USH 2 review game

1. USH 2 review game Westwerd Expansion, 2nd Industrial Rev., Immigration and Populism

2. This brazen Gen was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn. • Gen Custer • Gen Forsyth • Gen Chivington • Gen Washington

3. With this policy the US hoped to completely destroy the Native American culture • Populism • Relocation • Manifest Destiny • Americanization

4. Which of the following is not a prevision of the Dawes Act? • Most Native land would be broken up • Natives had to, once again, move west. • Natives would become private owners of land • Land would be passed to children

5. This was the federal agency in charge of the reservations • Bureau of Native Relations • Bureau of the Indian Council • Board of Indian Affairs • Bureau of Indian Affairs

6. The first significant gold rush that started expansion to the west was… • Comstock Lode • ’49ers Gold Rush • The Klondike • The Chisholm Trail

7. Before mining towns appeared prospectors created these near veins. • Reservations • Saloons • Mining Camps • Banks

8. In order to suppress violence in the camps many prospectors turned to • The US Army • The sheriff of near by towns • Vigilante groups • Murder….

9. The demand for ______ sky rockets after the Civil War. • Corn • Beef • Steel • Grain

10. These ran from ‘cattle country’ to RRs. • Rivers • Cattle • Roads • Cattle Trails

11. Which of these laws was not meant to turn public land into private property? • Dawes Act • Morrill Act • Homestead Act • Pacific Railway Act

12. Which of the following was not a provision of the Homestead Act? • Homesteaders had to agree to never leave the land • Homesteaders had to farm land for 5 years • Homesteaders had to make improvements to the land • Heads of families got 160 acres of land

13. This law created agricultural schools. • Morrill Act • Homestead Act • Pacific Railway Act • Dawes Act

14. The 2nd Industrial Revolution starts when _________ replaces ________ as a main source of power. • Steam, Animal • Electrical, Steam • Steel, Iron • Machine, Man

15. What’s the Bessemer Process? • It’s a cheap way to conduct electricity • It’s a fast way to create railroads • It’s an efficient way of converting iron to steel • It was a ‘get rich quick’ scheme for the Gilded Age

16. What is not true about the Transcontinental Railroad? • Was commissioned to build RRs to the West Coast • Made up of Union and Central Pacific RRs • Was commissioned to build RRs from the Midwest to the East Coast • Was built, mostly, with immigrant labor.

17. Capitalism is a system in which… • The government controls every aspect of the market • The government owns most, but not all, industry • The government owns very little industry • The government does not run industry but can set prices

18. Laissez-Faire capitalism is best described as a system where… • The government regulates all private business • The government takes a ‘hands off’ approach to business • The government creates ‘watch dog’ institutions to regulate in business when needed • No private ownership exists

19. When the gov’t became nervous about the growing power of big business they created… • The Blacklist • Sherman Antitrust Act • Knights of Labor • American Federation of Labor

20. Knights of labor, one of the first ones of these, fought for workers rights. • Communist Groups in America • Labor divisions of the Gov’t • 3rd parties • Labor Unions

21. What is something the KoL did not lobby for? • Exclusion of immigrant Labor • Shorter work days • Equal pay • Safer conditions

22. Which of the following best describes Social Darwinism? • Strong businesses will survive b/c they are better able to adjust to changing markets • Small businesses are good for the economy; we should help them stay alive • Small business should be outlawed • Those who can afford it should go out of their way to shop local

23. You are a new immigrant; I knock on the door of the house I rent to you, give you a turkey for the holidays and a meeting time for a job. In return I expect your support on election day. I am… • President Grant • The boss of a labor union • The boss of a political machine • A jerk!

24. This strike stopped freight for more than a week, required local militias and even the US Army and killed over 100 people. • Pullman Strike • Great Railroad Strike • Haymarket Strike • Homestead Strike

25. Which of the following was not a requirement to immigrate to the US in 1880? • $30 • ID • Good health • Recommendation from previous employer

26. What are benevolent societies? • Organizations set up to help the poor • Churches set up in ethnic comminutes to serve immigrants • Organizations set up to help immigrants find jobs, housing, education • A gov’t run organization to help immigrants find jobs, housing, education

27. This is the idea that immigration poses a threat to a tradition American way of life. • Xenophobia • Social Darwinism • Nativism • Gentleman's Agreement

28. This, passed in response to segregated schools, limited the immigration of unskilled labor to the US • Chinese Exclusion Act • Social Darwinism • Nativism • Gentleman's Agreement

29. This organization fought the exploitation of small farmers thru unfair RR prices. • Knights of Labor • National Grange • Populism • Farmer’s Alliance

30. Which of following is not a part of the Populist platform • Coinage of money based on the gold and silver standard • Federal regulation of RRs and telegraphs • Laissez-Faire practices • Advocacy for ‘regular people’