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WorksheetsAmerican II Q3 Review
Total questions: 102
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?
Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside
Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside
The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?
Indians (Native Americans)
Immigrants
Chinese
Settlers
Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?
The Immigrants and the Poor
The Immigrants and Big Businesses
The Poor and the Chinese
The Chinese and the Big Businesses
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
Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?
Assimilation
Nativism
Protectionism
Temperance
The title given to people like Carnegie who invested their money to start businesses, such as his steel monopoly.
Entrepreneurs
Nativists
Philanthropists
Populists
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
Though jobs were plentiful, they didn't pay well. This caused what change in women and children's lives in the nineteenth century?
Women and children had to become wage earners
Women and children became business owners
Women and children became more educated
Women and children became leaders of organized labor
The Homestead Act caused a shift in population to move from where to where?
East Coast to West Coast
West Coast to East Coast
What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?
Immigrants
The Poor
Indians (Native Americans)
Former Slaves
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
Declining wages and a rise unemployment on the west coast led to what piece of legislation?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Pendleton Act of 1883
Roads, skyscrapers, prisons, sewers, schools, railroads, etc, are all examples of what?
Infrastructure
Rural Expansion
Assimilation
Nativism
The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?
Rural areas to Urban areas
Urban areas to Rural areas
What Supreme Court case set the precedent for "Separate but Equal", which would last until the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 1900s?
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Marbury v Madison
Roe v Wade
All of the following groups struggled for civil rights during the Gilded Age except?
Mexican Americans
African Americans
Immigrants
Women
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
Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
White settlers wanted the land on the Plains
NativeAmericans refused to remain on the Plains
Native American population decreased and needed less land
The Plains failed to meet the needs of the Native American peoples
Which was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians?
the horse
the buffalo
the extended family
land ownership
Former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains
Nacirema
Exodusters
Populists
Scalawags
Most responsible for bringing an end to the cattle industry
the railroad
barbed wire
disappearance of the buffalo
cattle trails
The Dawes Act was designed to benefit
Native Americans
white settlers
both Native Americans & white settlers
neither
The purpose of the Homestead Act was to
prevent African Americans from settling the West
settle Native Americans in farming communities
make money for the government
encourage white families to develop the West
A Homesteader was a(n)
settler recruited in Europe by a railroad company
African American settler originally from the South
settler who claimed land in Oklahoma by squatting on it
settler who farmed land given by the federal government
A soddy was a(n)
home made out of prairie turf
invention that increased farm production
loan made to frontier farmers by the federal government
person who bought frontier land hoping to resell it at a profit
The Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act all
encouraged settlement of the West by the American government
gave land in Kansas to African Americans willing to settle and farm it
promoted slavery in new territories
gave 160 acres of land to Native American families
This area was originally inhabited by highly developed Native Americans and became a source of conflict with white settlers
The Ozarks
The Great Plains
The Sierra Nevadas
The Great Basin
The Dawes Act is an example of
accomodation
approximation
acclimation
assimilation
Animal central to the life of the Plains Indians
Prairie Dog
Buffalo
Wolf
Whitetail Deer
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
The movement of African Americans from the south to the north and Midwest is called
the Harlem Renaissance
the Great Migration
the Great Depression
the Italian Renaissance
Which of these were reasons that African Americans left the south? (3 push factors)
Sharecropping
too many jobs
segregation
freedom
lynching
Which of these were reasons that African Americans wanted to come to the north and Midwest? (3 pull factors)
sharecropping
available jobs
segregation
freedom
better schools
How did Prohibition change life in the United States?
children stopped drinking alcohol
African Americans moved north
Women gained their independence
Organized Crime increased because of illegal alcohol sales
Affordable automobiles led to what changes in the United States in the 1920's?
Drinking at speakeasies increased
Americans had more freedom and roads were paved
Americans began walking more
Americans were outraged by the high prices of cars
Which of these descriptions fits life in the Roaring Twenties?
a time of prosperity, social change, artistic rebirth and organized crime
a time of technological breakthroughs and online gaming
a time of conflict and economic hardships
the rise of imperialism and international conquest
Europe is divided into which two alliances?
Triple Entente (Allied Powers) & Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
Warsaw Pact & NATO
Axis Powers & Allied Powers
Roundheads & Cavilers
What treaty is signed to end WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Geneva Convention
Paris Peace Accords
Which country takes the blame of WWI and has to pay reparations (war debt)?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Poster were used as a part of the war machine. What does this World War I poster represent?
