U.S. History Review

Question 1

Which of these was one of the most significant restriction on free immigration in U.S. History?

Accepted Answer

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 2

In what year was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?

Accepted Answer

1882

Question 3

Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth was a message to the American people to do what?

Accepted Answer

Share their wealth with those less fortunate

Question 4

What was one word to describe Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever"?

Accepted Answer

Surrender

Question 5

In an attempt to weaken the Native American population, the U.S. government

Accepted Answer

Promoted the hunting of buffalo for sport

Question 6

Collectively, what are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments called?

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction Amendments

Question 7

What did John D. Rockefeller create in order to monopolize the oil industry?

Accepted Answer

A trust

Question 8

Which of the following phrases best describes Jim Crow Laws?

Accepted Answer

"separate but equal"

Question 9

The policy of protecting the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.

Accepted Answer

Nativism

Question 10

What is known as the "Immigration office of the East Coast"?

Accepted Answer

Ellis Island

Question 11

What forced Irish immigrants out of Ireland?

Accepted Answer

The potato famine

Question 12

The Bessemer Process changed people's lives by making possible the:

Accepted Answer

Construction of skyscrapers

Question 13

What immigration office was used by immigrants coming to the west coast?

Accepted Answer

Angel Island

Question 14

Where did the Indian Wars come to an end?

Accepted Answer

Wounded Knee

Question 15

Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?

Accepted Answer

Electricity

Question 16

Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as "captains of industry"?

Accepted Answer

Workers' wages rose as industrialists profited

Question 17

The Sherman Antitrust Act imposed limitations upon which group?

Accepted Answer

Large corporations

Question 18

John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in which industry?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 19

Learning english, history, and government were all important parts of what?

Accepted Answer

Americanization

Question 20

Describe Marcus Garvey's ideas for African Americans during the (first) Civil Rights Era.

Accepted Answer

Move back to Africa

Question 21

Long working hours, low pay, and unsafe factory conditions gave rise to

Accepted Answer

Labor unions

Questions 21