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1
What is an entrepreneur?
risk taker of new business ventures
lawmaker
a western pioneer
economic system
2
W.E.B Du Bois believed segregation should be
Go through the court system
made legal world wide
immediately ended
reduced over time
3
Which president ended the Pullman Strike in 1892?
Grover Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant
William McKinely
Benjamin Pierce
4
Which company owned the majority of oil refineries in the US by 1875?
Chevron
Rockefeller Oil
Standard Oil
Carnegie Steel
5
Why did many African American, aka exodusters, move out to Kansas?
to escape the Black Codes
All of these
to escape the KKK
to own land
6
Where were the "old" immigrants from?
japan
china
mexico
northern and western europe
7
____________ was the king of the railways.
William Graham
Charles Ofenkamp
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
8
The Morrill Act was the helped to create which of the following?
public libraries
public transportation
public colleges
freeways
9
What is a horizontal integration in terms of a monopoly?
the supply chain is owned by a company
A Company owns all of a product to be marketed
10
Which massacre saw the killing of 300 Sioux men, women and children by the US military?
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Sand Creek Massacre
Reservation Massacre
11
Social Darwinism can defined as_____?
evolution
stronger people, businesses, and nations would prosper
animals continue to change due to a need to survive
members of a species compete for survival
12
What was the nickname of the industrial giants of the Gilded Age?
Robber Barons
Bosses
intellectual giants
big business geniuses
13
Which Political Party was also known as the "Peoples Party"?
Democrats
Populist
Rebublican
Libertarian
14
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad eventually meet in 1869?
Utah Territory
New Mexico Territory
Oregon Territory
Oklahoma Territory
15
Why did Russian Jews come to America?
work
escape persecution
religious integrity
land ownership
16
Which government program gave away millions of acres to increase the population in the west?
Sherman Act
Morril Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
17
Which of the following was created to connect the Eastern and Western United States?
subway system
telephone
telegraph
transcontinental railroad
18
What was the Indian Policy of the US during the mid 1800s?
Kill off the buffalo to starve off the Native Americans
Force Native Americans off their lands and onto reservations
Allow Native Americans to farm their own lands
Kill as many Native Americans as they could
19
Which of the following was a business that had the legal status of an individual?
Stocks
Monopoly
Bonds
corporation
20
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Chinese immigrants were banned for 10 years
Chinese immigrants could only work on farms
Chinese were only allowed to live in San Franscisco
All asians were kept out of public schools for 20 years
21
The Oklahoma Land Rush saw 50,000 settlers move onto __________?
New Mexico
Reservations
California
Farms
22
In which state did the first oil boom occur?
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
California
Texas
23
Which of the following was a leader in the settlement house movement?
Andrea Meeks
Jane Addams
Pricillia Wright
Alice Holcomb
24
After the creation of this, women were hired in businesses to create legible documents quickly
telephone
automobile
typewriter
telegraph
25
Which of the following DID NOT help increase agricultural production during the late 1800s?
influx of immigrants
Bonanza farming
New Machinery
drought
26
The underground railway systems in Boston and New York
airplanes
streetcars
automobiles
subways
27
What was a major issue of the farmers associations and the Populist Party?
gold coinage
taxes
debt
silver coinage
28
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
to break up reservations and sell off the most valuable land
to expand the railroad system
to help create machines for the mining industry
all of these
29
Capitalism is an economic system that does NOT
rely on government direction
rely on laissez-faire economics
encourage profit making
encourage small business owners
30
What was the name of the first labor union?
Knights of Labor
CTA
AFL
Knights of Columbus
31
What was the result of Plessy v Ferguson?
It ended school segregation
It ended the Great Railway Strike
segregation was made illegal
segregation was considered "separate but legal"
32
________ built sleeper cars for Trains.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andre von Cartier
Walter Rauschenbusch
George Pullman
33
What was the purpose of mass marketing?
increased profits
maximum production
control monopolies
decreased mobility
34
What was the Bessemer process?
it helped control big business
it helped mass produce textiles
it helped mass produce oil
it helped to quickly and cheaply produce Steel
35
Which of the following is a characterization of immigrants between 1880-1910?
they spoke english
They were different religions and ethnicities
they were Protestant
they were all women and children
