Gilded Age & Westward Expansion

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated --

• Conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

• Globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

• Promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

• Limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

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

• It forced Great Britain to trade with the United States

• It allowed foreign governments to officially recognize the United States

• It allowed the united states to establish immigration quotas

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

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear

• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations

• Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions

• Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace

Which answer choice goes into the middle circle?

• Irish families immigrated to the United States

• The Bracero program was introduced

• Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States

• The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired more frequently

• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line

• Businesses needed to hire skilled workers

• Factories could extend working hours

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction

• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading

How did the Dawes Act change the relationship between the federal government and Native Americans?

• It contributed to the policy of assimilation

• It allowed Native Americans to keep their tribal customs

• It gave land ownership rights to the Native American Women

• It allowed Native tribes to stay on their native lands.

Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic attributed to a Captain of Industry?

• Providing soup kitchens and shelters to homeless immigrants

• Lowering wages and increasing the amount of hours your workers are required to work

• Donating a large sum of your personal wealth to homeless orphans

• Using your own fortune to create a new university

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?

• The rapid influx of immigrants provided for a ready voter base for the Political Bosses

• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level

• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth

• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city

This excerpt is from a book written by a Norwegian man who immigrated to the United States in the late 1800s

"Then west by train on road and route not known to us. We saw mountains, which must have been the Alleghenies, and felt much depressed. Was that America? Had we been fooled? We expected to see flat ground with no timber or boulders to clear. When we came far enough to see that kind of country our spirits rose again"

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