WorksheetsFall 2018 Final Exam Part 1: Units 1 and 2
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
1) Which described the Homestead Act?
It offered free land to settlers if they improved it
It forced the Native Americans to assimilate or be moved to reservations
1) Many Americans went westward believing in Manifest Destiny, the idea that-
All Americans had an equal chance making a fortune out west
The United States was destined by God to expand westward
That all who immigrated to the US should be treated equally
That Native Americans could be peacefully assimilated
1) How did new machinery effect farming in the West?
It caused the destruction of fresh water supplies
It allowed people to settle the West when they couldn't have done it before
It lead to the rise of the steel industry
It caused farmers to be bought out by large corporations
2) How did the U.S. try and assimilate the Native Americans and immigrants?
They educated the groups in schools before allowing them into the country
They forced them to speak English and adopt American customs
They kidnapped children of these groups and educated them in foster homes
They did not try and assimilate the groups
3) What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?
It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper
Conflicts with the Native Americans increased
The US government made millions from the Homestead Act
It caused a decrease in taxes on big business
4) Which describes Nativism?
The idea that immigrants are inferior to native born citizens.
The idea to selectively breed people by race
To separate people based on race
To separate people based on religion
4) Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?
A response to China declaring war on the US
A side effect of a war with Japan
To satisfy Nativist ideas and "protect" American jobs
To promote immigration from Mexico
4) What were immigrant's perceptions of America versus the reality?
They were imported as forced labor for infrastructure projects
They were brought in to boost a declining population
They were drawn in by the offer of free land from the Homestead Act
They saw opportunity for a better life but were not welcome by nativists
5) How did this invention and its inventor improve the standard of living?
Alexander Graham Bell: allowed people to communicate instantly
Thomas Edison: allowed factories to stay open longer
Henry Bessemer: allowed steel to be made faster
Cornelius Vanderbilt: revolutionized the railroad industry
5) Why did political machines expand and take over city governments during the Gilded Age?
They saw a chance to steal millions from Robber Barons
They were employed by the Captains of Industry
City governments were taken over by Nativists
City governments could not provide basic services to the many new immigrants
6) Which of these lead to the rapid industrialization of the U.S.? (Choose 3)
Lots of raw materials
Government let big business grow
Population increase from immigration
The rise of Political Machines
6) What happened to the population of cities as they expanded (urbanization)?
It decreased as a need for farmers drew people westward
It increased as factories grew and needed more workers
7) Which describes Free Enterprise/Laissez Faire economics?
The government owns all major industries and sets prices
The government created regulations of business but leaves ownership to the people
The government is "hands off" and does not regulate (make rules) for businesses
The government sets prices for all products
7) How did the Bessemer Process allow cities to grow rapidly?
It allowed factories to stay open longer
It allowed for instant long-distance communication
It allowed for steel to be made quickly; skyscrapers
7) What do the Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts do?
End child labor in the United States
Let the government regulate the meat industry
Create the Food and Drug Administrations
Allow the government to dissolve monopolies
7) What does the Interstate Commerce Act do?
End child labor in the United States
Stop railroads from taking advantage of farm prices
Create the Food and Drug Administrations
Allow the government to dissolve monopolies
8) What is the purpose of Third Parties?
To steal voters from major parties
To unbalance the two-party system
To create a multi-party system in the United States
To draw attention to grievances (issues) that major parties are not talking about
9) Which describes the work of W.E.B. DuBois?
They created the civil rights organization the NAACP
They provided vocational skills training for African Americans at the Tuskegee Institute
They exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry in their book The Jungle
They revealed the horrible conditions of tenements in their book How the Other Half Lives
9) Which describes the work of Booker T Washington?
They created the civil rights organization the NAACP
They provided vocational skills training for African Americans at the Tuskegee Institute
They exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry in their book The Jungle
They revealed the horrible conditions of tenements in their book How the Other Half Lives
10) What was the purpose of the Muckraker??
They were business persons who used ruthless business tactics to create monopolies
They were members of an Ethics Committee to bring justice
They advocated for women's suffrage
They exposed corruption using journalism to motivate people to change society for the better
10) Which describes the work of Upton Sinclair?
They created the civil rights organization the NAACP
They provided vocational skills training for African Americans at the Tuskegee Institute
They exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry in their book The Jungle
They revealed the horrible conditions of tenements in their book How the Other Half Lives
10) What was the goal of Jane Addam's Hull House?
To provide shelter for veterans after World War I
To educate women and children and to assimilate immigrants
To create missionaries to send overseas
To advocate for Prohibition
10) What was the purpose of Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act?
To protect labor unions by giving them legal protections
To deregulate the food and drug industry
To create a new form of government law enforcement
To protect consumers by having the government regulate the food and drug industries
11) What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?
To create money backed by silver
To stabilize the US banking system and stop future panics
To create an agency to monitor the stock market
To create a new form of currency
11) Which describes the 16th Amendment?
Creates an income tax- people pay taxes based on their wealth
Allows for people to directly elect senators
Banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol- created Prohibition
Granted women's suffrage (the right to vote)
11) (CHOOSE 4) Which of these gave citizens a more direct voice in government? (CHOOSE 4)
Initiative- create laws
Referendum - vote on laws
Recall- kick out elected officials
17th Amendment- Direct election of Senators
Pendleton Civil Service Act- take a test for government jobs
11) Which describes the 18th Amendment?
Creates an income tax- people pay taxes based on their wealth
Allows for people to directly elect senators
Banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol- created Prohibition
Granted women's suffrage (the right to vote)
11) Which describes the 19th Amendment?
Creates an income tax- people pay taxes based on their wealth
Allows for people to directly elect senators
Banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol- created Prohibition
Granted women's suffrage (the right to vote)
11) Which describes Susan B Anthony?
She wrote about the evils of lynching in the Southern states
She fought for women's suffrage (the right to vote)
She created the Women's Christian Temperance Unsion
She created Hull House in Chicago
