Western Frontier and The Gilded Age Part I

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Western Frontier and The Gilded Age Part I

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24 questions

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A __________had only to be the head of a household or at least 21 years of age to claim a 160-acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of “proving up” and keeping this__________ . Each homesteader had to live on the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before they were eligible to “prove up.” A total filing fee of $18 was the only money required. . . .
—National Park Service, www.nps.gov (accessed November 14, 2013)

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Choose all correct answers. The legislation described above led to :

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Which of the following responses describe the photograph above.
Choose all correct answers:

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Choose all responses that apply to his excerpt:

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Select all correct responses:

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Choose all responses that that describe the photograph above:

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Select all responses that would complete diagram above:

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Choose all reponses that led to the passage of this legislation:

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Choose all responses that apply to this excerpt:

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Select all responses that describe excerpt cited above.

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Identify and explain the three Reconstruction Amendments

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Select phrase that applies to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

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Select the phrase that recognizes enfranchisement of citizens:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

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Select the phrase that list the rights you were born with:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

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The most important amendment to a Political Boss during the "Gilded Age" was the __________ because it defined __________ and provide for__________ under the law.  Citizenship allowed recent immigrants to work,  but more importantly for the political machine it allowed immigrants to __________. 

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The Meat inspection Act and the Pure Food act are examples of Laissez- Faire economics.

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Place the Acts in the era that were ratified.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Homestead Act 1862
Dawes Act of 1887
Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883
Chinese exclusion Act of 1882

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

A __________had only to be the head of a household or at least 21 years of age to claim a 160-acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of “proving up” and keeping this__________ . Each homesteader had to live on the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before they were eligible to “prove up.” A total filing fee of $18 was the only money required. . . .
—National Park Service, www.nps.gov (accessed November 14, 2013)

Choose all correct answers. The legislation described above led to :

Which of the following responses describe the photograph above.
Choose all correct answers:

Choose all responses that apply to his excerpt:

Select all correct responses:

Choose all responses that that describe the photograph above:

Select all responses that would complete diagram above:

Choose all reponses that led to the passage of this legislation:

Choose all responses that apply to this excerpt:

What were the results of rapid growth and a large influx of immigration to U.S. cities in the early 20th century?

Select all responses that describe excerpt cited above.

Select all responses that describe the excerpts cited above:

Select all responses that are associated with voting

Identify and explain the three Reconstruction Amendments

Select all responses associated with the rights of the accused:

Select phrase that applies to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

Select the phrase that recognizes enfranchisement of citizens:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

Select the phrase that list the rights you were born with:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government

List all your rights protected by the first amendment

The most important amendment to a Political Boss during the "Gilded Age" was the __________ because it defined __________ and provide for__________ under the law.  Citizenship allowed recent immigrants to work,  but more importantly for the political machine it allowed immigrants to __________. 

Select all responses that facilitate trade.

The Meat inspection Act and the Pure Food act are examples of Laissez- Faire economics.

Place the Acts in the era that were ratified.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Homestead Act 1862
Dawes Act of 1887
Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883
Chinese exclusion Act of 1882
Meat inspection Act of 1906

Acts passed during Manifest Destiny and The Gilded Age
Acts passed during Reconstruction

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
jury duty		enfranchisement
establishes an income tax		16th amendment
Food Handlers card requirement		Chinese Exclusion Act
Assimilation		civic responsibility
nativism		Homestead Act
Free Land		Dawes Act
Upton Sinclair		The Jungle
Ghettos		Meat Inspection Act
voting		Tenements
investigative journalist during the Gilded Age who exposes corruption in Business and Government		Muckrakers
Merit Exams		Pendleton Civil Service Act

the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier

the raising  of buffalo for food consumption 

a series of federal land grants

federal regulation of agriculture

Subsistence agriculture

urban societies 

adaptation to environment 

Rural societies 

By "flat ground with no timber" he meant the Great Plains lacked trees.  

Increasing the availability and variety of consumer goods.  

Contributed to the egalitarian nature of the United States.   

Created a need for time zones. 

