9 WEEKS US HISTORY

Question 1

The artist of this cartoon probably thinks Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company...

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is a threat to democracy

Question 2

This political cartoon provides an opinion on which issue?

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scandals, corruption

Question 3

Some unions demanded regulation of businesses because

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they were abusing their laborers, monopolies took advantage of the market, they were cutting cost by cutting pay, they were over-charging for services

Question 4

Big Business used pools and trusts to do what?

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limit competition

Question 5

When Abe said "with malice toward none" let's reunify, who was he referring to?

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former Confederates and their leaders

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the US Industrial Supremacy in the late 1800's?

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lower protective taxes

Question 7

Rockefeller buying out his competition is an example of

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horizontal integration, horizontal consolidation

Question 8

After the CW, most people looked for jobs where?

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Industrial Centers

Question 9

After the Haymarket Square Riot and Pullman Strike, people were fearful of...

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labor unions

Question 10

Institution in an city providing educational, recreational, & other services to the community

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Settlement House, Jane Addams

Question 11

Laissez Faire policy usually results in

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A huge gap between the ultra rich and the super poor, wealth disparity

Question 12

After the CW, why did sharecropping start in the South?

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To provide labor for landowners

Question 13

People who worked in settlement houses usually did so because they believed

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in equal rights for all

Question 14

The majority of white Southern families owned slaves

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False

Question 15

The purpose of government programs are to..

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promote the welfare of citizens

Question 16

A famous muckraker who exposed corruption

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Batman, Jacob Riis

Question 17

Eugene V. Debs was upset about

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wealth disparity, The wealth of the industrialists vs. the poverty of laborers

Question 18

Which of the following abolished slavery in the BORDER STATES?

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13th Amendment

Question 19

The Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision said that...

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Slave owners could move their slaves anywhere

Question 20

What do the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and Wilmot Proviso have in common?

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Slavery in the states

Question 21

After the Reconstruction Amendments, who could now technically vote?

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No Women

Question 22

Which of the following abolished slavery in the Union?

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13th Amendment

Question 23

Government could advertise and sell cheap land out west because...

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it gave land to railroad companies to build railroads

Question 24

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 25

The 2nd Industrial Revolution created factory jobs where?

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in Urban areas, in cities

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