US Midterm Studyguide

Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to

• White men, and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native Americans

• Americans, and it was their destiny to become the greatest nation in the world

• Americans, and wanted them to settle western land

• Americans, and it was their duty to protect the environment

How did the Gilded Age get its name?

• Because everyone painted their possession gold

• Because most people were rich

• It just was called that.

• It appeared glamorous on the outside, but this covered up many problems.

How did the railroad change the west?

• It led to the growth of new cities

• It made things seem more far away

• Things actually relatively stayed the same

• It attracted outlaws

What does the term "robber baron" describe?

• A successful farmer

• An ace fighter pilot

• A powerful industrialist

• A western outlaw

How did Immigration and Industrialization affect the United States

• Led to the rapid growth of American Cities

• Led to a resurgence in farming

• Led to the passing of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Led to an increased advocacy for Imperialism

How did Immigrants fight Nativism?

• Buying the latest technologies for their families

• Refusing to speak English or become Christian

• Moving to more rural parts of the country

• Forming ethnic enclave neighborhoods

Robber Barons such as Carnegie or Rockefellar are generally the head of (a)?

• Monopoly

• Philanthropy

• Political machines

• Nativism

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by __________________.

• Clara Barton
• Susan B. Anthony
• Harriet Lecter
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

The main effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on American society was that it __________________.

• was a huge best-seller in the south
• led to a cabin building boom
• forced readers to understand the true brutality of slavery
• led to a Congressional vote that ended slavery

When settlers and border ruffians got in fights that led to fifty deaths, the term ______________ became commonly used.

• Bleeding Kansas
• Oozing Kansas
• Bruised Kansas
• Hemorrhaging Kansas