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WorksheetsUS-REVIEW-Units 1-5
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
Which is NOT part of the "Frontier Thesis"?
challenges of the West will produce rugged individualism
land in the West should be kept by the indians
America will always look to expand
The West represents hope and opportunity
Law that gave 160 acres to those who were 21, paid a $10 fee, built a house & farmed land for 5 years
Homestead Act (1862)
Dawes Act (1887)
Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)
Hatch Act (1887)
Exodusters were ________ who left _______ to head to Kansas
farmers / cities
blacks / the South
industrialists / the East
hispanics / California
What were many early settler's homes in the Great Plains made of?
stone
wood (like log cabins)
prairie turf (mud bricks)
huts made of leaves
What did John Deere invent that increased food production on farms?
steel plow
barbed wire
reaping machine
windmill
Law that donated public land to the states to build agriculture colleges.
Homestead Act (1862)
Dawes Act (1887)
Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)
Hatch Act (1887)
The KEY part of this law was assimilation of indians by breaking up their communal living.
Homestead Act (1862)
Dawes Act (1887)
Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)
Hatch Act (1887)
The Carlisle Indian School was an example of...
manifest destiny
assimilation
frontier thesis
rugged individualism
Which battle started bc of the Ghost Dance misunderstanding?
Sand Creek
Wounded Knee
Red River War
Little Big Horn
The WESTERN half of the Transcontinental Railroad was mostly laid by which group?
Irish
Hispanics
Blacks
Chinese
Which is NOT part of the railroad's impact on the West
connected the West to the East coasts
opened new markets for businesses
increased population distribution out West
it decreased transportation in America
George Pullman is famous for building....
farm equipment
sleeper cars (train cars)
rifles
gold mining equipment
The Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) was NOT formed to
help the railroad industry
advance methods of agriculture
promote needs of farmers
support the Populist Party
Which would the Populist Party NOT support?
8 hour workday
the gold standard
bimetallism (gold & silver)
regulation of the railroads
Farmers supported _____________ to INCREASE the money supply
the gold standard
bimetallism
Who gave the famous Cross of Gold Speech that advocated for Bimetallism?
George Pullman
Frederick Jackson Turner
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Reason the Robber Barons at the top thought they were better than the workers.
Taylorism
social darwinism
Frontier Thesis
Imperialism
Which did NOT help with the rise of Industrialization? (big business)
our abundant natural resources
our growing population and new immigrants
farms didn't produce enough food
tariffs protected American businesses
New farming tech ____ the amount of food we produced and ____ the # of people needed to work on farms.
INCREASED / DECREASED
DECREASED / INCREASED
INCREASED / INCREASED
DECREASED / DECREASED
Henry Bessemer revolutionized which industry with the Bessemer Process?
farming
coal
oil
steel
New technologies (typewriters, lights, phones, ) INCREASED efficiency in the workplace.
TRUE
FALSE
Which merger is used to create a monopoly by buying out your competitors?
Vertical Merger
Horizontal Merger
Sideways Merger
Upside Down Merger
What is the purpose of a "trust"? (Why would Robber Barons want them)?
to increase competition in an industry
to add more businesses to the market
to eliminate your competition
to encourage more government regulation
Andrew Carnegie is most known for which industry?
textiles
oil
steel
coal
Cornelius Vanderbilt is most known for which industry?
shipping/railroads
oil
natural gas
steel
JD Rockefeller founded which company?
U.S. Steel
Carnegie Steel
Standard Oil
Pacific Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission (1st federal agency to monitor businesses) took on which industry?
steel
oil
railroads
real estate
Which union didn't accept blacks, unskilled workers, or women?
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
International Workers of the World
Which union was called the "Wobblies" and is most associated with radicals, socialists & anarchists?
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
International Workers of the World
The Haymarket Affair, Homestead Strike & Pullman strike did WHAT to the nation's view of unions?
they HELPED unions look good
they HURT the reputation of unions
Which muckraker journalist took down JD Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company?
