Gilded Age Test Review

The purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1877 was to

• return lands to American Indian tribes

• move American Indian tribes to reservations

• assimilate American Indian tribes into U.S. society

• draft members of American Indian tribes into the U.S. military

One result of the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 includes

• a rush to grab free land in the Great Plains

• an influx of Chinese immigrants to California

• the building of large urban centers in the West

• the creation of Indian reservations in the Southwest

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

• Railroads

• Electricity

• steam power

• telegraph systems

How did industrialization in the United States change the lives of women and children in the nineteenth century?

• Women and children gained higher social status as business owners.

• Women and children were more educated in order to compete for jobs.

• Women and children increasingly became wage earns in their families.

• Women and children rose as leaders in the movement to organize labor

During the Gilded Age, increased immigration to the United States from southern and eastern Europe resulted in

• growing nativist sentiments

• increasing religious tolerance

• declining economic conditions

• changing attitudes about women’s roles

How did U.S. schools contribute to the Americanization movement to assimilate immigrants?

• Schools promoted the use and study of diverse languages

• Schools operated as centers for a process of cultural learning

• Schools allowed for various culture groups to live more closely

• Schools ensured that immigrant children would become literate

The issue of unemployment and declining wages on the west coast led to which of the legislative actions?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Pendleton Act

How did industrialization bring about the development of groups like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

• Industrialization reduced the demand for workers who were replaced by machines

• Industrialization contributed to urbanization and unsanitary living conditions for many

• Industrialization created low-wage, low-skill jobs with workers who could be replaced easily

• Industrialization resulted in the accumulation of huge fortunes for capitalists and political bosses.

While big businesses grew with industrialization of the late 1800s, the agricultural sector of the time was characterized by

• high unemployment for farmers who were replaced by mechanization

• too many farmers competing against each other resulting in low prices

• overproduction resulting in low prices for products and debt for farmers

• a boom in demand, high prices for products, and low costs for transportation

The steel industry in the United States expanded largely because

• large deposits of steel were discovered in western states

• the Bessemer process made steel production more affordable

• European immigrants introduced new steel production techniques

• telephone and telegraph lines required large amount of steel to build