Standard 1 test

Which statement best describes the economic significance of the event shown in the political cartoon?

• It led to the near extinction of buffalo through widespread slaughter.

• It led to treaties that eventually forced American Indians onto reservations.

• It improved communication between people living on the East and West coasts.

• It brought products from eastern industries to the growing markets west of the Mississippi.

Which statement best describes one way in which the Dawes Severalty Act affected American Indians?

• The act required American Indians to apply for land allotments and learn new farming techniques, resulting in increased crop yields.

• The act allowed settlers to buy surplus land allotments and assimilate with the American Indians, resulting in the strengthening of tribal identities.

• The act allowed the federal government to break up tribal land and sell surplus land to new settlers, weakening American Indian tribal identity.

Which statement best describes how the completion of the first transcontinental railroad lines affected the economy of the post-Reconstruction era in the United States?

• It transformed human transportation by reducing the amount of time it took people to travel east.

• It made commerce available on a vast scale by providing a faster and cheaper way to move goods from coast to coast.

• It led to growing confidence among Americans by inducing them to believe that they could take on an even greater technological quest.

• It changed the concept of reality for many Americans by allowing them to see what other regions of the country looked like.

Which statement describes a major effect of this legislation?

• A. American Indian land was sold to white settlers.

• B. American Indians were able to maintain their tribal identity.

• C. American Indians were eager to gain American citizenship.

• D. American Indian tribes gained millions of acres of land in the West.

Which of the following answer choices best describes the term that defines the “God-ordained” duty and responsibility to expand from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast?

• Boundary Exploration

• Expansion Ordinance

• Manifest Destiny

• Continental Divide

Which of the following was an act that allowed the federal government to break up tribal land and sell surplus land to new settlers, weakening American Indian tribal identity?

• American Indian Removal Act

• Dawes Severalty Act

• Displacement Act

• Tribal Redistribution Act

Select all of the following amendments that are Reconstruction Amendments.

• 13th, 14th, 15th

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd

• 16th, 17th, 18th

• 10th, 11th, 12th

Which of the following answer choices best describes the impact of the transcontinental railroad?

• The transcontinental railroad helped ease racial conflict.

• The transcontinental railroad expanded the market for farmers.

• The transcontinental railroad was not harmful to the environment.

• The transcontinental railroad gave upper-class white men jobs.

How was the mining industry most impacted after Reconstruction?

• Mining for railroad tracks provided a safe, stable job.

• Most of the mining laborers were Mexican and Chinese immigrants.

• Most of the mines in the West were owned by Chinese immigrants.

• Native Americans were very active in the mining industry.

How was the cattle industry revolutionized by the transcontinental railroad?

• The transcontinental railroad spread Texas fever, which led to breakthroughs in veterinary medicine.

• The transcontinental railroad had little effect on the cattle industry because cowboys still preferred cattle drives.

• The transcontinental railroad discouraged the expansion of cattle markets and the distribution of beef on Indian reservations.

• The transcontinental railroad helped settle the West by providing transportation and better access to markets in the East.