The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

Forced cultural assimilation 

The abundance of employment opportunities 

Potato crop in Ireland is devastated by black rot fungus 

Irish Immigration 

Asian immigration 

Contaminated food created illness and often death 

The lack of government services and regulation contributed to increased corruption 

What were the results of rapid growth and a large influx of immigration to U.S. cities in the early 20th century?  

poor sanitary conditions due to a lack of adequate restroom facilities in tenement housing  

The population of slums increased 

The creation of public hospitals through tax increases 

The creation of tenement buildings  in urban areas 

overcrowded housing 

An introduction of housing codes to ensure regulation of rental properties 

An example of a step away from Lassie- faire economic policies 

Government regulation requiring  the inspection of food products were implemented 

Muckrakers (investigative journalist) were able to influence the passage of legislation that improved society   

Led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration 

Select all responses that describe the excerpts cited above: 

Legislation protecting American workers from having to compete against foreign labor 

Progressive Era laws designed to protect consumers 

Anti-trust legislation meant to control prices of consumer goods 

Examples of Nativism during the late 19th century

Promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration  

A result of American owned businesses using immigrant labor to increase profits  

Select all responses that are associated with voting

Voice 

Republic

Dictatorship 

Suffrage 

Election 

Enfranchise 

Political Participation 

Consent of governed 

Representative government 

Totalitarianism 

Communism 

Choice

Democracy 

Select all responses associated with the rights of the accused: 

Mapp v. Ohio

abolishment of slavery

Due process and property rights 

Jury trial 

protection from unreasonable searches and seizures 

defines citizenship 

equal protection under the law 

4th , 5th, 6th amendments 

Miranda rights 

Hernandez v, Texas 

List all your rights protected by the first amendment  

speech 

religion  

press 

petition 

protest 

peaceably assemble  

expression 

Select all responses that facilitate trade. 

Unpassable Mountains 

Bridges 

Gulf of Mexico 

Erie Canal 

thorn bushes 

Railroads 

Atlantic Ocean 

Pacific Ocean 

Steamboats 

Meat inspection Act of 1906

Acts passed during Manifest Destiny and The Gilded Age 

Acts passed during Reconstruction 

jury duty 

enfranchisement 

establishes an income tax 

16th amendment

Food Handlers card requirement 

Chinese Exclusion Act 

Assimilation 

civic responsibility 

nativism 

Homestead Act 

Free Land 

Dawes Act 

Upton Sinclair 

The Jungle 

Ghettos 

Meat Inspection Act 

voting 

Tenements 

investigative journalist during the Gilded Age  who exposes corruption in Business and Government 

Muckrakers 

Merit Exams 

Pendleton Civil Service Act  

Western Frontier and The Gilded Age Part I

Western Frontier and The Gilded Age Part I

Choose all correct answers. The legislation described above led to :

Which of the following responses describe the photograph above. Choose all correct answers:

Choose all responses that apply to his excerpt:

Select all correct responses:

Choose all responses that that describe the photograph above:

Select all responses that would complete diagram above:

Choose all reponses that led to the passage of this legislation:

Choose all responses that apply to this excerpt:

Select all responses that describe excerpt cited above.

Identify and explain the three Reconstruction Amendments

Select phrase that applies to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

Select the phrase that recognizes enfranchisement of citizens:

Select the phrase that list the rights you were born with:

The Meat inspection Act and the Pure Food act are examples of Laissez- Faire economics.

Place the Acts in the era that were ratified.

Choose all correct answers. The legislation described above led to :

Which of the following responses describe the photograph above. Choose all correct answers:

Choose all responses that apply to his excerpt:

Select all correct responses:

Choose all responses that that describe the photograph above:

Select all responses that would complete diagram above:

Choose all reponses that led to the passage of this legislation:

Choose all responses that apply to this excerpt:

What were the results of rapid growth and a large influx of immigration to U.S. cities in the early 20th century?

Select all responses that describe excerpt cited above.

Select all responses that describe the excerpts cited above:

Select all responses that are associated with voting

Identify and explain the three Reconstruction Amendments

Select all responses associated with the rights of the accused:

Select phrase that applies to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

Select the phrase that recognizes enfranchisement of citizens:

Select the phrase that list the rights you were born with:

List all your rights protected by the first amendment

Select all responses that facilitate trade.

The Meat inspection Act and the Pure Food act are examples of Laissez- Faire economics.

Place the Acts in the era that were ratified.

Which of the following responses describe the photograph above.
Choose all correct answers:

Which of the following responses describe the photograph above.
Choose all correct answers: