US History A - Unit 1 Quiz

6) Which describes Nativism?

• The idea that immigrants are inferior to native born citizens.

• The idea to selectively breed people by race

• To separate people based on race

• To separate people based on religion

Match the group with the reasons they moved west.

Oregon Trail

• Settled for farmland

• Settled Utah due to religious persecution

• The first whites to move west, trapped animal furs

8) Which of these lead to the rapid industrialization of the U.S.? (Choose 3)

• Lots of raw materials

• Government let big business grow

• Population increase from immigration

• The rise of Political Machines

8) How did industrialization effect children?

• Children got jobs and were managers in short time

• Many children were taken for farming jobs

• Children got low paying jobs and injuries instead of going to school

• Children were banned from working factory jobs

9) Why are Captains of Industry such as Rockefeller and Carnegie also known as Robber Barons?

• They were secretly criminal masterminds

• They used ruthless business tactics to get rid of their competition

• They secretly controlled major government industries

• They stole millions from government and international agencies

Pull factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country.
• reasons people leave an area
• reasons that drive a person out of their country

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

The Great Awakening of the 18th century resulted in

• a move away from studying the Bible at home.

• a more emotional approach to religion.

• an inclusion of more religious ceremony in services.

• greater tolerance towards non-Christian religions.

Laissez-faire government policies toward business in the Progressive Era led to: 

• More business reforms
• An increase in imported goods rather than American-made
• Growth of American industry and business 

The Sherman Antitrust Act was the first piece of legislation aimed at: 

• Limiting the power of labor unions
• Limiting the power of corporations
• Limiting the power of the federal government