Westward Expansion

Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?

• The availability of buffalo
• The discovery of precious metals
• A series of federal land grants
• A decrease in agricultural production

Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?

• The Bracero program was introduced.
• The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.
• Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States.
• Irish families immigrated to the United States.

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction
• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading
• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants
• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies

This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States beginning to change from —

• a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one
• a slave-owning society to one without slavery
• a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism
• a direct democracy to a representative one

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

• campaigning for women’s suffrage
• advocating the use of poll taxes
• making improvements in urban infrastructure
• providing public assistance for former slaves

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
• Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?

• The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.
• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.
• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.
• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

I.  Immigration
II.  Rise of industrialism III.Passage of 13^th, 14^th, 15^th Amendments
IV. Westward Expansion 
V.Political Machine politics

Which characteristics listed above are correctly associated with the Gilded Age?

•   I, II, III, IV
•    I, II, III, V
•   I, III, V, IV
•  I, II, IV, V

  One factor that furthered industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900 was the 

• development of the airplane
• expansion of the railroads
• mass production of automobiles
• widespread use of steamboats

During the nineteenth century one useful function of political machines was

• they prevented corruption in local government
• they exploited a supply of cheap and unskilled labor for industry
• they served as role models for future city governments by acting as city managers
• they assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community