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida B. Wells
Ida Tarbell
Which area saw the most immigrant population growth during the era of Industrialization?
rural / farms
suburbs
cities / urban areas
the moon
Which is NOT true of immigrants from South & East Europe?
mostly from Italy, the Baltics, & Poland
poorer than those from N & W Europe
more likely to be labeled socialist, anarchist or communist
mostly from Germany, England & Ireland
Which group did Nativists prefer / support?
naturalized citizens
native born citizens
immigrants
The _____ Exclusion Act (1882) was the 1st time we singled out a country (race) with immigration laws
Japanese
Chinese
Italian
Alabama
The Gentlemen's Agreement was about our relationship with immigrants from which nation
Japan
China
Italy
Alabama (I said what I said)
Factory owners typically ______ immigrant labor because they paid them ______.
OPPOSED / MORE
SUPPORTED / MORE
SUPPORTED / LESS
OPPOSED / LESS
Cramped, multifamily dwellings in cities. unsanitary, crowded & poorly built
Settlement Homes
Tenement Houses
Soddies
Suburbs
Settlement Houses [like Jane Addam's Hull House] did all the following EXCEPT:
teach immigrants about our culture
help immigrants find jobs
teach immigrants English
bribe immigrants to gain votes
Boss Tweed is associated with all of these EXCEPT...
political machines
Tammany Hall
corruption
ending child labor
The Pendleton Civil Service Act dealt with ...
giving government jobs to those qualified
regulating railroads
taxing robber barons progressively
helping farmers
Which amendment gave us a national income tax?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which amendment banned alcohol in America? (prohibition)
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which amendment changed the way we elect Senators as a Progressive Era reform?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which amendment is what allows Mrs. Barr the right to vote?
16th
17th
18th
19th
When a nation extends it's power & influence thru war or economics to control a weaker nation.
Westward Expansion
Industrialization
Immigration
Imperialism
Alfred Thayer Mahan believed America should build up its ______ to control the world.
army
navy
air force
marines
Which was NOT ones of the things that pushed America to become more imperialistic after the Spanish American War?
desire to increase military
desire to be isolationist
need for new markets for our goods
belief in our cultural superiority
Which area did we gain bc an industry didn't want to pay a sugar tariff, & it led to a company replacing a queen?
Alaska
Philippines
China
Hawaii
Which is NOT 1 of the things that drew us into the Spanish-American War?
Queen Lil refused to get off the throne
Yellow Journalism & sensational headlines
The De Lome Letter insults Pres. McKinley
The U.S.S. Maine explodes
The Platt Amendment dealt with us controlling the constitution of _________?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
China
The Foraker & Jones Acts are between us and which area?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
China
The purpose of the Great White Fleet was...
to encourage nativism
to decrease trade
to show we had a powerful navy
to attack China
The Open Door Notes by John Hay are between the USA & ______.
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
China
___________ added onto the Monroe Doctrine & said the USA would use force to keep European influence out of Central America.
Open Door Notes
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Correllary
Missionary Diplomacy
Pres. Taft's ______ was about using our economic power to influence nations.
Open Door Notes
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Correllary
Missionary Diplomacy
The muckrakers were often....
soldiers
politicians
business leaders
journalists
Which was NOT an outcome of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?
The Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)
Fair Housing Act (1911)
The Meat Inspection Act (1906)
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The Keating Owen Act (1916) is a Progressive law about ending....
food safety
tariffs
taxes
child labor
What muckraker journalist took down the political boss of Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed?
Andrew Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Nast
Lewis Hine
Which was NOT part of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal?
conservation of natural resources
high tariffs to protect businesses
control of corporations
consumer protection
Who won the election of 1912 bc of the split vote on the Republican side?
William Howard Taft
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Kanye West
The main issue the Silent Sentinels foughts for was...
suffrage
child labor
union membership
ending wars
Which is NOT an example of government helping Robber Barons & their Big Businesses?
protective tariffs against cheaper imports
giving land to railroad companies
regulating businesses with laws
sending troops to stop a strike
Which law is associated with this cartoon?
Pure Food & Drug Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Dawes Act
