US History Final Exam

Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

• White settlers wanted the land on the Plains

• NativeAmericans refused to remain on the Plains

• Native American population decreased and needed less land

• The Plains failed to meet the needs of the Native American peoples

Most responsible for bringing an end to the cattle industry

• the railroad

• barbed wire

• disappearance of the buffalo

• cattle trails

The Bessemer Process was a technique that?

• increased importation of industrial equipment from Europe
• made steel stronger and at a lower cost
• made steel weaker and at a higher cost

The transcontinental railroad:

• connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States
• connected the United States to Mexico
• connected key northern industrial cities with southern agricultural centers

Which of the following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• It decreased Chinese immigration

• It resulted in segregated classrooms

• It was agreed to by China and the United States.

• It prevented Chinese Americans from working industrial jobs.

In the late 1800's, Nativism was most popular among

• Jews.

• Catholics.

• Native born Americans

• Naturalized citizens.

The main reason for the Spanish - American War was control over the country of _______.

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Haiti
• Jamaica

He invented the telephone in 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had to do with women getting the right to vote?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Who was the muckraker that wrote "The Jungle?"

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Alice Paul

• Teddy Roosevelt