US History EOC Gilded & Celebrate Freedom

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To provide free plots of land to settlers in the west

• To establish trade routes between the East Coast and the West Coast

• To resolve conflicts between Native Americans and homesteaders

• To build railroads across the United States

What was a significant effect of the railroads on the settlement of the West?

• It led to the establishment of the Dawes Act

• It encouraged settlement by making transportation from the East Coast easier

• It resulted in the invention of the light bulb

• It caused numerous clashes between homesteaders and Native Americans

What was the Dawes Act intended to do?

• Encourage the growth of big business

• Americanize Native Americans by moving them to reservations

• Provide free education to children in the West

• Limit the hours of work in sweatshops

Which of the following best describes the laissez-faire policies adopted by U.S. presidents in the late 1800s?

• Government intervention in big business with numerous regulations

• High taxes on big businesses to support economic growth

• Allowing businesses to succeed or fail without government intervention

• Nationalization of major industries

What was a major factor that contributed to the growth of industrial giants like John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan in the late 1800s?

• Strict government regulations on business

• The invention of the light bulb

• Immigrant labor and lack of government regulation

• The establishment of the Homestead Act

What was the primary reason for the increase in immigration to the United States in the late 19th Century?

• The need for soldiers to fight in wars

• The discovery of gold in the West

• The opportunity to work and the growth of cities

• The invention of new technologies

What is Nativism?

• The policy of providing free land to immigrants

• The movement to limit immigration and the dislike of immigrants

• The process of immigrants becoming Americanized

• The expansion of urban areas due to industrialization

What was the purpose of sweatshops during the Gilded Age?

• To provide education to women and children

• To create jobs for skilled workers

• To make workers work long hours at very low pay

• To support government regulations on businesses

Why did many children work in factories during the Gilded Age?

• To learn a trade and become skilled workers

• Because they were a cheap source of labor and could get places that adults could not

• To avoid going to school

• Because there were no laws against child labor

By 1900, where did more people live in the United States?

• In rural areas

• In the cities

• In factory housing

• In settlement houses