STAAR EOC REVIEW-WEST, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND GILDED AGE

The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by

• providing free land to settlers
  
• granting land for construction of transcontinental railroads
• allowing slavery to spread to the territories
• placing Native American Indians on reservations

Passage of the Dawes Act of 1887 affected Native American Indians by

• supporting their cultural traditions
• attempting to assimilate them into American culture
  
• forcing their removal from areas east of the Mississippi
• starting a series of Indian wars on the Great Plains

A goal of the Granger and Populist movements was to

• expand rights for African Americans
• help western farmers fight unjust economic practices
  
• provide support for the banking industry
• enable business to expand  without government interference

What major trend related to population occurred during industrialization in the late 1800s

• Immigration decreased
• Suburbanization decreased
• Urbanization increased
  
• Migration to rural areas increased

The "new" immigrants to the United States between 1890 and 1915 came primarily from

• southern and eastern Europe
• northern and western Europe
• East Asia
• Latin America

The growth of big business in the late 1800s resulted in

• a reduction in child labor
  
• the elimination of the middle class
• the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor
  
• a shift in transportation from railroads to canals

Which economic concept is best illustrated by the cartoon?

• supply and demand
• mercantilism
• monopoly
• trade

During the late 1800s, the defenders of Social Darwinism would most likely have supported

• labor unions
• progressive income tax
• laissez-faire capitalism
  
• environmental conservation

 Mark Twain labeled the late 1800s in the United State the "Gilded Age" to describe the

• end of the practice of slavery
• absence of international conflicts
• extremes of wealth and poverty
• achievements of the labor movement

In the late 19th century, Congress tried to limit the power of monopolies by

• creating the Federal Trade Commission
• strengthening the Supreme Court
• adopting Granger Laws
• passing the Sherman Antitrust Act