Unit 3-3 Exam Questions

1. Unit 3-3 Exam Questions

2. Directions • Click the indicated icon to begin the slide show • Press the right arrow key on the keyboard once to reveal the answer • Press the right arrow key once more to advance to the next question

3. Table of Contents • The Frontier • Homestead Act • Pacific Railway Act • Dawes Act • Indian Wars • Plains Indians / Extermination Of The Buffalo • The Great Migration • Urbanization • Political Machine • “New” Immigration • Middle Class • Nativism • Chinese Exclusion Act • Gentlemen’s Agreement

4. Frontier The closing of the frontier and the growth of industry in the late 1800s are two factors often associated with the (1) reduction of exports to Asian nations (2) restoration of a plantation economy in the South (3) formation of alliances with other nations (4) rise of United States imperialism

5. Frontier What was a major reason most western states granted women suffrage prior to the adoption of the 19th amendment? (1) Western states had more college-educated women than the eastern states. (2) Women outnumbered men in states west of the Mississippi River. (3) A majority of western states had legislatures controlled by women. (4) The important roles played by frontier women promoted equality.

6. Frontier In an effort to resolve conflicts with the frontier settlers in the 1870s, the federal government forced Native American Indians to (1) move west of the Mississippi River (2) live on reservations with definite boundaries (3) relocate to urban industrial centers (4) help build the transcontinental railroad

7. Frontier What is the best title for this series of maps? (1) Industrialization of the United States (2) Sectional Conflicts in the United States (3) Transportation Revolution in the United States (4) Shifting Frontier of the United States

8. Homestead Act How was this land offer different from the land offer in the Homestead Act (1862)? (1) Purchasers had to be citizens. (2) People had to pay for this land. (3) Buyers needed farming experience. (4) This land was on the Atlantic Coast.

9. Homestead Act The federal government supported the land offer made in this advertisement by (1) encouraging exploration for gold and silver (2) creating a sharecropping system after the Civil War (3) protecting the hunting grounds of Native American Indians (4) giving public land to railroad companies to help finance railroad construction

10. Homestead Act Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal government to (1) provide land to minority groups (2) resolve conflicts with Native American Indians (3) encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River (4) support settlement of former plantation lands

11. Homestead Act In 1862, the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act were passed primarily to (1) achieve Northern victory in the Civil War (2) develop the Midwest and western parts of the country (3) improve the lives of freed slaves (4) expand overseas markets to Asia and Europe

12. Homestead Act The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the (1) rise of organized labor (2) building of the Erie Canal (3) northern migration of African Americans (4) decline of the Plains Indians

13. Homestead Act Passage of the Homestead Act and of legislation supporting the construction of transcontinental railroads demonstrated the federal government’s commitment to (1) limits on big business (2) settlement of western territories (3) conservation of natural resources (4) equality for all immigrants

14. Homestead Act The Homestead Act (1862) attempted to promote development of western lands by (1) creating a system of dams for crop irrigation (2) providing free land to settlers (3) removing all restrictions on immigration (4) placing Native American Indians on reservations

15. Homestead Act Which region of the United States was most directly affected by the passage of the Homestead Act? (1) Atlantic Coast (2) Rocky Mountains (3) Appalachian Mountains (4) Great Plains

16. Homestead Act The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by (1) providing free land to settlers (2) granting land for construction of transcontinental railroads (3) allowing slavery to spread to the territories (4) placing Native American Indians on reservations

17. Pacific Railway Act Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal government to (1) provide land to minority groups (2) resolve conflicts with Native American Indians (3) encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River (4) support settlement of former plantation lands

18. Pacific Railway Act In 1862, the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act were passed primarily to (1) achieve Northern victory in the Civil War (2) develop the Midwest and western parts of the country (3) improve the lives of freed slaves (4) expand overseas markets to Asia and Europe

19. Dawes Act The policy of assimilating Native American Indians under the Dawes Act (1887) was reversed by 20th-century legislation that (1) gave Native American Indians greater control over their own reservations (2) helped relocate Native American Indians to large cities (3) broke up Native American Indian tribes by giving each family its own land (4) forced Native American Indian children to be educated away from their families

