CPA 1 Review 2

What would be a prime example of Americanization?

• The Dawes Act selling Native American lands

• The Homestead Act providing lands to settlers

• The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibiting Chinese immigration

• The children of immigrants learning English in school

The passage of the Dawes Act was an attempt to-

• Encourage Americanization of Native Americans by giving up their traditional cultures

• Make money from selling Native American lands

• Returning land to Native American tribes

• Granting citizenship to Native Americans

Political bosses and political machines did which of the following-

• allowed the middle class to actively participate in politics

• provided welfare for the urban poor in exchange for votes

• encouraged racial integration

• helped to lead welfare programs like the Hull House and the YMCA

What was the main goal of the Americanization Movement?

• Limit immigration into the United States

• Assimilate immigrants into American culture

• Improve living conditions for the urban poor

• Encourage urbanization

What was a major impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It protected Native American rights and tribal lands

• It only impacted a small strip of land in the American West

• It led to the destruction of buffalo and the opening of the Great Plains to American settlers

• It led to the Klondike Gold Rush

Which of the following contributed the MOST to increased land settlement in the Great Plains?

• Federal land grants

• The Dawes Act

• The Klondike Gold Rush

• A decrease in agricultural production

Which factor helped farmers on the Great Plains overcome opposition from cattle ranchers?

• The farmers allied with Native Americans

• Barbed wire allowed farmers to enclose their lands

• Heavy rains made the Great Plains more suitable to planting than grazing

• Ranchers refused to divide up the open range

The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to

• Reconstruction
• racial equality
• manifest destiny
• conservation of natural resources

Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

• steel plow
• reaper
• windmill
• barbed wire

The Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution primarily to-

• provide the President with power in times of emergency
• establish fair and impartial elections
• protect individual liberties
• guarantee voting privileges to minorities