USH Ch. 5-8 The Late 1800s

Question 1

Through photojournalism ______ showed the country the reality of living conditions for factory workers in the late 1800s

Accepted Answer

Jacob Riis

Question 2

_____ immigrants are the groups who provided the labor for the creation of the nations first transcontinental railroad.

Accepted Answer

Chinese and Irish

Question 3

The SW cattle industry of the mid-1800s died out due to the death of the open range. Which is attributed to ______

Accepted Answer

the completion of the transcontinental railroad

Question 4

_________ was the systematic re-education of groups not meeting the national cultural and societal standards of the era.

Accepted Answer

Assimilation

Question 5

_____ were exemptions on voting restrictions in the south that only applied to white voters.

Accepted Answer

Grandfather Clauses

Question 6

The ______ was a Native religious movement to try and end military relocation of Native American tribes

Accepted Answer

Ghost Dance Movement

Question 7

What is the main reason for unionization attempts failing in the late-1800s.

Accepted Answer

Each ethnic community attempted unionization for only themselves

Question 8

The 1880s is referred to as the ___ due to society's view of the era as great despite various economic and social issues

Accepted Answer

Gilded Age

Question 9

_____ were used to restrict black citizens ability to vote in the US in the late 1800s and 1900s.

Accepted Answer

Literacy Tests

Question 10

The Populist Party was a short lived political movement of the late 1800s made up of people of what background?

Accepted Answer

Western Farmers

Question 11

Some Native tribes were relocated during the mid-1800s due to discovery of what resources on tribal lands?

Accepted Answer

Silver rich land

Question 12

Beginning in the 1900s ______ urged black communities to go to school for industrial work.

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 13

The 1870s had issues with local political leaders bribing voters with promises of better work. The system was called ___

Accepted Answer

Political Machines

Question 14

Western expansion assimilation policies urged settlers to destroy what resources some Native Americans relied upon?

Accepted Answer

Buffalo

Question 15

The greatest victory of Native Americans in the Indian War Era was the.....

Accepted Answer

Battle of Little Bighorn

Question 16

The first powered flying vehicle was made in 1903 by....

Accepted Answer

the Wright Brothers

Question 17

The __________ was the system began in the 1800s of renting homes for workers in close proximity to factories.

Accepted Answer

Factory Town

Question 18

Why did pre-education, kindergarten, become popular in the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

Female workers needed support with childcare

Question 19

The increase in available steel for construction in the 1800s is due to the creation of the.....

Accepted Answer

Bessemer Process

Question 20

Beginning in the 1900s ______ urged black community leaders to seek higher education to improve black rep. in society.

Accepted Answer

W.E.B Du Bois

Question 21

What did the Homestead Act do?

Accepted Answer

Granted 160 acres to any settlers who improved the land

Question 22

Monopoly holders of the Industrial Era are also known as.....

Accepted Answer

Robber Barons

Question 23

The leader of the political vote rigging system in NYC during the late-1800s was....

Accepted Answer

William Tweed

Question 24

During the late 1800s cities experienced improvement in transportation through the creation of....

Accepted Answer

All of these were built in cities during the era

Question 25

General George Custer is remembered for......

Accepted Answer

leading a large failed US cavalry attack on Native Americans

USH Ch. 5-8 The Late 1800s

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USH Ch. 5-8 The Late 1800s

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