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WorksheetsSS Unit 1 study guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What did the Dawes Act do to Native American reservations?
Divided them into states
Divided them into allotments
Made them national parks
Turned them into cities
What was a pull factor for human migration mentioned in the study notes?
War
Job opportunities
Natural disasters
Climate change
Which territories did the United States gain control of after the Spanish-American War?
Hawaii and Alaska
Cuba and the Philippines
Guam and Puerto Rico
Mexico and Canada
Who formed the Populist party?
Industrialists
Farmers
Bankers
Politicians
How did the railroad impact the physical landscape of the United States?
Created more forests
Made rivers wider
Made wildlife more scarce
Increased mountain heights
Who organized a settlement house to help immigrants and the poor?
Jane Addams
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington Murray
Susan B. Anthony
What role did Theodore Roosevelt play in the Spanish-American War?
General
President
War hero
Diplomat
What did the Homestead Act allow people to do?
Buy land in the East
Migrate west and have 160 acres of land
Start businesses in cities
Build railroads
Who was known as the “Republican Black Eagle”?
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Murray
W.E.B. Du Bois
What were the main causes the Progressives worked for in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Expansion of slavery
End to child labor, women’s suffrage, better housing
More taxes on the rich
More military spending
What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
To create monopolies
To break up monopolies
To lower taxes
To increase tariffs
Where did most people immigrate to the United States from?
Asia
Europe
Africa
South America
What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?
To promote education
To keep whites and African Americans separate
To encourage immigration
To support women's suffrage
What did the Grandfather Clause allow?
Women to vote
African Americans to vote
White men to vote if their ancestors had voted in 1860
Immigrants to vote
Which of the following was NOT a cause Progressives worked for?
Education, adequate housing, and health care
The end of child labor
Expansion of the military
Women's suffrage
How did the railroad affect immigration and migration to the West?
It made it more difficult to travel
It presented an opportunity to seek fortunes
It restricted movement
It was only used for transporting goods
What does the term "prejudice" mean?
To describe something dramatically
Judgment about people before facts are known
The act of putting down or holding back
A way of reporting news
What does "exaggerate" mean?
To change into an improved form
To describe something and make it more dramatic
The act of putting down or holding back
A way of reporting news
Who is a "progressive"?
A person who wanted to expand the military
A person who wanted to solve social problems and help the poor
A person who focused on economic growth
A person who opposed reforms
What does "reform" mean?
To change into an improved form or condition
To describe something dramatically
The act of putting down or holding back
A way of reporting news
