Worksheetshistory test 2
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When the gold was gone, towns that were once boomtowns often became
a)
gold towns
b)
bust towns
c)
ghost towns
d)
booming towns
2.
What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?
a)
Dawes Act
b)
National Grange
c)
Farmers' Alliances
d)
Homestead Act
3.
The Plains Indians met their need for food by hunting
a)
chickens
b)
wild pigs
c)
buffalo
d)
horses
4.
The Peoples Paty was also known as the
a)
Bankers Party
b)
Populist Party
c)
Republican People's Party
d)
Democratic People's Party
5.
You can talk to your friends on the phone because of
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
George Westinghouse
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
6.
Who created the assembly line and the Model T?
a)
Wilbur Wright
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
7.
Having almost total control of an industry is called a
a)
corporation.
b)
vertical integration.
c)
merger.
d)
monopoly.
8.
After 1892, European immigrants coming to the East Coast entered through
a)
Ellis Island.
b)
San Francisco Harbor.
c)
Angel Island.
d)
Washington, D.C.
9.
Many immigrants lived in
a)
the suburbs.
b)
steerage.
c)
rural areas.
d)
tenements.
10.
What were variety shows featuring dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts?
a)
the movies
b)
public poetry readings
c)
"moving picture" shows
d)
vaudeville shows
11.
In 1858 gold was found on
a)
Mount Everest.
b)
Mount St. Helens.
c)
Pikes Peak.
d)
Pinnacle Peak.
12.
What was the Oklahoma land rush?
a)
the relocation of Native Americans to Oklahoma
b)
an avalance
c)
the opening of Oklahoma land to homesteaders
d)
an earthquake
13.
Who did the Populist Party endorse as their candidate for president in 1896?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
William McKinley
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
George M. Pullman
14.
Railroad companies bought smaller companies or drove them out of business during their
a)
time zone divisioning.
b)
early development
c)
expansion
d)
downsizing
15.
How could companies raise capital to run and expand their businesses?
a)
sell shares of stock
b)
become a monopoly
c)
donate money to libraries
d)
unionize their workers
16.
When unions represent workers in bargaining with management, it is called
a)
individual bargaining.
b)
separate bargaining
c)
collective bargaining
d)
trade bargaining
17.
In the mid-1880's, large groups of "new" immigrants arrived from
a)
Australia.
b)
Canada.
c)
Mexico.
d)
eastern and southern Europe.
18.
Disease and crime were problems caused by what change in city populations?
a)
rapid decline
b)
a rapid growth
c)
a move to the suburbs
d)
a move to rural towns
19.
Mark Twain's writing is an example of American realism and
a)
regionalism.
b)
transcendentalism.
c)
science fiction.
d)
journalism.
20.
A favorite leisure-time activity for many people was
a)
taking college courses.
b)
watching car races.
c)
attending Broadway shows.
d)
watching and following sports.
21.
Of the many miners who tried to strike it rich in the gold and silver rushes, how many succeeded?
a)
all
b)
most
c)
few
d)
none
22.
The transcontinental rail line connected the Atlantic coast to
a)
the Indian coast.
b)
the Great Lakes cost.
c)
the Pacific coast
d)
the Lake Champlain coast
23.
Which animal was raised by dancers on the open range?
a)
cattle
b)
antelope
c)
buffalo
d)
ostrich
24.
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 give to settlers?
a)
cattle
b)
plows
c)
wagons
d)
land
25.
What form of transportation was important in American economic growth just after the Civil War?
a)
automobiles
b)
ships
c)
railroads
d)
airplanes
26.
A substance that became valuable in the 1850's was
a)
silicon.
b)
oil.
c)
wheat.
d)
polyester.
27.
When did American cities grow rapidly?
a)
after the Civil War
b)
after the war of 1812
c)
after the Revolutionary War
d)
during the Revolutionary War
28.
Emigrate means to
a)
leaver your homeland
b)
return to your homeland
c)
become a land owner
d)
come into a foreign country
29.
What was the purpose of Ellis Island in New York in 1892?
a)
tourist attraction
b)
immigrant processing center
c)
vacation resort
d)
base of the Statue of Liberty
30.
The music from jazz developed in the late 1800's in
a)
America.
b)
England.
c)
Europe.
d)
Hungary.
31.
Pikes Peak is in which mountain range?
a)
Andes
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Colorado Rockies
d)
Cascade Range
32.
Which metal set off a mining rush in 1859?
a)
gold
b)
tin
c)
iron
d)
lead
33.
A transcontinental railroad spans
a)
a state.
b)
an ocean.
c)
a continent.
d)
a city.
34.
Railroads helped the United States expand into
a)
the East.
b)
Canada.
c)
Mexico.
d)
the West.
35.
Which invention linked communication between the United States and Europe in 1866?
a)
telegraph
b)
ships
c)
mail
d)
airplane
36.
Work conditions in factories in the late 1800s included
a)
hort hours and easy work.
b)
unhealthy, unsafe environments.
c)
high wages.
d)
quiet, healthy environments.
