AMERICAN HISTORY FALL SEMESTER FINAL EXAM

How did the Dawes Act strike at the heart of American Indian culture?

• by requiring American Indian groups to keep a census of their populations

• by establishing American Indian boarding schools, in which American Indian children assimilated into “civilization”

• by forcing American Indians to relocate from their homelands to reservations west of the Mississippi

• by breaking up American Indian reservations into individual, rather than group, plots of land

What was a problem that the advent of railroads created for farmers in the mid-19th century?

• railroads increased competition for farmers by bringing many immigrants to the West

• railroads hurt farmer’s yields by running through rich farmland

• railroads charged excessive rates to ship farmers crops to market

• all of these answers are correct

Why were many farmers upset with the gold standard?

• The gold standard kept both prices and farmers’ incomes down.

• Few farmers had gold and thus remained beholden to the bankers who did.

• The gold standard kept railroad rates higher than farmers desired.

• The discovery of gold in California had depreciated the value of the currency and hurt farmers.

Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act unsuccessful at breaking up trusts and monopolies?

• The vague language of the law allowed big business to beat it in court.

• The law was designed only to go after private business, leaving public companies untouched.

• Although the law was in place, many government officials were unwilling to carry it out.

• all of these answers are correct

Which labor union adopted the socialist theories of Karl Marx?

• American Federation of Labor

• Knights of Labor

• Haymarket Socialists' Coalition

• Industrial Workers of the World

How did the immigration station at Angel Island differ from the one at Ellis Island?

• Immigrants underwent a lengthier, more detailed legal interview at Angel Island.

• Immigrants at the Angel Island station were mostly coming from European

• More immigrants who passed through Angel Island had their names shortened or respelled.

• Immigrants that did not pass the "six-second exam" were immediately deported at Angel Island.

What did Upton Sinclair expose to readers with his 1906 novel The Jungle?

• the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing plants

• the large homeless youth population in New York City

• the inadequate urban infrastructure of the city slums

• the dangerous work conditions in factories

By the 1900s, industrialization had greatly impacted the natural environment. One major contribution to this was the

• rise of extractive industries.

• disappearance of ranching and farming.

• shift from oil drilling to oil welling.

• all of these answers are correct

What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act?

• to require the use of secret ballots

• to institute the federal income tax

• to reform the civil service system

• to allow the direct election of senators

Why did many African Americans migrate to urban cities in the late 1800s?

• Laws forbade them from settling in the South.

• It was a response to violence and racism in the South.

• Industry workers often went to the South and recruited them.

• all of these answers are correct