8th Grade Midterm Review

How were Native Americans affected by the settlement of the west?

• forced to Reservations
• Buffalo almost became extinct
• growth of cities and towns destroyed the open range
• all of the above

Which group was negatively affected by the transcontinental railroad?

• miners
• homesteaders
• Native Americans
• Chinese

Under this policy in 1887, the Government forced Native Americans to farm just like Americans farm - forcing them into assimilation

• Dawes Act

• Ghost Dance

• Trail of Tears

• Homestead Act

Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years?

• the Homestead Act

• the Morrill Land Grant Act

• the Indian Removal Act

• the Dawes Act

Why was life on the Great Plains so difficult?

• Settlers faced droughts, floods, hail, cold winters, prairie fires and pests
• They had to work all day and received no pay
• It was not comfortable because dirty homes

What were the lands where Native Americans were forced to live called?

• Reservations
• Compounds
• Concentration Camps
• Summer Camp

How did an expansion in railroads contribute to the growth of America?

• new cities sprung up along the roads, and people moved West

• it made cities more crowded because railroads were constructed over people's farms

• the farming industry became more powerful

• it made the environment cleaner thus the country was more attractive to immigrants

Trusts were legal arrangements grouping together many companies under a single board of directors. Some trusts eventually became ________________, or total ownership of a product/service to eliminate competition. example: if AT & T owned all cellphone services.

• corporation
• stockholder
• monopoly

Which of the following is true of working conditions in the Second Industrial Revolution?

• factories competed with one another to offer the highest wages
• factories were often crowded, poorly ventilated, and prone to accidents
• all factories used Assembly Lines to make production more efficient
• management made sure workers were so well-trained and educated they were irreplaceable

One major reason for the growth in urbanization between 1860 and 1900 was that

• Politicians in major cities demanded fair working conditions for all laborers

• The upper-middle class was prosperous and able to afford city dwellings

• Many new immigrants were unable to find work on Midwestern farms

• Many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes