Reviewing Major Concepts: Settling the West & The Gilded Age

The ________________granted up to 160 acres of land to a head of household as long as certain requirements were met.

• Pendleton Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

Which of the following was NOT a requirement of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• Head of Household (21 years)

• A Home had to be built

• Farm the land & make improvements

• Down payment of $10,000

The Bessemer process made ______production more affordable and a more durable product.

• Oil

• Copper

• Steel

• Coal

Which of the following groups was MOST responsible for the urban growth of the late 1800s?

• homesteaders

• railroad workers

• displaced farmers

• new immigrants

The _______intended to assimilate Native Americans in 1887 but it led to the loss of millions of acres of land.

• Dawes Act

• Pendleton Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

What is the BEST term to describe nativists of the early 20th century?

• patriots

• anti-immigrants

• socialists

• inhabitants

_______________ overcrowded houses that were rented out as separate residences, and were especially run-down.

• Laissez-faire

• Tenements

• Sod homes

• Lofts

Some critics during the Gilded Age argued that entrepreneurs unfairly reduced competition in the market by___________.

• forming trusts and creating monopolies

• donating to political campaigns

• paying low wages and hiring unskilled workers

• investing in machines and fighting labor leaders

___________was a political leader who embezzled money for approximately 20 years in New York City.

• Thomas Nast

• Thomas Scott

• Andrew Carnegie

• William Boss Tweed

Who is MOST associated with political machines in New York?

• Jacob Riis

• Andrew Carnegie

• William Boss Tweed

• John D. Rockefeller