Fall 2018 Final Exam Part 1: Units 1 and 2

1) Which described the Homestead Act?

• It offered free land to settlers if they improved it

• It forced the Native Americans to assimilate or be moved to reservations

1) Many Americans went westward believing in Manifest Destiny, the idea that-

• All Americans had an equal chance making a fortune out west

• The United States was destined by God to expand westward

• That all who immigrated to the US should be treated equally

• That Native Americans could be peacefully assimilated

1) How did new machinery effect farming in the West?

• It caused the destruction of fresh water supplies

• It allowed people to settle the West when they couldn't have done it before

• It lead to the rise of the steel industry

• It caused farmers to be bought out by large corporations

2) How did the U.S. try and assimilate the Native Americans and immigrants?

• They educated the groups in schools before allowing them into the country

• They forced them to speak English and adopt American customs

• They kidnapped children of these groups and educated them in foster homes

• They did not try and assimilate the groups

3) What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?

• It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper

• Conflicts with the Native Americans increased

• The US government made millions from the Homestead Act

• It caused a decrease in taxes on big business

4) Which describes Nativism?

• The idea that immigrants are inferior to native born citizens.

• The idea to selectively breed people by race

• To separate people based on race

• To separate people based on religion

4) Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?

• A response to China declaring war on the US

• A side effect of a war with Japan

• To satisfy Nativist ideas and "protect" American jobs

• To promote immigration from Mexico

4) What were immigrant's perceptions of America versus the reality?

• They were imported as forced labor for infrastructure projects

• They were brought in to boost a declining population

• They were drawn in by the offer of free land from the Homestead Act

• They saw opportunity for a better life but were not welcome by nativists

5) How did this invention and its inventor improve the standard of living?

• Alexander Graham Bell: allowed people to communicate instantly

• Thomas Edison: allowed factories to stay open longer

• Henry Bessemer: allowed steel to be made faster

• Cornelius Vanderbilt: revolutionized the railroad industry

5) Why did political machines expand and take over city governments during the Gilded Age?

• They saw a chance to steal millions from Robber Barons

• They were employed by the Captains of Industry

• City governments were taken over by Nativists

• City governments could not provide basic services to the many new immigrants