Which of the following occurred after the Civil War?
Answer
Plantation owners lost their free labor.
Southern infrastructure was left intact.
Plantations were given to the freed African-Americans.
none of the above
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Question 2
Which of the following is a term given to farmers who rented land to farm?
Answer
tenant farmer
sharecropper
carpetbagger
both a and b
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Question 3
The Freedman’s Bureau was established by
Answer
the federal government.
state governments.
charity organizations.
churches.
1 points
Question 4
________ prior to the end of Reconstruction.
Answer
Northern support for reconstruction increased
The number of military troops increased in the South
White southern Democrats took control of state government
all of the above
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Question 5
Whose Republican group wanted full equality for African-Americans after the Civil War?
Answer
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
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Question 6
The Transcontinental Railroad connected
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Oregon and Washington, D.C.
Texas and Chicago.
New York and California.
Kansas and Utah.
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Question 7
The Timber Culture Act gave land to setters who
Answer
cut down timber for homes.
planted trees on the land.
cleared land for industry.
none of the above
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Question 8
A common use for sod by settlers in the Great Plains was to
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build houses.
burn for fuel.
plant cotton.
none of the above
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Question 9
Which of the following statements is true?
Answer
Most Native American families in the late 1800s were living on their own land under the Dawes Severalty Act.
Most Native Americans in the late 1800s died from disease.
Most Native Americans in the late 1800s were either dead or living on reservations.
none of the above
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Question 10
Who built the Union Pacific track of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Answer
Leland Stanford
Thomas Durant
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
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Question 11
Where were the first factories built?
Answer
South America
Asia
Europe
Canada
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Question 12
Select the statement below that is true.
Answer
Many girls worked in cotton mills to pay for their college education.
Many girls worked in cotton mills to get free schooling
Many girls worked in cotton mills to pay for a male family member’s education
Many girls worked in cotton mills because there were no other opportunities for women.
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Question 13
Patents were issued to
Answer
inventors.
manufacturers.
government employees.
laborers.
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Question 14
In which type of system does supply and demand control price?
Answer
merchant economic system
command economic system
free market economic system
all of the above
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Question 15
He built a laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ.
Answer
Alexander Graham Bell
William Kelley
Thomas Alva Edison
Lewis Latimer
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Question 16
He made money in the banking industry.
Answer
John P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Clay Frick
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Question 17
Carnegie Steel Corporation is an example of
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horizontal integration.
vertical integration.
economies of scale.
cartels.
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Question 18
This act made it illegal to buy up companies in the same industry to gain a competitive advantage.
Answer
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Spoils System Act
none of the above
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Question 19
_______ industry gained the most people during the period between 1880 and 1890.
Answer
Trade and transportation
Agriculture, fisheries, and mining
Professional service
Manufacturing and mechanical
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Question 20
This legislation called for the creation of civil service tests.
Answer
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Civil Service Commission
Spoils Act
none of the above
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Question 21
_________ control(s) production in a Capitalistic economy.
Answer
Supply and demand
Workers
Government
Competitors
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Question 22
Factory workers’ demands included ______________ in the late 1800s.
Answer
company stock
shorter working hours
insurance
all of the above
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Question 23
Wobblies are members of
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the Knights of Labor.
Industrial Workers of the World.
American Federation of Labor.
Collective Guilds.
1 points
Question 24
In union terms, scabs
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led boycotts.
called for strikes.
were hired to replace striking workers.
were anarchists.
1 points
Question 25
He led the American Federation of Labor.
Answer
Henry Frick
Terence Powderly
Eugene Debs
Sam Gompers
