Question 1. The newly freed African-Americans needed __________ after the war.
to go back to Africa
education
to move North
None of the above
Question 2. Which of the following is a term given to farmers who rented land to farm?
tenant farmer
sharecropper
carpetbagger
both tenant and sharecropper
Question 3. Which amendment abolished slavery?
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Twelfth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Question 4. What political party attracted southerners after the Civil War?
The Republicans
The Whigs
The Democrats
The Independents
Question 5. Whose Republican group wanted full equality for African-Americans after the Civil War?
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
Question 6. A large group of ____________ made up the labor force on the Central Pacific railroad track.
Native Americans
Irish Immigrants
Chinese Immigrants
African-Americans
Question 7. The Homestead Act was passed to
settle western territory.
settle Alaska.
settle the South.
start new Plantations.
Question 8. A common use for sod by settlers in the Great Plains was to
build houses.
burn for fuel.
plant cotton.
none of the above
Question 9. Which of the following statements is true?
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
Question 10. _______ was killed during the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Jesse Chisholm
George Custer
Bill Hickok
Geronimo
Question 11. Where were the first factories built?
South America
Asia
Europe
Canada
Question 12. By 1900, about how many women and children worked in factories?
1,000,000
2,000,000
7,000,000
5,000,000
Question 13. ________ improved transportation and communication in the late 1800s.
The Bessemer Process
The telephone
Electricity
all of the above
Question 14. Merchant capitalism
is a form of corporate capitalism.
is driven by supply and demand.
requires a trading relationship.
none of the above
Question 15. This is added to iron to make steel.
Copper
Hydrogen
Carbon
Silver
Question 16. He made money in the banking industry.
Henry Clay Frick
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
John P. Morgan
Question 17. Carnegie Steel Corporation is an example of
horizontal integration.
vertical integration.
economies of scale.
cartels.
Question 18. This act made it illegal to buy up companies in the same industry to gain a competitive advantage.
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
The Spoils System Act
None of the above
Question 19. _______ industry gained the most people during the period between 1880 and 1890.
Trade and transportation
Agriculture, fisheries, and mining
Professional service
Manufacturing and mechanical
Question 20. This legislation called for the creation of civil service tests.
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
The Civil Service Commission
The Spoils Act
None of the above
Question 21. In the late 1800s, less then ten percent of the population
had a bank account.
held the most wealth.
lived in a house.
had a job.
Question 22. Laborers earned _______ cents per hour in 1900.
32
10
22
29
Question 23. This labor union popularized collective bargaining.
The Industrial Workers of the World
The Knights of Labor
The American Federation of Labor
None of the above
Question 24. In union terms, scabs
led boycotts.
called for strikes.
were hired to replace striking workers.
were anarchists.
Question 25. This political party supported the theory of the Communist Manifesto.
The Democrats
The Republicans
The Socialists
None of the above