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Midterm Review Topics 1 2 3

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the MAIN reason the government wanted Native Americans on reservations

a)

to keep them from starving

b)

to take their land

c)

to preserve the remaining buffalo

d)

to teach them new skills

2.

Which of the following best describes the landscape of the Great Plains

a)

relatively flat land and covered by prairie grasses

b)

relatively flat land and covered by dense forest

c)

mountainous land with many canyons

d)

mountainous land with little vegetation

3.

What was the impact of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

Democrat control, Jim Crow Laws, disenfranchisement

b)

Republican Control, Equality, 15th Amendment

c)

Democrat Control, Equality, Segregation

d)

Republican Control, disenfranchisement, Carpetbaggers

4.

Disenfranchisement

a)

Process of having your rights taken away

b)

Process of having more rights given to you

c)

Process of immigrating to the United States

d)

15th Amendment

5.

Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

Legalized suffrage

b)

Legalized segregation

c)

Legalized westward expansion

d)

Legalized reservations

6.

Cause of reservations

a)

settlers taking native american lands

b)

native americans losing identity

c)

death of the buffalo

d)

small pox

7.

How did the Dawes Act impact Native Americans?

a)

Forced them to live in Canada

b)

Forced them to live and farm land

c)

Forced them to move to big cities

d)

Provided safety and tribal identity

8.

Who became President because of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

Rutherford B Hayes

b)

Samuel Tilden

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses Grant

9.

Who was withdrawn from the South because of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

Freedmen

b)

Democrats

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Soldiers

10.

After the Compromise of 1877 the south is controlled by the _______ party and they quickly pass ___________ laws.

a)

Republican, Suffrage

b)

Democrats, Jim Crow

c)

Republican, Jim Crow

d)

Democrat, Scalawag

11.

Jim Crow Laws did what?

a)

Disenfranchised African Americans and segregate society

b)

Disenfranchised wealthy white planters and segregated society

c)

Forced Republicans to become sharecroppers

d)

Led to an increase in voting activity among African Americans

12.

What was a cause of Gilded Age corruption?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Homestead Act

c)

James Garfield

d)

Dawes Act

13.

What was the Spoils System?

a)

The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters

b)

Railroads gave shares of company stock to Congressmen as bribes

c)

The process of joining a reservation as a Native American

d)

Passing through Ellis Island

14.

Cause of the assassination of President Garfield?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Disenfranchisement

d)

Assimilation

15.

What does transcontinental mean?

a)

to travel across a continent

b)

to travel from one continent to another continent

c)

to travel north and south

d)

to travel to transport goods

16.

Who was the captain of the steel industry?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

17.

Who had a monopoly on the oil business?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

18.

J.P. Morgan made a fortune through...

a)

Banking and Electricity

b)

Steel and Oil

c)

Railroads and Shipping

d)

Automobiles and the Assembly Line

19.

Who greatly expanded the American railroad system?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

20.

What is one reason many Americans migrated from rural to urban areas?

a)

cheap farm land

b)

immigration laws

c)

religious persecution

d)

job opportunities

21.
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Which title best describes these three men?
a)
Leaders of unions
b)
Politicians
c)
Captains of industry
d)
Inventors
22.

"The rich and successful have an obligation to take their rewards and help those that have been less fortunate"

The quote represents the opinions of a Captain of Industry who practices

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Laissez-faire

d)

Nativism

23.

Term where the strongest, most clever, most efficient business will survive and the weak businesses will die out.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Social Gospel

c)

Laissez-faire

d)

Holding companies

24.
What act explains this picture?
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Nativism Act
c)
Quota System
25.
Boss Tweed controlled what city?
a)
Boston
b)
New York City
c)
Atlanta
26.
Explain this image:
a)
Trusts had little power in politics
b)
Trusts controlled politicians to keep them from regulating them
c)
Trusts had few friends in Congress
27.
During the late 19th century which statement would best represent working conditions for children in factories?
a)
low and unfair wages
b)
Constitutional law allowed harsh working conditions
c)
Big business policies led to ideal working conditions
d)
Children didnt work in the Gilded Age, they went to school!
28.

Pullman Strike, Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism

a)

Recosntruction

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Civil War

d)

Progressive Age

29.
Causes
a)
Immigration to rural areas
b)
Immigration to urban areas
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Lack of industrialization
30.

