U.S. History Semester Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
It created Native American land owners on reservations. - Correct answers✔✔Which is the
correct relationship between the Dawes Act and private property rights?
They were primarily Catholic. - Correct answers✔✔Why were some immigrants, especially
those from southern and eastern Europe, treated worse than previous groups from northern
Europe?
to make land available for white settlers - Correct answers✔✔Why were the Trail of Tears,
Reservations, and broken treaties carried out by the government of the U.S.?
to assimilate Native Americans into the white culture - Correct answers✔✔What was the
purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1877?
primary sources are written by professional journalists - Correct answers✔✔Why do historians
prefer to use primary sources instead of secondary sources when researching past events?
assembly line: increased productivity - Correct answers✔✔Innovations: nature of work::
They increased markets and brought urbanization to many areas - Correct answers✔✔What is
true about the growth of railroads in the late 1800s?
formed holding companies - Correct answers✔✔How did John D. Rockefeller and others
respond to the effort of the government to rein in big corporations with the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act of 1890?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
It created Native American land owners on reservations. - Correct answers✔✔Which is the
correct relationship between the Dawes Act and private property rights?
They were primarily Catholic. - Correct answers✔✔Why were some immigrants, especially
those from southern and eastern Europe, treated worse than previous groups from northern
Europe?
to make land available for white settlers - Correct answers✔✔Why were the Trail of Tears,
Reservations, and broken treaties carried out by the government of the U.S.?
to assimilate Native Americans into the white culture - Correct answers✔✔What was the
purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1877?
primary sources are written by professional journalists - Correct answers✔✔Why do historians
prefer to use primary sources instead of secondary sources when researching past events?
assembly line: increased productivity - Correct answers✔✔Innovations: nature of work::
They increased markets and brought urbanization to many areas - Correct answers✔✔What is
true about the growth of railroads in the late 1800s?
formed holding companies - Correct answers✔✔How did John D. Rockefeller and others
respond to the effort of the government to rein in big corporations with the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act of 1890?
