Unit 7 Test Industrialization and Progressive Era

“I am tired of fighting…Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I shall fight no more forever!

Chief Joseph, 1877

In this statement, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce expressed his reluctant acceptance of a government policy of

• placing Plains’ Indians tribes on reservations.

• requiring Plains’ Indians to settle west of the Mississippi.

• granting immediate citizenship to Plains Indians’.

• forcing Plains Indians’ to assimilate into American culture.

Which of the following inventions was NOT a part of the Industrial Boom in U.S. during the late 1800’s?

• Telegraph

• Cotton Gin

• Telephone

• Electric lightbulb

“Mr. Rockefeller… had worked out a well-conceived plan for a controlling the oil business of the United States.”

Ida Tarbell

Ida Tarbell’s efforts to expose Rockefeller’s business practices are evidence that she was a(n)

• Abolitionist

• Muckraker

• Communist

• Suffragette

Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic growth, industrial growth during the years after the Civil War?

• Canals

• Railroads

• Airplanes

• Telephones

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie’s steel company were examples of

• government privatization of essential resources.

• the public benefiting from business leaders that reformed domestic industries.

• the rise of trusts and monopolies.

• the impact of labor leaders on government.

His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances.

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Gompers

Muckrakers contributed to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of the 20th century by

• challenging big government and urging a return to past conditions

• exposing widespread corruption in business and government

• writing favorable biographies about wealthy Americans

• aligning themselves with the women’s suffrage movement

During the late 1800s, the U.S. steel and oil industries directly benefited from the construction of

• the Trans-Continental Railroad.

• the Erie Canal.

• the Panama Canal.

• Interstate Highways.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the economy, politics and culture of the United States during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

• Immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe

• Immigrants from South Africa and Asia

• Immigrants from Canada and Mexico

• Immigrants from Western and Northern Europe

· Plessy v. Ferguson

· Jim Crow Laws

· The Ku Klux Klan

Which of the following groups would have strongly opposed the concepts listed?

• AFL

• HUAC

• CIA

• NAACP