America History Review for Semester 1

What exemplified a government subsidy to promote western migration?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

The completion of the transcontinental railroads through the American West contributed most to the

• Migration of settlers to the West.

• Preservation of American Indian culture.

• Demilitarization of the West.

During the late 19th century, western Native American life was most affected by

• Post-Civil War migrations of whites.

• Alliances among Indian nations.

• Generous Treaties.

The view of the poor in the quote above is most consistent with the ideology of the Populist Party.

• Social Darwinism

• the Populist Party.

• Utopian

Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all the following except

• Government Regulation

• Cutting Quality of Products

• Electricity

Which is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• Decreased Chinese immigration

• Agreed to by China and the United States

• It prohibited Chinese Americans from working in industrial jobs

What is the main immigration-processing center in New York that most European immigrants passed through during the 19th century?

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

Which of the following best identifies the jobs that immigrants to the West Coast, and Immigrants to the East Coast typically worked respectively

• Railroad, Factory Worker

• Lead Miners, Fisherman

• Custodial Work, Engineer

What was one effect of industrialization on the U.S. economy in the 1870s?

• an increase in railroad construction in the West

• a decline in skilled manufacturing jobs in the Midwest

• a decline in the immigrant population of cities in the North

Which change is closely associated with the Industrial Revolution?

• the transition from household production to mass production

• the use of currency to conduct trade

• the transition from an urban population to rural population