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1
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in order to keep the Chinese from taking our-
Land
Jobs
Homes
Children
2
Urbanization leads to all of the following except-
Crime
Pollution
Improved Transportation
Tenements
3
The invention of the telephone affected the US by
eliminating the need for local postal service.
encouraging the use of the assembly lines in factories.
facilitating the expansion of national markets.
prompting the government to pass anti-trust laws.
4
What power allowed for rapid industrialization in the 20th century?
Electricity
Petroleum
Steam
Nitroglycerin
5
The purpose of the Dawes Act was to
move Indians to reservations
draft Indians into the US military
assimilate Indians into US society
return Indian lands to the tribes
6
What does urbanization mean?
Growth of cities...
Growth of islands...
Growth of mountains...
Growth of farms...
7
Building subway systems in cities contributed to
increase in crime
decline in living standard
faster information
greater employment opportunities
8
What was the MAIN reason for rapid settlement of The Great Plains?
Homestead Act
Assimilation
Gold Rush
Dawes Act
9
What did Rockefeller make his money in?
Steel
Oil
Coal
Iron
10
What is a Labor Union?
A group of retired people.
A group of people demanding better working conditions.
A group of better demanding worse working conditions.
I dont know.
11
What type of classes did we teach the Native Americans in order to "Americanize" them?
Government
History
English
Science
12
What is a monopoly?
A really fun board game.
A group of companies with no control.
A single company with no control.
A single company with all the control.
13
Why are Big Businesses bad during the Gilded Age?
The product is no good...
The owners have too much power...
14
How did oil contribute to economic development in the US?
Kerosene supplied light through lamps.
Elicitricity became available in the West
Farmers began using gas-powered reapers.
Railroads changed from steam to diesel.
15
Which invention contributed to a significant increase in factory production?
steam power
electricity
telegraph system
railroads
16
How did US schools help assimilate immigrants?
ensured that immigrant children would become literate
operated as centers for process of cultural learning
promoted use and study of diverse language
allowed for various culture groups to live more closely
17
Which Labor Union accepts anybody and everybody?
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
NFL
Knights of Night
18
Which type of people dislike immigrants?
Political Bosses
Captains of Industry
Union Leaders
Nativists
19
What attracts farmers to the Homestead Act?
Buffalo
Fertile Soil
Tornadoes
Money
20
Who likes Political Machines?
Native Americans
Immigrants
Nobody
Nativists
21
Civil Service Reforms during the Gilded Age were a response to-
Labor Unions
Immigration
Urbanization
Political Machines
22
The Homestead Act created small farms, while refusing to follow the Dawes Act lead to-
Large Farms
Tornadoes
Reservations
Cities
23
The Gilded Age lead to all of the following except-
End of Slavery
Urbanization
Growth of Big Businesses
Political Corruption
24
What did Carnegie make his money in?
Steel
Gold
Iron
Oil
25
The steel plow and mechanical reaper were invented to address issues related to
human and animal labor demands
oversupply of agricultural products
high prices for shipping
government regulations
26
How did the Gold Rush and the Homestead Act result in demographic changes to the US Society?
Women outnumbered men living on the plains in the West.
Chinese increased at a faster rate than that of other groups
Most of the population of America shifted from East to West.
American Indians were displaced by European Immigrants.
27
Since the Industrial Revolution brought about Big Businesses, the government was forced to-
Nationalize Inudstry
Hire Captains of Industry as Politicians
Subsidize Industry
Start Regulating Businesses
28
What two topics contribute to Urbanization?
Exploration and Expansion
Accomodation and Americanization
What is urbanization again?
Industry and Immigration
29
What brought about an end to cattle drives on the Great Plains?
Barbed Wire
Dawes Act
Steal
Wood
30
The Industrial Movement was a shift from what to what-
Iron to Steel
Coal to Iron
Bronze to Steel
Silver to Gold
