CA Review #3

Which innovation most contributed to the significant increase in factory production in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century?

• Expansion of railroads

• Introduction of electricity

• Availability of automobiles

• Access to telegram system

Which statement BEST describes the effect of population growth from 1850 to 1890 on the physical environment of th American West?

• Mirgrants cut down the plentiful trees throughout the Great Plains to build large, wooden homes close to one another in towns throughout the West.

• Railroads were built moving primarily North to South to carry southern cash crops to Northern cities without disrupting the Western cattle trails.

• Settlers built homesteads, farms, and ranches that desroyed the natural grazing lands of wild herds of animals like buffalo.

• Native American used barbed wire fencing to protect the boundaries of their reservations and limit the impact of settlement on their territories.

The physical geography of the Yukon such as Chilkoot Pass, shown in the visual above, impacted miners during the -

• Klondike Gold Rush

• California Gold Rush

• Western Expansion

• The growth of railroads

How did the mass migration resulting from the Klondike Gold Rush affect the physical environment?

• Miners built large-scale, permanent settlements in the Klondike that became major industrial cities.

• Miners planted trees to replace the lumber they used, ensuring there would be enough timber to continue their work into the future.

• Miners primarily dug deep mines in areas away from waterways, preventing damage to creeks, rivers, and lakes

• Miners over harvested trees, destroyed local trails and paths, and hunted local animals to extinction.

How does the cartoon reflect American immigration policy in the late 1800s?

• Immigrants to the United States was strictly limited in the late 1800s, but exceptions were made to allow Chinese immigrants to enter

• There were few limitations on immigration in the late 1800s, but strict laws and policies limited entry for most Asian immigrants

• Immigration was seen as helpful for the growth of the United States, and there was little political or social resistance to new immigrant groups.

• There were not limiting immigration to the United States before 1900, as long as immigrants were peaceful, orderly, and industrious.