Westward Expansion, Industry, Labor Movement and Immigration

Why did cowboys drive their cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm Trail?

• to sell their cattle to rich ranchers in Oklahoma

• to find better grazing land for their cattle in states like Kansas

• to ship their cattle to markets in eastern cities like Chicago

• to establish cattle ranches near western towns like Denver

Which of the following best describes a negative aspect of industrialism?

• Work in factories was repetitive and often dangerous.

• A limited number of factory owners became millionaires.

• There were more factory workers than agricultural workers.

• The number of factories built between 1880 and 1890 increased steadily.

Compare the two photographs below. Which of the concepts provided is by the changes you see in these photographs.

• allotment

• assimilation

• expansionism

• nativism

Read the passage attached. From which option was the document passage pulled from?

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

Which of the following best describes a laissez-faire economic policy?

• The government should leave businesses alone.

• The government should heavily regulate businesses.

• The government should protect small businesses from failing.

• The government should prevent big businesses from expanding.

A business organized as a corporation is owned by its:

• customers

• employees

• entrepreneurs

• stockholders

Which term best describes a company that completely dominates a particular industry?

• competitor

• corporation

• foundation

• monopoly

which of these technologies did Henry Ford use to mass produce automobiles

• assembly line

• Bessemer process

• electric lighting

• oil refining

Which of the following was an important pull factor that drew European immigrants to the United States after the Civil War?

• population growth

• religious pogroms

• availability of farmland

• mechanization of agriculture

Upon arriving by ship in New York Harbor, which of the following groups was required to go through immigration inspections at Ellis Island?

• only steerage passengers

• only first class passengers

• only passengers with children

• only passengers with disabilities