Imperialism
Prohibition
Neutrality
Propaganda
Who was the leader of the United States during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Nicolas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Franklin Roosevelt
The League of Nations was created by the---
Concordat of 1801
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Congress of Vienna
Jim Crow Laws were passed in order to
Ban the Populist Party
Enforce discrimination
Protect African Americans
Limit the percentage of women that can vote in the South
What did the government do in response to growth of trusts and monopolies.
Passing of Interstate Commerce Act
Federal Engagement Act
Political Bosses
Social Darwinism
Farmers faced many economic problems in the late 1800s which led to the formation of what?
American Protective Association
People's (Populist) Party
NAACP
Department of Agriculture
Plessy v. Fergusun upheld the doctrine of...
Separate but equal
Equal protection
The right to vote for African Americans
Civil Rights to all
Social Darwinism was used by some industrial leaders to justify
Laissez-faire capitalism
Political activism
Philanthropy
Civil Rights
Social reformers aimed to fix society's problems by
Helping those in need and regulating the economy
Allowing the middle class to expand
Realizing that people fail due to circumstances beyond their control
Encouraging natural selection and encouraging competition
Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to do what?
Learn skills to help with economic goals
focus only on civil rights
Campaign against lynching
Focus on education to reach full equality
Stimulating democratic reforms such as initiative was a result of
the Progressive movement
Gilded age
Prohibition movement
National legislative movement
What was the main purpose behind Theodore Roosevelt's trustbusting policies?
Encourage competition amongst businesses
Reduce competition among businesses
End labor unions
Save national banks
What was the Progressive Era's greatest failure?
No progress was made on civil rights (For African Americans)
The inability to prevent the United States from entering World War 1
Most reforms were immediate failures
Encouraged Laissez-Faire policies
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act?
Reduce imports from foreign nations
Reduce power of unions
Eliminate unfair business practices
Encourage laissez-faire policies
Movement that originally began as a social club for farmers but whose main focus became getting fair railroad rates.
The Grange Movement
The Populist Movement
The Settlement House Movement
What political party formed from a merging of farmers and labors in the late 1800s that said to represent the "ordinary" people?
The Democratic Party
The Progressive or Bull Moose Party
The Populist Party
What did the Interstate Commerce Commission originally regulate--why was it formed?
To regulate the telegraph and telephone companies.
To regulate usage of water in the western states.
To regulate railroad rates, so they would be "reasonable and just."
What explanation below explains why Greenbacks began to drop in value after the Civil War?
Greenbacks could only be exchanged for gold.
The railroad millionaires had placed all Greenbacks in powerful banks.
Greenbacks could not be exchanged for gold.
Greenbacks continued to be printed following the Civil War.
Who organized the Grange?
Oliver Hudson Kelley
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Following the Gold Standard resulted in ________money in circulation, and thus_______the prices for farm goods.
less, lowering
more, raising
foreign, higher
What is the practice of a government using gold AND silver to back money?
Gold Standard
Greenbacks
Bimetallic Standard
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Movement that originally began as a social club for farmers but whose main focus became getting fair railroad rates.
The Grange Movement
The Populist Movement
The Settlement House Movement
Which of the following was NOT part of the Populist platform (what it stood for)?
Better working conditions including shorter hours and better pay.
Regulated railroad rates.
Restriction on immigration.
Ending the capitalistic system or private ownership of businesses.
What movement was founded by Jane Addams when she established Hull House in Chicago to aid immigrants?
The Temperance Movement
The Suffrage Movement
The Settlement House Movement
What is TRUE regarding the characteristics of the "Old Immigrants"?
They mainly came to the U.S. to make money before returning back to their country.
They mainly came from southeastern European countries such as Italy, Greece, and Russia.
They tended to be skilled, better educated, and more financially able than the "New Immigrants."
What push reasons influenced people (emigrants) to leave their home countries?
They were tired of their parents telling them what to do.
Extreme poverty, unemployment, oppression and political unrest.
Too many immigrants arriving in their home country drove prices up and wages down.
Why did many immigrants choose to settle in the United States?
They were eager to meet the Hollywood movie stars.
The U.S. required all men to serve in the military, and they wanted to be a real GI Joe.
Cheap and plentiful land, freedom of religion, and job opportunities.
What referred to the attempt or process to help immigrants learn English, U.S. history and prepare them for citizenship?
Liberalization.
Stirring the Melting Pot.
Americanization.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
Promise of a better life
War or religious persecution
Religious Freedom
Better opportunities
Immigration push factors are…
reasons people come to a new place
reasons people leave their homelands
reasons people begin working
reasons people stop working
Nativists believed ..
Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.
White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.
Immigrants stole jobs from natives.
All of the above.
What was life like for Mexicans in the 1920s in America?
They found many high paying jobs throughout the country
They were lynched
They migrated throughout the US in search of low paying jobs
Both B and C
