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USH - Ch11: Settling the West
USH - Ch11: Settling the West
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What did Rockefeller name his company?
Standard Oil
Standurd Oil
Rockefeller Oil
Simple Oil
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His company owned nearly all levels of production.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
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It gave blacks equal access in public accommodations, and prohibited jury service exclusion.
15th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
16th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1875
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This is false about Americans after the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
People still preferred horse and carriage
People shipped their goods faster and farther
People were more willing to move West
Business minded people could think bigger for their business
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What business was Rockefeller invested in?
Steel
Oil refining
Electricity
Oil drilling
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He ended Reconstruction by withdrawing all federal troops from the South.
James Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
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The only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Benjamin Harrison
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Chester Arthur
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The single richest American to have lived.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
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When was the first transcontinental railroad built?
1909
1869
1877
1901
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He said "A rich man who dies rich dies in disgrace."
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D Rockefeller
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The only preacher to become a U.S. president.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Chester Arthur
James Garfield
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It produced Kerosene for nearly every home in America.
Standard Oil
Edison Electric Company
Central Railroad
Carnegie Steel Corporation
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It encouraged Americans and foreigners to become homesteaders.
The passage of the 15th Amendment
The completion of a transcontinental railroad
The failure of Reconstruction
The end of the Civil War
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He won a disputed election against Samuel Tilden in 1876.
Samuel Alito
James Garfield
Chester Arthur
Rutherford B. Hayes
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What does it mean to industrialize?
To regulate industries nationally or locally
To over develop industries on a wide scale
To develop industries (in a country/region) on a wide scale
To develop industries (in a country/region) on a small scale
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Most famous for growing through monopolistic practices.
Central Railroad
McDonalds
Standard Oil
Carnegie Steel Corporation
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How did laborers respond to poor working conditions?
They quit and found employment elsewhere
The demanded better working conditions
They shot plant managers
They formed unions
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The only grandson of a U.S. president to become a U.S. president himself.
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
James Garfield
William H Harrison
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It granted Native Americans citizenship.
The Citizenship Act of 1924
The Dawes Act
The Washington Monument
The 16th Amendment
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A labor dispute that ended in bloodshed in the summer of 1892.
The Homestead Strike
The Knights of Labor
The Haymarket Riot
The Great Railroad Strike
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Who was Thomas Edison?
A famous electrician
A crazy man who wanted to talk to the dead
An American inventor
A politician in the 19th century
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This BEST describes Wounded Knee.
A famous creek in South Dakota
An torn ACL
A massacre of over 200 Native Americans by American troops
The place where holy man Sitting Bull died
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What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Encourage people in the South to sell after the Civil War
Enforce payment to the government of property taxes
Ask people stay home instead of moving West
Encourage people to move West for cheap
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He said "while people must support the government, [it] must not support the people"?
Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
James Garfield
