John Deere is famous for inventing a __________. A) reaper B) singing plow C) cultivator D) disease-proof strain of wheat ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In mining boomtowns known as “Helldorados,” __________. A) miners set up communities that were very similar to small towns in the east B) men outnumbered women by as much as ten to one C) racial diversity did not lead to racial conflict D) the town center was usually a church ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
This financier was popularly known as the “worst man in the world.” A) Andrew Carnegie B) Jay Gould C) John Jacob Astor D) John D. Rockefeller ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
African American workers in the New South __________. A) were limited to the lowest-paying unskilled jobs B) made the same wages as their white counterparts C) were guaranteed equal opportunity by law D) benefited as new opportunities opened for unskilled labor ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
For the most part, southern enterprises mainly produced raw materials for consumption or use in __________. A) the West B) Europe C) the South D) the North ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to regulate __________. A) trade unions B) monopolistic trusts C) multinational corporations D) railroads ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Ida B. Wells won little white support with her crusade against __________. A) lynching B) school segregation C) limiting black voting rights D) anti-Irish violence ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In which of these did Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie play prominent roles? A) Pullman strike B) Great Uprising of 1877 C) Homestead strike D) Coeur d’Alene strike ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago illustrate the basic assumptions that underlay American imperialism? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: white supremacy; American progress; industrialization; American values; America in a global context
Date: September 9th, 2020
Philosopher John Dewey argued that schools should __________. A) be rigid, formal, and conservative B) be geared to social evolution C) promote creative intelligence D) create an aristocracy of virtue ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
