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Unit 1 And 2 Test Review
Test Description: Unit 2 Common Assessment Review
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1) Which of the following does NOT describe the Great Plains?
A
Flat lands that rise from East to West
B
Plenty of rainfall
C
Frequent dust storms
D
Erosion from wind and water
2) Which of the following is the BEST reason why the frontiers of the West opened up to farming and ranching?
A
Automobiles improved mobility.
B
The discovery of gold and silver provided the necessary money.
C
Railroads linked the resources of the West to the markets of the East.
D
Wood was finally able to be transported to the Great Plains.
3) Which of the following manufacturing areas is INCORRECTLY paired with the industry?
A
Automobile industry-- Detroit
B
Steel industry--Pittsburgh
C
Meat packing—St. Louis
D
Textile industry—New England
4) What officially outlawed slavery in the United States and its territories?
A
13th Amendment
B
14th Amendment
C
Civil Rights Act
D
15th Amendment
5) Which amendment ensured the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
A
13th Amendment
B
16th Amendment
C
14th Amendment
D
15th Amendment
6) Following the Civil War, who urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners and reunite America?
A
Frederick Douglass
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Robert E. Lee
D
Ulysses S. Grant
7) 'Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.' In this statement, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce expressed his reluctant acceptance of a government policy of
A
requiring Native American Indians to settle west of the Mississippi River.
B
placing Native American Indian tribes on reservations.
C
forcing Native American Indians to assimilate into American culture.
D
granting immediate citizenship to Native American Indians.
8) What was the result of the Massacre of Wounded Knee?
A
It ended the transfer of Native Americans to reservations.
B
It ended the fight against the pioneers by the Plains Indians.
C
It ended the lives of General Custer and his men.
D
It allowed the railroad to complete the construction across the continent.
9) What do Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Chief Joseph have in common?
A
They opposed western expansion
B
They welcomed white settlers to American Indian homelands
C
They peacefully entered reservations
D
They accepted assimilation into white society
10) What topic did the Homestead Act deal with?
A
Westward Expansion
B
The Progressive Era
C
Urbanization
D
Gold Rush of 1849
11) Which of the following is NOT a reason why millions of immigrants left Europe?
A
poverty
B
political persecution
C
prosperity
D
religious persecution
12) What could John D. Rockefeller’s control of 95 percent of the oil industries in America be considered?
A
cooperatives
B
corporation
C
monopoly
D
enterprise
13) Which immigrant group was excluded by Congress in 1882?
A
Italians
B
French
C
Chinese
D
Russians
14) Which one of the following did not influence the development of the Great Plains and the West?
A
Homestead Act of 1862
B
development of a Transcontinental Railroad
C
increased need for factory workers
D
adaptations and inventions for living on the Great Plains
15) Which of the following was not an invention that helped settlers move west into the Great Plains.
A
Steel Plows
B
Barbed Wire
C
Windmills
D
Telephones
16) What kind of laws denied African Americans the same rights as white Americans in the late 1800s and 1900s?
A
Reconstruction
B
Suffrage
C
Labor
D
Jim Crow
17) Which leader believed that it would be acceptable for African Americans to sit in segregated areas?
A
Booker T. Washington
B
W. E. B. DuBois
C
Marcus Garvey
D
Nat Turner
18) Which African American believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
A
W. E. B. DuBois
B
Frederick Douglass
C
Booker T. Washington
D
George Washington Carver
19) Which of the following is an example of a monopoly?
A
Standard Oil owning all the oil refinery plants
B
A large oil company in one state
C
A transcontinental railroad line
D
A national market for packaged meat
20) Which of the following was not a negative result of industrialization?
A
low pay
B
child labor
C
production of more goods
D
unsafe working conditions
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