USH - Standard 4

Question 1

How did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 affect Native Americans ?

Accepted Answer

assimilation into mainstream American culture

Question 2

What was William Jennings Bryan arguing for in his "Cross of Gold" speech ?

Accepted Answer

bimetallism

Question 3

What is a significant impact of the Progressive movement on American life ?

Accepted Answer

increased government regulation of business

Question 4

Which one of the following areas of reform was NOT a part of the Progressive movement ?

Accepted Answer

racial justice

Question 5

This cartoon supports woman suffrage. True or False ?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What was the approach of the federal government during the rise of big business (1865 - 1900) ?

Accepted Answer

laissez-faire capitalism

Question 7

Identify the title of the muckraker novel that led to passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

Question 8

A negative term to refer to these "captains of industry" of the late 1800's:

Accepted Answer

robber barons

Question 9

Which Constitutional amendment gives citizens the right to vote for state senators ?

Accepted Answer

17th

Question 10

During the late 1800s, why did business leaders form trusts ?

Accepted Answer

eliminate the competition

Question 11

Why was Standard Oil sometimes referred to as The Octopus ?

Accepted Answer

a harmful monopoly that used unfair business practices

Question 12

Which group claimed this "8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, and 8 hours for what we will" ?

Accepted Answer

organized labor

Question 13

What was the concept of "survival of the fittest" referred to as when applied to society ?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 14

What was the effect of the virtual disappearance of the buffalo in the West ?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans suffered from loss of economic base

Question 15

Why were there few restrictions on immigration ?

Accepted Answer

industry needed an increasing labor supply

Question 16

What effect did the Haymarket Square riot in 1886 have on the Knights of Labor ?

Accepted Answer

it led to weakened public support for labor unions

Question 17

In what year and location was the transcontinental railway completed ?

Accepted Answer

1869 - Promontory Point, Utah

Question 18

Where were "New" immigrants from ? This was a new point of origin after about 1880.

Accepted Answer

southern and eastern Europe

Question 19

How did the Homestead Act of 1862 help the development of the West ?

Accepted Answer

provided free land to settlers

Question 20

How did the U.S. government encourage the building of transcontinental railroads ?

Accepted Answer

gave land to railroad companies

Question 21

What group was the Populist movement involved in trying to improve conditions ?

Accepted Answer

farmers

Question 22

Why was it difficult to make a living as a farmer the late 1800s ?

Accepted Answer

overproduction

Question 23

Which group took the lead in reforming the U.S. in the early 20th century ?

Accepted Answer

the middle class

Question 24

What new technology contributed to both the railroad and the building of skyscrapers ?

Accepted Answer

Bessemer process

Question 25

Which specific group was excluded from immigration in 1882 ?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

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