Unit 1 Review

Question 1

How did the national governmenthelp to develop/pay for the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

Paid the contractors with land grants

Question 2

The people who found fault with the business leaders called ROBBER BARONS mostly argued that...

Accepted Answer

they built their wealth by taking advantage of workers

Question 3

Which of the following was not a PULL Factor to move out West?

Accepted Answer

Increased crime out west

Question 4

Which most likely explains why numbers of Chinese immigrants decreased between 1881 and 1890?

Accepted Answer

The government passed laws restricting immigration fromChina

Question 5

Which is NOT a reason that many African Americans migrated to the west after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Right to vote out west

Question 6

The elimination of one culture by a more dominant culture is known as...

Accepted Answer

Assimilation

Question 7

The idea that "only strong/profitable businesses will survive" is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 8

Which President of the US finally stood up to Big Business and implemented Gov. Regulations?

Accepted Answer

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 9

Which big business owner owned Standard Oil (now Exxon) and controled 90% of all oil in the US

Accepted Answer

Rockefeller

Question 10

Which immigrant group did not help build/construct the railroads?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

Question 11

Andrew Carnegie's main money making product was...

Accepted Answer

Steel

Questions 11