Gilded Age

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...

• were better educated than native-born Americans

• had a higher standard of living than most Americans

• adapted easily to American culture

• competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad

• Work in New York factories

• Contributions to the steel industry

• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

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

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

• Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

• Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

• Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

What caused the population of buffalo to decrease from 50 million to 1,000 on The Great Plains?

• Railroads

• settlers

• railroad workers

• All of the above

What caused miners to flock to the Black Hills of South Dakota?

• Gold

• Oil

• Copper

• Silver

What was the result of the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• A Native American victory.

• A U.S. victory.

• A stalemate: No victory for either side.

• A tie and they both went home.

African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west to find a better life were:

• Exodusters

• Indentured Servants

• Freedmen

• Settlers

Brought the Indian wars to an end.

• The Battle of Wounded Knee

• The Battle of Little Big Horn

• Morrill Acts