Few whites settled in the Great Plains because

1
Few whites settled in the Great Plains because

• They saw it as empty.
• Few were attracted by the rolling plains, dry
  plateaus, and deserts.
• Most went to California for the gold rush.
• All of the above

2
______ played a key role in settling the United
States.

• The army
• The rifle
• The railroads
• The outlaws

3
An area with a sudden population growth is called

• A boom town.
• A metropolis.
• A mining town.
• A ghost town.

4
About ____ of cowhands were Mexican or African
Americans.

• 1/4
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 3/4

5
Rapidly growing cow towns had no local
government. To protect themselves, citizens
formed

• Crime watch areas.
• Vigilante groups.
• Barriers around the towns
• All of the above

6
The introduction of horses by the Spanish changed
the way Plains people lived

• They quickly became expert riders.
• They kept their own herds by the late 1700s.
• They were able to travel farther to hunt buffalo.
• All of the above

7
Over time, many plains tribes developed a nomadic
way of life tied to

• Horse trading
• Buffalo hunting
• Corn farming
• All of the above

8
The second treaty of Fort Laramie did not end the
troubles between The Sioux and white settlers
because

• The Sioux were vicious warriors.
• White prospectors discovered gold in the Black
  Hills and ignored the treaty.
• Ranchers insisted on herding cattle through Sioux
  farmland.
• All of the above

9
The primary reason the way of life for the Native
Americans of the Plains ended was

• The arrival of the railroads.
• The arrival of the white settlers.
• The arrival of the Spanish
• The disappearance of the buffalo.

10
The Dawes act of 1887

• Encouraged Native Americans to become farmers.
• Divided the reservations into individual plots of
  land.
• Forced white culture on Native American
  children.
• All of the above

11
The first territory/state to give women the right
to vote was

• Wyoming
• Colorado
• Utah
• Idaho

12
The primary effect that the railroad had on
western cities was

• An increase in jobs.
• An increase in population.
• An increase in wealth.
• An increase in territory.

13
With the increase in Anglo settlers to the
Southwest, Mexicanos lost

• Economic power
• Political power
• Land
• All of the above

14
Early novels about the West

• Portray white settlers in heroic roles.
• Portray Native Americans as villains.
• Overlook African Americans.
• All of the above

15
The myths of the old west overlooked

• The contributions of Mexicans, and Native and
  African Americans.
• Chinese Labor
• Government assistance
• All of the above

16
The Homestead Act of 1862

• Was passed by the federal government to promote
  western settlement.
• Offered 160 acres of free land to each settler.
• Made settlers agree to live on and improve the
  land for five years.
• All of the above

17
The sale of railroad land not only made the
railroads rich, but

• Also made the farmers rich.
• Supplied new customers for railroad service.
• Enhanced the live of Native Americans.
• All of the above

18
The primary reason for crop prices to drop in the
1870s was

• Pestilence
• Plague
• Overproduction
• All of the above

19
In Munn v Illinois the Supreme Court ruled that
the government could regulate the railroads
because,

• They were making too much money.
• The railroads served the public interest.
• They were foreign owned.
• All of the above

20
Farmers believed a silver standard would help
them economically because

• The gold standard restricted the countys cash
  flow.
• Silver backed money would be more plentiful.
• The price of farm goods would become inflated.
• All of the above

21
After the Civil War, Factory production expanded
in the U.S. because

• Plentiful Natural resources and a growing
  population.
• Improved transportation and high immigration.
• New inventions and government assistance.
• All of the above

22
The business cycle experiences times of

• Expansion and contraction.
• Wealth and popularity.
• Justice and injustice.
• All of the above

23
The Bessemer steel process increased the nations
steel output ____ between 1867 and 1900.

• 200 times
• 300 times
• 400 times
• 500 times

24
The inventor who found the most ways to use
electricity was

• Henry Bessemer.
• Thomas Edison.
• Alexander Graham Bell.
• Jan Matzeliger

25
The telephone was invented by

• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Jan Matzeliger

26
A Transcontinental Railroad would link

• Chicago to the West Coast.
• New York to Atlanta.
• Florida to Maine
• The East Coast to the West Coast.

27
The railroads overcame its labor shortage by
hiring

• Freedmen.
• The Irish.
• The Chinese.
• All of the above

28
The Union-Pacific line was the first

• Steam driven engine.
• Transcontinental railroad.
• Railroad to come to Florida.
• All of the above

29
Railroads set up standard time it was a system
that

• Unified time in the United States.
• Divided the U.S. into four time zones.
• Lasted from 1865-1900.
• All of the above

30
The Transcontinental Railroad

• Linked the economies of East and West.
• Weakened the Native American hold on the West.
• Helped cities with no waterway.
• All of the above

31
(An)/advantage(s) that a corporation has over a
privately owned business is or are

• A corporation has a special legal status akin to
  a living entity.
• Banks are more likely to lend a corporation
  money.
• A corporation limits risk to its investors.
• All of the above

32
If a company wipes out all of its competition, it
is considered a

• Monopoly
• Trust
• Corporation
• Industry

33
Philanthropist means

• A person who gives people money.
• A person who helps charities.
• A person who has a lot of money.
• A lover of humans.

