US History Semester One Final Review

Sinclair’s The Jungle helped to a change in the relationship between government and business

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by—

statement accurately describes the development of the Great Plains in thelate 19th century

Which statement describes a result of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

How did the passage of the Dawes Act affect Native Americans?

How did the control of Hawaii impact the position of the United States as a world power?

What goal was shared by both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

In the Gilded Age, the “bosses” of urban political machines often

Economic effect that resulted in the Spanish American War and World War I on the United States?

Means to absorb a culturally distinct group into a prevailing culture?

President Taft implemented a foreign policy known as

Alfred Thayer Mahan supported which means of moving the USA towards a position of world power?

Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by the federal government

The main benefit that labor unions of the late 1900's worked toward getting for their members?

Which president was known as a trustbuster

The Populist movement was most interested in improving conditions for

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to –

Which goal was shared by Populists and Progressives

the following are negative effects of the large # of immigrants in the Gilded Age EXCEPT

Nativists in California in the 1880s would most likely have supported the

the majority of “New Immigrants” to the United States came from?

Progressive reformers attacked “political machines” because they often –

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams’s Settlement House movement in Chicago?

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by —

In the late 19th century, the federal government aided growth of transcontinental railroads by

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville believe that American society was egalitarian?

During the early 1900s, the term “muckrakers” was used to describe –

During the late 1800s, business leaders formed trusts mainly to

The Homestead Act of 1862 promoted the development of western lands by –

What was an important benefit of Laissez-Faire Polices of the Government in the late 1800's