Unit 6: Industrial Revolution

What was the government's main motivation in passing the Homestead Act of 1862?

• to collect additional tax revenue from farmers on the Great Plains

• to encourage people to settle and farm western lands

• to make a profit by selling western lands to new immigrants

• to provide land to companies willing to build a railroad

What statement best characterizes the impact railroads had on ranchers and farmers in the West?

• The railroads opened up markets for ranchers and farmers to sell products in Canada. 

• The railroads opened up markets for ranchers and farmers to sell products in Mexico.

• The railroads opened up markets for ranchers and farmers to sell products in the east.

• The railroads opened up markets for ranchers and farmers to sell products in Alaska.

During the Industrial Age, how did the government's support for the construction of the railroads impact the Native Americans in the West?

• It provided high-paying jobs for many tribe members.

• It allowed tribes to sell their land for a large profit.

• It led to clashes that eventually resulted in the reservation system.

• It preserved their culture as more people interacted with the tribes.

Assimilation policies put in place by the United States government in the late 1800s were intended to do what?

• prevent Native Americans from setting up farms in the West

• help Native Americans to relocate outside of the United States

• end discrimination against Native American tribes

• force the Native Americans to give up their way of life

What general was outnumbered and killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George A. Custer

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

During the Industrial Age, why did the federal government adopt tariffs on imported goods?

• to promote trade with China and Europe

• to increase prices on farm products sold to Europe

• to encourage growth of domestic industries

• to reduce the need for a federal income tax

This diagram shows some characteristics of America in the late 1800s. What title would complete this diagram?

• Push Factors of Immigration

• Reasons Westward Expansion Ended

• Reasons Monopolies and Trusts Failed

• Factors That Contributed to Industrialization

What business practice of Standard Oil was criticized by muckrakers such as Ida Tarbell?

• forming a monopoly by taking over smaller companies

• fighting for greater government regulation of the oil industry

• unsuccessfully battling European competition

• forming dangerous limited partnerships

How did the ideas of Social Darwinism impact the economic culture of the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• It justified the growth of large businesses at the expense of smaller businesses.

• It promoted the use of government programs to improve the situation for poor citizens.

• It led to the formation of labor unions as a way to improve working conditions.

• It led to support for a private school system to give wealthy children the best education.

Which action was justified by the ideas in Andrew Carnegie's theory of the "Gospel of Wealth"?

• the formation of monopolies and trusts

• the creation of a welfare system to help the poor

• government control over corporations

• an unwillingness to give back to the community