History Cumulative Exam Review

Read the paragraph from History of the United States, by Charles and Mary Beard. In the second place, the reception accorded the newcomers differed from that given to the immigrants in the early days. By 1890, all the free land was gone. They could not, therefore, be dispersed widely among the native Americans to assimilate quickly and unconsciously the habits and ideas of American life. On the contrary, they were diverted mainly to the industrial centers. There they crowded . . . into colonies of their own, where they preserved their languages, their newspapers, and their old-world customs and views. Which of the following best summarizes this paragraph objectively?

During the Gilded Age, a factory worker who was injured while working generally received

Which effect of industrialization made city centers somewhat unpleasant for residents?

Which US group was one of the first to go on strike because of wage cuts?

As the Civil War progressed, women in both the North and the South

After the Civil War, newly-freed African Americans had to

The Emancipation Proclamation freed

Companies hired Pinkertons to

Which of the following best describes an enclave?

The Pullman strike ended with

Who became president of the Confederacy in 1861?

How did the growth of the railroads affect supply and demand for natural resources in the United States?

Which of these statements best describes transportation within cities in the early 1800s?

At the first Democratic Party convention of 1860, fifty Southern delegates

A sparsely populated country that undergoes industrial growth would be most likely to

During the Civil War, African American military units

Which of the following groups protected the livelihood of craftspeople in the 1800s?

Which of the following was an advantage for the South at the start of the Civil War?

What impact did the expansion of railroads in the West have on the American Indians who lived there?

The income divide and excesses of the rich during the Gilded Age caused

The main goal of Jim Crow laws was to

In the system of mass production, unskilled workers

In the late 1800s, the growth of the railroad system led to Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis and Cleveland becoming

Why was the Cleveland Massacre significant in the formation of Standard Oil?

Although Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery did not win him a Senate victory over Stephen Douglas, they did