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These were often hired by factories because they could be paid a lower wage.
Senior citizens and toddlers
Women and men
Immigrants and aliens
Children and women
2
Where did the transcontinental railroad meet?
Council Bluffs, IA
Salt Lake City, UT
Sacramento, CA
Promontory Point, UT
3
A majority of immigrants that helped build the Central Pacific Railroad were?
Indians
Chinese
Irish
Japanese
4
What year was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
1880
1980
1882
1982
5
What act was an attempt to break up monopolies and restore competition?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Laissez faire
Works Progress Act
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
6
Which individual controlled a large share of the steel industry?
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
7
Greatest oil tycoon was ---?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
8
Which Native American tribes were least susceptible to the disease of whites?
Sporadic
Assimiliated
Stationary
Nomadic
9
Men who invest in business were called -
Workers
Capitalists
Federalists
Entrepreneurs
10
Colonel Chivington led a shameful Indian massacre at -
Little Bighorn
Sand Creek
Wounded Knee
Bozeman Trail
11
What battle was the sight of the last Indian armed resistance?
Sand Creek
Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
Lewisville
12
Where did longhorn cattle originate?
O' Canada
TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
England
Spain
13
What area was sacred to the Sioux Indians?
Yellowstone
Great American Desert
Ghost towns
Black Hills
14
Mining cities that sprang up almost overnight were called-
Toon towns
Boom towns
Ghost towns
Homesteads
15
Who administered Indian policies during war?
Bureau of Indian Affairs
US Army
US Navy
Bureau of Native Issues
16
What group of immigrants did not come to America by choice?
English
Africans
Mexicans
Asians
17
What is a standard gauge?
Length of the railroad spikes
Difference in standard and metric systems of measurement
Length between the inside rails of a train track
Length between the yellow lines on a road
18
What act provided money for establishing experimental fields for agricultural research?
Dawes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Hatch Act
Smith-Lever Act
19
What massacre took place on Bozeman Trail?
Fetterman
Custer
Wounded Knee
Sand Creek
20
The situation that exists when governments exercise minimal control of business is called-
Monopolies
Corporations
Capitalism
Free enterprise
21
This person lost the battle of Little Bighorn
George Custer
Col. Mustard
Crazy Horse
Col. Chivington
22
Asian immigration was slowed during this year-
1902
1776
1880
1882
23
Steel was mainly used for railroad engines, except manufactures used iron for ----
Locomotive boilers
Factories
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
24
What was not a new agricultural invention?
Telegraph
Twine binder
Steam-powered reaper
Tractor
25
Site where the 1st transcontinental railroad was completed.
Council Bluff, IA
Promontory Point, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Sacramento, CA
26
The killing of the ____ changed the nomadic characteristics of Plains Indians
gods
land
railroads
bison
27
How did Crazy Horse die?
Bayoneted while resisting arrest
Executed by the US government
Shot at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Exposed to small pox in jail
28
_______ is the concept of starting a new business or enterprise to meet a need in the market
Corporation
Capitalism
Entrepreneurship
Monopoly
29
How long is a standard gauge?
4 ft. 8 inches
4 ft. 8.5 inches
8 ft. 4.5 inches
8 feet 4 inches
30
For each mile of track laid, the railroad could receive-
Low interest loans
Reservation Lands
Government stocks
Lumber rights
31
Disagreements between open-range cattlemen and fence-building homesteaders was called-
Homestead Wars
Cowboys and Indians
Range Wars
Civil War 2.0
32
The Bureau of Indian Affairs managed Indian affairs during _____
Religious holidays
Peace
War
Economic recessions
33
What ended the Range Wars?
Small pox
Tornadoes
Blizzards
Hurricanes
34
___ occurred when homesteaders put up fences on or near open range
Range Wars
Ghost towns
Great American Desert
Boomtowns
35
The Dawes Act provided that-
All of these
Every Indian couple got 160 acres from the reservation
Unclaimed reservation land would be sold to settlers
Every unmarried Indian got 40 acres from the reservation
36
The most important crop in the norther Great Plains became-
Grass
Wheat
Corn
Soybeans
37
What is it called when the government exercises minimal control over a business?
Capitalists
Free Enterprise
Entrepreneurship
Socialism
38
What is NOT a federal policy towards the Plains Indians?
Eradication
Relocation
Assimilation
Retaliation
39
Which country did immigrants NOT immigrate from after the Civil War?
Russia
China
Poland
Ireland
40
The _____ of 1862 allowed settlers to buy land.
Homestead Act
Smith-Lever Act
Hatch Act
Dawes Act
41
This was a Nez Perce leader who declared he would fight no more.
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
Black Kettle
Sitting Bull
42
Miners who came to Colorado for the gold strike were called-
69-ers
49-ers
59-ers
99-ers
43
Hard rock mines were operated by mining ___
corporations
trusts
Chinese immigrants
baby boomers
44
The Great Plains was once called the -
Great Plains
Indian Territory
No Man's Land
Great American Desert
45
What railroad ran from California and headed east?
Southwest
Northwest
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
46
The Sioux performed ____ to get help from the spirits.
Ghost Dance
Spirit Dance
Flash Dance
Rain Dance