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Name: ______________________Period: ________United States History and GovernmentDate: __________Unit 6: Closing of the West, Industrialization, and ImmigrationReview SheetDirections: Answer the following questions to the best of your ability on a separate sheet of paper. Study your class notes, review sheet, and vocabulary for your Unit Exam.1. How did the federal government encourage settlement of western lands following the Civil War?2. How did the Market Revolution encourage the settlement of the west?3. What problems did settlers face when they moved out west?4. What was the US Government policy towards Native Americans prior to 1887?5. What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887? Was it Successful? Why or why not?6. What was the cause of the American Indian Wars that took place following the Civil War?7. Describe the theory of Social Darwinism? Which group of Americans believed in this theory?8. How do monopolies form? 9. Why monopolies are considered bad for consumers?10. Explain the two views of the new Millionaires: Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?11. Why did people immigrate to the United States?12. What is the difference between the “old immigrants” and the “new immigrants”?13. What is Nativism? Which groups were affected by nativism?14. How did the federal government respond to the “new Irish immigrants”? 15. How did the federal government respond to the “new Chinese immigrants”? 16. Why did urbanization occur in the United States?17. What were some positive effects of urbanization? 18. What were some negative effects of urbanization?19. Describe what working conditions were like in factories?20. What are the purposes of labor unions? 21. What is the difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?22. What was the federal government response to the early strikes by labor unions? ................
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