Unit 2 Quiz

Congested, overcrowded, and pollution were some problems due to-

• Urbanization

• Westward Expansion

• The Klondike Gold Rush

• The Transcontinental Railroad

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed due to-

• low wages & unemployment in the West Coast

• low wages & unemployment in the South

• plenty of jobs and high wages in the country

• plenty of jobs and high wages in the West coast

During the Gilded Age, people moved from _____ areas to ______ areas.

• Urban, rural

• Western, eastern

• Eastern, western

• Rural, urban

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

• cultural diffusion / globalization

• acculturation / industrialization

• assimilation / americanization

• overspeculation / urbanization

Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Gospel of Wealth

Term for a period of time characterized by certain political, social, or economic events.

• Time capsule

• Era

• Timeline

• Genre

What were the causes of the rise of labor unions?

• Poor and unsafe work place, low wages, child labor, long hours,

• Better and safe work place, high wages, child labor, short hours

• Poor and unsafe work place, low wages, no child labor, short hours

• all of the above

How did electricity impact United States industry?

• Businesses were opened less hours, were more efficient and improved safety in the workplace.

• Businesses could stay open longer, were more efficient, and improved safety in the workplace.

• Business could stay open longer, less efficient, and did not improve safety in the workplace.

• Business could stay open longer, were more efficient, and did not improve safety in the workplace.

How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?

• It supported their existing cultural traditions

• It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains

• It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture

• It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River