American History: Unit 1 (Westward Expansion & A New Industrial Age))

The economic principle used to justify extreme wealth and argue that the rich deserve to be wealthy, while poverty is necessary within society, is called

• communism

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Darwinism

• assimilation

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller increased their wealth and expanded their businesses by

• inventing new products and methods to improve their businesses.

• collaborating with their competitors so that many companies would profit with every industry.

• using vertical integration and horizontal integration to eliminate competition.

• none of these are correct

What led to the construction of skyscrapers during late 1800s?

• America ran out of lumber to use for buildings

• modern advances in electricity

• new developments in the production of steel

• the Civil War

Andrew Carnegie, in his essay, "Gospel of Wealth," attempted to

• provide Americans living in poverty with the information needed to become successful.

• get elected as the President of the United States.

• convert Native Americans and foreign immigrants to Christianity.

• justify the wealth, power, and influence of the wealthy Gilded Age industrialists.

The use of standardized time zones was introduced as a way to benefit

• railroad companies and train travelers.

• American universities.

• recent immigrants to the United States.

• interstate trucking companies.

The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in which of the following?

• the destruction of a large force of American cavalry.

• increased support from the American public for the wars against the Native Americans.

• George Armstrong Custer’s reputation to suffer.

• All of these are correct

In his speech, “What Does the Working Man Want?” Samuel Gompers argues for

• increased government support for longer working hours.

• an 8-hour workday, 8 hours for sleep, and 8 hours for personal time.

• more women working in the industrial economy.

• None of these are correct

Americans who believed in Manifest Destiny generally believed that

• Native Americans shared a right to American land with the citizens of the United States.

• the lands of the American West should not be divided up and owned by American citizens.

• westward expansion was inspired by God.

• slavery should continue to be legal in the United States.

Which of the following are reasons that many Americans despised (hated or disliked) wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age?

• wealthy industrialists often paid their employees very low wages.

• wealthy industrialists often used unethical & illegal methods to expand their businesses.

• wealthy industrialists often used social Darwinism to justify their extreme wealth and power.

• All of these are correct

When gold was discovered in Native American territory in 1874

• Natives Americans immediately began mining the gold and rapidly increased their wealth

• Native Americans and the government of the United States agreed to equally share gold profits

• gold prospectors from across the United States poured into Native American lands to mine the gold

• British, French, and Russian gold speculators claimed the rights to most of the gold and mined it