Gilded Age 2 Friday Quiz

What was the Homestead Act?

• The Homestead Act granted land to non-citizens who did not live on the land
• The Homestead Act provided free land in the eastern United States to citizens
• The Homestead Act provided free land in the western United States to citizens who would live on and farm the land for five years.
• The Homestead Act required citizens to pay for land in the western United States

What was the Dawes Act?

• The Dawes Act was a law passed in 1899 that granted Native Americans full citizenship rights.
• The Dawes Act was a law passed in 1905 that established reservations for Native Americans.
• The Dawes Act was a law passed in 1876 that prohibited Native Americans from owning land.
• The Dawes Act was a law passed in 1887 that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by dividing their tribal lands into individual plots.

What did Nativists want?

• Restrict immigration and preserve dominance of white, native-born Americans
• Support equal rights for all immigrants
• Encourage open borders and free movement
• Promote diversity and multiculturalism

How did the United States treat Native Americans during the Gilded Age?

• With respect - by honoring their traditions and culture
• Poorly - through forced assimilation efforts.

• Generously - by sharing resources and land
• Fairly - by providing equal rights and opportunities

Railroads brought people and supplies and promoted the rapid settlement of which region?

The Chinese Exclusion Act was used to protect jobs in which region?

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

• Stopped Chinese immigration to protect Jobs in the West

• Stopped all immigration

• Successfully lowered the amount of immigration to allow wages to rise

• Punished factory owners for not paying their workers a fair wage

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• to provide free land to Native American tribes.

• to establish a monarchy in the western United States.

• to restrict settlement and development of the western United States.

• to encourage settlement and development of the western United States.

Who invented the light bulb?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Nikola Tesla
• Thomas Edison

How did the Bessemer Steel Process impact the USA?

• Mass production of steel led to World War I

• The Bessemer Steel Process led to a decrease in steel production in the USA.
• Mass production of steel led to the construction of more railroads, factories, and skyscrapers.

• The Bessemer Steel Process had no impact on the USA.