The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of public domain to any settler who __________. A) was willing to pay $5 an acre B) would live on the land and improve it for five years C) had served in the military for two years D) was willing to share his produce with the government ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The leader of the Nez Perce tribe in 1877 was __________. A) Cochise B) Chief Joseph C) Geronimo D) Crazy Horse ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most significant development shaping the American economy after the Civil War was the __________. A) growth of the arms industry B) growth of the meatpacking industry C) decline in the railroads D) emergence and consolidation of large-scale corporations ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
One result of the respect accorded the AFL was that in 1894 __________. A) the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was repealed B) Labor Day was made a national holiday C) the Labor and Republican parties merged D) Samuel Gompers was appointed as Secretary of Labor ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Alva Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, was one of the first to be devoted to __________. A) improving worker efficiency B) industrial research C) solving environmental problems D) fighting diseases ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What factors contributed to economic growth in the half century following the Civil War? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: the role of government; the transcontinental railroad; new technologies; new forms of marketing
Date: September 9th, 2020
After being jailed for his part in the Pullman strike, Eugene V. Debs became a __________. A) socialist B) Democrat C) Republican D) communist ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most important area of government expansion in the Gilded Age was __________. A) oversight of commerce B) enforcing civil rights C) promoting workers’ rights D) providing social welfare benefits ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Reformer Henry George ran for mayor of New York on the __________ ticket. A) New Republican Party B) United Labor Party C) Populist Party D) Liberty Party ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Sociologist Lester Frank Ward debunked social Darwinism on the grounds that __________. A) organic and social evolution were fundamentally different B) nurture is more important than nature C) it denied God’s power over humans D) humanity would need thousands of years to adjust to nature ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
