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WorksheetsTrinity US History A CBA REVIEW
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 22mins
What group objected to immigrants taking many jobs in American cities?
Abolitionists
Political Bosses
Progressives
Nativists
Which of these was NOT a part of the Populist platform?
The Gold standard
Government control of the railroad
direct election of Senators
8-hour work day
What is NOT a factor that contributed to US Industrialization in the late 19th century?
inventions and innovations
Transcontinental Railroad/national market
Increase in immigration of unskilled labor
Exodusters
What conflict gained the US territory overseas and increased the power of their navy?
Civil War
World War I
Spanish-American War
World War II
Who used the power of the press to sway public opinion about the Spanish-American war?
Progressives
Yellow Journalists
Muckrakers
Isolationists
The spoils system (giving jobs to your buddies) was ended by
The Pendleton Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The 17th Amendment
The Interstate Commerce Act
What is NOT a reason America wanted to create an "empire"?
Obtain natural resources
Increase strength of their navy
Increase immigration from Asia
Spread American values
What created the cattle drives?
A high demand for beef on the East and West Coast
The Homestead Act
Barbed Wire
The cowboy
What resources were not mined throughout the closing of the frontier?
gold
aluminum
copper
silver
What legislation created forced assimilation for Native American Tribes?
The Dawes Act
The American Indian Citizenship Act
The Homestead Act
The 15th Amendment
Why were new technologies necessary to farm the Great Plains?
There was not as much water as in the East
There were not enough people to farm
There was a high threat from cattle stampedes
There was too much severe weather
The idea of natural rights, or unalienable rights, shaped the writing of what document?
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution
Horrible working conditions, child labor, and low pay all contributed to _____________
Organization of workers into unions
The rise of corporations
Westward migration
Urbanization
Which Progressive wrote about the horrible living conditions in the tenements?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida Wells
John Muir
What woman helped found the NAACP?
Susan B Anthony
Frances Willard
Ida B Wells
Jane Addams
What did settlement houses like Jane Addams' Hull House NOT offer to immigrant communities?
Cultural and reading education
Child care
medical assistance
housing assistance
Which Progressive believed in a gradual gaining of civil rights under the leadership of the white community?
Ida Tarbell
Booker T Washington
WEB DuBois
Upton Sinclair
Which of these allowed regular Americans to participate LESS in government?
initiative
referendum
spoils system
recall
What was Progressive Movement's opinion on laissez-faire government?
Laissez-faire was necessary to ensure market competition
Laissez-faire was allowing monopolies to eliminate market competition
Laissez-faire was necessary for workers' rights
Laissez-faire was unchangeable
From 1880 to 1920, "New immigrants" came from
places with English speakers like England
places with mostly Protestants like Germany
places with non-English speakers like Russia or Italy
Asian countries like China
What is Teddy Roosevelt doing here?
Digging a trench during WWI
Digging the Panama Canal
Digging a path into China
Digging a field in Hawaii
What US foreign policy does this image reflect?
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Open Door Policy
Moral Diplomacy
What war would this headline be associated with?
World War II
Panamanian Revolution
Spanish-American War
Filipino Civil War
Which acted as an illegitimate source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age, fueled by massive immigration and poor city services?
Political Machines
Monopolies
Robber Barons
Captains of Industry
Which of these helped bring an end to cattle drives from Texas to Kansas during the 1880s?
Silver mining
The Homestead Act
Barbed Wire
The Transcontinental Railroad
In the nineteenth-century the United States was beginning to change from —
a direct democracy to a representative democracy
a mostly rural society to a mostly urban society
an isolationist country to an interventionist country
a nativist society to a global society
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants headed west to obtain cheap land available through
The Dawes Act
The Gold Rush
The Homestead Act
The Transcontinental Railroad
How do the 2 major political parties react to 3rd parties like the Populist Party?
by preventing the third party from meeting
by persuading the third party to join theirs
by addressing the issues raised by the third party
by suing the third parties in court
Which of the following contributed most to the settlement and closing of the Great Plains frontier?
the availability of buffalo
the discovery of silver and gold
less demand for agriculture
federal land grants to individuals and railroads
This map reflects what factor in the closure (settlement) of the Western frontier?
The cattle drives
the telegraph
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Homestead Act
In the late 1800s, which factor directly led to the growth of the American steel industry?
government regulation
labor unions
new production technique
development of corporations
During the nineteenth century, where were North American Indian tribes were sent to?
along major rivers in the Midwest like Nebraska
sparsely populated areas of the West like Oklahoma
The far West like California
East of the Mississippi like Tennessee
Rockefeller's Standard Oil is an example of
A monopoly trust
A robber baron
A captain of industry
A political machine
How did the light bulb affect industrialization?
machines needed to be repaired less frequently
products could be manufactured on an assembly line
businesses needed to hire fewer skilled workers
factories could extend production hours
How did the expansion of the railroad most benefit farmers and ranchers in the United States?
it raised the price of agricultural goods
it increased the variety of crops
it provided them with access to a national market
it encouraged them to form cooperatives like the Grange
Critics of big business claimed that monopolies in the United States harmed the economy by -
unfairly limiting competition
by slowing the growth of urban areas
by preventing innovation and invention
by failing to keep pace with other countries
The Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act, & the Meat Inspection Act were efforts by the government to
favor corporations
expand positive influence of trusts
regulate business to protect workers and consumers
move the government towards ownership of industry
Which founding principle DISCOURAGES the government's involvement in the free market?
laissez-faire
egalitarianism
individualism
liberty
Which founding principle asserts the idea of a society without a born nobility (everyone equal at birth)
laissez-faire
egalitarianism
individualism
liberty
Which founding principle asserts the idea that it's the government's responsibility to protect citizen's rights?
laissez-faire
egalitarianism
individualism
liberty
Who wrote "The Jungle", which warned consumers about unsanitary conditions in meat-packing plants?
Jacob Riis
WEB DuBois
John Muir
Upton Sinclair
Roosevelt's (a) Policy included the threat of a powerful military to bring countries to negotiate.
