1. what negative impact did gold and silver mining have in the west?
a. tent cities near the mines fostered criminals as long-term residents.
b. ghost towns were left behind after the mines stopped producing. *** my answer
c. mining camps were sources of many contagious diseases.
d. mass migration from the east coast led to social tension among merchants.

2. what role did both men and women among plains indians share?
a. passing along traditions and knowledge *** my answer
b. supervising spiritual life and rituals
c. gathering and preparing food
d. waging war to defend or extend territory

3. what was the primary goal of the dawes act? (i’m not very sure about this one)
a. to provide farms for native american families
b. to preserve reservations for native americans **my guess
c. to protect native american cultures
d. to encourage native americans to become farmers

4. in what way did the nation's growing transportation system promote economic growth?
a. it made it easier for native americans and freed african americans to obtain the same goods as white people, boosting demand.
b. because it added costs for the delivery of goods, it made more profits for the manufacturers.
my answer
c. railroad rebates and pools brought down prices for small farmers, who could then afford to modernize their equipment.
d. it opened up national markets for selling and obtaining resources and lower costs of production.

5. which was a major result of the homestead act of 1862?
a. increased public awareness of the need for conservation of natural resources
b. increased development of western lands *** my answer
c. decreased conflicts between native americans and white settlers
d. decreased economic opportunities for easterners

6. which of the following did the populist party believe would solve u. s. economic problems?
a. currency reform *** my answer
b. savings banks
c. new policies on native americans
d. renewed immigration policies

there remains, then, only one mode of using great fortunes…under its sway we shall have an ideal state, in which the surplus wealth of the few will become, in the best sense, the property of the many, because administered for the common good, and this wealth, passing through the hands of the few, can be made a much more potent force for the elevation of our race than if it had been distributed in small sums to the people themselves. even the poorest can be made to see this, and to agree that great sums gathered by some of their fellow citizens and spent for public purposes, from which the masses reap the principal benefit, are more valuable to them than if scattered among them through the course of many years in trifling amounts. —andrew carnegie, 1889
use the quote to answer the question.
7. which idea does this passage express?

a. manifest destiny
b. gospel of wealth
c. wealth of nations *** my answer/guess
d. social darwinism

8. which economic practice motivate companies to keep prices low and improve product quality?
a. combination
b. consolidation
c. competition *** my answer
d. overproduction

9. which was the main reason for the slow growth of labor unions in the united states during the 19th century?
a. presence of language and cultural barriers among workers
b. existence of adequate wages and good working conditions
c. lack of public and legal support for union activities *** my answer
d. rejection of unionization by skilled workers

The correct answer for 1 is B. Ghost towns were left behind after the mines stopped producing

As settlers started spreading westwards and going to places like California during the Californian gold rush, they built up cities from the ground and opened up inns and created small towns and similar things for anyone passing through. When they figured out they wouldn’t get gold as much as they wanted the cities were left abandoned.

The correct answer for 2 is A. passing along traditions and knowledge

Women mostly focused on preparing food and gathering plants and similar things while men focused on hunting or waging wars or such endeavors. They both worked together however on passing knowledge and traditions because they passed what they knew about them and which were often related to their “jobs” in the society

The correct answer for 3 is D. to encourage Native Americans to become farmers

The Dawes Act stated that Native land would be split into smaller units and if a Native American wanted to become an owner of the piece of land and live there with their family that they would have the possibility of taking the land and farming it while also assimilating into the American culture and leaving their tribe

The correct answer for 4 is D. It opened up national markets for selling and obtaining resources and helped lower costs of production

Because of the development of railroads, it was now possible to sell goods far away from the place where they were produced. Also the production prices were lowered because you could just put them on a train and have them reach the goal fast without any losses in time or damaged goods or having thieves steal them or anything similar.

The correct answer for 5 is B. increased development of Western lands

Because of the homestead act, the people who wanted could now go westwards and settle places and grow farms or cities or things like that with the help of the government. It was an instrumental act when it comes to spreading westwards as many people wanted to obtain their land which was difficult in the eastern regions.

The correct answer for 6 is A. currency reform

They believed that a currency reform was necessary to help people and that the free silver idea was a key one in this. They supported bimetallism which coincided with the ideas presented by the Democrat William Bryan Jennings who made the famous cross of gold speech which garnered not only the support of Democrats but populists as well.

The correct answer for 7 is B. Gospel of Wealth

The paragraph is actually a part of the gospel of wealth and it was written by Carnegie himself. He advocated in this the necessity of the wealthy to help through taxes and public projects and similar things and to make the country a better place for the people who don’t have the wealth. Wealth of Nations was more about forming a successful economic system than it was about philanthropy.

The correct answer for 8 is C. competition

In a free market state, competition is everything. You can’t overcharge for your products because someone else might start manufacturing something and selling it at lower and realistic prices and then your company would lose. This practice brings in theory the best products at the cheapest prices for consumers

The correct answer for 9 is C. lack of public and legal support for union activities

Towards the ending of the 19th century, many presidents and public officials were against unions because they believed that the unions were hampering the economy so they couldn’t outlaw them completely but they could make it harder for them to operate. This is why numerous unions struggled with getting support.

c. the dred scott v. sandford case,

a

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