Westward Expansion-Progressive Era Review

How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the settlement of the West?

• By establishing military forts along the routes

• By providing people with access to essential goods

• By raising money to build factories along the routes

• By giving funds to local leaders to build schools

The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by - 

• moving Native American Indians to reservations

• removing all restrictions on immigration

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

• provided free land to settlers

Which factor helped farmers on the Great Plains overcome opposition from cattle ranchers?

• Ranchers refused to divide up the open range

• Heavy rains made the Great Plains more suitable to planting than grazing.

• Barbed wire allowed farmers to enclose their lands

• The farmers allied with Native American Indians.

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to —

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

Which one of two laws did the federal government do in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Indian Removal Act

A goal of the Progressives during the Progressive Era was to.

• end child labor

• end political corruption

• expand direct democracy

• all of the above

W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?

• he wrote How the Other Half Lives?

• he helped found the NAACP

• he called for African Americans to obtain job training

• he mostly lectured in college about race issues

What did the 16th amendment do?

• Congress can collect income taxes

• allowed for the direct election of senators

• banned the sale of alcohol

• granted women's suffrage

What did the 18th amendment do?

• It allowed for the direct election of senators.

• It banned the sale of alcohol.

• It allowed women's suffrage

• It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

What did the 19th amendment do?

• It allowed for the direct election of senators.

• It banned the sale of alcohol.

• It allowed women's suffrage

• It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote