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Vocabulary:Westward Expansion, Immigration and Industalization V

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

stock

a)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

b)

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

c)

A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owne

d)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

2.

Homestead Act

a)

complete control of a product or service

b)

A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owne

c)

1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and

d)

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

3.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

a)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

b)

A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owne

c)

a requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to v

d)

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and ship

4.

Transcontinental Railroad

a)

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the Unite

b)

In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker

c)

Railway extending from coast to coast allowing for goods to be shiiped more

d)

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location

5.

Andrew Carnegie

a)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

b)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

c)

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slav

d)

A Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his pr

6.

John D. Rockefeller

a)

a requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to v

b)

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

c)

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

d)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

7.

trust

a)

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

b)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

c)

abolished slavery

d)

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slav

8.

Monoploy

a)

complete control of a product or service

b)

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

c)

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location

d)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

9.

49ers

a)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

b)

A Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his pr

c)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

d)

to move into a foreign country or region as a permanent resident

10.

Corporation

a)

to move into a foreign country or region as a permanent resident

b)

A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not perso

c)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

d)

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

11.

Robber Barons

a)

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

b)

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the Unite

c)

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

d)

Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits

12.

Sherman Antitrust Act

a)

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the Unite

b)

In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker

c)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

d)

leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.

13.

push factors

a)

system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in ret

b)

a factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another

c)

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and ship

d)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

14.

pull factors

a)

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slav

b)

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location

c)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

d)

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

15.

Industrialization

a)

the process of developing machine production of goods

b)

In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker

c)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

d)

abolished slavery

16.

assembly line

a)

Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits

b)

1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and

c)

In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker

d)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

17.

Captains of Industry

a)

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

b)

the process of developing machine production of goods

c)

A name given company owners such as Carnegie and Rockefeller who employed m

d)

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

18.

immigrate

a)

1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and

b)

to move into a foreign country or region as a permanent resident

c)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

d)

complete control of a product or service

19.

Emigrate

a)

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and ship

b)

leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.

c)

A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not perso

d)

abolished slavery

20.

shareholder

a)

A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owne

b)

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

c)

abolished slavery

d)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

21.

Segregation

a)

abolished slavery

b)

A Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his pr

c)

Railway extending from coast to coast allowing for goods to be shiiped more

d)

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

22.

Integration

a)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

b)

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

c)

to move into a foreign country or region as a permanent resident

d)

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed

23.

Sharecropping

a)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

b)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

c)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

d)

system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in ret

24.

poll tax

a)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

b)

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

c)

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the Unite

d)

Railway extending from coast to coast allowing for goods to be shiiped more

25.

literacy test

a)

the process of developing machine production of goods

b)

a requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to v

c)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

d)

People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold.

26.

Black Codes

a)

the process of developing machine production of goods

b)

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed

c)

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slav

d)

complete control of a product or service

27.

13th Amendment

a)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

b)

abolished slavery

c)

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

d)

A name given company owners such as Carnegie and Rockefeller who employed m

28.

14th Amendment

a)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

b)

A name given company owners such as Carnegie and Rockefeller who employed m

c)

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed

d)

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different rac

29.

15th Amendment

a)

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and ship

b)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

c)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

d)

Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits

30.

Freedmen's Bureau

a)

Captain of industry that created a monopoly in oil refineries

b)

A share of ownership in a corporation.

c)

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedo

d)

A Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his pr