20. Dawes Act What was a major goal of the Dawes Act (1887)? (1) to provide a tribal legislature to govern all reservations (2) to remove the Cherokees from the southeastern United States (3) to strengthen Native American Indian tribal unity (4) to encourage assimilation of Native American Indians

21. Dawes Act Passage of the Dawes Act of 1887 affected Native American Indians by (1) supporting their cultural traditions (2) attempting to assimilate them into mainstream American culture (3) forcing their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River (4) starting a series of Indian wars on the Great Plains

22. Dawes Act The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was primarily an attempt by the United States government to (1) limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (2) return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes (3) encourage Native American Indians to give up their traditional cultures (4) hire Native American Indians as military scouts

23. Indian Wars This term has appeared as part of a wrong answer choice in multiple choice questions and as a choice for an essay topic.

24. Plains Indians / Extermination of the Buffalo The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the (1) rise of organized labor (2) building of the Erie Canal (3) northern migration of African Americans (4) decline of the Plains Indians

25. The Great Migration Which sequence shows the correct order of events related to the history of African Americans in the United States? (1) Radical Reconstruction > Emancipation Proclamation > Brown v. Board of Education decision > Great Migration (2) Emancipation Proclamation > Radical Reconstruction > Great Migration > Brown v. Board of Education decision (3) Great Migration > Emancipation Proclamation > Brown v. Board of Education decision > Radical Reconstruction (4) Brown v. Board of Education decision > Great Migration > Radical Reconstruction > Emancipation Proclamation

26. The Great Migration What was a primary reason for the great migration of African Americans to northern cities during World War I? (1) Job opportunities were available in northern factories. (2) Jim Crow laws in the South had been repealed. (3) Voting rights laws had been passed in northern states. (4) The federal government had guaranteed an end to discrimination.

27. Urbanization What major trend related to population occurred during the industrialization boom of the late 1800s? (1) Immigration decreased. (2) Suburbanization decreased. (3) Urbanization increased. (4) Migration to rural areas increased.

28. Urbanization In the late 1800s, rapid industrial development resulted in (1) a decrease in tariff rates (2) a decrease in population growth (3) an increase in the rate of urbanization (4) an increase in the price of farm products

29. Urbanization Which statement about population distribution in the United States between 1860 and 1920 is best supported by the graph? (1) Rural population declined after 1910. (2) Many Americans migrated from urban to rural areas. (3) Immigration played a limited role in urban growth. (4) The population of cities grew at a faster rate than that of rural areas.

30. Urbanization According to the graph, which was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural areas? (1) 1860 (2) 1890 (3) 1920 (4) 1930

31. Urbanization What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart? (1) availability of cheap farmland (2) increased industrialization (3) end of restrictions on immigration (4) completion of the interstate highway system

32. Urbanization Which factor contributed the most to urbanization in the late 1800s? (1) assimilation (2) industrialization (3) imperialism (4) nullification

33. Political Machine Reformers of the early 20th century frequently attacked political machines because the politicians in these organizations often (1) denied voting rights to the poor (2) accepted bribes in return for favors (3) wasted money on military spending (4) discriminated against migrant workers

34. Political Machine In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many members of Congress supported legislation requiring literacy tests for immigrants in an attempt to (1) stop illegal immigration from Latin America (2) provide highly skilled workers for industry (3) limit the power of urban political machines (4) restrict immigration from southern and eastern Europe

35. New Immigration During the late 1800s, which group strongly supported an open immigration policy? • conservationists (2) nativists (3) factory owners (4) southern farmers

36. New Immigration Speaker A: A literacy test as a requirement for immigration to the United States is reasonable. Great numbers of uneducated workers take jobs and good wages from our workers. Speaker B: Requiring literacy of immigrants is unfair. It will keep people out because they lacked the opportunity to gain an education. Speaker C: A literacy test will allow more people from northern and western Europe to enter. They are similar to the majority of the United States population. Speaker D: Literacy is not an issue. The real purpose of this law is to discriminate against immigrants from certain parts of the world. Supporters of literacy tests to restrict immigration would most likely favor the views of Speakers (1) A and C (2) B and C (3) B and D (4) A and B

37. New Immigration Speaker A: A literacy test as a requirement for immigration to the United States is reasonable. Great numbers of uneducated workers take jobs and good wages from our workers. Speaker B: Requiring literacy of immigrants is unfair. It will keep people out because they lacked the opportunity to gain an education. Speaker C: A literacy test will allow more people from northern and western Europe to enter. They are similar to the majority of the United States population. Speaker D: Literacy is not an issue. The real purpose of this law is to discriminate against immigrants from certain parts of the world. The immigrants referred to by Speaker D were mainly from (1) Canada and Mexico (2) South America (3) western Europe (4) southern and eastern Europe

38. New Immigration What major trend related to population occurred during the industrialization boom of the late 1800s? (1) Immigration decreased. (2) Suburbanization decreased. (3) Urbanization increased. (4) Migration to rural areas increased.

39. New Immigration The Gentlemen’s Agreement, literacy tests, and the quota system were all attempts by Congress to restrict (1) immigration (2) property ownership (3) voting rights (4) access to public education

40. New Immigration Why did the United States follow a policy of open immigration during much of the 1800s? (1) Many United States citizens wanted to live abroad. (2) The United States had a shortage of labor. (3) Prosperous conditions in Europe resulted in fewer immigrants coming to the United States. (4) Immigrants provided United States industry with investment capital.

41. New Immigration The data in the chart support the idea that the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 were primarily designed to (1) stop illegal entry into the country (2) admit skilled workers (3) encourage immigration from southern Europe (4) reduce immigration from specific regions

42. New Immigration The United States adopted the immigration policies shown in the chart mainly because of (1) pressures from nativists and labor unions (2) hardships caused by the Great Depression (3) prejudices generated during World War II (4) threats from other nations to stop migration to the United States

43. New Immigration A major goal of the immigration acts of the 1920s was to (1) allow unlimited immigration from Southeast Asia (2) assure equal numbers of immigrants from all nations (3) favor wealthy and well-educated immigrants (4) use quotas to limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe

44. New Immigration Speaker A: Until the 1880s, most immigrants came from the same European countries where colonial immigrants originated. Speaker B: “New” immigrants of the late 1800s often experienced discrimination. Speaker C: The use of a quota system is the best way to address the issues of immigration. Speaker D: Today’s immigrants take too many jobs away from those who were born in America. Which two speakers are expressing an opinion related to United States immigration? (1) A and B (2) A and C (3) B and D (4) C and D

45. New Immigration Speaker A: Until the 1880s, most immigrants came from the same European countries where colonial immigrants originated. Speaker B: “New” immigrants of the late 1800s often experienced discrimination. Speaker C: The use of a quota system is the best way to address the issues of immigration. Speaker D: Today’s immigrants take too many jobs away from those who were born in America. The “new” immigrants referred to by Speaker B came mainly from (1) western and northern Europe (2) southern and eastern Europe (3) Africa and Asia (4) Central America and South America

46. New Immigration One way in which the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907) are similar is that they (1) reflected nativist attitudes in the United States (2) encouraged a policy of popular sovereignty (3) led to an increase in Asian immigration (4) eased requirements for citizenship

47. New Immigration Which development most clearly illustrates the nativist attitudes that existed in the United States in the 1920s? (1) limits on immigration established by the Quota Acts (2) pro-business policies of the federal government (3) artistic and literary achievements of the Harlem Renaissance (4) conflicts between religion and science as shown in the Scopes Trial

48. New Immigration In the mid-1920s, the immigration policy of the United States was mainly designed to (1) deport illegal immigrants (2) continue the traditional policy of open immigration (3) establish quotas for immigrants from certain nations (4) favor immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

49. New Immigration Immigration laws passed during the 1920s changed United States policy by (1) establishing immigration quotas (2) allowing only skilled workers into the country (3) favoring immigration from Asia (4) encouraging an increase in immigration to the United States

50. New Immigration During the 1920s, Congress passed a series of immigration laws that were primarily designed to (1) increase immigration from Asia (2) expand the workforce for the growing economy (3) limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe (4) prohibit immigration from Latin America