STAAR Review: Westward Expansion & Gilded Age

The Exodusters were...

• former slaves
• current slaves
• current ranchers
• former ranchers

Government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming.

• Pendleton Act 1892

• Custer's Last Stand 1876
• Dawes Act 1887

• Homestead Act 1882

Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?

• sun dried brick (adobe)

• lumber from trees

• Sod (made from mud and grass)

• buffalo hides for teepees

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

• to bring an end to cattle drives
• to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
• to build the Transcontinental Railroad
• to provide a market for steel plows

The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

• cultural diffusion

• amalgamation

• assimilation

• cultural absorption

Who made their fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil?

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

What are businessmen who are known for their positive contribution to the modern industrial economy called?

• Robber Barons

• Entrepreneurs

• Leaders

• Captains of Industry

This was designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated competition.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Labor Unions

• Monopoly

He was a Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in steel; known for the Gospel of Wealth.

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.

• Maslow

• Bessemer Process

• Free Enterprise

• Laisez-Faire