19-20 USH Unit I Expansion and Industrialization Review

The law that took Native lands and tried to force Native Americans to assimilate into white culture in 1887 was called the:

• Dawes Act

• Enforcement Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

Which statement best explains what the Dawes Act did?

• It allowed the railroads to build on private land.

• It put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans

• It gave free land to white settlers.

• It took tribal lands from Native Americans, sold leftover land to whites, and forced Natives to assimilate.

This law offered free or cheap land to Americans and immigrants who were willing to start new settlements and farms on the Great Plains.

• Relocation Act

• Land Settlement Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

To favor native born Americans over immigrants is...

• Navidad
• Navigation
• Racist
• Nativism

POPULISM

Which caused the rise of Populism?

• rising agricultural prices

• The use of silver instead of greenbacks

• Calls for racial segregation

• The inability of farmers to pay off their debts

POPULISM

Populists wanted the use of bimetallism, which meant the use of:

• gold to back the dollar

• gold and silver to back the dollar

• silver to back the dollar

• bronze and silver to back the dollar

What would explain why so many immigrant moved and lived in cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• Easy to live off the land

• Outstanding health benefits

• Jobs, of course

• They weren't allowed to move beyond the east coast

The shift from home-based industries to factories was called the...

• Industrial Revolution

• American System

• Interchangeable Parts

• Era of Good Feelings

The business policies described above eventually lead to the enactment of legislation that -

• Guaranteed public access to corporate records

• Protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies

• Protected domestic industries from foreign competition

• Required reciprocity agreements between state governments