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OnRamps Unit 1 Quiz Spring

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
4.
This was created to regulate monopolies
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Roosevelt Anti-Trust Act
d)
Slayton Anti-Trust Act
5.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Child Labor Act
6.

Which group would be least in favor of acts like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?

a)

Railroad workers

b)

Populists

c)

Big Business

d)

Socialists

7.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families
8.

These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

a)

Amendments

b)

White Codes

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights

9.

What did the 13th amendment accomplish?

a)

It mad slavery illegal

b)

Grants citizenship & equal protection

c)

Guarantees voting rights

10.

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Grants citizenship and equal protection

c)

Made slavery illegal

d)

Guarantees voting rights

11.

What did the 15th amendment accomplish?

a)

Grants citizenship & equal protection

b)

Right to bear arms

c)

Bans slavery

d)

Guarantees voting rights

12.

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

a)

100

b)

160

c)

640

d)

250

13.

Why did the government support homesteading?

a)

to encourage trade with Canada

b)

to encourage settlers to farm the western land

14.

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.

15.
After his/her work with the Cigar Makers' International Union he/she was chosen to lead the American Federation of Labor due to his strong leadership.
a)
a.  Eugene Debs 
b)
b.   Andrew Carnegie 
c)
c.   Samuel Gompers
d)
d.   Eugene Gompers
16.
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 
a)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
b)
Spain, Cuba, Guam
c)
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
d)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
17.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

18.
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
19.
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
20.

Choose all of the following qualities that constitute yellow journalism.

a)

color supplementation

b)

scare headlines

c)

sensationalized stories

d)

deceiving information

21.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
22.
John Rockefeller founded the _____________, which gave him a monopoly on the oil industry 
a)
Transatlantic Railroad
b)
Standard Oil Company
c)
Exxon mobile Oil
d)
Model T car
23.
Andrew Carnegie made his wealth by manufacturing which good?
a)
Iron
b)
Plastic
c)
Steel
d)
Musical Instruments
24.
Match the Industrial Revolution business owner with his industry: Steamboats and Railroads
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Jay Gould
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
J. P. Morgan
25.
In 1890, Congress made an attempt to restrict big businesses by passing this law:
a)
Copyright Law
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Labor and Land Acts
d)
Big Business Laws
26.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
27.
He was known as a major entrepreneur in the Oil Industry
a)
John Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbelt 
d)
Gustavus Swift
28.
Known as the "Master of Steel"
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Gustavus Swift
d)
Andrew Carnegie
29.
What has  total or complete control of an industry and  prevents competition and makes prices higher? 
a)
Unions
b)
consumer goods
c)
Monopoly
d)
lower cost production
30.

Radical Republican Leader, pushed to punish former Confederate leaders.

a)

Thaddeus Stevens

b)

William Belknap

c)

Edwin Stanton

d)

Rutherford Hayes

31.

Farmers faced many economic problems in the late 1800s which led to the formation of what?

a)

American Protective Association

b)

People's (Populist) Party

c)

NAACP

d)

Department of Agriculture

32.
Which amendment gave equal protection of the law to African Americans, it made them Citizens?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
11th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
13th Amendment
33.
What was the main purpose of the Open Door Policy?
a)
To appease opponents of total imperialism by maintaining Chinese sovereignty.
b)
To keep the U.S. in control of trade in China. 
c)
To split China into different sections with different economic leaders. 
d)
To keep Russia out of China. 
34.
What was is the Open Door Policy? 
a)
Document stating America's control over China.
b)
Principles stating that all countries have equal acess to Chinese Ports. 
c)
Document explaining the intense competion between world powers. 
d)
Document explaing the "spheres of influence." 
35.

Nationwide railroad strike Government and Supreme Court stopped strikers Press blamed strikers

a)

Homestead Strike

b)

Pullman Strike

c)

Coal Strike of 1902

d)

Steel Strike of 1919

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