Gilded Age & Industrial Expansion Pre-test

Gilded Age & Industrial Expansion Pre-test

11th Grade

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22 Qs

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Gilded Age & Industrial Expansion Pre-test

Gilded Age & Industrial Expansion Pre-test

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Social Studies

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

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