LCAS EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
1. The ____ was a settled Native American tribe that was displaced from its eastern
homeland by advancing white settlement. Cherokee
2. Which of the following acts, containing provisions to give each Native American a farm,
was introduced by Congress in 1887? Dawes Severally Act
3. The role of women was unique in the ______ tribe in that they were in charge of family
property, and kinship descended from the mother's side. Navajo
4. Which of the following factors resulted in the failure of the concentration policy of
Native Americans in the 1850's? Native Americans left their assigned areas as they
hunted widely for buffalo
5. Which of the following was supposed to be one of the consequences of the Ghost Dances
by the Teton Sioux? the return of the buffalo in great herds
6. The network of trails that led west and was extensively used during the period of western
settlement known as the ______. Overland Trail
7. Which of the following pieces of legislation set aside most of the proceeds from the sale
of public land in sixteen western states to finance irrigation projects in the arid states?
National Reclamation Act of 1902
8. Which of the statements is true of the settlement of the West? The westward
movement coincided with a growth in population and in demand for livestock and
agricultural produce.
9. Which of the first important magnet that attracted people to the West? mining
10. Who authored the 1893 paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American
History"? Frederick Jackson Turner
11. Which of the following was the site of the last major gold strike? Black Hills
12. Which of the following provisions was made under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Immigration of Chinese laborers was suspended for ten years
13. Which of the following factors led to the decline of the great cattle drives? the invention
of the barbed wire fences
14. Why did entrepreneurs on the front line of industrial development seem larger than life in
the eyes of the American public? The conducted business on an unprecedented scale
, 15. How were the nation's bankrupt railroads "rescued" following the Panic of 1893? J.P.
Morgan and other bankers refinanced ailing railroads and took control of the industry
16. Which feature of the Bessemer plants limited the entry of companies into the steel
industry? the cost of building such plants
17. What was the main requirement for ensuring that mail-order catalogs were an effective
sales technique? high customer literacy
18. What did the Exclusion Act do? it prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers
into the United States for ten years
19. What was the main cause of rebellion among workers against the industrialized class by
the end of the nineteenth century? Workers received an insignificant share in the
profits generated
20. Why were Carnegie's views about the rights of workers contradictory in nature? He
professed to believe in defending the rights of workers, but he paid his own workers low
wages and disliked unions
21. Why did Aaron Montgomery Ward use mail-order catalogs? to exploit an untapped
rural market
22. How was Samuel Gompers's approach to labor organizations different from that of
Terence V. Powderly's? Unlike Powderly's idealistic views of harmony, Gompers
worked to improve the laborers' practical needs
23. What was the impact of the burgeoning population on the American economy?
Expanded markets led to increased industrial production
24. What was it about the nature of the American labor force in the nineteenth century that
made organization of a national labor union difficult? Craft, ethnic, and other
differences fragmented the labor force, and its extraordinary mobility made organizations
difficult.
25. Who changed the American skyline with his idea of designing "skyscrapers"? Louis
H. Sullivan
26. Which Democratic party organization dominated city politics in New York during much
of the nineteenth century? Tammany Hall
27. In the presidential election of 1872, who was the woman who attempted to vote and then
refused to pay the $100 fine/ Susan B. Anthony
28. In Cumming v. County Board of Education (1899), the Court approved the _______.
creation of separate white schools regardless of whether schools for blacks existed
29. The high rates of immigration between the 1870's and the 1990's turned America into a
culturally pluralistic society, called the _______. melting pot
30. Why did President Grover Cleveland veto the 1896 law that made literacy tests
mandatory for new immigrants? it went against American traditions
31. What led to a "separate sphere of domesticity" in middle-class families? Women were
cut off from their husband's work life.
