The document discusses various topics related to the late 19th century United States, including the industrialization period, westward expansion, immigration trends, and social/political movements. Key points mentioned include the Haymarket Riot hurting unions by associating them with violence, the Homestead Act and land grants providing ways for settlers to acquire western lands, and industrialists being called "captains of industry" for increasing supplies of goods and creating many jobs. Technological advances and financial investments sparked the expansion of American industry.

1.  How did the Haymarketriot hurtthe causeof unions?
o Caused much of American public to associateunions with violence
 The west became more attractive to many because
o Improved farming methods and expanded ranching
 What impact did the Pendleton servicehave?
o Reformed the spoils system
 A pioneer wanted to settle in the westwould benefit most from
o Homestead act
 What did the supremecourtdecide between Plecy vs. Ferguson
o You can have segregation as long as you have equal facilities
 The rapid growth of Americalead to what?
o Tenements and ghettos
 A literacy test and poll tax was for
o PreventAfrican Americans fromvoting
 Why did America grow?
o Technology
 Which of the following contributed to American communications
o Telegraph and telephone
 Critics of powerfulindustrialist referred to them as
o Robber Barrons
 The goal for the Sherman anti-trust act
o Stop monopolies
 The laissez faire said
o Stay out of affairs of business
 How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth?
o Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few industrialists
 The expansion of American industry sparked because
o Technological advances and financial investments
 One of Thomas Edison’s contributions was
o Make electricity more widely available
 John Rockefeller gained lots of the oil companies because
o Managing a trustof allied companies

2.  Congress passed theanti-trust act because
o Keeping industries fromcutting off competition
 Children often worked in companies because
o Needed the income
 The nation’s firstmajor labor strike was started by
o Railroad workers
 Some employers forced workers sign yellow contractwhich said
o Workers would notjoin labor unions
 Alexander grambell set up a company for
o The telephone
 Thomas Edison and George Westinghouseworked wonders with
o Electricity
 Without the Bessemer process Americans would not be able to
o The Brooklyn bridge
 Why were industrialistcalled captains of industry
o Increased supplies of goods and created many jobs
 How did Andrew Carnegie control the steel
o Practicing vertical consolidation
 The theory of socialDarwinism, whatwas the role of government
o Survivalof the fittest
 How did John Rockefeller control the oil industry?
o Formed a trust
 Unlike the knights of labor, the other AFL labor union included
o Only skilled workers
 What did the Homestead Act and land grant havein common?
o Provided ways for settlers to acquire western lands
 What happened at the massacreof Wounded Knee?
o American soldiers killed more than 1,000 unarmed Indians
 Which is a myth of the west
o All the settlers wherewhite males
 Exodusters- African Americans in the south who came to the westto farm

3.  One way the governmentthought of a way to change native Americans
was
o Requiring them to farmindividual plots
 In families of the homestead act what did the women do
o All of the above
 Who owned much of the western land near prime western routes
o Railroad companies
 Which of the following did not sell land?
o Bankers
 What was one key requirement for applicants to receive land
o Had to farmland for 5 years in a row
 What were the exodusters trying to escapefrom?
o Racial violence
 What was a major incentive to settle the west?
o legal private ownership of the land
 What happened to Native Americans as settlers moved west?
o Were weakened
 What helped farmers survivein a differentclimate than they wereused to
o Dry farming techniques
 What created the mining boom?
o The lure of quick wealth
 Which of the following contributed to the cattle boom in Kansas?
o The railroad
 Farmers liked which of the following?
o Lower tariffs- taxes on imported goods
 Bankers supported deflation because
o Increasevalueof money
 1880’s American presidents often protected
o Business and industry
 Another name for the populous party was
o People’s party
 Populous party supported

4. o All of the above
 Which of the following is not true of William James Brian
o Was not a party boss
 Which is true of the Guilded age
o All of the above
 During the late 1800’s thepour of immigrants was in the city of
o New York
 Temperance movement wished to stop
o Alcohol
 The Pendleton civil serviceact was for
o End the spoils system
 Immigration laws discriminated mostly against
o Asians
 What was the belief that favoritismshould be given to those born in the US
over immigrants
o Nativism
 What attracted many immigrants to the US?
o Chance for a better life
 How were Asians regarded by many white Americans?
o Hostility and suspicion
 What powerfulposition did Boss Tweed hold?
o New York city party boss
 Niagara movement called for
o Full civil liberties for African Americans
 When all parts of production are owned by a single business is called?
o Vertical consolidation
 Oliver H Kelly founded this group for farmers
o The Grange
 The place whereboss tweed worked out of
o Tammany hall
 Which was not an importantAfrican American leader 1850-1910?
o Andrew Carnegie