Chapters 5, 6, 7 Test
Westward Expansion, A New Industrial Age, Immigration, Urbanization Test
- 1.The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called
- A.
Ellis Island.
- B.
Tammany Hall.
- C.
Angel Island.
- D.
Hull House.
- 2.The main goal of the Americanization movement was to
- A.
Limit the number of immigrants entering the country.
- B.
Assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture.
- C.
Improve the living conditions in America's largest cities.
- D.
Encourage people to move from the country to the city.
- 3.The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called
- A.
Nativism.
- B.
Civil service.
- C.
Gentlemen's agreement.
- D.
Graft.
- 4.An example of patronage would be
- A.
Bribing a government official.
- B.
Assassinating a public official.
- C.
Saying one thing and doing another.
- D.
Appointing a friend to a political position.
- 5.The Pendleton Civil Service Act required
- A.
Applicants for government jobs to pass examinations.
- B.
Native-born Americans to treat immigrants with courtesy.
- C.
Government workers to renounce all party loyalties.
- D.
Cities to provide services such as clean water to their residents.
- 6.Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
- A.
Electricity
- B.
Steel beams
- C.
Railroads
- D.
The telephone
- 7.The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to
- A.
Decrease Chinese immigration.
- B.
Create segregated classrooms.
- C.
Settle a disagreement between China and the United States.
- D.
Stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States.
- 8.Tammany Hall was the name of
- A.
A famous settlement house
- B.
A New York Customs House.
- C.
A New York City political machine.
- D.
The federal courthouse in New York City.
- 9.The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by
- A.
Rising ten or more stories high.
- B.
Combining air vents with trash disposal areas.
- C.
Sharing side walls with other buildings.
- D.
Enclosing a park shared by several buildings.
- 10.Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by
- A.
New immigrants.
- B.
Social reformers.
- C.
Political machines.
- D.
Industrial workers.
- 11.The Stalwarts were strong supporters of
- A.
Low tariffs.
- B.
High tariffs.
- C.
The spoils system.
- D.
Civil service reform.
- 12.Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
- A.
Electricity
- B.
Steel beams
- C.
Railroads
- D.
The telephone
- 13.Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?
- A.
It had one main industry.
- B.
It specialized in a regional product.
- C.
It owed its prosperity to the railroads.
- D.
It was built by a company to house its workers.
- 14.Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?
- A.
Hard work
- B.
Industrialization
- C.
Government regulation
- D.
The accumulation of wealth
- 15.Which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
- A.
Haymarket Square
- B.
The Pullman factory
- C.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
- D.
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plant
- 16.Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?
- A.
They were socialists.
- B.
They were federal troops.
- C.
They were part of management.
- D.
They were workers used to break strikes.
- 17.What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
- A.
Cheap electric power
- B.
Fire safety standards
- C.
The invention of the elevator
- D.
New methods of making steel
- 18.What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s?
- A.
Corruption
- B.
Monopolies
- C.
Competition
- D.
Interstate commerce interstate commerce interstate commerce
- 19.Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World?
- A.
Radical unionists and socialists
- B.
Female workers in the dressmaking trade
- C.
Railroad workers, both skilled and unskilled
- D.
African-American workers, both skilled and unskilled
- 20.Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
- A.
The imprisonment of company officials
- B.
The passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
- C.
The adoption of equal wages for men and women
- D.
Changes in local labor laws for women and children
- 21.What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?
- A.
To build new railroads
- B.
To destroy the railroad industry
- C.
To lower excessive railroad rates
- D.
To increase the power of railroads
- 22.Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?
- A.
The Treaty of Fort Laramie
- B.
The death of Sitting Bull
- C.
The Sand Creek Massacre
- D.
The massacre at Wounded Knee
- 23.Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
- A.
White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains.
- B.
Native Americans refused to remain on the Plains.
- C.
Native American populations decreased and needed less land.
- D.
The Plains failed to meet the needs of Native American peoples.
- 24.Who were the exodusters?
- A.
European immigrants who settled on the Great Plains
- B.
Plains Indians forced onto reservations in the 1800s
- C.
Former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains
- D.
Cowboys who worked long drives in the summer and odd jobs in the winter
- 25.Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers?
- A.
The land was too difficult to farm.
- B.
Few settlers wanted to move West at the time.
- C.
Most of it was taken by people seeking profits.
- D.
The government put too many restrictions on its use.
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