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Unit 1 8th Grade SS GW

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose all that are correct. What did Plessy v Ferguson decide?

a)

white people and black people could be separated into all white and all black schools

b)

segregation was wrong

c)

segregation did not violate the constitution

d)

people of all color should live and work together

2.

Did cities grow or decline because of industrialization?

a)

decline

b)

grow

3.

The growth of cities as a result of industrialization is called

a)

colonization

b)

industrialization

c)

urbanization

d)

separatism

4.

Choose all that are correct. Which group(s) of people contributed significantly to the growth of major cities during the industrialization period?

a)

farmers

b)

socialites

c)

immigrants

d)

wealthy

5.

What was the name of the first labor union?

a)

Knights of Columbus

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

American Federation of Labor

d)

United Auto Workers

6.

Who founded the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

John D Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

7.

Which way did railroads NOT transform the nation

a)

provided better transportation

b)

linked the east and the west

c)

led to immigrants moving to America

d)

increased the amount of people moving west

8.

What was the US Government policy toward Native Americans? Choose all that apply.

a)

US Government offered money and assistance to Native Americans

b)

Native Americans were forced onto reservations

c)

Native American rights were preserved

d)

white settling of the frontier was more important

9.

What is the name of the law that offered 160 acres of land free to anyone who agreed to live on the land and improve it for 5 years?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Jim Crow laws

10.

Did the Homestead Act hurt or help the Native Americans?

(a)  

11.

What are two results of the Homestead Act?

a)

white people moved West and settled unclaimed parts of the United States

b)

Native Americans were given tools to farm the land

c)

Native Americans were pushed off the plains

d)

people moved to the cities for jobs

12.

Which of the following were working conditions in factories during industrializaton?

a)

long hours

b)

unsafe working conditions

c)

child labor

d)

little pay

13.

Choose reasons for Industrialization of the United States.

a)

new technology

b)

government help like subsidies and tariffs

c)

increased population

d)

an abundance of natural resources like forests, water, and mineral

14.

Who wanted the government to implement a free silver policy which would allow unlimited coining of silver? Check all that apply

a)

William McKinley

b)

populist party

c)

the Grange

d)

William Jennings Bryan

15.

What are some contributing factors to industrialization? Choose all that apply

a)

increased population through immigration

b)

new technology and inventions

c)

improvement in transportation

d)

abundance of natural resources

16.

What is the impact of monopolies? Choose all that apply.

a)

more individual businesses producing the same goods

b)

inflation of the price of goods

c)

greater availability of different goods

d)

less competition