US History II Chapter 16+17 Test (Mr.

Sanservinos Impossible Test)

Name: _______________ Date: ________________ Class: ________________

Part I 20 pts Short Answer Please answer in complete sentences and be as specific as possible.

1. Compare and contrast the treatment and challenges if the Asian immigrants and the Hispanic/Mexican immigrants during this time period. How did these groups respond and did they succeed in overcoming these obstacles? (Minimum 2 examples each)(4 pts)

2. Name and explain 2 examples of government legislation that were specifically directed at the Chinese population during this time period. (4 pts) dont use examples from Question 1.

3. Name and explain 2 examples of government acts that were put in place specifically to deal with the Native American population. (4 pts)

4. Name and explain 2 reasons why unions struggled. (4 pts)

5. Explain 2 reasons why there was an increase of women and children in the workforce by the turn of the century. (4 pts)

Part II Definitions 24 pts 4 pts per question. (Points for identify, explain, and examine the significance) the more specific you are, the more likely you will receive full credit.

a.

Coolies:

b.

Frederick Jackson Turner:

c.

Vigilantes

d.

Long Drive:

e. Genizaros

f. Transcontinental Railroad

Part III 24 pts Fill in the chart keeping the person, year, and invention in the correct order

Year 1851 1850s 1850s 1866 1868 1868 1870s 1870s 1879 1890s 1903 1906

People

Invention

People- William Kelly, Christopher Sholes, Isaac Singer, Henry Ford, Cyrus Field, Wright Brothers, James Ritty, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Bessemer, Guglielmo Marconi, Charles and Frank Duryea, Abraham C. Hewitt, and Thomas Edison Inventions- Airplane, Automobile, Gasoline-driven motor, Iron transformed into steel, lightbulb, cash register, sewing machine, radio, typewriter, iron transformed into steel, transatlantic telegraph cable, telephone, open hearth process for steel

Part IV 12 pts Compare and Contrast. Compare and Contrast. Identify both terms and explain how they are different or similar by using an example for each. (1 points for identifying each term, 1 points for providing an example of each or elaborating = 4pts per question) NO CHARTS PLEASE.

1. Gospel of Wealth v. Rockefeller

2. Vertical v. Horizontal Integration

3. Carnegie v. Vanderbilt

Part III 21 points Multiple Choice Section choose the response that best answers the question.

1. What was the cause of the Pullman Strike? a. The Pullman Company was reducing wages but not reducing rent. b. The working condition that existed in the Pullman Company were becoming increasingly dangerous. c. The company was increasing the hours of the workforce without increasing the wages. d. The company began hiring women and children so the Federal Labor Union retaliated. 2. Who argued that the frontier has gone and with its going has closed the first period of American history in 1893? a. Mark Twain b. William Turner c. Frederick Jackson Turner d. Frederick Douglass 3. The Railroad Strike of 1877 was mainly caused by: a. The announcement of a new expansion line, which would greatly increase the already dangerous working conditions. b. The announcement that addition Chinese immigrants will be taking the place of the white workers. c. The announcement of a 10% wage cut. d. All of the above. 4. What was Taylorism? a. The process of industrialization that occurred out west. b. The theory that the end of the frontier had taken place and thus ending a major in American history. c. The principles for how to stricture human labor in combination with the machine age to divide tasks and work more efficiently. d. The theory that corporations ended right before the industrial age. 5. Who was the entrepreneur that used vertical and horizontal integration to build his infamous oil empire? a. Cornelius Vanderbilt b. J.P. Morgan c. Andrew Carnegie d. J.D. Rockefeller 6. Horatio Alger was: a. The man who predicted the ending of the American frontier b. An author who wrote about rags to riches stories c. The man who wrote Wealth of Nations d. A character in the play, Hamlet 7. This group was well-known for being strike-breakers: a. The Order of Hibernians b. The Irish Mob c. The Pinkertons d. The McLoweries e. The Smolenskis