Unit 2 Test Review

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.