Certainly! Below are the answers to your questions based on historical context and analysis:
Question 1:
Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?
Answer: Abuses of the spoils system by political machines.
Question 2:
Which statements describe effects of industrialization during the late nineteenth century? Select TWO correct answers.
Answers:
- Manufacturers sped up production by using more efficient processes.
- Consumer goods became available at lower prices.
Question 3:
Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?
Answer: There were many jobs and business opportunities in America.
Question 4:
Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question mark in this cause-and-effect diagram?
Answer: People moved from rural to urban areas.
Question 5:
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to
Answer: Competition for jobs on the West Coast.
Question 6:
What was one effect of the act described in this list?
Answer: The population of settlers in the American West increased.
Question 7:
How did the federal government attempt to assimilate American Indians in the late nineteenth century? Select TWO correct answers.
Answers:
- American Indian children were sent to boarding schools.
- American Indian tribal lands were divided into individual plots.
Question 8:
Which development made it possible to construct this type of building?
Answer: The invention of a new process for manufacturing steel.
Question 9:
Match the amendment to the change it made to the constitution.
- 18th Amendment - outlawed alcohol.
- 17th Amendment - allowed for the direct election of senators.
- 16th Amendment - created an income tax.
Question 10:
Match the reformer to their action.
Answers:
- Wrote a book about the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry: Upton Sinclair.
- Worked to give women the right to vote: Susan B. Anthony.
- Tried to solve problems in urban areas by providing resources to working-class neighborhoods: Jane Addams.
Question 11:
Match the statement to the correct amendment.
Answers:
- 15th Amendment - Increased political participation for men.
- 19th Amendment - Increased political power for women.
Question 12:
Which agency name belongs on the blank line?
Answer: Bureau of Reclamation.
Question 13:
Which sentence provides information needed to complete both the cause and effect portions of this diagram?
Answer: The 1898 Spanish-American War led to world power status for the United States.
Question 14:
Which statement describes one of the MOST important reasons why the United States annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii?
Answer: The location was strategically valuable to both military and business leaders.
Question 15:
What was one significant impact of the opening of the Panama Canal?
Answer: It increased trade by reducing travel times between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
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