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WorksheetsLate 1800's (1860's to 1890)
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 41mins
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Class
Date
1.
What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?
a)
The Homestead Promise
b)
The Homestead Neighborhood
c)
The Homestead Act of 1862
d)
The Homestead farmland
2.
The transcontinental railroad joined together where?
a)
Denver, Colorado
b)
Salt Lake City, Utah
c)
Promontory, Utah
d)
Carson City, Nevada
3.
The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to--
a)
promote cultural assimilation of American Indians.
b)
turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmlands.
c)
end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military.
d)
promote American Indian investment in private industry.
4.
Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?
a)
Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.
b)
Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to public property through homesteading.
c)
Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
d)
Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.
5.
Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?
a)
steel plow
b)
reaper
c)
windmill
d)
barbed wire
6.
Invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the
a)
development of the Great Plains
b)
growth of the plantation system of agriculture
c)
extension of slavery into the western territories
d)
gold rushes in California and Nevada
7.
Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought wars against Indians on Great Plains
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Buffalo Wings
c)
Buffalo Navy
d)
Buffalo Riders
8.
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, massacred the U.S. 7th Cavalry led by General George Custer
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Little Big Horn
d)
Big Little Horn
9.
What group of people wanted to limit immigration in the US in the 1900s?
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Nativists
c)
Business Owners
10.
What was the most famous political machine of New York City?
a)
Johnson Hall
b)
Tammany Hall
c)
Carnegie Hall
11.
The practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs.
a)
Muckraking
b)
The Spoils System
c)
The Civil Service
d)
Idealism
12.
The period between the 1870s and 1890s was known as _________________.
a)
The Civil Service Age
b)
The Roaring Twenties
c)
The Age of Reason
d)
The Gilded Age
13.
In 1883, Congress passed the ______________ Act. It created a Civil Service Commission to conduct exams for federal jobs.
a)
Sherman
b)
Jackson
c)
Horatio
d)
Pendleton
14.
One limitation on the amount of money in circulation in the late 19th century was which of the following?
a)
Mc Kinley Act
b)
Granger Laws
c)
free coinage of silver
d)
gold standard
15.
Fiat money ___.
a)
has value
b)
is legal tender
c)
is not cash
d)
is counterfeit
16.
What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Devil Island
d)
Alcatraz
17.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
18.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
19.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a)
Letting Chinese in America with open arms
b)
Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years
c)
The Europeans taking over China
d)
Italians Immigrating to China
20.
What do we call the first settlement house that was created by Jane Addams?
a)
Hull House
b)
Hall House
c)
Safe House
d)
Sull House
21.
What was the name of the group of corrupt politicians that took advantage of immigrants in New York City?
a)
Tammany Hall
b)
Timothy Hall
c)
Timmony Hall
d)
Tommy Hilfiger
22.
These aided in the process called "Americanization" where immigrants were taught to speak English and about American culture.
a)
American Schools
b)
Churches
c)
Neighborhood Parks
d)
Local Government
23.
Which reformer worked for women's rights?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
24.
Who was an education reformer?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
25.
Who was instrumental in the reform movement of the treatment of the insane?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
26.
Who believed that African Americans should fight to receive more rights?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Booker T. Washington
27.
What negative effect did use of barb wire on farms have?
a)
Led to the outbreak of range wars between farmers
b)
Many animals began to injure themselves
c)
Ranchers felt betrayed by their fellow neighbors
d)
The state rights were violated
28.
Besides white, what other ethnicities were cowboys in the late 1800s?
a)
Mexican American and African American
b)
Asian and African American
c)
Mexican American and Asian
d)
Mostly were white
29.
What major effect did railroads have on Texas cities in the late 1800s?
a)
The increased economic activity and population
b)
Brought slaves to western settlements
c)
Increased state legislation of major cities
30.
What was the job duty of a Buffalo soldier?
a)
To protect western settlers from Indian attacks
b)
To be the first responders in the Civil War
c)
Help transfer cattle in the transcontinental railroad
31.
Why were windmills necessary for the cattle industry in the late 1800s?
a)
They helped with the drought and easily gave water to farmers without a water source
b)
They helped transfer cattle in the railroads
c)
They helped navigate cattle in the cattle trails
d)
They ended the range wars
32.
How does the expansion of the railroad and the cattle industry relate to each other?
a)
The railroad benefited the cattle industry by expanding their business throughout the country
b)
The railroad business diminished the supply of cattle in Texas
c)
The increase of supply for cattle caused a fight between railroad companies
33.
Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest), when speaking about people like Rockefeller and Carnegie, refers to
a)
support fir unlimited immigration
b)
desegregation of public facilities
c)
the accumulation of great wealth by industrialists
d)
Use of strikes by organized labor
34.
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' because
a)
they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
b)
they stole money from the government
c)
they made risky investments
d)
they used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices
35.
The business practice used during the late 1800's to eliminate competition was
a)
developing overseas markets
b)
paying high wages to their workers
c)
forming monopolies or trusts
d)
increasing prices of their products
36.
Mark Twain labeled the late 1800's the "Gilded Age" because it describes
a)
extremes of wealth and poverty
b)
the end of slavery
c)
gains made by labor unions
d)
peace with foreign countries
37.
