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Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner the American frontier is responsible for what American characteristics?
rugged individualism
political democracy
economic mobility
all of the above
Besides Native Americans the west was settled by what people groups?
Chinese immigrants
Mexicans (many of whom would become citizens with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
Recently freed African Americans
All of the above.
Which of the following is the best example of an oversimplified reason for the settlement of the west?
Rugged American Individualism
Government sponsored programs to spur settlement such as the Homestead Act.
Government intervention to remove Native Americans to reservations.
Government subsidies for various western railroad lines.
Which two reasons are railroads responsible for Western settlement?
Without Railroads there would be no way to bring crops & livestock to market
Railroads made life in the West possibly by supplying individuals.
Without Railroads there would be no way to communicate with the rest of the country.
Railroads made life in the West possible as they were the greatest source of water.
Which two reasons were presented by Crash Course as the reasons for the progressive removal of Native American populations in the West?
Economic - Many Native American lands were home to rare minerals or needed for railroads.
Racial Imperative
Social Darwinism
Religious - Many Americans felt the Native Americans were godless savages.
Which two American Generals are known for their harsh tactics in fighting the Native Americans?
Philip H. Sheridan
William Tecumseh Sherman
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Ulysses S. Grant
Which animal essential to the life of many Native Americans was hunted to near extinction due to Western expansion?
Buffalo
Elk
Mule Deer
Mountain Goats
What Native American spiritual movement was an alternative form of resistance to western expansion?
The Ghost Dance movement
Dog Soldiers
Conversation to Catholicism
All of the above
What notable Native American victory saw the complete destruction of the U.S. cavalry force led by George Custard?
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Fort Laramie
Fort Dodge
When had the majority of Native Americans been subdued in the American West?
1890
1860
1900
1924
Which of the following phrases best describes the practice of boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania?
"Kill the Indian, save the man."
"The only good Indian is a dead Indian."
"The White man has kept only one promise. He would take our land and he took it."
"The Indian has no place in a white man's world."
What was the primary purpose of the iconic cattle drives by cowboys?
Move cattle to railroad hubs to be shipped to eastern meat markets.
Move cattle across the great plains to experience the wild west.
Move cattle to seasonal grasslands.
All of the above.
What innovation ended the practice of open range ranching?
Barbwire
Railroads
The light bulb
The internal combustion engine
Much of the water needed for great plains agriculture comes from
Irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer
Irrigation from the Great Lakes
Irrigation from the Gulf Coast
All of the Above
By 1900 California was home to giant commercial farms dependent on irrigation, chemical fertilizers, and immigrant labor. This type of farming can best be described as
Agrobusiness
Big Business
Social Darwinism
Trickle Down Economic
In the late 19th Century family farms found themselves competing with?
Agribusiness - Large scale farms often owned by corporations.
Foreign farmers
Increasingly lower food prices
All of the above
Widespread industrialization in the U.S. is largely due to?
The Civil War
The policies of Andrew Jackson
Reconstruction
Progressive policies
The Civil War improved the national finance system through?
the forced introduction of a national currency (greenback).
the forced introduction of large scale government spending programs such as the new deal.
large scale national infrastructure projects.
large scale social welfare programs.
Which means and methods of infrastructure did the Civil War make widespread?
The Transpacific Railroad
Telegraph Communications Networks
National Highways
Telephone Communications Networks
America's economic success can be best summed up by?
Geography, Demography, & Law
Oppression, Racism, and the facade of Law
Capitals, Collectivism, Corruption
Gerard Depardieu & Lohan
What geographic qualities insured the U.S.'s industrial success?
Its large size.
Essential natural resources for industry such as coal, iron, oil, and water.
Plentiful amounts of food.
All of the above.
What demographic factor contributed to the U.S.'s economic and industrial success?
Large scale immigration.
Limited immigration.
A homogeneous population.
A segregated population
Which American city was the major center for commerce and finance?
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
During this era the industrial heartland of America was in what geographic region?
The Great Lakes region.
New England
The South
The West Coast
Which American city was the major center for the production of iron?
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Which are ways the American (law) government supported Industrial growth?
The U.S. constitution protects patents.
A supreme court which interpreted the law in a very business friendly way.
Government protection of big business via tariffs and massive land grants while removing Native Americans.
All of the above.
Industrial capitalists are seen as both heroes and villains of American Industry. Which terms best apply to them?
Captains of Industry
Robber Barons
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
What organizational innovations were made by the "Captains of Industry" or "Robber Barons"?
