American History II Prior Knowledge

Who won the Civil War?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The amendment that freed all slaves. 

• 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

renting farm land and paying for that land with a share of the crops. 

• sharecropping
• scalawaging
• carpetbagging
• reconstruction

The group responsible for the large scale destruction of the buffalo on the American frontier was

• US Army
• Railroad companies
• Gold miners 
• Cattle ranchers

The law that allowed Americans to claim 160 acres of land to settle in the West was called the

• Dawes Severalty Act
• Homestead Act
• Enforcement Acts
• Reconstruction Act

Why did Americans treat the “new immigrants” so terribly?

• They were too much like those who already lived in the U.S.
• Fear over these immigrants taking their jobs 
• They were bringing new traditions with them.
• Fear that they would take land in the west for farming.

Why were trusts/monopolies so bad during the Gilded Age?

• They grew the economy of the United States.
• They created new products that were helpful to the world.
• They were ordinary people who controlled the government by voting.
• They corrupted the government and controlled the price of goods. 

Where did most city workers live during the Gilded Age? 

• In newly built sky scrapers built of steel
• In suburban homes so their children could get a good education
• In crowded tenements that were falling apart
• In homes provided by the factories for a small rent

Why did urbanization happen during the Gilded Age?

• People were trying to escape the problems of the cities.
• People wanted to farm more so they moved to the urban areas.
• People were escaping tenements and overcrowding in the country.
• So many people needed jobs that they moved to the city for factory work.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of WWI?

• Communism
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Militarism