34
The Gilded age was a time when

• Gold was the primary currency.
• Everyone was rich.
• The wealth of a few masked many problems in
  American society.
• The gold standard dominated the stock market.

35
Most of the South in the late 1800s

• Was in ruins.
• Knew great poverty.
• Remained agricultural.
• All of the above

36
Business owners of the late 1800s wanted to keep
their profits high, so they

• Made workers buy their own tools.
• Made workers supply their own coal for heat.
• Refused to buy safety equipment.
• All of the above

37
Factories that both adults and children would
labor for long hours in poor conditions for low
wages were called

• Sweatshops.
• Assembly lines.
• Hotboxes.
• The Republican dream.

38
In the 1800s, the average weekly wage was

• Less than 10.
• 50.
• 100.
• 200.

39
Early attempts to strike by unions resulted in

• Opposition by The President and local police.
• Violence.
• Arrests of workers and labor leaders.
• All of the above

40
In spite of opposition to labor unions, the labor
movement did not die because

• Workers are lazy and want to get paid for very
  little work.
• Labor unions were organized by the Soviet Union.
• The Democrats and other socialists were too
  powerful.
• Workers at most companies received low wages and
  few benefits.

41
The Industrial Revolution caused the urbanization
of America in the late 1800s because

• People moved to where the factory jobs were.
• People loved the excitement of the city.
• Farmland was becoming scarce.
• Cars let people move about the city.

42
Three things that significantly allowed the
growth of cities were

• Steel Frames, electricity, and the elevator.
• The Automobile, petroleum, and rubber tires.
• Taxis, busses, and railroads.
• Restaurants, museums, and parks.

43
Largely due to public transportation

• People moved to cities.
• People spent more money.
• Cities expanded.
• Governments in the cities became large
  bureaucracies.

44
As people flocked to the cities,

• The wealth of the average city dweller increased.
• Overcrowding became a serious problem.
• The housing improved.
• The government established a census bureau.

45
An organization that influences enough votes to
control a local government is called

• The Mafia.
• A political party.
• A constituency.
• A political machine.

46
After 1900, fewer immigrants came from Northern
Europe, and more immigrants came from

• Eastern Europe.
• Southern Europe.
• Asia.
• All of the above

47
The U.S. was described as a melting pot because

• Of the heat in the sweatshops.
• Of the blending of cultures.
• Of the anger of the citizens.
• All of the above

48
The process of blending into the society is called

• Absorption.
• Amalgamation.
• Assimilation.
• Immersion.

49
Immigrants helped to change America by

• Adding parts of their language to the culture.
• Adding their food to the culture.
• Adding their music to the culture.
• All of the above

50
In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion
Act. It banned

• Chinese immigration.
• Chinese immigration for ten years.
• The Chinese from living in white neighborhoods.
• Buddhism.

51
When Reconstruction ended in 1877

• African Americans had assimilated into southern
  society.
• Federal troops were no longer needed in the
  South.
• Southern states began to restrict African
  Americans rights.
• All of the above

52
Jim Crow laws were meant to enforce

• Legislation
• Segregation
• Seclusion
• Loneliness

53
In Plessy v. Ferguson, The Supreme Court ruled

• That racism is wrong.
• That separate but equal did not violate the
  Constitution.
• That segregation violated the Fourteenth
  Amendment.
• That separate facilities were not equal.

54
The ______ played a major role in ending
segregation.

• NAACP
• National Association for the Advancement of
  Colored People.
• The organization started by W.E.B. Du Bois and
  other reformers in 1909.
• All of the above

55
______ was a system of labor that forced people
to work until they paid off their debts. Congress
outlawed it in 1867.

• Peonage
• Subjugation
• Containment
• Conspiracy of silence

56
Between 1800 and 1920, the number of children
attending school

• Declined.
• Increased.
• Doubled.
• More than doubled.

57
The growth of education increased

• The size of the average American.
• The American economy.
• American literacy.
• The size of the average American city.

58
Advertisements were effective at

• Tempting people to buy products.
• Turning brand names into household words.
• Helping people to learn about new products.
• All of the above

59
The early Twentieth Century saw the rise in the
____ store.

• Discount
• Convenience
• Department
• Dollar

60
During this time spectator sports like Baseball
and Football

• Were being invented.
• Were becoming popular.
• Were banned from the public.
• Reached their pinnicle of popularity.