US History Fall Final Review Gilded Age-Depression

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to:

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the US military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union leaders
• Philanthropists
• Political bosses
• Nativists

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard.  What was the most likely topic of discussion?

• Goals of U.S. assimilation policies
• Objectives of the Grange movement
• Reasons for immigration to the United States
• Principles of Social Darwinism

Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas

• Increased life expectancies in urban areas

• Increased birth rates in rural areas

• Increased migration to urban areas

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Increased urban population

• The passage of labor laws

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• The establishment of immigration quotas

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers
• suffragists
• immigrants
• abolitionists

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• 18th Amendment
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• Equal Rights Amendment

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What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?

• The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
• The suffrage rights for women changed
• The power of the federal government was expanded
• The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The End of Prohibition
• The New Deal
• The Stock Market Crash
• The Election of Herbert Hoover

prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes

• Interstate Commerce Act
• Child Labor Laws
• Philanthropy
• Sherman Antitrust Act