Semester 1 final test US History.

Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because:

• It was illegal for them to live elsewhere.

• They had no interest in building new lives in the United States.

• Housing was not available in other areas.

• It was a way to help to make the adjustment to the United States Easier.

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

The​ is the amendment which outlaws race-based discrimination in voting.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

What is the takeover of weaker nations by stronger nations called?

• Imperialism

• Defense

• Free Market

• Nationalism

Which factors "pulled" immigrants to America?

• starvation, land, violence

• jobs, political freedom, religious freedom, land

• religious freedom, land, jobs, violence

• war, jobs, political freedom, land

True or false? After the Civil War, industrialization increased rapidly and labor needs in the farming industry decreased.

• True

• False

• Both

True or False? Women and children were paid more than men in industrial factories during the Gilded Age.

• True

• False

• Both

Since the fighting in WWI was so fierce, what did the soldiers soon begin fighting from?

• The air
• The seas
• trenches
• bases

Biased communication intended to influence people’s thoughts and actions is known as ____________________.

• Propaganda
• Espionage
• Sedition
• Dissent

The movement of Africa Americans & other minorities to the northern US during the war was the Great _______.

• Awakening
• Migration
• Movement
• Exodus