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Western Expansion and Industrialist Exam Review
Western Expansion and Industrialist Exam Review
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1
Which spiritual leader led the Sioux to victory at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
Tecumseh
Black Kettle
The Prophet
Sitting Bull
2
Andrew Carnegie was a ____ immigrant
French
Spanish
Scottish
German
3
Who led the doomed U.S. army attack on the camp at Little Big Horn?
George Armstrong Custer
William Henry Harrison
Crazy Horse
John Chivington
4
The telegraph helped to start a revolution in communications when this man patented it
Alexander Graham Bell
Carnegie
Christopher Sholes
Samuel FB Morse
5
The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly in response to
high unemployment
laws restricting immigration
passage of Federal laws
poor working conditions and lower wages
6
Which president signed the Indian Removal act of 1830?
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
7
Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as “captains of industry?”
Monopolies forced small companies out of business.
Consumers were harmed by inflated prices.
Workers’ wages rose as industrialists profited.
Industrialists’ support for technology benefited the economy
8
The market condition that exists when there is only one seller
Free Enterprise
Monopoly
Lassiez-Faire
Socialism
9
Negotiating as a group with employers is known as
labor organizing
socialism
collective bargaining
"yellow dog" contracts
10
What was one result of the Haymarket Riot?
Public support for unions grew.
The AFL ceased to exist.
Steelworkers’ wages increased.
Membership in the Knights of Labor declined.
11
Why did the U.S. break their treaty with the Sioux and claim the Black Hills?
It was of great spiritual importance to them
Gold was discovered in the Black Hills
The Sioux returned to their settlements in IA and MN
Farmers wanted to expand into the fertile farmland
12
Which statement is accurate about the settling of the West?
Settlers fought for the rights of Native Americans.
Settlers included many European and Asians immigrants.
Most settlers became rich miners or cattle ranchers.
Settlers were all adventurous white males.
13
According to the theory of Social Darwinism, the government should
protect the rights of workers.
outlaw trusts and cartels.
stay out of the affairs of business.
raise taxes on the rich.
14
Which industrialist made his fortunes through vertical integration and the steel industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
15
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to
regulate railroad rates and practices.
tax business profits made in interstate trade.
place Native Americans on reservations.
end the cattle boom.
16
What happened at Wounded Knee Creek on Pine Ridge Reservation?
The Sioux were forced onto a reservation
Many Sioux were massacred after being told 2 turn over guns
The U.S. Army signed a treaty with the Sioux
The Sioux organized a successful uprising against the US gov
17
The assimilation of Native Americans was a goal of
leaders such as Chief Joseph.
leaders such as Crazy Horse.
the Battle of Little Big Horn.
the Dawes General Allotment Act.
18
What reason did settlers give as to why they had a right to western lands over the NA?
Settlers produced more food and wealth than Native Americans
Native Americans had already agreed to give away their lands
The government already owned all the land of the West.
The Native Americans did not want the land.
19
Buying out the competition in order to create a monopoly
Free Enterprise
Good Business
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
20
One reason that the cattle boom ended in the mid-1880s was that
too few Americans ate beef.
farmers were using barbed wire to fence in the open range.
the supply of Texas longhorn cattle had run out.
cattle prices had risen too high for many buyers.
21
The forced relocation of 15,000 Cherokees from their homes in Georgia to Indian Territory
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
The massacre at Wounded Knee
The Trail of Tears
The Treaty of Greenville
22
What company did Rockefeller have that had a monopoly over the industry
Standard Oil
American Beef Cattle
U.S. Steel
U.S. Tobacco Company
23
This 1892 labor strike at Carnegie's factory was marred by violence
The General Strike
The Haymarket Square Riot
The Homestead Strike
The Pullman Strike
24
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was passed to prevent
members of Congress from accepting bribes.
large corporations from forming monopolies.
farmers from growing a surplus of crops.
small business owners from avoiding paying taxes.
25
Areas set aside for the relocation of Native Americans
cessions
land grants
territories
reservations
26
What joined the East coast and the West coast together?
The groove
The treaty of 1865
Immigration
Transcontinental Railroad
27
The federal government responded to large labor strikes during the late 1800s by
ignoring them.
using federal troops to end strikes.
forcing employers to raise wages.
passing laws against unions.
28
The Battle of Little Big Horn of June 1876 marked
the end of the Indian wars.
the beginning of the American Civil War.
an important victory for troops in the struggle for W lands.
the last major Indian victory in the west.
29
Which of the following statements is true of the 1890 Massacre at Wounded Knee?
The Nez Perce were forced onto reservations.
Victory for the Sioux in their struggle against US forces.
Soldiers of the 7th Cav killed nearly 200 unarmed Sioux .
The 7th Cav murdered settlers mistaking them for NA
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Owning all the means of production in order to control costs.
Horizontal Integration
Monopoly
Free Enterprise
Vertical Integration
