Advanced US History Part B Unit 1 Review Game

Barbed wire and windmills were new technologies in which Wild West profession?

• farming

• cattle ranching

• mining

• lumber cutting

• railroad construction

The migration of America westward is also called what?

• westward expansion

• Homestead Act

• Curtis Act

• relocation

• supply and demand

In which of the following does supply and demand play an integral part?

• farming

• girl homesteaders

• gold speculators

• Mormons

• Native Americans

How did the transcontinental railroad develop the west?

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  It made travel easier for people migrating west, brought cattle and food products to market, and created jobs for thousands of immigrants working on the railroad.

  
  

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  It forced American Indians to work harder to keep their land and generated loathing for the governments move westward.

  
  

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  It caused women to lose jobs in the work force.

  
  

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  It made travel from New York to Boston much easier, causing a rise in the stock market.

  
  

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  It created jobs for Americans and helped those already living out west visit family and friends, but it caused the destruction of the farming industry.

  
  

Who rejected the Worcester v. Georgia ruling in hopes that the land they occupied would go to white settlers?

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  Andrew Jackson

  
  

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  Captain Richard H. Pratt

  
  

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  Emmeline B. Wells

  
  

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  Samuel Austin Worchester

  
  

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  Elihu Butler

  
  

How was laissez-faire used in the Industrial Revolution?

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  The government believed they should leave big businesses alone to do what they wanted.

  
  

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  The government tried hard to manage the growing industrialization of America.

  
  

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  Big businesses believed they should leave workers alone to get work done at their own pace.

  
  

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  Big businesses found ways to closely manage workers during work hours.

  
  

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  Immigrants were allowed to enter the country to work for the growing industries.

  
  

Why did companies want to crush labor unions?

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  If labor unions did well companies would have to pay their workers more and have shorter workdays.

  
  

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  If labor unions did well more workers would want longer work shifts.

  
  

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  If labor unions did well companies would be taken to court more often.

  
  

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  If labor unions did well more workers would be forced to achieve citizenship before employment.

  
  

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  If labor unions did well more children and women would be allowed in the work force.

  
  

What were labor unions trying to achieve throughout the Industrial Revolution?

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  higher wages

  
  

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  equality among immigrants

  
  

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  equality among skilled and unskilled laborers

  
  

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  fewer working days

  
  

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  general upkeep of living conditions

  
  

What was an effect of vertical integration?

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  It allowed ultimate control of production and a cheaper product and greater profit.

  
  

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  It generated mass corruption within the government after the labor unions were dispersed.

  
  

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  It provided an opportunity for government officials to have their hands in big business.

  
  

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  It allowed ultimate use of immigrant labor and created a cheap work force.

  
  

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  It was a way for big businesses to pool and split earnings, creating mass corruption.

  
  

What term describes the belief that current inhabitants of an area are better than incoming immigrants?

• nativism

• melting pot

• Little Italy

• settlement houses

• Exclusion Act