32. Why did schooling become more important during the 1880's? Parents wanted to
allow children to grow and learn
33. Who filled the need for resources to help the poor after the depression of 1893?
professional social workers
34. What allowed Jim Crow laws to spread across the South at the end of the nineteenth
century? Supreme Court decisions supported them
ANSWERS |VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
1. The ____ was a settled Native American tribe that was displaced from its eastern
homeland by advancing white settlement. Cherokee
2. Which of the following acts, containing provisions to give each Native American a farm,
was introduced by Congress in 1887? Dawes Severally Act
3. The role of women was unique in the ______ tribe in that they were in charge of family
property, and kinship descended from the mother's side. Navajo
4. Which of the following factors resulted in the failure of the concentration policy of
Native Americans in the 1850's? Native Americans left their assigned areas as they
hunted widely for buffalo
5. Which of the following was supposed to be one of the consequences of the Ghost Dances
by the Teton Sioux? the return of the buffalo in great herds
6. The network of trails that led west and was extensively used during the period of western
settlement known as the ______. Overland Trail
7. Which of the following pieces of legislation set aside most of the proceeds from the sale
of public land in sixteen western states to finance irrigation projects in the arid states?
National Reclamation Act of 1902
8. Which of the statements is true of the settlement of the West? The westward
movement coincided with a growth in population and in demand for livestock and
agricultural produce.
9. Which of the first important magnet that attracted people to the West? mining
10. Who authored the 1893 paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American
History"? Frederick Jackson Turner
11. Which of the following was the site of the last major gold strike? Black Hills
12. Which of the following provisions was made under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Immigration of Chinese laborers was suspended for ten years
13. Which of the following factors led to the decline of the great cattle drives? the invention
of the barbed wire fences
14. Why did entrepreneurs on the front line of industrial development seem larger than life in
the eyes of the American public? The conducted business on an unprecedented scale
, 15. How were the nation's bankrupt railroads "rescued" following the Panic of 1893? J.P.
Morgan and other bankers refinanced ailing railroads and took control of the industry
16. Which feature of the Bessemer plants limited the entry of companies into the steel
industry? the cost of building such plants
17. What was the main requirement for ensuring that mail-order catalogs were an effective
sales technique? high customer literacy
18. What did the Exclusion Act do? it prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers
into the United States for ten years
19. What was the main cause of rebellion among workers against the industrialized class by
the end of the nineteenth century? Workers received an insignificant share in the
profits generated
20. Why were Carnegie's views about the rights of workers contradictory in nature? He
professed to believe in defending the rights of workers, but he paid his own workers low
wages and disliked unions
21. Why did Aaron Montgomery Ward use mail-order catalogs? to exploit an untapped
rural market
22. How was Samuel Gompers's approach to labor organizations different from that of
Terence V. Powderly's? Unlike Powderly's idealistic views of harmony, Gompers
worked to improve the laborers' practical needs
23. What was the impact of the burgeoning population on the American economy?
Expanded markets led to increased industrial production
24. What was it about the nature of the American labor force in the nineteenth century that
made organization of a national labor union difficult? Craft, ethnic, and other
differences fragmented the labor force, and its extraordinary mobility made organizations
difficult.
25. Who changed the American skyline with his idea of designing "skyscrapers"? Louis
H. Sullivan
26. Which Democratic party organization dominated city politics in New York during much
of the nineteenth century? Tammany Hall
27. In the presidential election of 1872, who was the woman who attempted to vote and then
refused to pay the $100 fine/ Susan B. Anthony
28. In Cumming v. County Board of Education (1899), the Court approved the _______.
creation of separate white schools regardless of whether schools for blacks existed
29. The high rates of immigration between the 1870's and the 1990's turned America into a
culturally pluralistic society, called the _______. melting pot
30. Why did President Grover Cleveland veto the 1896 law that made literacy tests
mandatory for new immigrants? it went against American traditions
31. What led to a "separate sphere of domesticity" in middle-class families? Women were
cut off from their husband's work life.
32. Why did schooling become more important during the 1880's? Parents wanted to
allow children to grow and learn
33. Who filled the need for resources to help the poor after the depression of 1893?
professional social workers
34. What allowed Jim Crow laws to spread across the South at the end of the nineteenth
century? Supreme Court decisions supported them
