How did John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil become a monopoly?
a.It bought small companies to reduce competition.
b.It paid factory workers lots of money.
c.It sold all of the big U.S. companies.
d.It sold parts of the company to other people.
a.It bought small companies to reduce competition.
100
How did the government help people settle the Great Plains?
a.The government gave farmers seeds.
b.The government gave farmers new tools.
c.The government sold land for very little money.
d.The government taught farmers how to grow plants that needed little water.
c.The government sold land for very little money.
100
What was the Dawes Act designed to do?
a. allowed settlers to hunt for gold on reservations
b. create large reservations for Native Americans
c. make Native Americans become farmers
d. made it against the law to hunt buffalo
c. make Native Americans become farmers
100
What did the American Federation of Labor do?
a. fought against Unions that went on strike
b. fought for better working conditions
c. hired many people to run machines in factories
d. used technology to help businesses grow
b. fought for better working conditions
100
Which of the following was NOT a use for the telegraph?
a. a faster way to pay railroad workers
b. a way for reporters to send news stories to newspapers
c. sending battle plans during the Civil War
d. sending messages in just a few minutes
a. a faster way to pay railroad workers
200
Which of the following industrialists made his fortune in shipping and railroads?
a.Andrew Carnegie
b.Cornelius Vanderbilt
c.George Westinghouse
d.Thomas Edison
b.Cornelius Vanderbilt
200
What did settlers in the Great Plains do to make farming faster and easier?
a. They avoided grass fires.
b. They hired many new workers.
c. They planted all of their crops along streams.
d. They used new and better farm machines.
d. They used new and better farm machines.
200
Why did the U.S. soldiers and Indians fight?
a. The Indians wanted the soldiers to build more railroads.
b. The soldiers tried to invade the Indians’ reservations.
c. The soldiers wanted the Indians to move to reservations.
d. The soldiers wanted the Indians to stop farming.
c. The soldiers wanted the Indians to move to reservations.
200
Which expression most accurately illustrates the concept of nativism?
a.“Walk softly and carry a big stick”
b.“Go west young man”
c.“Help wanted-Irish need not apply”
d.“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
c.“Help wanted-Irish need not apply”
200
What was the importance of the transcontinental railroad?
a. It allowed more people to travel from the north to the south.
b. It discouraged settlement in the west.
c. It provided transportation to the reservations.
d. It made travel from the east coast of the United State to the west coast easier.
d. It made travel from the east coast of the United State to the west coast easier.
300
Which of the following industrialists made his fortune with the invention of air brakes?
a.Andrew Carnegie
b.Cornelius Vanderbilt
c.George Westinghouse
d.John D. Rockefeller
c.George Westinghouse
300
How could western farmers use the railroad to make money?
a. Farmers could make more things in factories.
b. Farmers could ship cattle and wheat to the east.
c. Farmers used new machinery to grow more grain.
d. Stores in the eastern states sold more things.
b. Farmers could ship cattle and wheat to the east.
300
What did immigrants bring to the United States from their native countries?
a. congress
b. immigration stations
c. languages and customs
d. railroads
c. languages and customs
300
Why did Samuel Gompers help form labor unions in the late 1800s?
a. to gain the right to work longer days
b. to get better pay and working conditions
c. to help children become full time workers
d. to overthrow wealthy entrepreneurs
b. to get better pay and working conditions
300
How did many of the inventions in the late 1800s affect the way businesses operated?
a. They helped people work faster and with fewer mistakes.
b. They helped prevent businesses from hiring young children.
c. They replaced machines with human workers.
d. They slowed the growth of large corporations.
a. They helped people work faster and with fewer mistakes.
400
Which steel company owner was also a great philanthropist?
a.Andrew Carnegie
b.Cornelius Vanderbilt
c.George Westinghouse
d.Thomas Edison
a.Andrew Carnegie
400
How did the invention of barbed wire change the life of cattle ranchers?
a. Barbed wire fences blocked cattle trails.
b. Cattle ranchers trained cattle to stay behind barbed wire fences.
c. Cattle ranchers sold the barbed wire to people in the North and East.
d. Cowhands used the barbed wire on their cattle drives to the railheads.
a. Barbed wire fences blocked cattle trails.
400
Why did employers like hiring immigrants?
a. They came to escape persecution.
b. They could speak other languages.
c. They had different customs.
d. They worked many hours for little pay.
d. They worked many hours for little pay.
400
Which is a reason why cities grew between 1860 and 1910?
a. Large farms offered job opportunities.
b.Millions of immigrants settled in the rural areas.
c. People left farms for better economic and social opportunities.
d. The Seventeenth Amendment made it safer to live in cities.
c. People left farms for better economic and social opportunites.
400
Which of the following completes the graphic organizer?
a. advantage to the Northern states during the Civil War
b. encouraged settlement in the southeast
c. first use of air brakes in railroads
d. merged the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies
d. merged the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies
500
Which man’s research lab was the country’s first industrial research laboratory?
a.Alexander G. Bell
b.George Westinghouse
c.Henry Ford
d.Thomas Edison
d.Thomas Edison
500
Why did the cattle drives disappear?
a.Cowhands were tired of long rides.
b.Barbwired fences and more railheads ended the long cattle drives.
c.Many cattle died from Texas fever.
d.The cattle could not cross the tracks to get to the railheads.
b. Barbwired fences and more railheads ended the long cattle drives.
500
Why did some Americans want immigration to end?
a. They believed immigrants were prejudiced.
b. They thought the United States was too crowded.
c. They wanted to live in the tenements.
d. They worried that immigrants would take their jobs.
d. They worried that immigrants would take their jobs.
500
What social problem of the late 1800s is most associated with tenement buildings?
a. child labor
b. overcrowded living conditions
c. unhealthy meat packing
d. unsafe working conditions
b. overcrowded living conditions
500
How did the government help construct the transcontinental railroad?
a. Chinese and Irish immigrants helped build the railroad.
b. Congress gave the railroad companies land and money.
c. It connected states and territories.
d. It provided horses, mules, and oxen.
b. Congress gave the railroad companies land and money.