What is commercial farming?

Farming animals or crops to make money

What was the temperance movement?

reform groups wanting Americans to moderate alcohol use

Owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process

What are Wildcatters (choose all that appply)

They are looking for oil in untapped places, The are looking for coal

Crop diversification benefits (Choose all that apply)

Soil fertility, Efficient nutrient utilization, Pest and weed management

The Transcontinental Railroad was ...

A railroad traveling across the entire country

Discovered oil at Spindletop with some help from Anthony Lucas.

Towns that grow along with economic booms

The Progressive Era is defined as a historical era because the time period is characterized by—

Reformers in the late 1800’s and early 1900s who worked to improve society

When companies are grouped under a single board of trustees

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Quiz chapters 22-24 (22-23)

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1
What is commercial farming?
Farming animals or crops to make money
Subsistence farming
Farming animals/ crops to make food for yourself
Industrial/intensive farming
2
What was the temperance movement?
reform groups against getting mad
a way to control government
a new dance o fthe 20's
reform groups wanting Americans to moderate alcohol use
3
Which of the following is true of the term monopoly?
Rockefeller had one in Oil Refineries.
It is a company that eliminates all competition.
All other answers are correct.
It is a modern day board game.
4
Vertical Integration
formation of a monopoly
Owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process
formation of trusts
merging with companies producing similar products
5
What are Wildcatters (choose all that appply)
They make glass
They cook food
They are looking for oil in untapped places
The are looking for coal
6
Crop diversification benefits (Choose all that apply)
Soil fertility
Efficient nutrient utilization
Pest and weed management
Reduction of floods and soil erosion
7
The Transcontinental Railroad was ...
A railroad traveling across the entire country
A famous railroad in New York
A railroad moving north and south
A famous railroad owned by Rockefellar
8
The meeting place for two or more railroad lines is junctions
True
False
9
Fossil fuels are
Petroleum
Natura Gas
Coal
All true
10
The 19th Amendment ...
limited monopolies
all of the above
guaranteed women's suffrage
outlawed alcohol
11
Patillo Higgins
Was a carpenter ant who made houses.
Was a woodchuck who chucked wood.
Discovered oil at Spindletop with some help from Anthony Lucas.
Was a woodpecker who pecked wood.
12
What is a boomtown
An area where they use explosives to mine gold.
A ghost town.
Towns that grow along with economic booms
Cities the miners went to to have fun.
13
What was an effect of railroads in Texas?
Railroads were not comfortable.
Cities grew near Railroads
Cities lost money due to railroad construction
Railroads killed many people.
14
The Progressive Era is defined as a historical era because the time period is characterized by—
Shifting attitudes about civil rights for minorities
Reformers in the late 1800’s and early 1900s who worked to improve society
Shrinking of the U.S. industrial economy
Growing support for overseas expansion
15
What is a trust?
A process by which a company can loan money to the govt.
Process by which a company can gain a sponsor to help out
When companies are grouped under a single board of trustees
Process by which a smaller company buys a larger ones stocks
16
Why did industrial workers form labor unions?
long hours and low pay
child labor
unsafe working conditions
All answers are correct

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