US History Unit 6 EOC Review

This photograph by Jacob Riis (1889) reflects the conditions that would have been found in

• the West.

• the rural South.

• industrial areas.

• Indian Reservations.

The Transcontinental Railroads that opened up the West had a devastating effect on

• cattle ranchers.

• Native Americans.

• merchants on the West coast who relied on trade across the Pacific for their livelihood.

• U.S. soldiers who had just fought in the Civil War and were now transferred to the West to keep the peace.

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for

• investing in the economic development of Latin America.

• pledging to help Japan and Russia negotiate a peace settlement.

• prohibiting foreign countries from purchasing land in the Western Hemisphere.

• intervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors.

John D. Rockefeller was able to monopolize the oil market, due to

• driving out or buying other oil industries; hiring only immigrants and former slaves, so he was able to pay workers far less money; received large investments from wealthy Americans that allowed him to excel quicker

• vertical consolidation- buying/driving out all other oil companies and/or entrepreneurs and horizontal consolidation- buying into all other industries needed to minimize costs, maximize profits, and dominate the oil market

• horizontal consolidation- buying/driving out all other oil companies and/or entrepreneurs and vertical consolidation- buying into all other industries needed to minimize costs, maximize profits, and dominate the oil market

• driving out or buying other oil industries; hiring only immigrants and former slaves, so he was able to pay workers far less money; invested money into the campaigns of major political leaders to avoid strict business laws

The cartoon would have been MOST likely to have been published in

• the late 1700s.

• the late 1800s.

• the early 1800s.

• the early 1900s

The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909. Given the year, with which of these movements would it be MOST associated?

• Populist Movement

• Free Soil Movement

• Gilded Age Movement

• Progressive Movement

Chinese Exclusion Act; May 6, 1882

An Act to Execute Certain Treaty Stipulations Relating to Chinese Whereas, in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.

This law states that the "Chinese laborers to this country endanger the good order of certain localities" in the United States. Which of these would represent a "locality" that would MOST LIKELY have wanted this law created and passed?

• Chicago

• Atlanta

• Philadephia

• San Francisco

Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?

• More people became craftsmen and artisans.

• More people moved to rural areas in search of work.

• Fewer women and children were used in industrial jobs.

• The economy was increasingly controlled by big corporations.

The Sioux and Sitting Bull led the attack on General George Armstrong Custer's cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Why did the Sioux take this course of action?

• General Custer wanted Congress to outlaw the Sioux's ritual Ghost Dance.

• The Transcontinental Railroad was moving through the area the Sioux inhabited.

• Sioux leaders had forged a military alliance with French Canadian forces in an attempt to take back land.

• The U.S. Government had broken promises to let the Sioux remain in the Black Hills and was attempting to force them from those lands.

A major reason why the United States oversaw the building of the Panama Canal was to

• fulfill our treaty obligations to Spain

• increase the prosperity of Central America.

• insure the re-election of President McKinley.

• increase the mobility of the U.S. naval fleet.