Week One Quiz

Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

Question 1.What was a political result of the end of the Great Strike of 1877? 

·         The growing relationship between the union leaders and the industrialists was further cemented.   

·         The growing relationship between the middle class and the industrialists was further cemented.   

·         The growing relationship between the Democrats and the industrialists was further cemented.   

·         The growing relationship between the Republicans and the industrialists was further cemented.   

Question 2.Between 1877 and 1900 all of the following factors reshaped American society EXCEPT __________. 

·           immigration   

·           industrialization   

·           urbanization   

·           gentrification   

Question 3.Between 1863 and 1869 the labor that cleared land, tunneled through mountains, and lay railroad track was primarily provided by Chinese immigrants and __________. 

·           slaves   

·           Mormons   

·           Japanese immigrants   

·           Native Americans   

Question 4.What event marked the end of the Ghost Dances? 

·           the death of Sitting Bull   

·           the Wounded Knee Massacre   

·           the capture of Geronimo   

·           the ratification of the Dawes Act   

Question 5.By the end of the 19th century, most of the New South industries were __________. 

·           textile mills, tobacco factories, and steel mills   

·           sawmills, cotton production, and tobacco factories   

·           orchards, coal mines, and steel mills   

·           orchards, cotton production, and tobacco factories

Question 6.The Jim Crow system restricted the rights and political participation of __________. 

·           poor southerners   

·           immigrants   

·           farmers   

·           African Americans

Question 7.“I will fight no more forever” is a famous statement made by __________ at his surrender in Montana.

·           Chief Red Cloud   

·           Sitting Bull   

·           Chief Joseph   

·           Geronimo   

Question 8.Which of the following was NOT a major factor in the American evolution from small industries to massive, impersonal corporations?

·           new immigration regulations   

·           new technologies   

·           new methods of manufacturing   

·           new theories of business organization   

Question 9.Regarding the Plains tribes, the U.S. federal government’s ultimate goal was to __________. 

·           extinguish tribal society through land policies, education, and law   

·           teach the tribes how to be self-sufficient and self-governing   

·           relocate the Plains tribes across the border to Canada   

·           assimilate the Plains tribes into one larger group   

Question 10.Southern mill owners often excluded African American workers from their textile mills, due to prejudice and fear of __________. 

·           violence   

·           labor strikes   

·           miscegenation    

·           unionization