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US History Quiz 1.1 (Objectives 1-3)
Test Description: Inventors, Western Expansion, Immigration, Indian Affairs
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who invented the telephone?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Jane Addams
C
Thomas Edison
D
Alvin York
2) Whats the name for the area of America that hadn't been fully settled by 1870, and was still inhabited by Native Indians?
A
Yukon
B
Florida
C
Frontier
D
Klondike
3) Who invented the light bulb?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
JP Morgan
C
Alexander Graham Bell
D
Thomas Edison
4) What word describes the trend of moving from rural areas to cities?
A
Americanization
B
Laissez-faire
C
Urbanization
D
Assimilation
5) Which law had the most significant effect in encouraging western migration?
A
Homestead Act
B
The New Deal
C
Pure Food and Drug Act
D
Sherman Antitrust Act
6) What is the name of the American era that occurred from 1870-1900?
A
Roaring Twenties
B
Progressive Era
C
Cold War
D
Gilded Age
7) What is the name of the vast flat land in the center of America?
A
The Great Plains
B
The Rockies
C
The Amazon
D
Siberia
8) Which of the following led to increased Western expansion during the Gilded Age?
A
The construction of the Panama Canal
B
The construction of the transcontinental railroad
C
Theodore Roosevelt's push for isolationism
D
The first airplane trip around the world
9) Which word describes the act of blending into a new group of people?
A
Assimilation
B
Nativism
C
Patriotism
D
Entrepreneurship
10) During the Gilded Age many immigrants were pressured to assimilate quickly to the American way of life. What was the name for this?
A
Americanization
B
Nativism
C
Communism
D
Philanthropy
11) Which of the following is a 'cap' or 'limit' on the number of people that can be allowed into a country?
A
Immigration Quota
B
Subsidized Trust
C
Import Tariff
D
Diffusion of Cartels
12) Which of the following was a political boss in NYC who is known for his control of Tammany Hall?
A
Jay Rockefeller
B
William McKinley
C
General Pershing
D
Boss Tweed
13) Which word describes a group of people that are very similar?
A
Sparsely Populated
B
Heterogeneous
C
Socialist
D
Homogeneous
14) Which of the following ethnic groups is European, Catholic and settled heavily in the Northeast?
A
Israelis
B
Irish
C
Chinese
D
Cuban
15) Which of the following would be a pull factor for migration to the American frontier?
A
A federal land grant for settlement.
B
Economic depression
C
Corruption of political bosses throughout New York City
D
War in the American South
16) Which law gave Indians control over territory?
A
Pendleton Act
B
Chinese Exclusion Act
C
Dawes Act
D
Homestead Act
17) What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
A
Banned Chinese immigration to America.
B
Provided cultural incentives for new Chinese immigration.
C
Raised the wages for most Chinese laborers working on the transcontinental railroad.
D
Established new Chinatowns throughout most major American cities.
18) Which of the following words means 'how close to something you are'?
A
Proximity
B
Quota
C
Nativism
D
Absolute
19) Why did the transcontinental railroad increase western migration?
A
Led to increased profits for timber companies.
B
It made travel and sale of goods easier.
C
It allowed for greater protection of the American Indians.
D
It encouraged many factors to develop across the Great Plains.
20) Which of the following inventions made it possible for factories to stay open at night?
A
Vaccine
B
Telephone
C
Automobile
D
Lightbulb
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