Unit 2 Test Review
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Unit 2 Test Review
The Dawes Act was passed in an effort to do what to the Native
Americans?
• Chapter 5• “Americanize” them
What does bimetallism refer to?
• Chapter 5• The idea of backing the monetary system with
both gold and silver.
What lead to the end of Populism?
• Chapter 5• The presidential election on 1896 when
William McKinley beat William Jennings Bryan.
Name one invention and its inventor that came out of the
expansion of industry.
• Chapter 6• Incandescent light bulb: Thomas Edison• Typewriter: Charles Sholes• Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell
What did the railroads adopt in 1883 to help unify time?
• Chapter 6• Time Zones
What did Pullman refuse to do for his workers after cutting their pay?
• Chapter 6• Lower their rent
Name one reason the Grangers took political action against the
railroads.• Chapter 6• Railroads sold gov. land grants to businesses
instead of settlers, they fixed prices to keep farmers in debt, they charged higher rates when farmers had no transportation alternative, and they charged different rates to different customers.
Explain either Carnegie’s business model of vertical integration or
horizontal integration.
• Chapter 6• Vertical: Buy out suppliers and distributers for
control of production from beginning to end.• Horizontal: Buy out all direct competition
(same market, same level)
Name one reason why people chose to leave their home
countries in the late 19th century.
• Chapter 7• Religious Persecution, Rising Populations,
Scarcity of Land and jobs, and to become more independent from their families.
Name one reason why people chose to come to America after
they decided to leave their home countries in the late 19th century.
• Chapter 7• Religious freedom, rumors of low population,
and abundance of land and jobs, and a more politically independent scene.
What are Ellis and Angel Islands?
• Chapter 7• Famous East and West Coast Immigration
Stations
What does Nativism mean?
• Chapter 7• Favoring those born in the U.S. over recent
immigrants.
Name two of the biggest challenges to Urbanization.
• Chapter 7• Housing, Transportation, Water, Sanitation,
Crime and Fire
The Social Gospel Movement preached that salvation came from
serving whom?
• Chapter 7• The poor
During the Gilded Age, what was a Political Machine?
• Chapter 7• A corrupt and organized group that controlled
the activities of a political party at a city level
Explain graft.
• Chapter 7• The illegal use of political power for personal
gain.
Who or what exposed the graft of New York City’s Boss Tweed?
• Chapter 7• Thomas Nast’s political cartoon
Define patronage.
• Chapter 7• Giving government jobs to people who helped
a candidate get elected.
What was used to fight patronage during the Gilded Age?
• Chapter 7• The Pendleton Civil Service Act
What are Orville and Wilbur Wright best known for?
• Chapter 8• First Flight
The Niagara Movement said that blacks should seek a liberal arts
education for what reason?
• Chapter 8• So that the African-American community
could gain well-educated leaders.
What were segregation laws for?
• Chapter 8• To separate the black and white communities
The Supreme Court Case of Plessy v Fergusen established what
doctrine?
• Chapter 8• “Separate but equal” is okay
What industry were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
giants of?
• Chapter 8• Newspaper industry
Name one new leisure sport that gained popularity during the late
1800’s and early 1900’s.
• Chapter 8• Bicycling, Boxing, Baseball or Tennis.
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