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Inventions
People
Settling the Plains
Cities
Immigration and Working Rights
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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.
What is a. a faster way to pay railroad workers
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How did John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil become a monopoly? a. It bought small companies to reduce competition. b. It sold parts of the company to other people
What is a. It bought small companies to reduce competition.
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What problem did the Great Plains settlers face? a. climate was too cold b. lack of building materials c. overcrowding d. too much rain
What is b. lack of building materials
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What is a reason why cities grew between 1860 and 1910? a. Large farms offered job opportunities b. People left farms for better economic and social opportunities c. The Seventeethn Amendment made it safer to live in cities
What is b. People left farms for better economic and social opportunities
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What did the American Federation of Labor do? a. fought against Unions that went on strike b. fought for better working conditions. c. use technology to help businesses grow
What is b. fought for better working conditions.
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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 wire fences
What is Barbed wire fences blocked cattle trails.
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Who made his fortune in his steel company and was also a great philanthropist?
What is Andrew Carnegie
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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 the land for very little money
What is c. the government sold the land for very little money
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What social problem of the late 1800s is most associated with tenement buildings? a. child labor b. overcrowded living conditions c. unsafe working conditions
What is b. overcrowded living conditions
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Why did employers like hiring immigrants? a. They came to escape persecution b. They had different customs c. They worked many hours for little pay
What is c. They worked many hours for little pay
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How did inventions change people's lives? a. Businesses did not grow b. It took people more time to do things c. They could do more work in less time
What is c. They could do more work in less time
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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 reservations c. the soldiers wanted the Indians to move to reservations
What is c. the soldiers wanted the Indians to move to reservations
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How could western farmers use the railroads 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
What is b. farmers could ship cattle and wheat to the east
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How did many of the inventions in the late 1800s affect the way businesses operated? a. they helped people work faster and make fewer mistakes b. they helped prevent businesses from hiring young children c. they replaced machines with human workers.
What is a. they helped people work faster and make fewer mistakes
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Why did some Americans want immigration to end? a. They believed immigrants were prejudice b. The thought that the US was too crowded c. They worried that immigrants would take their jobs
What is c. They worried that immigrants would take their jobs
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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
What is b. Congress gave the railroad companies land and money
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Why did the cattle drives disappear? a. barbwire fences and more railheads ended the long cattle drives b. Many cattle died from Texas fever
What is a. barbwire fences and more railheads ended the long cattle drives
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Why did cattle ranchers send their cattle to the North and East? a. It was difficult to raise cattle in Texas b. there were no barbed wire fences c. they could sell their cattle there for more money
What is c. they could sell their cattle there for more money
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What were two important new technologies that changed cities? a. elevators and steel street signs b. brick buildings and electric elevators c. skyscrapers and iron fire escapes d. steel beams for skyscrapers and electric light bulbs
What is d. steel beams for skyscrapers and electric light bulbs
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Why did Samuel Gompers help form labor unions in 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
What is b. to get better pay and working conditions
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What did settlers in the Great Plains do to make farming faster and easier? a. They hired many new workers b. They used new and better farm machines
What is b. They used new and better farm machines
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What was the importance of the transcontinental railroad? a. it allowed more people to travel from the north to south b. it provided transportation to the reservations. c. it made travel from the east coast to the west coast easier
What is c. it made travel from the east coast to the west coast easier
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What was the Dawes Act designed to do? a. allow settlers to hunt for gold on reservations b. create large reservations for Native Americans c. make Native Americans become farmers.
What is c. make Native Americans become farmers.
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What was one effect of overcrowding in the cities? a. immigrants had to live in skyscrapers b. many people lived in unsafe buildings c. the slums were torn down and new building were built
What is b. many people lived in unsafe buildings
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What did immigrants bring to the US from their native countries? a. congress b. immigration stations c. languages and customs
What is c. languages and customs