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US History review for the first semester final exam Units 1 & 2
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Why did business leaders of the late 1800’s form monopolies and trusts?
to increase profits by minimizing competition
to protect the safety and rights of factory workers
to promote fair business practices in the marketplace
to allow the government better control over businesses
2
What was the name given to the event when people rushed out west looking for gold?
Robber Barons
Exodusters
The Gold Rush
Jim Crow Laws
3
Oil, Steel, and Railroads were all examples of what?
Big Business
Dying Businesses
<p>Old Technologies</p>
Small Business
4
When a government is not involved in business they are considered to be what?
Laissez-faire
Big Business
Commanding
Captains of Industry
5
Survival of the fittest in the business world is called what?
Social-Darwinism
New Businesses
Monopolies
Laissez-Faire
6
Which Act allowed the government to give people land to move out west?
The Pacific Railroad Act
The Migration Act
The Dawes Act
The Homestead Act
7
Someone who tried to uncover the problems in society is called a what?
Muckracker
Senetor
Dectective
Jim Crow
8
The goals of Native American schools in the late 1800s and early1900s was to do what?
To teach students Christianity.
To assimilate students into American culture.
To prepare students for life on a reservation.
To teach the students better farming techniques.
9
When a company has complete control of a business they are considered to be a what?
Risk
Tycoon
Connect Four
Monopoly
10
What is a union?
A group of people working together to gain the same rights
When people work on problems individually
When people hang out outside of work
When people work together to hurt other people
11
What was the Transcontinental Railroad?
Railroad that went accross the country out west
Railroad from Maryland to New York
Railroad that went accross the Atlantic Ocean
Railroad on the east cost
12
A disease is when someone has what?
extreamly healthy
Too much energy
<p>too much time on their hands</p>
An illness, or serious sickness
13
Which Act gave land grants to railroad companies out west?
The Migration Act
The Homestead Act
The Pacific Railroad Act
The Dawes Act
14
When people refuse to buy goods from a certian business they are doing what?
Advertising
Marketing
Boycotting
<p>Cheating</p>
15
Why did the population of the United States rise from 40 million in 1870 to 76 million in 1900?
a decline in the death rate after the Civil War
decrease in violence between Native Americans and settlers
people were having more children than in the past
new job opportunities attracted more immigrants from Europe
16
What was the name for the land given to the Native Americas to live on out west?
Reservation
Homestead
Urban
<p>Migration</p>
17
Which Act required Native Americans to move to reservations?
The Pacific Railroad Act
The Migration Act
The Dawes Act
The Homestead Act
18
What decision did the Supreme Court come to in the case of
Plessy v. Ferguson?
Seperate is not equal
Seperate is equal
19
A building that is divided into apartments in the poorer areas in the city is called what?
Slum
Tenement
Skycraper
Suburb
20
Which of the following was a goal of the Progressive Movement?
To allow business to do whatever they want
For the rich to get richer
To cover up the problems in society
To aid the urban poor
21
The city would be considered which of the following?
Rural
Slum
Urban
Suburb
22
Migration means to do what?
To move to another part of the country
To stay in one area
To send children to special schools
To kick people off their land
23
The area that people lived in that was away from the cities was called what?
Slums
Urban
Suburbs
Tentements
24
What was it called when new technologies, new businesses, and new factories rose up?
Capitalizism
<p>Laissez-Faire</p>
Industrialization
Migration
25
Why did women feel that they should have the right to vote?
Most women did not want the right to vote
They were the dominate gender
They felt they were owed this right
They follow laws and pay taexes like the men do
26
If you live in the country you would be living in what type of area?
Slums
Rural
Luxury
Urban
27
Why did the Chinese immigrate to the United States in the mid 1800's?
They where looking for better jobs and opportunities
They wanted a new place to live
They were escaping from their old government
They were forced to move to the US
28
Which of the following was a major effect of people reading
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair?
Businesses gave workers raises and shorter workdays
Laws were passed to reduce accidents and protect worker
Passed laws to make sanitary conditions for food production.
The government intervened to break-up monopolies.
29
What was one of the reasons for the growth of the suburbs?
City living conditions were not very good
<p>People could live in suburbs and work in the city</p>
more people ownded automobile
City living conditions were very good
30
The Chinese Exclusion Act meant to do what?
To encourage chinese immigrants to come to the US
<p>To encourage people to travel to China</p>
To stop chinese immigrants from coming to the US
<p>To stop the selling of chinese goods in US</p>
31
What is the term used to describe the transformation of an area into a city?
Industrialization
Globialization
<p>Urbanization</p>
Ruralization
