11th US History Pre-Test

The main purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to

• encourage settlement of public lands in the west.
• provide land for building a transcontinental railroad.
•  raise revenue for the federal government.
• maintain a balance between slave and free states.

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?

• To abolish slavery.
• To give voting rights to blacks.
• To set up black codes.
• To redistribute land in the south.

The citizenship rights of a person born or naturalized in the United States are protected by the

•  12th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

The 15th Amendment

• abolished slavery
• granted citizenship rights to blacks
• gave the right to vote to black males.
• guaranteed equal protection under the law to blacks.

Tenements were first built in the nineteenth century to

• house the poor as cheaply as possible.
• provide workers with healthful housing
• provide the poor with a variety of services
• provide work space for people who worked at home.

The term "Muckraker" has been used to describe authors whose writing deal mainly with

• criticizing the government's welfare policies.
• publicizing Constitution issues relating to minority groups.
• advancing the cause of press freedom.
• exposing social conditions in need of reform.

The Women's Suffrage Movement during the Progressive Era

• did little to impact the modern protest movement for women's rights.
• discouraged women from entering the labor force during WWI until they received the right to vote.
• resulted in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
•  succeeded in obtaining "equal pay for equal work" for women employed in steel factories.

The American "melting pot" refers to

• the process of assimilation experienced by immigrants
• the massive industrial output of the American nation
• the method used by Henry Bessemer to strengthen steel
• the active volcanoes located on the continental United States

The founder of the American Federation of Labor was

• Eugene V. Debs.
• Samuel Gompers.
•  Uriah H. Stephens.
• Terence Powderly.

All of the following were experienced by immigrants EXCEPT

• children struggled to learn English and adopt American customs.
• used schools to achieve their dream of becoming American citizens.
• hardship and hostility due to prejudice against their religious and cultural differences.
• living in integrated neighborhoods in suburbs surrounding the urban cites.