STAAR - Settling the West & Gilded Age

This informational poster illustrates -

• the resentment shown towards immigrants for taking U.S. jobs

• a government effort to implement quotas on immigration

• the movement to assimilate immigrants into U.S. culture

• the requirement that immigrants become U.S. citizens

Which application of a new technology can be attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

• Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances.

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes.

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines.

Which American value is described in this excerpt?

• Individualism

• Populism

• Liberty

• Laissez-faire

These immigrants were relieved when they saw the type of land they were expecting because they --

• hoped to establish farms.

• wanted to build factories.

• planned to mine for gold.

• wanted to work for the railroad.

This model was evident in the United States through the works of --

• Frances Willard and her support of the Temperance Movement

• A. Phillip Randolph and his protests during World War II

• Jane Addams and her programs for new immigrants.

• Eugene V. Debs and his establishment of the American Railway Union.

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the-

• increased need to protect workers interests.

• decreased power of political machines.

• increased demand for skilled workers.

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector.

Homesteaders on the Great Plains found it necessary to build the type of house shown in the photograph because -

• The ground was not stable enough to support heavier structures

• Unpredictable weather conditions required settlers to build shelters rapidly

• access to timber was limited by distance and lack of transportation

• settlers lacked the skills required to build more permanent structures

Which diagram shows how the completion of the transcontinental railroad contributed to the closing of the western frontier?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was the most important diplomatic effect of the Declaration of Independence for the United States?

• It allowed foreign governments to officially recognize the United States.

• It forced Great Britain to trade with the United States.

• It required Great Britain to pay war reparations to the United States.

• It allowed the United States to establish immigration quotas.

Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker shaded areas?

• The introduction of barbed wire throughout the Great Plains.

• The expansion of railway lines throughout the West.

• The acceptance of Mormons by other religous sects in the East.

• The peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populations.