Labor Unions were created for what reasons

• Increase demand for skilled workers

• Decrease the power of Political Machines

• Protect workers interests

• Decrease profitability in agriculture

Irish immigrants faced discrimination in the United States primarily for what reason

• They were Roman Catholic

• They objected to Political Machines

• They spoke little English

• They brought diseases with them

How did settlers adapt to they Great Plains

• Use of the Steel Plow

• Built Sod Houses

• Used the Bessemer Process to construct huge buildings

• Developed dry farming techniques

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882 in an effort to...

• Reduce competition for jobs

• Prevent further depletion of Natural Resources

• Address the lack of urban housing

• discourage anti-American activism

The "Manufacturer Builder" pamphlet here shows how the country changed fromc

• A direct democracy to a representative one

• An isolationist country to an interventionist one

• A slave-owning society to a free society

• A rural to urban Society

Which agency was developed to conserve the scenery and natural objects/wild life?

• The Geological Survey

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement

• National Parks Service

• Bureau of Land Management

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

• End warfare between Native Americans and the U.S. Military

• Promote Native American investment in private businesses

• Assimilation of Native Americans

• Turn reservations into cooperate farmland

How did the 19th Amendment expand democracy?

• It prohibited discrimination based on Race

• It eliminated Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests

• It prohibited discrimination based on Gender

• It lowered the voting age to 18

Who most influenced the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act?

• Entrepenuers

• Muckrakers

• Immigrants

• Farmers

Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" led to regulations enforced by the

• Food and Drug Administration

• Center for Disease Control

• Department of Commerce

• Department of the Interior