbilt

Question 51

What did Frederick Law Olmstead design?

Accepted Answer

Central Park

Question 52

Which of the following presidents was killed by a person who supported the "Spoils System"?

Accepted Answer

James Garfield

Question 53

Who was the captain of the BANKING/FINANCE industry?

Accepted Answer

J.P. Morgan

Question 54

Who was the captain of the OIL industry?

Accepted Answer

Rockefeller

Question 55

What term means "the growth of CITIES"?

Accepted Answer

urbanization

Question 56

What language did most OLD immigrants speak?

Accepted Answer

English

Question 57

What new social class developed during the time of urbanization and industrialization?

Accepted Answer

middle

Question 58

Tariffs are designed to protect...

Accepted Answer

American businesses

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