US HISTORY

Which statement is the best example of the beliefs of Capitalism?

A smaller government gave enterprising individuals the freedom to develop new businesses. By pursuing their own profit, these entrepreneurs also benefitted all of society by producing better goods at lower costs.

The diagram below provides information about acts passed by Congress in the 1800s. of 1850 • Ended sale of slaves in Washington, D.C. • Admitted California as a free state • Tougher fugitive slave law Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • Passed by Congress • Dealt with question of slavery in territories

Allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders

Which statement describes both the First and Second Industrial Revolutions?

Both revolutions produced technologies that improved productivity.

The excerpt below expresses a point of view on the causes of the Civil War. "The United States was originally a compact of states and any state had the right to leave it. The "War between the States" was caused by the aggressiveness of the North. Northerners imposed their views of what the United States meant on the South." Whose point of view could be expressed in this excerpt?

Confederate soldier

The excerpt below is from a recently written history of the Civil War. What were the rights and liberties for which Confederates contended? The right to own slaves; the liberty to take this property into the territories; freedom from the coercive powers of a centralized government. -James McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.

Below is a diagram. Natural Disasters Rural Isolation Agricultural Surplus International Competition High Shipping Costs Which title best completes this diagram?

Economic Challenges Faced by Farmers in the 1800's

The chart below lists economic problems in the South at the end of the Civil War.

Freedmen often became sharecroppers on the properties of their former masters.

Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century?

Government officials believed in laissez-faire economics.

The newspaper imagines the Homestead Strike. *A lot of mean staning with diffrent equtement protestin while something in the back burns * What was the main cause of the event depicted in the newspaper?

Henry Frick wanted to break up the power of the steelworkers' union

■ Built sod houses ■ Used dry farming techniques ■ Used barbed wire fences ■ Burned cow and buffalo chips for fuel ■ Windmills pumped water ■ Steel plow used for tough soil What would be the best title for the box above?

How Farmers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

The map below was published in the early 20th century. *Old pocture of florida and t routes from a 'sky" view* What does the map suggest about the long term impact of Henry Flagler on Florida?

Increased economic opportunities for Florida's Gold Coast

Which entrepreneur had a significant impact on the cosmetics industry?

Madame C.J. Walker

How did the "New Immigrants" differ from the "Old Immigrants"?

Most of them spoke very little English

The excerpt below is from a party platform in 1892. We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1... We demand a graduated income tax... [W]e demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections... [W]e favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people... Which political party?

Populist Party

This political cartoon below was from 1873. *cartoon of multiple people laying down undertrain tracks while a train is coming* What does this cartoon suggest about the situation of the American farmer in the late 1800s?

Railroads challenged the ability of the farmer to make a living.

How did the spread of railroads after the Civil War contribute to the Second Industrial Revolution?

Railroads encouraged the growth of cities and the creation of a national market

Which conflict is described in the newspaper shown above? *new asrtical that says "fighting break out!"

Ranchers with herds on the open range opposed farmers and ranchers with fenced properties.

The engraving below was created in 1861. *blue print of a iron making machine* Which is a result of the process depicted in the engraving?

The process made the production of steel much more economical.

Which long term impact did American Industrialist Henry Flagler have on Florida?

Tourism and agriculture are a foundation of Florida's economy.

The image below is from the 1800's. *black and white train picture with 3 people in the front of it* Which concepts are depicted by the image?

industrialization and urbanization

The political cartoon below is from the late 1800s: Person with a big head wearinf a even bigger crwon and inside the crown there are trains* This political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century?

monopolization

The map below shows routes taken by African Americans who participated in the Great Migration: *picture of the usa but with texas being green;florida red and alabama blue, etc etc...* What describes a pull factor that drew African Americans during the Great Migration?

the availability of good jobs in the North and West

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads rancher, and farmers

What roles did carpetbaggers play in the South during Reconstruction?

to help the Freedmen's Bureau or to find new economic opportunities

The certificate below was issued by an organization. *picture of the federlasation of paper certificate* What was the primary goal of the organization that issued this certificate?

to obtain better pay and conditions for skilled workers