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WorksheetsUS.1-3 Review- State Test
Total questions: 126
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
Which of the following was NOT an effect of Manifest Destiny.
More states were added.
Urbanization in the Northeast.
Transcontinental Railroad being built.
The Homestead Act
The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America
Manifest Destiny
Bill of Rights
Mexican-American War
Gold Rush
Which of these was NOT a PULL factor for settlers that wanted to move out west?
Gold in California
Land
Jobs in factories
What led to the decline of the Open Range
over farming
barbed wire
refrigeration
Indian Wars
Cattle Drives were disrupted by the __________.
Mormons
Forty-niners
Railroad
Gold Rush
This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years
The Trail of Tears
The Homestead Act
The union Pacific RR company
Prospectors
Which conflict is described in the newspaper shown on the Left?
Ranchers with herds on the open range opposed farmers and ranchers with fenced properties.
American Indians opposed ranchers and homesteads for control of the Great Plains.
Different ranchers with cattle herds competed for gazing along the Chisholm Trail .
Farmers on the Great Plains contested the shipping rates set by railroad companies.
Which would be the best title for the chart?
Reasons for the success of the Nebraska Land Rush
Factors Contributing to the settlement of the West
Conditions Leading to the spread of Cholera
Sparks for the second Industrial Revolution
What physical feature is circled on the map?
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
How was the buffalo population affected by the transcontinental railroad?
The buffalo population was moved further east.
The population declined due to over-hunting.
It spread diseases to the buffalo.
New breeds of buffalo were introduced.
Which immigrant groups were most involved in the building of the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese
German
Irish
Italian
Who was the Populist/Democratic candidate for President?
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?
To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm prices
To reduce economic inflation
To raise campaign contribution limits
To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions
What was the main issue of the 1896 election?
Adjusting Immigration standards
Establishing new foreign relations policy
Which metal would be the basis of the nation's currency
Westward Expansion
Unlimited Coinage of Silver,
Limit terms for President
Direct Election of Senators
Secret Ballot
Government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones.
Immigration Restriction
Graduated Income Tax
shorter work day 8 hours
Which political party platform is list above?
Populist platform
Progressive platform
Republican party platform
Democrat party platform
"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"
In this speech, who was being crushed and by what?
Bankers by the gold standard
Farmers by the gold standard
Industrialists by bimetallism
William Jennings Bryan by the silver standard
Who did the Populists believe should run the railroads?
The Government
The local cities/towns
Private Enterprise
The Farmers
Although the Populist Party did not last long, these proposals did become law:
Income Tax & Direct Election of Representatives
Direct Election of Senators & Postal Savings-Banks
Income Tax & Free Coinage of Silver
Income Tax & Direct Election of Senators
What explanation below explains why railroad companies were able to charge high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s?
There was a great deal of competition between various railroad companies
The railroads foreclosed on many farms and took the farmers’ properties
The railroad companies had essentially no competition.
They were able to charge high prices because the railroad companies owned the Grange.
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
The Homestead Act:
Encouraged westward settlement
Granted 160 acres to every head of household
Created Native Tension
was an act which granted land to Natives
Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —
providing safe working conditions for child laborers
employing children as a source of cheap labor
seeking government regulation of child labor
Which technique of labor unions was the most effective for unskilled labor?
Strikes
Walk outs
Arbitration
Yellow Dog Contracts
Were the most radical and socialist union of the time period
National Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
American Railway Union
The IWW (aka The Wobblies)
Who was the "King of Steel" who owned the Homestead factory?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Eugene Debs
Which of the following is a tactic used by owners of factories to exclude workers from the work place until certain terms are agreed to?
strike
lockout
collective bargaining
boycott
How can American society best be described during the Gilded Age?
The large majority of Americans are involved in business ownership and are very wealthy
There is a small number of very wealthy millionaires, however many citizens also live in poverty
Huge numbers of American citizens are immigrating to Europe to seek new opportunities
There is an equal number of wealthy and poor citizens
Andrew Carnegie used this business strategy, where a company owns or controls every part in the creation of it's product (resources, factories, transportation)
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Supply-Side Economics
Laissez-Faire Economics
Henry Ford was known for bringing the "assembly line" method of mass production to American factories. Why was this method so important to the economy?