Pools or trusts to limit competition and maximize profit.
Vertical integration, buying up all aspects of the production process.
Horizontal integration, the buying up of all smaller competitors.
All of the above.
Which "captain of industry" or "robber baron" became the wealthiest man of all time due to his company's oil monopoly?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
Leland Stanford
John D. Rockefeller
This company owned by John D. Rockefeller was known for this vertical and horizontal integration which allowed it to control 90% of American Oil at one point before its monopoly was broken up by the supreme court.
Sears-Roebuck
Macy's
Amazon
Standard Oil
The giant of finance from this time was
JP Morgan
Samuel Chase
Leland Stanford
John D. Rockefeller
Though the standards of living and wages were some of the highest in the world who often benefited least from the industrial growth?
Industrial workers
Consumers
Middle managers
Captains of industry or robber barons
Which of the following describes the common conditions of industrial workers at the time in the U.S.?
60 hour work weeks.
Limited protections such as pensions or workers competition.
The most dangerous in the world at the time.
All of the above.
The response to hazardous working conditions and market insecurities due to booms and busts industrial workers began to form what during this era?
Forming unions such as the Knights of Labor.
Conducting violent strikes which spread throughout the U.S.
Forming political Anarchist parties.
All of the above
Which event destroyed the credibility of the organized labor movement spearheaded by the Knights of Labor Union?
The Haymarket Riot
The Great Strike
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Which of the following best describes using the idea of "survival of the fittest" to justify which the poor are poor and why the rich are rich during this time?
Social Darwinism
Darwinism
Existentialism
Post Modern
Which of the following was a strategy used by businesses to stay competitive in the marketplace?
Low wages for workers.
Long hours for workers.
Little regard for working conditions
All of the above
During the Progressive Era there was a growing distrust for collaboration of businessmen & large companies known as ____ which people felt were exerting too much power over peoples lives.
Trusts
Unions
Associations
Gilds
This form of journalism including the likes of Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell, during the Progressive era who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society as a result of the rise of big business, urbanization, and immigration
Muckrakers
Yellow Journalism
Fake News
All of the above
Upton Sinclair stated, "I aimed for the heart but hit them in the stomach" when discussing what novel he wrote about the meat packing industry in Chicago. What is the name of the novel?
The Jungle
Bartleby the Scrivener
Metamorphosis
A Century of Dishonor
What reforms did The Jungle by Upton Sinclair lead to?
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
All of the Above
Lewis Hine brought attention to what practice in the American labor market?
Child labor
Immigrant labor
Working conditions in meat factories
Working conditions in sweatshops
Lewis Hine brought attention child labor through what method?
Photography
Film
Radio
Vaudeville
Which business owner revolutionized his industry with the advent of the assembly line and high wages for workers which allowed them to purchase more consumer goods?
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Charles Lindbergh
Harvey Firestone
While Henry Ford is an icon of progressive business what are some of Ford's negative attributes?
Anti-semitic
Virulently antiunion
Used spies in his factories
All of the above
What radically socialist labor union formed during the Progressive Era, also known as the Wobblies, advocated for "every wage-worker, no matter what his religion, fatherland or trade".
The International Works of the World (IWW)
The Knights of Labor
The Grange Movement
The Free Soil Party
In the West farmers angry about freight rates formed what movement to form fair railroad rates and warehouse charges?
Grange movement
Nativist movement
Democratic movement
Anarchist movement
The Grange movement would grow into what political party?
People's or Populist Party
Bull Moose Party
American Party
Liberty Party
This Populist candidate said, “Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
William Jennings Bryant
William McKinley
Clarence Darrow
Mark Twain
What government program begun in 1862 led to more than a million land claims in the West?
The Homestead Act
The Pacific Railroad Act
The Indian Removal Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Why was the demand for agricultural products increasing in the U.S. in the mid-late 19th century?
The growth of cities.
The growth of the midwest.
Reconstruction in the South.
The growth of the west coast.
Which two states best describe the U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century?
Industrial power.
Urban
Rural
Agrarian
What was and still is the populous city at the turn of the 20th century?
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
L.A.
Despite nearly burning to the ground in 1871, which American city became the second most populous city?
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
L.A.
What phenomenon is most responsible for the population boom during this time period in the U.S.?
Immigration
Advances in birth control
Increased agricultural production
All of the above
Which immigrant group moved to the U.S. in massive numbers in the 1840's due to a natural disaster in their country and largely settled in cities?
The Irish
Germans
British
Jews
Which immigrant group also moved to the U.S. in massive numbers in the 1840's largely due to the aborted revolutions of the time and would settle predominantly in the midwest?
