WorksheetsWoah, We're Quarter Way There!
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by
creating a system of dams for crop migration
removing all restrictions on immigration
placing Native Americans on reservations
providing free land to settlers
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
To make Native Americans move off their land.
To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.
Why did the Compromise of 1877 happen ?
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1899 U.S. Presidential election.
The Compromise of 1877 happened because the citizens food wasn't cooked correctly.
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to abolish slavery.
Why was the compromise of 1877 important?
The compromise of 1877 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1876 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.
The compromise of 1877 was important because it calmed the dispute of the 1896 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.
The compromise of 1987 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1986 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.
The compromise of 1890 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1987 election and it pulled the people out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.
The vocabulary term associated with African American who moved west.
relocation
reservations
assimilation
exodusters
Who was considered a leader of the Great Exodus?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Harriet Tubman
Benjamin Singleton
Rosa Parks
Civil Service Reform was a response to what?
Political Machines and the Spoils System
Chinese Immigrants
Indians (Native Americans)
The need to regulate State Governments
Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe
Nativists
Populists
Philanthropists
Social Workers
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?
"Boss" Tweed
John Rockefeller
Jane Adams
Andrew Carnegie
What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?
Political Machines
Industrial Capitalists
Robber Barons
Labor Leaders
An act that created competitive exams and selected presidential appointees based on merit.
19th Amendment
Pendleton Act
Federal Reserve Act
Interstate Commerce Act
A religious movement that called for social reforms such as the abolition of child labor and better working conditions.
Progressive Movement
National Park Service
Social Gospel Movement
19th Amendment
Worker organizations who tried to collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions.
Labor Unions
Monopoly
Political Machine
Free Enterprise System
Policies favoring the current citizens as opposed to immigrants.
Immigration
Urbanization
Laissez-Faire
Nativism
Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because
unions were unconstitutional
strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues
government supported business instead of workers
strikers failed to use militant tactics
Which amendment guarantees women the right to vote?
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
19th Amendment
12th Amendment
This Amendment in 1913 required that the more money a citizen made, the higher the income tax they had to pay.
15th Amendment
11th Amendment
16th Amendment
12th Amendment
Which amendment gave people the right to elect two representatives in the Senate to serve for six years each?
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
What did Governor La Follette do to improve workplace conditions?
He wrote newspaper stories about dangerous working conditions.
He encouraged factory workers to form unions and go on strike.
He ordered employers to obey laws against hiring children.
He supported laws limiting the workday to ten hours.