It made it harder to produce certain products, which greatly increased their value on the global market
It really had no economic impact at the time
It made it easier to produce large quantities of products, which made them cheaper for the American consumer
It allowed certain products to only be available to American citizens
Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-
Bootlegger
Monopolies
Communists
Nativists
How did horizontal and vertical integration affect American companies
Competition flourished in all industries
Technology was shared within companies
Small businesses benefited from the business strategy
Large companies grew and eliminated competition
Why were individuals like John. D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P Morgan and Vanderbelt called Robber Barrons?
They were nice to people
They stole money from the government
They robbed the rich
They used ruthless business tactics against other companies and competitors
Which of the following was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices?
Pullman Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sherman Antitrust Act
Industrial Regulatory Act
Which of the following strikes involved a ruckus between strikers and police officers, and led to a bomb being thrown, as well as anarchists sent to trial with the sole blame?
Haymarket Riot
Pullman Strike
Homestead Strike
Railroad Strike
What does "Social Darwinism" mean?
"Survival of the fittest"
"Every man for themself"
"An eye for an eye"
"Fight for your rights"
Which of the following is the best definition for the term POLITICAL MACHINES
A party organization headed by a single boss or small group that commands enough votes to ensure elections are fair and accurate reflections of the people's will
A party organization that caters only to Nativist candidates and tries to keep immigrants out of their city
A party organization that does not command many votes or power in a city, but is quite annoying
A Party organization, headed by a single boss or small group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control
The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.
Maslow
Bessemer Process
Free Enterprise
Laisez-Faire
When there is complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition.
Dictatorship
National Market
Opportunity Cost
Monopoly
A monopoly is also known as a (a) /
What is a robber baron?
A wealthy business man who used their money greedily and kept bad business practices.
A wealthy business man who left their money to others once they passed away.
A wealthy business man who used their money for themselves occasionally but also generously gave back to society.
A wealthy business man who used their money to fund buildings for use by others.
Which of these people were NOT considered in the categories of robber barons and captains of industry?
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
John Rockefeller
Which robber baron owned the Standard Oil Company?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Which group held the most power during the Gilded Age?
Government Officials
Farmers
Immigration Officers
Business Owners
What are monopolies?
businesses eliminating competition
businesses paying more taxes
businesses with many employees
businesses creating only one product
Which form of business integration meant the business owned their supply chain (everything used to create their product)?
Vertical Integration
Product Integration
Horizontal Integration
Supply Chain Integration
The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in response to the problem of...
Companies refusing to hire minority workers
Businesses choosing to hire illegal immigrants
Unsafe working conditions in factories
Business combinations limiting competition
Which two events caused the rapid urbanization of cities?
Resources
Immigration
Farming Failures
Industrial Revolution
Bad Land
Which of these people would NOT be considered a muckraker?
A photo journalists taking pictures of impoverished living conditions.
A political cartoonist who creates cartoons exposing the corruptions of politics.
A novelist going undercover to write a book on working conditions in the meatpacking industry.
A journalist who covers up a monopoly scandal related to the oil industry.
Which was an TWO acts passed because of the publication of The Jungle?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Meat Inspection Act
Homestead Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Which three problems did labor unions organizing attempt to solve?
Shorter working days
Severance pay
Better wages
Better living conditions
Improved working conditions
Which of these was NOT a labor union?
American Federation of Labor
Workers of America
Industrial Workers of the World
Knights of Labor
Where did the New Immigrants come from?
Northern/western Europe
Latin America
Asia
Eastern/southern Europe
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to
increased U.S. presence in China
competition for jobs on the West Coast
rapid population growth in th Northeast
China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion
Immigration _________ were put in place due to nativist sentiments in the 1920s.
bills
stations
quotas
processing
The Social Gospel Movement strove to
force the government to help the poor
improve conditions in the city using biblical ideals of charity and justice
keep immigrants from coming to the U.S.
give immigrants jobs
What did settlement houses offer
hot meals
medical care
English Classes
all of the above
What is the name of the settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams
Young Men's Christian Association
Hull House
Salvation Army
Jane Addams Continuation School
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
Cities grew rapidly.
Demand for artisans increased.
Farms experienced a shortage of labor.
Government regulate of factories increased.
The Transcontinental Railroad increased settlement in the...
North
East
South
West
One result of the trend shown in this table was the -
expansion of available labor
creation of specialized trade guilds
decrease in educational opportunities for women
increase in production costs for manufacturers
What grew the most during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Cities
Farms
Rural Communities
School Systems
Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?
America had many organizations for immigrants to join.
America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.
It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?
When one person or company controls a market
a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie
a law that gave them advantages in business
How did Cornelius Vanderbilt build his wealth?