37.
Beginning in the 1880's, skyscrapers were built
a)
in cities.
b)
in small rural towns.
c)
in forests.
d)
along farm roads.
38.
What became available to ore Americans toward the end of the 1800s?
a)
plantations
b)
education
c)
executive jobs
d)
computer technology
39.
What were people looking for when they moved to the cities in the late 1800s?
a)
jobs
b)
family members
c)
better weather
d)
smaller housing
40.
Which of the following was a benefit of living in a city in 1900?
a)
tenement housing
b)
fresh air
c)
public libraries
d)
sweatshops
41.
Comstock boomtown
a)
Virginia City, Nevada
b)
railroad barons
c)
The Gilded Age
d)
vaquero
42.
Hispanic ranch hand
a)
Joseph Pulizter
b)
cooperative
c)
Wounded Knee
d)
vaquero
43.
site of Lakota Sioux massacre
a)
Virginia City, Nevada
b)
sodbuster
c)
The Gilded age
d)
Wounded Knee
44.
a Plains farmer
a)
cooperative
b)
shareholders
c)
sodbuster
d)
steerage
45.
farmer's market
a)
cooperative
b)
shareholders
c)
sterrage
d)
sodbuster
46.
controlled nation's rail traffic
a)
cooperative
b)
railroad barons
c)
The Gilded age
d)
shareholders
47.
receive dividends
a)
shareholders
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
steerage
d)
vaquero
48.
immigrant travel
a)
vaquero
b)
railroad barons
c)
cooperative
d)
steerage
49.
describes the late 1800s
a)
The Gilded age
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Joseph Pulitzer
d)
Virginia City, Nevada
50.
yellow journalist of the world
a)
Joseph Pulitzer
b)
shareholers
c)
steerage
d)
vaquero
51.
Congress made these four things official in 1918
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ghost Dance
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
time zones
52.
Native American ritual to regain greatness
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Farmers' Alliances
c)
Ghost Dance
d)
American Federation of Labor
53.
networks of organizations led by rural reformers
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
Farmers' Alliance
d)
time zones
54.
city where Henry Ford worked as an engineer
a)
Detroit, Michigan
b)
Titusville, Pennsylvania
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Andrew Carnegie
55.
site of Edwin L. Drake's oil well
a)
Titusville, Pennsylvania
b)
Detroit, Michigan
c)
Angel Island
d)
time zones
56.
federal law prohibiting trusts and monoplies
a)
American Federation of Labor
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Farmer's Alliances
d)
Angel Island
57.
national trade union under the leadership of Samuel Gompers
a)
Angel Island
b)
Sherman Antiturst Act
c)
Jane Addams
d)
American Federation of Labor
58.
immigrant processing center of the West Coast
a)
Detroit, Michigan
b)
Titusville, Pennsylvania
c)
Angel Island
d)
Jane Addams
59.
founder of Hull House settlement house in Chicago
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Sherman Antitrust Act
d)
Ghost Dance
60.
donated money to build libraries
a)
American Federation of Labor
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Andrew Carnegie
61.
A way to take large herds to railway shipping points
a)
Crazy Horse
b)
cattle drive
c)
reservation
d)
Statue of Liberty
62.
president of the AFL
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Samuel Gompers
63.
land set aside for Native Americans
a)
cattle drives
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
reservation
d)
Booker T. Washington
64.
Sioux leader who resisted resettlement
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Samuel Gompers
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Crazy Horse
65.
developed the telephone
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Samuel Gompers
66.
developed the first workable lightbulb
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
John D. Rockefellar
d)
Booker T. Washington
67.
introduced the assembly line-built Model T
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Thomas Edison
68.
created a corporate empire in oil
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Samuel Gompers
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
69.
stands in New York Harbor to greet immigrants
a)
Statue of Liberty
b)
reservation
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
70.
educator who founded a school to train teachers (Tuskegee Institute)
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Samuel Gompers
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
71.
community that quickly grew near a mining town
a)
boomtown
b)
ghost town
c)
slum
d)
suburb
72.
deserted community
a)
slum
b)
boomtown
c)
corporation
d)
ghost town
73.
area sharing the same time
a)
time zone
b)
cow town
c)
suburb
d)
corporation
74.
towns near railroads where cattle were marketed and shipped
a)
sweatshop
b)
corporation
c)
cow town
d)
boomtown
75.
practice of combining separate companies
a)
corporation
b)
consolidation
c)
assembly line
d)
time zone
76.
manufacturing process producing large quantites of goods
a)
cow town
b)
slum
c)
corporation
d)
assembly line
77.
company that sells shares or stock of its business
a)
corporation
b)
ghost town
c)
consolidation
d)
boomtown
78.
crowded urban factory
a)
assembly line
b)
corporation
c)
sweatshop
d)
slum
79.
poor, run-down urban neighborhood
a)
suburb
b)
ghost town
c)
boomtown
d)
slum
80.
residential areas outside of city centers
a)
slum
b)
ghost town
c)
suburb
d)
boomtown
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