Unit 7

Which one caused the other three?

• United States troops fought a series of battles with Native American Indians
• The buffalo population was hunted to near extinction
• Gold and other precious metals were discovered in California.
• Reservations were developed for resettlement of Native Americans.

Which of the following would be the best use of the photo above?

• Studying the causes of WWII.
• Learning about the importance of the Erie Canal.
• Studying how white settlement affected Natives living in the west.
• Learning about difficulties faced by Prohibition Agents.

American Industrialization caused

• a decrease in air and water pollution
• people to buy more homemade products
• an increase in urbanization.
• fewer immigrants coming into the United States from Western Europe

Based on the graph below, what change occured between 1850 and 1900?

• The rural population had tripled by 1900
• the percentage of Americans living in cities increased by 1900
• By 1900,more people lived in urban areas than rural areas
• as industry grew the rural population of america also increased

During the industrial era, dangers and poor working conditions and pay in coal mines could lead to which of the following actions?

• The national government would order an investigation of factory working conditions.
• workers forming unions like the Knights of Labor or the American Federation of Labor
• more inventions would be created and patented
• the use of steel would increase due to the widespread use of the Bessemer Process

Why did many turn of the century factories use child labor?

• children could be paid less than adults.
• children worked harder and faster than the other workers.
• children could read and write better than their parents.
• parents wanted something for their children to do while they weren't in school.

Why did businesses form trusts, pools, and monopolies?

• make sure to provide a variety of products to customers
• Increased profits by eliminating competition
• employ a greater number of women and minorities
• make sure that workers were protected from industrial accidents

In the early 1900's many immigrants settled in cities because

• farmland had become very expensive.
• jobs were available in factories for unskilled workers.
• there was more housing available in cities.
• they came mainly from large cities in their home countries.

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,Send these, the homeless, Tempest-tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The main message of this poem was to

• encourage African Americans to demand equal rights
• demand restrictions to unchecked immigration
• welcome new immigrants coming to the United States.
• support the idea of limiting immigration from certain parts of the world

When people lived in ethnic communities they often faced difficulties with

• racism
• assimilation.
• industrialization
• urbanization.