Standard 4

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Which of the following most accurately describes the impact of white settlement on Native American tribes in the late 1800’s? Options: It empowered the plains tribes who suddenly found themselves able to use land and gold as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the US government., It was destructive to Native Americans because it meant that they were forcibly relocated and sometimes killed so that white settlers could obtain gold and land., It enriched many Native American tribes who were compensated financially for the land that was taken for US settlement., It had little effect because tribes were allotted large areas of land called reservations, on which they could continue to live and practice their way of life.

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It was destructive to Native Americans because it meant that they were forcibly relocated and sometimes killed so that white settlers could obtain gold and land.

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Which of the following best describes how the federal government went about having the Transcontinental Railroad built?

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Congress provided subsidies to private companies in the form of payments, loans, andWestern lands since it did not want to manage the project on its own

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Which group benefitted the most from the Homestead Act of 1862? Options: Factory owners who wanted to reduce the power of unions., Native Americans who wanted to protect their way of life, Farmers who wanted to purchase land in western territories, Supporters of slavery who wanted its expansion to new territories

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Farmers who wanted to purchase land in western territories

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The Dawes Act attempted to achieve which of the following? Provide cheap land to American settlers to encourage movement away from crowded cities, Assimilate Native Americans into the white American culture by providing land for them to become farmers, Create a method by which to build a system of transcontinental railroads to tie Western states and territories to the Midwest and East, Place limits on the prices that railroads could charge for shipping freight and storing goods

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Assimilate Native Americans into the white American culture by providing land for them to become farmers

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What is the significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

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It is a massacre of Sioux men, women, and children and represents the symbolic end of the American Indian Wars.

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How did the government use tariffs in the late 1800’s to help the United States grow into an industrial power?

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To discourage U.S. consumers from buying foreign-made products

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Which of the following innovations contributed to the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the US? The automobile, The steam engine, The elevator, The telephone

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The steam engine

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What legislation barred Chinese immigrants from owning property or pursuing jobs?

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Chinese exclusion Act

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What was one effect of industrialization on the US economy in the 1870’s?

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An increase in railroad construction in the West.

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Vertical Integration, a form of a monopoly used by the steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves:

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Buying out raw material producers and distributers, therefore controlling the supply of input materials.