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SS Unit 1 study guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Dawes Act do to Native American reservations?

a)

Divided them into states

b)

Divided them into allotments

c)

Made them national parks

d)

Turned them into cities

2.

What was a pull factor for human migration mentioned in the study notes?

a)

War

b)

Job opportunities

c)

Natural disasters

d)

Climate change

3.

Which territories did the United States gain control of after the Spanish-American War?

a)

Hawaii and Alaska

b)

Cuba and the Philippines

c)

Guam and Puerto Rico

d)

Mexico and Canada

4.

Who formed the Populist party?

a)

Industrialists

b)

Farmers

c)

Bankers

d)

Politicians

5.

How did the railroad impact the physical landscape of the United States?

a)

Created more forests

b)

Made rivers wider

c)

Made wildlife more scarce

d)

Increased mountain heights

6.

Who organized a settlement house to help immigrants and the poor?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

George Washington Murray

d)

Susan B. Anthony

7.

What role did Theodore Roosevelt play in the Spanish-American War?

a)

General

b)

President

c)

War hero

d)

Diplomat

8.

What did the Homestead Act allow people to do?

a)

Buy land in the East

b)

Migrate west and have 160 acres of land

c)

Start businesses in cities

d)

Build railroads

9.

Who was known as the “Republican Black Eagle”?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

George Washington Murray

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

10.

What were the main causes the Progressives worked for in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

a)

Expansion of slavery

b)

End to child labor, women’s suffrage, better housing

c)

More taxes on the rich

d)

More military spending

11.

What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

a)

To create monopolies

b)

To break up monopolies

c)

To lower taxes

d)

To increase tariffs

12.

Where did most people immigrate to the United States from?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

13.

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?

a)

To promote education

b)

To keep whites and African Americans separate

c)

To encourage immigration

d)

To support women's suffrage

14.

What did the Grandfather Clause allow?

a)

Women to vote

b)

African Americans to vote

c)

White men to vote if their ancestors had voted in 1860

d)

Immigrants to vote

15.

Which of the following was NOT a cause Progressives worked for?

a)

Education, adequate housing, and health care

b)

The end of child labor

c)

Expansion of the military

d)

Women's suffrage

16.

How did the railroad affect immigration and migration to the West?

a)

It made it more difficult to travel

b)

It presented an opportunity to seek fortunes

c)

It restricted movement

d)

It was only used for transporting goods

17.

What does the term "prejudice" mean?

a)

To describe something dramatically

b)

Judgment about people before facts are known

c)

The act of putting down or holding back

d)

A way of reporting news

18.

What does "exaggerate" mean?

a)

To change into an improved form

b)

To describe something and make it more dramatic

c)

The act of putting down or holding back

d)

A way of reporting news

19.

Who is a "progressive"?

a)

A person who wanted to expand the military

b)

A person who wanted to solve social problems and help the poor

c)

A person who focused on economic growth

d)

A person who opposed reforms

20.

What does "reform" mean?

a)

To change into an improved form or condition

b)

To describe something dramatically

c)

The act of putting down or holding back

d)

A way of reporting news