Social Studies Review

Industrialization

1. Where did most European Immigrants who came to the U.S. in the late 1800s work?

a.ships on the coastb.plantations in the Southc. factories in the Northd.farms in the Great Plains

2. During the late 1800s, many immigrants from Europe and Asia came to the U.S. Which statement best describe what these groups experience in the U.S.?

a. Both groups experienced discrimination in the workplace.

b. Both groups immediately blended with the people living in the U.S.

c. Only European immigrants experienced discrimination.

3. Which was a major cause of emigration from Europe to the U.S. after the Civil War?

a. Many European countries were planning on stopping emigration in the future.

b. There was less farming in Europe because of the growth of factories.

c. Free land was promised to new settlers in the Southern states.

d. Rapid growth in the U.S. provided new jobs.

4. The Chisholm Trail was important to cowboys. How did this trail impact cowboys’ lives?

a. It was the trail used by the Indians as they were being forced farther west.

b. It stretched from Texas to Kansas, allowing cattle to move from one area to another.

c. It was another name for the Underground Railroad, which helped many slaves escape.

d. It was a trail connecting the east coast to the west coast, so cattle could move from one side of the country to the other.

5. Which of the following groups found freedom by becoming cowboys?

a. white womenb. white menc. black womend. black men

6. What was the United States’ most important reason for fighting in the Spanish-American war?

a. get written up in newspaper accounts

b. fight Spanish colonial rule in Cubac. connect the Pacific Ocean to the

Atlantic Oceand. to see the Panama Canal

7. President Roosevelt oversaw the building of the Panama Canal. The most important reason to build the canal was

a. to shorten the ship travel from eastern to western U.S. giving the U.S. clear access to world trade and greater defense.

b. to find the reason for the mosquito deaths in Panama

c. to end yellow fever and malaria.

8. Why is the Spanish-American War considered a “turning point” in American history?

a. Roosevelt was elected President of South America.

b. The U.S. gained new territory and became a world power.

c. It proved the Wright brothers’ new ship could be used in future wars.

d. Texans herding cattle could now employ Spanish cowboys.

9. How did President Grant handle Native Americans?

a. sent them to the north to Canadab. ignored them hoping they would

leave the western territoriesc. let the hostile groups get rid of the

other tribesd. dealt with the hostile groups and

protected the peaceful groups.

10.What was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn?

a. The Sioux and Cheyenne lost their sacred land.

b. The Chippewa lost Custer’s Last Stand.

c. The Native Americans refused to leave their land.

d. General George Custer won the battle.

11.A person who organizes other productive resources into a business to produce goods and services to make a profit is called a __________.

a. reservationb. inventorc. entrepreneurd. immigrant

12.How did the Panama Canal improve trade?

a. It allowed the U.S. to trade with Cuba for the first time.

b. New mosquito repellents such as OFF began to be sold worldwide by the U.S. government.

c. The U.S. now had clear access to world trade by not having to sail ships around South America.

13.What territory(or territories) did the U.S. gain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

a. Guamb. Puerto Ricoc. Phillipinesd. All of the above

14. Who taught people new methods of farming and invented many used for the peanut?

15. Who worked with electricity; credited with the invention of the first light bulb?16. Who made the first working fixed-wing aircraft?

17. Who invented the “electrical speech machine” known as the telephone?

Word Bank# 18-25

Panama CanalChisholm Trail

Cubaimmigrated

sugarTranscontinentalprice incentiveLittle Bighorn

How did price incentive affect the cattle markets in the Eastern U.S. and Texas?

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