Midterm Review 1

The steel industry was controlled by _____ during the Gilded Age.

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Vanderbilt
• Swift

Which of the following prevented Chinese Immigration into the United States?

• A. Immigration Expulsion Act of 1920

• B. Expulsion Act of 1823

• C. Mandate of Borders 1974

• D. Chinese Exclusion Act

_______________ was an American politician notorious for his involvement in political corruption. He was the boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State.

• A. William "Boss" Tweed

• B. James McArthur

• C. Abraham Lincoln

• D. Brandon Merriweather

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Helping to build the Transcontinental Railroad

• Work in New York factories

• Contributions to the steel industry

• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

Railroads, windmills, steel plows, and barbed wire are all examples of -

• items used to settle the Appalachian Mountains during the Gold Rush.
• native american technology.
• inventions and adaptations used to settle the Great Plains.
• innovations of WWI.

Which resource primarily drew pioneers to California?

• Wheat

• Gold

• Corn

• Copper

Learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans is knows as 

• Urbanization
• Americanization/Assimilation
• Immigration
• Nativism

Where was the Transcontinental Railroad finally completed?

• Austin, Texas

• Promontory Point, Utah

• Los Angeles, California

• Cheyenne, Wyoming

The Chinese Exclusion Act an immigration law passed in 1882 that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first immigration law that excluded an entire ethnic group. Why were the Chinese excluded from Immigrating to America?

• Many Americans viewed the Chinese as uneducated.

• The Chinese refused to learn English.

• The Chinese population was steadily outgrowing the American population.

• The Americans feared that the educated and intelligent Chinese would be competition for their jobs.

The migration of people from rural areas to urban areas is called...

• Suburbanization

• Immigration

• Western Expansion

• Urbanization