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Unit 6 - America Transformed

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the commanders for the American Army during the Battle of Little Bighorn?

a)

Custer and Reno

b)

Lakota and Dakota

c)

Sitting Bull and George Custer

2.

Why did Americans want the land back they had given the Native Americans that led to the Battle of Little Bighorn?

a)

They wanted the fertile soil to grow crops

b)

They wanted the Native Americans to move farther west

c)

They wanted the gold on the land

d)

They were just use to being "Indian givers"

3.

Another name for the Battle of Little Bighorn is....?

a)

Custer's final fight

b)

Little Horn Big Horn

c)

Custer's last stand

d)

Custer's final battle

4.

What act motivated many people to move out West?

a)

Jayhawker Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Free Land Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

5.

Under the Homestead Act, a person could claim up to _____ acres of public land.

a)

100

b)

160

c)

640

d)

250

6.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
7.

What did the Homestead Act offer?

a)

a new home for travelers

b)

a stop along the Oregon Trail

c)

free land after 5 years of living on it.

8.
The transcontinental railroad ______
a)
connected east and west
b)
connected north and south
9.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
10.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
11.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
12.
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
13.
Chinese and Irish immigrants were instrumental in the construction of
a)
the transcontinental railroad
b)
the St. Louis Arch
c)
highways to the west
d)
gold and silver mines
14.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
15.
The expansion of the U.S. westward led to the creation of 
a)
additional internet transmission
b)
time zones
c)
mobile communication towers
d)
more cattle drives
16.
This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.
a)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
c)
The Asian Immigration Act
d)
The Chinese Labor Law
17.
Which of the following was a major problem immigrants experienced once arriving to the United States?
a)
Discrimination based on nationality
b)
Unsanitary and unsafe living conditions
c)
Political corruption from certain politicians
d)
All of the above
18.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
19.
TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
a)
Galveston
b)
Long
c)
Ellis
d)
Angel
21.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
22.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
23.
Which is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?
a)
Control all of a product's production
b)
business competition
c)
rise prices
d)
put all competition out of business
24.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
25.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
26.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
27.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
28.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
29.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
30.
Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jacob Riis
31.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
32.
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
   the right to vote
b)
  the right to own property
c)
   equal pay for equal work
d)
equal access to employment and education
33.
 The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in
a)
Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
b)
government regulation of unfair business practices
c)
increases in the power of monopolies
d)
reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
34.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
 ·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
35.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
36.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
37.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
38.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
39.
Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle in 1906? 
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Australian Ballot Act
d)
Meat Inspection Act
40.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
41.

What was the result of the Sixteenth Amendment?

a)

sales tax

b)

tariffs

c)

income tax

d)

treaties

42.
Which amendment establishes direct election of US senators?
a)
10th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
17th Amendment
d)
12th Amendment
43.
Separate but Equal helped the Jim Crow Laws to spread in the southern states.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
45.
Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...
a)
farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
b)
they needed more people to build railroad tracks
c)
they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
d)
settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south
46.
Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?
a)
The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
b)
Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
c)
Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
d)
Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
47.
How were the Chinese discriminated against?
a)
They were denied water and supplies
b)
Black Codes prevented their freedoms
c)
they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
d)
they were paid less than other workers
48.

This invention helped to fuel the construction of the railroad. This process was used to produce steel.

a)

textile mills

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

bessemer steel process

49.

a cheap and efficient process for making steel; developed during the 1850s and eventually brought to the US

a)

monopoly

b)

stock

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

network

50.
How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?
a)
He invented the telephone.
b)
He invented the hearing aid.
c)
He invented the grain mill.
d)
He invented the television.
51.

Steel was lighter, harder and more durable than iron​

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Who was Thomas Edison?

a)

Created the first electric light bulb in 1870's

b)

Created the first simple electric motor and first dynamo, Dynamos are still used to produce electricity today

c)

invented a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine,

d)

Inherited a steel making business and bought up coal and iron mines. Also, he bought shipping lines that fed his steel business.

53.

Why did some workers organize unions?

a)

to help women get factory jobs

b)

to reduce work stoppages

c)

to improve their working conditions

d)

to support large corporations

54.

Rockefeller wanted to control all of the oil business in the world this is called a

a)

competition

b)

monopoly

c)

standard business practice

55.

Rockefeller formed another company called _________________ _________ in 1870

a)

Standard Oil

b)

Pipeline Oil

c)

Rockefeller Oil

56.
Susan B. Anthony wanted....
a)
the colonists to be free from British rule.
b)
to be the first woman president
c)
to be a nurse
d)
all women to have the right to vote
57.

What started the riot at the Haymarket Square protest?

a)

The mayor showed up.

b)

A bomb was hurled in the air.

c)

The police fired on the protestors.

d)

The union activists ordered workers to riot.

58.

The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to

a)

passage of federal laws that favored workers

b)

laws restricting immigration and industrialization

c)

poor working conditions and low wages in many industries

d)

economic depressions that had led to high unemployment

59.

In the late 1800s, the Homestead steel strike and the Pullman railcar strike were unsuccessful because

a)

the government supported business owners

b)

most workers refused to take part in the strike

c)

The Supreme Court ruled both strikes were illegal

d)

Factory owners hired children to replace the strikers

60.
This event, in Chicago, caused the public to begin turning against the labor movement.  The laborers were protesting police brutality and favored an eight hour work day.  Eight of the leaders were arrested:  1 committed suicide, 4 were hanged, and the last three were pardoned.
a)
The Great Strike of 1877
b)
The Haymarket Affair
c)
The Homestead Strike
d)
The Pullman Co Strike
61.

What did the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike have in common?

a)

They were defeats for owners.

b)

They were victories for unions.

c)

They were marked by violence.

d)

They were organized by anarchists.

62.

Crowded, run-down apartment buildings in low-income areas are called

a)

slums

b)

ghettos

c)

tenements

d)

estates

63.
As a result of Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896 many states especially in the southern US began to put in place ________________ laws.
a)
Abolition
b)
Republicanism
c)
Jim Crow
d)
Anti-discrimination
64.
The Suffragist were responsible for
a)
Women’s right to vote
b)
African American’s Rights to Vote
c)
Passing child labor laws so children don’t suffer
d)
Passing domestic violence laws so women don’t suffer
65.
This person was responsible for creating the first settlement house that assisted immigrants in Chicago.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Martha Washington
66.
Many immigrants were forced to live in __________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.
a)
Tenements
b)
Ghettos
c)
Townhouses
d)
Plantations
67.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

a)

Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

68.
The process in which the population of urban settlements grows
a)
Immigration
b)
Economic Development
c)
Urbanization
d)
Industrial Revolution
69.
Poor sanitation led to what? 
a)
Increase in sanitation related technologies 
b)
Disease such as outbreaks of cholera & typhoid
c)
Large numbers leaving the city 
d)
a boom in te recycling industry 
70.

People who left their original homeland (typically Europe) and came to the US. are called?

a)

Ancestors

b)

Native Americans

c)

Historians

d)

Immigrants

71.

Group of workers joined together to protect their collective rights were known as ?

a)

gangs

b)

unions

c)

employees

d)

protesters

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