Us History Unit 3

Front 1

Which of the following statements concerning the Great Plains is false?

Back 1

There was an abundance of wood to use for the building of houses

Front 2

Which one of the following did not help the farmers settle the Great Plains in the 1800s?

Back 2

Ogallala Aquifer

Front 3

Which of these Indian Tribes was not from the Great Plains or Rocky Mountains?

Back 3

Cherokee

Front 4

Chief Joseph was the Indian Chief of the _______ Indians

Back 4

Nez Perces

Front 5

Which of the following statements about the Great Plains in the period following the Civil War is false?

Back 5

The Homestead Act of 1862 made farming on the Great Plains very easy

Front 6

Which of the following statements about Samuel Gompers is false?

Back 6

He was a socialist who believed in undermining the economic and political system in the United States

Front 7

Which of the following "Robber Barons" helped the U.S. avoid financial disaster in 1895 and 1907 thanks to his wealth and business connections?

Back 7

J.P. Morgan

Front 8

Which of the following was not a "Cow Town"?
a. Dodge City
b. Tombstone
c. Cheyenne
d. San Antonio

Back 8

b. Tombstone

Front 9

Which of the following statements about post Civil War America (1865 - 1890) is most inaccurate?
a. The average worker was becoming less skilled
b. Industry was beginning to catch up to agriculture as a major part of America's economy
c. Unions were beginning to form on a national level for the first time in American history
d. The federal government worked hard to break up trusts and monopolies

Back 9

d. The federal government worked hard to break up trusts and monopolies

Front 10

Which of the following statements concerning the Knights of Labor is false?
a. They were a workers union that was involved in the Haymarket Massacre
b. One of their leaders was a man named Albert Parsons
c. Membership in the Knights was only allowed if a worker was of a skilled trade or craft
d. None of the above, all are true

Back 10

c. Membership in the Knights was only allowed if a worker was of a skilled trade or craft.

Front 11

Which of the following was not a "Mining Town"?
a. Denver, Colorado
b. Boise, Idaho
c. Wichita, Kansas
d. Deadwood, South Dakota

Back 11

c. Wichita, Kansas

Front 12

Joseph Glidden invented (the)...

Back 12

Barbed wire

Front 13

John Deere invented (the) ....

Back 13

Steel Plow

Front 14

The Haymarket Massacre took place in the city of...

Back 14

Chicago

Front 15

The Dawes Act affected what group of people in the United States

Back 15

Native Americans

Front 16

The Battle of Little Bighorn involved the U.S. Military and what Plains Indian tribe?

Back 16

Sioux

Front 17

Which of the following most enabled J.D. Rockefeller to vastly increase his monopoly in the 1870s and 1880s?

Back 17

Forming Trusts

Front 18

Under what President was the Homestead Act of 1862 passed?

Back 18

Abraham Lincoln

Front 19

Why did the Homestead Act fail to make farming a huge success on the Great Plains?

Back 19

Farmers still had to buy equipment to run their farms, which was very expensive. Also the amount of free land was not enough to offset how unproductive the land actually was

Front 20

Railroads helped which of the following occupations on the western frontier?

Back 20

Farming, Mining, and Ranching

Front 21

The Battle of Wounded Knee can mostly closely be described as...

Back 21

A massacre of Indians, including women and children

Front 22

Which definition of the term "Social Darwinism" is most accurate?
a. Belief that a person's social and conomic status in society is determined by biological forces of ethnicity and race
b. The theory that natural selection in the wild is the determining factor as to what animals die and which live
c. Belief that a person's ability to succeed in life is based entirely upon coincidence and accident
d. Belief that government intervention in society should be used to make races equal in terms of wealth

Back 22

Belief that a person's social and economic status in society is determined by biological forces of ethnicity and race

Front 23

Which definition of the term "Laissez-faire" is most accurate?
a. Economic philosophy that states the economy works best when the government owns all businesses
b. Social philosophy that states race relations improve better in the long run if the government does as little as possible
c. Political philosophy that states the best form of government is a monarchy
d. Economic philosophy that states the economy works best when the government does little or nothing to regulate businesses or become involved in the economy

Back 23

Economic philosophy that states the economy works best when the government owns all businesses

Front 24

The Molly Maguires were a secret organization of workers involved in what industry?

Back 24

Coal

Front 25

What is the biggest reason why the American Federation of Labor was successful, while the Knights of Labor was unsuccessful?

Back 25

The AFL was comprised of skilled workers, while the Knights were made up of unskilled workers

Front 26

Made his fortune in the steel industry; immigrant from Scotland

Back 26

J.P. Morgan

Front 27

Leader of the American Federation of labor; cigar maker

Back 27

Samuel Gompers

Front 28

Banker and financier; philanthropist that founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Back 28

Andrew Carnegie

Front 29

Started the first "mailorder" catalog

Back 29

Montgomery Ward

Front 30

Made his fortune in the oil industry; used trusts, railroads, and pipelines to increase his wealth

Back 30

J.D. Rockefeller

Front 31

According to the Knights of Labor, what should be the true standard of individual greatness?

Back 31

Intelligence

Front 32

According to the Knights of Labor, what is the stated purpose of creating a "Bureau of Labor Statistics"?

Back 32

To have knowledge of the condition of the workers

Front 33

In the sentence the begind, "The abrogation of all laws...," what does the word abrogation mean?

Back 33

Amending

Front 34

According to the Knights of Labor, what is the minimum age for a child to work in a mine?

Back 34

15

Front 35

Which of the following is not something that the Knights of Labor want to have happen?
a. To have equal pay for both sexes
b. To prevent the hiring of convicts
c. To make public lands reserved for settlers
d. To shorten the work day to no more than 10 hours

Back 35

To make public lands reserved for settlers