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century ?

a)

The rapid influx of immigrant made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.

b)

Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.

c)

The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

d)

Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

31.

protectors of our industry, 1883


which message is being conveyed by the cartoon?

a)

Industrialist were experiencing more difficulty than the laborers.

b)

The government imposed improved labor standards.

c)

The labor force should have found other employement

d)

The wealthy were dependent on the labor of the working class.

32.

Match this term


Urban

a)

City

b)

Steel Empire

c)

Telephone

d)

Standard oil

33.

Match this Term


Boss Tweed

a)

Political Cartoon

b)

Political Machine

c)

Regulation

d)

Hull House

34.

Match this Term


Jane Addams

a)

Hull House

b)

Pendleton Act

c)

Political Machine

d)

Regulation

35.

Match this Term


Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

Political Machine

b)

Political Cartoon

c)

Nativism

d)

Regulation

36.

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated-

a)

limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

b)

conserving natural resources through the creation of national park

c)

globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

d)

promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

37.
Why were workers strike against Pullman's Company?
a)
High wages and low rent
b)
Low wages and high rent
c)
Unfair hiring practices
38.

Who drew this political cartoon titled "The Arrest of Boss Tweed"?

a)

James Garfield

b)

William Tweed

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Benjamin Singleton

39.

Immigration center outside of New York City

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Chesapeake Island

d)

Hawaiian Islands

40.
These were often corrupt local groups that provided essential services to immigrants in return for money or political support (votes)
a)
Political machines
b)
Nativists
c)
Tweed Machines
d)
Tenets
41.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and "old" immigration?
a)
"Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from Africa.
b)
Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South America.
c)
"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
d)
"Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants were from western Europe.
42.
Beginning in the 1870's, Irish and Germans  were joined by "new"  immigrants from:
a)
Northern and Western Europe 
b)
Northern and Eastern Europe
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
Southern and Western Europe
43.
What is a push factor?
a)
Something that attracts someone to move
b)
Something that forces someone to move to a new country
c)
The process of moving to another country
d)
A refugee
44.
What is a pull factor?
a)
Something that forces someone to move
b)
Something that attracts someone to move to a new place
c)
The motion of a see saw
d)
A refugee
45.
This image explains which social philosophy of the Gilded Age?
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Populism
46.
Which statement explains this cartoon best?
a)
Farmers were happy with railroads
b)
Farmers left the Grange movement to join railroad companies
c)
Farmers felt they were treated unfairly by railroads
47.

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

a)

To move prisoners west

b)

To encourage westward expansion

c)

To defeat Mexico

d)

To make peace with the Native Americans

48.

What act motivated many people to move out to Kansas?

a)

Jayhawker Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Free Land Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

49.
Opened government jobs to competitive exams rather than political connections.
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
The Forgettable Presidents
50.
President shot and killed because of the spoils system
a)
Garfield
b)
Grant
c)
Johnson
d)
Hayes
51.

Homestead Act


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

52.

Boss Tweed


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

53.

Ellis Island


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

54.

Plessy v. Ferguson


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

55.

John. D. Rockefeller


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

56.

Jim Crow Laws


A. Immigration

B. Westward Expansion

C. Industrialization

D. Gilded Age

E. Segregation

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

57.
a)

James Garfield

b)

William Tweed

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jacob Riis

58.

What was a cause of Gilded Age corruption?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Homestead Act

c)

James Garfield

d)

Dawes Act

59.

Which industry was shaken by the Credit Mobilier scandal?

a)

Oil

b)

Steel

c)

Banking

d)

Railroad

60.
What was Benjamin "Pap" Singleton known for?
a)
Leading 50,000 African Americans to northern states during the Civil War
b)
Leading 50,000 African Americans to Kansas and Nebraska during Reconstruction
c)
Leading a revolt against Southern slave holders
d)
Murdering Nathan Bedford Forrest
61.
Political Boss who controlled New York City for 12 years during the Gilded Age
a)
Susan "Murdering" Sullivan
b)
John "Tough Boy" Williams
c)
William "Boss" Tweed
d)
Edward "The Axe" Stan
62.
This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
63.
This man owned Standard Oil and controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
64.
Hull House
a)
Settlement House in Chicago run by Jane Addams
b)
Settlement House in New York run by Samantha Culiver
c)
Settlement House in San Francisco run by Jeff Bezos
d)
Ellis Island of Chicago

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