The Irish
Germans
British
Jews
What job opportunity did many women prefer as it gave them defined hours and freedom in the evenings?
Factory work
Domestic work
Office work
Stay at home mothering
What industry did German immigrants such as Frederick Pabst, Joseph Schlitz, and Adolphus Busch help create in the U.S.?
The brewing (beer) industry
The wine industry
The meat industry
The pizza industry
By the 1980's more than half of the immigrants to the U.S. came from?
Southern (Italy) & Eastern Europe (Austo-Hungrian & Russian Empire)
Northern Europe (Norway)
South America
Africa
Which best describes the immigrants from Southern & Eastern Europe?
Catholic or Orthodox
Jewish
Islamic
Protestant
Immigrants from Southern & Eastern Europe faced what upon entering the U.S.?
Discrimination due to new "scientific theories"
Discrimination due to the growing Catholic majority
Discrimination due to the lack of industrial jobs.
Discrimination due to the lack of agrarian opportunities.
What immigrant group on the west coast was heavily discriminated against in the mid-late 19th century?
The Chinese
The Irish
Eastern Europeans
Southern Europeans
What congressional act greatly reduced Chinese immigration to the U.S.?
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Homestead Act
Pacific Railroad Act
Chinese Inclusion Act
Which Supreme Court case ruled that American born children of Chinese immigrants were U.S. citizens due to the 14th Amendment?
U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Plessy v. Ferguson
Scott v. Sandford
Which other locations in the western hemisphere also saw large scale immigration at the turn of the 20th century?
Canada
The Caribbean
South America
All the above
Who was the biggest fan of immigration?
Big business
Nativist
Industrial workers
Rural farmers
What is the name of the over crowded, unsafe, and filthy apartment buildings which immigrants often lived in?
Tenements
High rise
Row Houses
Shotgun houses
Improved transportation led to what outcome according to Crash Course?
Increased housing segregation.
Increased housing integration.
A decrease in pollution.
A decrease in overcrowding.
This organization works to win local elections through corruption, intimidation, and providing social welfare to buy votes.
Political Machine
Political Caucus
Political Think Tanks
Political Enterprise
The most famous political machine based in New York during the Gilded Age was?
Tammany Hall
The Democratic Party
Good Old Boys
Cracker Party
Who was the well known boss of Tammany Hall?
William M. "Boss" Tweed
Boss James McManes
Richard J. Dailey
James Michael Curley
What was a positive of political machines?
They often provided for those most in need within the community.
They often provided awards (kickbacks) to those who were loyal.
They keep communities segregated for the well being of races.
They keep immigrants informed pending immigration raids.
What did the political machine want in return for helping the poorest individuals?
Votes
Money
Resources
Muscle
According to Crash Course progressives were most concerned with
social programs & reforming society.
international relations & forming stronger International trade.
economic programs & reforming Wall street.
environmental concern & reforming industrial practices.
The Progressive Era overlapped with what other era in American History?
The Gilded Age
The Era of Good Feelings
The Antebellum Period
Reconstruction
Which of the following was a strategy used by businesses to stay competitive in the marketplace?
Low wages for workers.
Long hours for workers.
Little regard for working conditions
All of the above
During the Progressive Era there was a growing distrust for collaboration of businessmen & large companies known as ____ which people felt were exerting too much power over peoples lives.
Trusts
Unions
Associations
Gilds
The phenomenon is best illustrated by the picture above and the following quote, "____ became the foundation for a new understanding of freedom as access to the cornucopia of goods made available by modern capitalism."
Consumer culture
Clan Culture
Market Culture
Hierarchy Culture
During this time many progressive thinkers felt Industrial Capitalism with its exploitation of labor and concentration of wealth, was?
Limiting rather increasing freedom.
Increasing rather than limited freedom.
The scientific workplace management advocated by Frederick W. Taylor was focused on?
Efficiency
Productivity
Limited pollution
Ergonomics
"Taylorism", the study of efficiency, found its way into?
classrooms
daily life
recreation
places of worship
Progressive movements were most successful at what level of government?
State & Local
Federal
The local collectivist investment during the 19th century best reflects the increased popularity of what "19th Century-ism" during the Progressive Era in America?
Socialism
Communists
Romanticism
Feminism
The 17th amendment allowed for
Senators to be elected directly by the people rather than state legislatures.
the participation fo African Americans in elections.
Native Americans to be counted as United States Citizens
the ban of alcohol nationwide.
