2019 Fall Semester Exam Review

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act

• promote assimilation of Indians

• encourage Indian investment in private industry

• turn Indian reservations into privately owned farmland

• end warfare between US military and Indian tribes

Which of these was was not a demand of the Populist Party?

• Regulation of railroad shipping

• A graduated income tax

• Free coinage of silver

• Government support of monopolies

The demands of the Populists most represented the concerns of:

• bankers in control of the money supply

• small farmers in need of money and cheap credit

• immigrants seeking economic injustice

• corrupt business owners seeking higher profits

The Federal Government could dissolve business monopolies under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

• False

• True

Which group of people believed that native born citizens were more deserving of jobs than newly arriving immigrants?

• political bosses

• philanthropists

• nativists

• union leaders

Which reform led to citizens having a more direct influence in local governments? (select all that apply)

• recall

• reform

• impeachment

• referendum

Which issues were solved with the Interstate Commerce Act? (select all that apply)

• political bosses taking advantage of immigrants

• rapid growth of trusts and monopolies

• ruthless business tactics of robber barons

• organized labor unions

• unfair practices by railroads

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle began to make the government

• implement regulations on food inspections

• mobilize troops to break up labor strikes

• enact laws banning companies from hiring discrimination

• create a regulatory agency to audit railroads

What was the primary purpose of Jane Addam's Settlement House movement?

• introduce prison reform

• found women's colleges

• establish public libraries

• help immigrants assimilate into American culture

Women gained the elective franchise with the ratification of the

• 18th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 19th Amendment