SEMESTER 1 HISTORY REVIEW 2025 to
2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE KEY
CONCEPTS PRACTICE QUESTIONS and
EXAM PREPARATION
political opposition to the wave of eastern and Southern European
immigration by the protestant (W.A.S.P.) and especially virulent "yellow
peril" fears of the ________ on the west coast witnessed a change in
immigration policy that limited "unwanted" categories of immigrants in
930 to a ____ of 1910 totals. - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural unity;
1/5
____________'s origin of the species 1859 was adapted to all realms of
business and social theory. Herbert Spencer's _____ of the _________
melded well with carnegiues GOspel of wealth to become a capitalist article
of faith - CORRECT ANSWER-charles darwin; survival of the fittest
reasoning that evolutionary process could begin from the ground up from
cooperation, not competition, and the government was best equipped to
promote human progress was the theory of __________ the reform
Darwinist Washington bureaucrat - CORRECT ANSWER-lester
frank wart
with "manifest destiny" realized America looked beyond the shores for new
opportunities but had the bridge the continent with ________ to civilize
the west. - CORRECT ANSWER-railroads
the mammoth cost of construction had subsidized by the _______
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER-railroad acts
,for each mile of track laid by the railroad companies would receive ____
______ of ten square miles and loans for construction from $_______ to
$ _______ per mile. - CORRECT ANSWER-land grants; 1600;
48000
the ___ _____ and the ______ ______ railroads raced to see who could
reap the greatest federal bonanza - CORRECT ANSWER-Union
Pacific; central pacific
______ laborers called _________ labored from Sacramento eastward -
CORRECT ANSWER-Chinese; coolies
the record for one day construction was ____ miles and the two railroads
covered at _______ point, Utah on may 10 1869. within 25 years
________ more transcontinental lines would be built including the
________ ________, the Northern pacific, the great northern, and
________, ______, and the _____ _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER-10; promontory; 4; southern pacific; atchinson; Topeka; Santa
Fe
10 years after the 1849 California gold rush, the _____ _____ gold rush
resulted in the settlement of _____, with its "boomtown" of _________ -
CORRECT ANSWER-pikes peak; Denver; Colorado
gold went the only ore pulled from the mines, the territory became a source
for ______ and silver - CORRECT ANSWER-lead
, farther west in _____, the ________ lode mined over $______ million
of some gold an mainly silver where miners lived it up in the saloon-lined
streets of ______ _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-nevada;
comstock; 400; Virginia city
the cattle drives from ______- where the longhorns were guided across
____ _____ to towns in Kansas and Missouri such as _____ ______
and _______ ______. - CORRECT ANSWER-texas; open ranges;
dodge city; Kansas city
the invention of the ice-cooled _________ ________ enabled _______
________ and Phillip armor to become meatpacker tycoons -
CORRECT ANSWER-refrigerator railcars; Gustavo's swift
settlers an ____ - ____ won the range wars with cattlemen using the new
______-______ fencing. the federal government [assed the ______ act
in 1862 providing _____ acres of land to any settler who occupied it for
___ years and made improvements on it. - CORRECT ANSWER-
sod-busters; barb-wire; 160; 5
the two Oklahoma ______ ______ opened over 9 million acres of Indian
territory. - CORRECT ANSWER-land rushes
developing the _____ ______ used dry farming and _____ ______'s
barb-wire fencing along wot the Deere steel-edged plow and _______ to
bring up ground water - CORRECT ANSWER-Great Plains; Joseph
gildens; windmill
2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE KEY
CONCEPTS PRACTICE QUESTIONS and
EXAM PREPARATION
political opposition to the wave of eastern and Southern European
immigration by the protestant (W.A.S.P.) and especially virulent "yellow
peril" fears of the ________ on the west coast witnessed a change in
immigration policy that limited "unwanted" categories of immigrants in
930 to a ____ of 1910 totals. - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural unity;
1/5
____________'s origin of the species 1859 was adapted to all realms of
business and social theory. Herbert Spencer's _____ of the _________
melded well with carnegiues GOspel of wealth to become a capitalist article
of faith - CORRECT ANSWER-charles darwin; survival of the fittest
reasoning that evolutionary process could begin from the ground up from
cooperation, not competition, and the government was best equipped to
promote human progress was the theory of __________ the reform
Darwinist Washington bureaucrat - CORRECT ANSWER-lester
frank wart
with "manifest destiny" realized America looked beyond the shores for new
opportunities but had the bridge the continent with ________ to civilize
the west. - CORRECT ANSWER-railroads
the mammoth cost of construction had subsidized by the _______
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER-railroad acts
,for each mile of track laid by the railroad companies would receive ____
______ of ten square miles and loans for construction from $_______ to
$ _______ per mile. - CORRECT ANSWER-land grants; 1600;
48000
the ___ _____ and the ______ ______ railroads raced to see who could
reap the greatest federal bonanza - CORRECT ANSWER-Union
Pacific; central pacific
______ laborers called _________ labored from Sacramento eastward -
CORRECT ANSWER-Chinese; coolies
the record for one day construction was ____ miles and the two railroads
covered at _______ point, Utah on may 10 1869. within 25 years
________ more transcontinental lines would be built including the
________ ________, the Northern pacific, the great northern, and
________, ______, and the _____ _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER-10; promontory; 4; southern pacific; atchinson; Topeka; Santa
Fe
10 years after the 1849 California gold rush, the _____ _____ gold rush
resulted in the settlement of _____, with its "boomtown" of _________ -
CORRECT ANSWER-pikes peak; Denver; Colorado
gold went the only ore pulled from the mines, the territory became a source
for ______ and silver - CORRECT ANSWER-lead
, farther west in _____, the ________ lode mined over $______ million
of some gold an mainly silver where miners lived it up in the saloon-lined
streets of ______ _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-nevada;
comstock; 400; Virginia city
the cattle drives from ______- where the longhorns were guided across
____ _____ to towns in Kansas and Missouri such as _____ ______
and _______ ______. - CORRECT ANSWER-texas; open ranges;
dodge city; Kansas city
the invention of the ice-cooled _________ ________ enabled _______
________ and Phillip armor to become meatpacker tycoons -
CORRECT ANSWER-refrigerator railcars; Gustavo's swift
settlers an ____ - ____ won the range wars with cattlemen using the new
______-______ fencing. the federal government [assed the ______ act
in 1862 providing _____ acres of land to any settler who occupied it for
___ years and made improvements on it. - CORRECT ANSWER-
sod-busters; barb-wire; 160; 5
the two Oklahoma ______ ______ opened over 9 million acres of Indian
territory. - CORRECT ANSWER-land rushes
developing the _____ ______ used dry farming and _____ ______'s
barb-wire fencing along wot the Deere steel-edged plow and _______ to
bring up ground water - CORRECT ANSWER-Great Plains; Joseph
gildens; windmill