Automobile Industry
Railroad and Shipping Industry
Oil Industry
Steel Industry
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the U.S. found work as ?
Educated professionals
Factory workers
Scientists
Lawyers
Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
JP Morgan
- Founded what became US Steel
- Wrote the Gospel of Wealth
- Used profits in philanthropic activities
What Gilded Age individual best represents the description above?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
George Pullman
Thomas Edison
Which historical figure is known for leading the banking industry during the Gilded Age?
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:
the telegraph
the Bessemer Process
the Model T
The light bulb
Which population shift occurred in the late 1800s as a result of industrialization?
northerners moved to the Sun Belt
rural residents moved to urban areas
working class people moved from the cities to the suburbs
African Americans moved from the North to the cities in the South
Ikea has recently begun to buy out forests in order to produce lumber and then build their furniture to sell in their stores across the world. This is an example of....
A monopoly
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Free Enterprise
In 2012 Facebook purchased Instagram, this is an example of
A trust
Laissez Faire
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Johnathan wishes to turn his ramen business into a vertically integrated company, which of the following would help him achieve that?
Buy out another Ramen company
Sell his Ramen company to another company
Begin to produce korean Bar-B-Que too
Purchase a packaging plant to make his own packages
Political machines took advantage of ________________ in big cities.
immigrants
politicians
children
What part of the country did political machines control?
Urban (city) governments
Rural (country) governments
The U.S. federal government
How did political machines get the support of immigrants?
they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America
They wasted money on military spending
They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes
They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier
Many immigrants and poor families would be forced to live in dirty single room apartments called-
Poor houses
Brothels
Tenements
Debtor Jails
Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?
They made sure unions could not protect workers from management
They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America
They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities
They prevented immigrants from being Americanized
The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-
Bill the Butcher
Andrew Carnegie
William "Boss" Tweed
John D Rockefeller
Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
Integration of public schools
Truman Doctrine
Separate is Unequal
Separate But Equal
Plessy v. Ferguson created a legal justification for
Integration of Schools
Child Labor Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Taking away one's right to vote
Enfranchisement
Suffrage
Disenfranchisement
Which one of two laws did the federal government do in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Indian Removal Act
W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?
he wrote How the Other Half Lives?
he helped found the NAACP
he called for African Americans to obtain job training
he mostly lectured in college about race issues
What did the 16th amendment do?
Congress can collect income taxes
allowed for the direct election of senators
banned the sale of alcohol
granted women's suffrage
Before 1913, the selection of U.S. senators was not cohesive (of many ways). What was the solution?
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1964
Congress passed the 15th amendment
Congress passed the 17th amendment
The Supreme Court ruled that states can define their own election laws.
What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in conservation?
He influenced the creation of the National Parks System
He called on Americans to stop consuming oil
He signed a law banning the use of fossil fuels.
He advocated for conservative values.
The Gilded Age (1880s-1900s) featured the growing power of big business and their monopolization of industries. Such economic power prevented competition and manipulated consumer prices. What did Congress do as a response?
Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress passed laws protecting monopolies
Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act
In the early 1900s, many of the rich, the big businessmen, and the racially priviledged justified the inequality with the underpriviledged because the former were born "better" than others. We call this "survival of the fittest." What is the theory?
Marxism
Mercantilism
Social Darwinism
Assimilation
This muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of the streets of New York City caused by widespread homelessness and poverty of newcomers.
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Thomas Nast
Jacob Riis
What did the 18th amendment do?
It allowed for the direct election of senators.
It banned the sale of alcohol.
It allowed women's suffrage
It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote
What did the 19th amendment do?
It allowed for the direct election of senators.
It banned the sale of alcohol.
It allowed women's suffrage
It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote
(TEKS 15B) In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in --
working with labor unions to increase worker salaries
taking responsibility for the safety of consumers
setting limits on the growth of private industry
implementing social welfare programs
Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
Goal was to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable financial system
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
The Banking Act of 1971
The Bill Of Rights
The 18th Amendment
What did Rockefeller's Standard Oil do to smaller oil companies in Ohio?
helped them make more money
helped them combine into one big oil company
tried to run them out of business or bought them out
What is a muckraker?
Someone who cleans out horse stalls.
A journalist who exposes corruption in big business and government
A person who cheats in order to get ahead.
What did Ida Tarbell write?
The History of the Standard Oil Company
The Jungle
How the Other Half LIved