A major population trend during the late 1800's was
a)
sharp decline in babies being born
b)
movement from farms to cities
c)
decline in immigrants coming to America
d)
people moving from North to South in great numbers
38.
Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust to
a)
protect small oil firms
b)
increase competition among oil refining companies
c)
control prices and practices in the oil refining business
d)
distribute donations to charitable causes
39.
The basic goal of labor unions in the late 19th century was
a)
government control of industry
b)
equal pay for equal work
c)
shorter workday and higher wagews
d)
increased fringe benefits and medical coverage
40.
The RR s/trike of 1877, Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair all show that labor unions
a)
were willing to use force to achieve their goals
b)
unable to organize large groups of workers
c)
committed to laissez-faire capitalism
d)
were supported by the government
41.
Formation of national labor unions in the late 1800's was mainly because of
a)
passage of laws that supported workers
b)
laws restricting immigration
c)
poor working conditions and low wages
d)
economic depression that led to high unemployment
42.
One effect of monopolies is that they
a)
reduce competition
b)
keep prices low
c)
give consumers greater choice in products and services
d)
lead to a greater variety in goods
43.
Why were people fearful of immigrants?
a)
they were afraid they would bring disease into the United States
b)
they were afraid they would steal jobs
c)
the feared they would destroy America's culture
d)
they were fearful that they would claim land that Americans desired
44.
19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?
a)
Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Work in New York factories
c)
Contributions to the steel industry
d)
Contributions to John D. Rockefeller
45.
“Up to our own day American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, ...and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” - Prof. Jackson Turner
The above excerpt from Professor Turner's Thesis during the 1890's suggests that the American frontier:
The above excerpt from Professor Turner's Thesis during the 1890's suggests that the American frontier:
a)
was instrumental in the formation of an American character
b)
has mirrored colonial values and social patterns
c)
should be preserved for the free use of all people
d)
has had no effect on the growth of the United States
46.
What was the long-term impact of American expansion on Native American tribes in the American west after the Civil War?
a)
Most Native Americans were forced to flee to California, Canada and Mexico
b)
Most Native Americans were eventually assimilated into U.S. urban society.
c)
Most American Indians were forced onto reservations west of the Mississippi River.
d)
Most Native Americans were able to keep their ancestral land through the reservation system
47.
“This strange admixture of doctrines, culled from the tenets of almost every religious, as well as pagan sect, is modified from time to time to better suit their materialistic views, increase their despotism of the church, and sanction their lustful pleasures…” -Life Among the Mormons, and a march to their Zion, William Waters
Why did many Mormons migrate to the western United States?
Why did many Mormons migrate to the western United States?
a)
to pursue gold mining
b)
to increase their material wealth
c)
to learn more about the Native Americans pagan beliefs
d)
to escape religious persecution
48.
Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the map?
a)
The belief in laissez-faire economics prevented the federal government from giving land subsidies to railroads.
b)
The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction by giving large tracts of land to railroad companies.
c)
Western railroads generated little profit for their owners or shareholders.
d)
Railroad companies did not administer the land they needed for construction.
49.
What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act (1887)?
a)
To regulate the most controversial business practices
b)
To expand the positive impacts of the trusts
c)
To improve efficiency by favoring large businesses over smaller companies
d)
To increase government ownership of key industries
50.
“The history of the Government connections with the Indians is a shameful record of broken treaties and unfulfilled promises. The history of the border, white man’s connection with the Indians is a sickening record of murder, outrage, and wrongs committed by the former, as the rule, and occasional savage outbreaks and unspeakably barbarous deeds of retaliation by the latter, as the exception.”
The above quote was most likely stated by which person below?
The above quote was most likely stated by which person below?
a)
General Custer
b)
Helen Hunt Jackson
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
President Ulysses Grant
51.
The above pictures show the same Native American. The picture on the left was taken before the Dawes Act and the picture on the right after.
Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?
Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?
a)
The act of being individual, different from everyone else
b)
Act of being Americanized, being made part of society
c)
Process of encouraging uniform values
d)
Encouraging pro-business behaviors
52.
WHEREAS, We see that we cannot get our rights here in the midst of this class of uncompromising oppressors of our race, and since . . . the State can oppress and abridge our privileges as citizens of the State, and that there is no law of the United States to protect us from said abridgement and oppression; therefore Resolved, That we recommend to our race throughout the State to organize themselves into emigration societies for the purpose of leaving the State, provided our condition is not bettered by the authorities of the State.
—“Meeting of ... People in Convention at Richmond, Virginia,” reported in the Topeka Daily Capital, May 23, 1879
This resolution was passed by delegates who met to discuss the plight of which group of people?
—“Meeting of ... People in Convention at Richmond, Virginia,” reported in the Topeka Daily Capital, May 23, 1879
This resolution was passed by delegates who met to discuss the plight of which group of people?
a)
Irish immigrants facing nativist policies
b)
African Americans Exodusters fleeing discrimination
c)
Chinese workers attracted by the Gold Rush
d)
Native Americans forced off their ancestral lands
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