Gilded Age & Industrial Expansion Pre-test

How did the passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?

• It supported their existing cultural traditions

• It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains

• It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture

• It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River

Railroads hired Chinese immigrants to build tracks on the transcontinental railroad. Which statement explains the condition in which Chinese immigrants worked?

• They were invited to join railroad labor unions

• They were recruited to train new railroad workers

• They worked for low wages to qualify for citizenship

• They worked in harsh conditions because of prejudice

What impact did the transcontinental railroad have on the economy during the late nineteenth century?

• decreased the need for government regulation
• Led to the rapid assimilation of Native Americans into the American economy
• decreased the use of eastern rail lines in favor of newer western lines
• increased the level of western capitalism and industrialization

Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the map?

• The belief in laissez-faire economics prevented the federal government from giving land subsidies to railroads.
• The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction by giving large tracts of land to railroad companies.
• Western railroads generated little profit for their owners or shareholders.
• Railroad companies did not administer the land they needed for construction.

The above pictures show the same Native American. The picture on the left was taken before the Dawes Act and the picture on the right after.
Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?

• The act of being individual, different from everyone else
• Act of being Americanized, being made part of society
• Process of encouraging uniform values
  
• Encouraging pro-business behaviors
  

Why did the population grow?
Population of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Year    Population 
1800     1,565 
1810     4,786
1820     7,248 
1830     12,568 
1840     21,115 
1850     46,601 
1860     49,221 
1870     86,076

• westward migration following the Gold Rush
• land resettlement following the Dawes Act
  
• mechanization after the Bessemer Process
• The Great Migration of African-Americans to American cities

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed due to-

• low wages & unemployment in the West Coast

• low wages & unemployment in the South

• plenty of jobs and high wages in the country

• plenty of jobs and high wages in the West coast

When workers unite and join together to negotiate with their boss for higher wages and better conditions, they have formed a ...

• union.

• trade deal.

• strike.

• communist organization.

 Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were — 

• requiring vocational training programs for children
• employing children as a source of cheap labor
• seeking government regulation of child labor
• providing safe working conditions for child laborers

How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel?

• Allowed labor unions to participate in decision-making
• Controlled production and distribution processes
• Invested in health and education of employees
• Included local politicians on boards of directors