Unit 6
Which late-1800s federal policy most directly attempted to break up American Indian tribal culture?
a.) The Treaty of Paris (1783)
b.)The Dawes Act
c.) The Monroe Doctrine
B.) The Dawes Act
Which factor most strongly contributed to increased anti-Chinese sentiment in the American West during the late 1800's?
a.) Chinese dominance of Congress
b.) Support for Chinese voting rights
c.) Competition for jobs during economic downturns.
c.) Competition for jobs during economic downturns.
Which term describes large business combinations formed to reduce competition and control prices?
a.) Subsistence farming
b.) Nullification
c.) Sharecropping
d.) Trusts
D.)
Which federal goal most influenced U.S Indian policy in the late 1800's?
a.) Expanding tribal sovereignty
b.) Restoring tribal land boundaries.
c.) Assimilating Native people into white American culture.
c.)
Who are the Texans going against this weekend to advance more in the playoffs?
a.) Inter Miami
b.) Real Madrid
c.) The Pittsburg Steelers
d.) New England Patriots
d.) New England Patriots
A key purpose of American Indian boarding schools in the late 19th century was to:
a.) Prepare tribes for independence from U.S authority
b.) Preserve tribal languages and oral traditions.
c.) Assimilate Native Americans into white American culture.
C.) Assimilate Native Americans into white American culture.
By 1900, many new immigrants entering the U.S came primarily from:
a.) Western Europe only
b.) Australia and Canada
c.) Southern and Eastern Europe
c.) Southern and Eastern Europe
a.) Immigrants should receive free land
b.)Wealth inequality is natural and reflects "fitness"
c.) Labor unions should run businesses
b.)
The expansion of department stores in the late 1800's was most enabled by:
a.) industrial mass production and growing middle class demand
b.) the end of advertising campaigns
c.) The collapse of national markets.
What team does Mr. Garcia support in football?
a.) The Baltimore Ravens
b.) New York Jets
c.) New York Giants
d.) New York Red Bulls
c.)
Which government action after the Civil War most directly helped expand national markets and fuel industrial growth?
a.) Subsidies and land grants for railroads
b.) Abolition of the income tax
c.) Elimination of Immigration
a.) Subsidies and land grants for railroads.
Which of the following MOST directly explains why immigration increased in the late 1800's?
a.) A return to isolationism
b.) Industrial job opportunities in the cities
c.) The end of urban factories.
b.) Industrial job opportunities in the cities.
The "Gospel of Wealth" by Andrew Carnegie argued that individuals should:
a.) Distribute wealth through public works and philanthropy
b.) Support labor unions and collective bargaining
c.) Invest exclusively in foreign markets.
b.)
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) was designed to:
a.) Expand political machines
b.) Break up monopolies and limit corporate concentration.
c.)force immigration restrictions in the West.
b.)
Who is the UH basketball team going against this weekend?
a.) Kansas
b.) Arizona
c.) Arizona State
d.) Baylor
c.)
Which of the following was a major effect of transcontinental railroad expansion in the late 1800's?
a.) Increased isolation of western states.
b.) Faster movement of goods and people across regions.
c.) Reduced dependence on national markets.
Which of the following was a major social concern highlighted by photographs and reformers during the gilded age?
a.) Increased wealth equality
b.) Child Labor
c.) Abolitionist organizing
b.) Child labor
Which of the following was a common goal for labor unions in the late 19th century?
a.) Ending all federal involvement in labor disputes
b.) Eliminating immigration completely.
c.) Better wages and safer working conditions.
c.)
National labor unions in the late 1800's most often sought:
a.) elimination of all immigration.
b.) fewer workplace protections
c.) a return to slavery-based agriculture
d.) Improved wages, hours, and working conditions.
d.)
Which statement best describes the goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
a.) Restrict Chinese laborers from entering the United States.
b.) Grant US citizenship automatically to Chinese immigrants.
c.) Encourage Chinese immigration to build the western railroads.
a.) Restrict Chinese laborers from entering the United States.
Which of the following best defines "laissez-faire" economic policy?
a.) Government ownership of all major industries
b.) Strict regulation of labor unions
c.) Minimal government interference in the economy.
c.)
Which of the following best describes a political machine?
a.) A court ruling limiting state power.
b.) A federal program to end corruption in Congress
c.) A system of exchanging political favors for votes.
c.)
Farmers were drawn to the Populist movement largely due to:
a.) reduced bank influence in rural areas.
b.) their rejection of voting rights for workers.
c.)falling prices, high railroad costs, and heavy indebtedness
c.)