The American Republic To 1877 © 2007

Chapter 18: Reshaping the Nation

Self-Check Quizzes

1
On May 10, 1869, two sets of railroad tracks met at __________, to complete the nation’s first transcontinental rail line.
A)Washington, D.C.
B)Topeka, Kansas
C)Promontory Point, Utah
D)Sacramento, California
2
Spanish ranch hands in the Spanish Southwest were known as __________.
A)vaqueros
B)sodbusters
C)rancheros
D)homesteaders
3
The massacre at __________ marked the end of armed conflict between the United States government and Native Americans.
A)Little Bighorn
B)Wounded Knee
C)Sand Creek
D)Fetterman
4
The success of __________ marked the beginning of the modern aircraft industry.
A)Henry Ford
B)Alexander Graham Bell
C)John D. Rockefeller
D)Orville and Wilbur Wright
5
In 1869, American’s first large industrial union, called the __________, was organized.
A)American Federation of Labor
B)Grange
C)Knights of Labor
D)Farmers’ Alliance
6
All but which of the following were problems produced by the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?
A)overcrowding
B)mandatory vaccinations
C)poor sanitation
D)crime
7
Muckraker __________ exposure of the unfair practices of the oil trust led to public pressure for more government control over big business.
A)Ida Tarbell’s
B)Lincoln Steffens’s
C)Upton Sinclair’s
D)Theodore Roosevelt’s
8
__________ helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
A)Booker T. Washington
B)Ida B. Wells
C)William Howard Taft
D)W.E.B. Du Bois
9
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the Allied Powers during World War I?
A)Russia
B)Germany
C)Italy
D)Japan
10
After World War I, many Americans felt an increase in __________, or anti-immigrant feelings.
A)imperialism
B)nationalism
C)nativism
D)materialism
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