Advanced US History Part B Final Exam Review

What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

• an act that offered 160 acres to any person who could improve and live on the land for 5 years.

  
  

• an Act that removed American Indians from their homes in Oklahoma and moved them to reservations

  
  

• an Act that gave 160 acres to American males who promised to live on the land and take care of it

  
  

• an Act that forced Mormons to give up polygamy and stop their efforts to make their own political party

  
  

• an Act that attempted to get American Indians to become landowners

  
  

Which program denied American Indians the use of their languages, forced them to cut their hair, denied the practice of traditional ceremonies, and forced adoption of American names?

• Indian Boarding Schools

  
  

• the Dawes Severalty Act

  
  

• the Curtis Act

  
  

• the Trail of Tears

  
  

• the reservation lifestyle

  
  

What was a leading cause of strikes and riots during the Industrial Revolution?

• cuts in wages

  
  

• Chinese immigrants receiving less than white workers

  
  

• unfair treatment by government officials

  
  

• racism in the work place

  
  

• unfair pay for women in the work place

  
  

Why did the US Congress pass an exclusion act in 1882 barring Chinese immigrants?

• because Chinese immigrants would work for low wages, which labor leaders felt took jobs away from US citizens

  
  

• because the Chinese immigrants refused to work for low wages, which labor leaders felt added jobs to the US economy

  
  

• because the federal government had decided to ban all immigration to control the size of the US population

  
  

• because the trend of Chinese immigrants to large urban cities harmed the industrialization of the US economy

  
  

• because only immigrants from southern and eastern European countries contributed to the US "melting pot" culture

  
  

What role did political machines serve in cities?

• satisfying voter needs and making the bosses wealthy

  
  

• ensuring public harmony and safety

  
  

• educating and serving the public good

  
  

• providing honest voting and experienced public servants

  
  

• alleviating racism and ethnic prejudice

  
  

Why were organizations like the YMCA, YWCA, and Salvation Army created?

• to Americanize and help the poor

  
  

• to educate middle class on immigrant lifestyle

  
  

• to feed and cloth the poor

  
  

• to determine which immigrants were succeeding in America

  
  

• to generate characters for muckraker novels

  
  

Which description best defines the politics of the Gilded Age?

• patronage and bribery

  
  

• reforming federal abuses

  
  

• prosperity

• strong presidential leadership

  
  

What was the main goal of the Farmers’ Alliance?

• regulated railroad rates

  
  

• low income taxes

  
  

• cheaper land and supplies

  
  

• higher quality planting

  
  

• 8-hour work day

  
  

Which of the following describes the content of the Seventeenth Amendment?

• direct election of Senators

  
  

• direct removal of a Senator

  
  

• direct election of a president

  
  

• direct removal of a president

  
  

• direct abolition of manufacturing and selling alcohol

  
  

What did the Federal Reserve Act create?

• It created a centralized banking system for our nation.

  
  

• It enforced conservation of land and created monuments.

  
  

• It supported 10 national banks in the nation without a central banking system.

  
  

• It created a federal income tax.

  
  

• It prohibited child labor.