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Unit #3 Study Guide "Industrialization and Urbanization"
Unit #3 Study Guide "Industrialization and Urbanization"
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A study guide for Chapter 3 of Prentice Hall U.S. History Modern America textbook
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1
What did the Pendleton Act create?
a civil service system for the federal government
the city of Pendleton, CA
a military base for the United States Marine Corps
federal banks in all cities of the United States of America
2
Who sold their steel business to the United States Steel Corporation in 1901 to become wealthy?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Chief Joseph
William Jennings Bryan
3
Which laws were passed by the Southern states to separate blacks and whites?
John Raven Laws
Negro Segregaton Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Laws of Segregation
4
Who designed the electric light bulb and the phonograph?
Thomas Alva Edison
Chief Joseph
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
5
Which island served as an immigration station for immigrants arriving to the U.S. in New York?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Staten Island
Liberty Island
6
What is an open range?
a vast area of grassland that has been untouched by humans
a vast area of grassland that is open to hunting and farming
a vast area of grassland that is used to keep cattle
a vast area of grassland owned by the federal government
7
Which political party was formed to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms?
Democrat Party
People's Party
Republican Party
Populist Party
8
Which policy designated monetary units in terms of their value in gold?
the gold policy
the gold standard
the grant policy
the golden rule
9
Which act sought to destroy the Native American way of life by urging them to assimilate?
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Dawes Act
Pendleton Act
Indian Reorganization Act
10
What argued that life consisted of a struggle in which only the fittest survived?
Social Darwinism
Steps to Survive Everyday Life
Strategies to Survive Society
Gospel of Wealth
11
What is graft?
food and water
taking and exchanging
production and selling
bribery and corruption
12
In sharecropping, what was exchanged for a share of the harvested crop?
the cattle
landowner's dictation of the crop
place to live as well as seeds and tools for thesharecropper
money
13
What called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for betterment of society?
The Book of Generosity
The Ten Commandments
The Bible
Gospel of Wealth
14
Who gained control of the oil industry through their company Standard Oil?
Eugene V. Debs
William Jennings Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Gompers
15
What did the Knights of Labor sought for?
broad social reforms
better work conditions
good wages
appropriate working hours
16
What were the usual conditions of tenements when they often housed at least 20 families?
virtually airless, tiny, cramped, unhealthy, and dangerous
tight but very clean
enormous, roomy, sanitized, and safe
enormous and roomy but not so clean
17
What did the American Federation of Labor (AFL) focus on?
the issue on working hours
all
the issue on wages
the issue on working conditions
18
What are suburbs?
a cluster of houses
all?
residential areas surrounding the cities
subdivided homes
19
What are anarchists?
political radicals opposed to any form of government
political radicals opposed to monopolies and trusts
political radicals opposed to Social Darwinism
political radicals opposed to unfair labor
20
Who was the Democratic and Populist candidate for the presidency in 1896?
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
General James Weaver
James Garfield
21
In a trust, who does the company assign their stock to?
the upper management of the company
the heir to the company
the employees
a board of trustees
22
What are monopolies?
a collection of Monopoly games from 1900s to today
the plural form of the word "monopoly"
when single corporations came to control entire industries
all?
23
Which island in San Francisco Bay served as an immigration station for Asian immigrants?
Alcatraz Island
Treasure Island
Yerba Buena Island
Angel Island
24
What does assimilate mean?
to be absorbed into the main culture of American society
to form an army
to destroy
to preserve one's way of life
25
Why was a period during the late nineteenth century referred to as the Gilded Age?
implied toward the abundant production of resources
implied that under mask of prosperity lurked trubling issues
implied toward discovery of many diamond mine in many states
implied toward the large discovery of many new elements
