2.Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as..
a.captain of industry
b.philanthropists
c.robber barons
d.anarchists
3.The goal of the sherman antitrust act was to
a.encourage industries to form cartels
b.promote fair industrial competition
c.place higher taxes on business profits
d.encourage the growth of business monopolies
8.without the bessemer process,americans might not have been able to create
a.train engines
b.sewing machines
d.the brooklyn bridge
12.many agreements between native americans and the federal government fell apart because
a.native americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership
b.native americans wanted to work as tenants farmers or sharecroppers
d.most of the treaties were never signed
13.the interstate commerce act was passed to
a.end the cattle boom
c.regulate railroad rates and practices
d.tax business profits made in interstate trade
14.most african american exodusters migrated west to
a.work as sharecroppers on bonanza farms
b.escape racial violence in the south
c.find relatives who had fled during the civil war
15.one way the government sought to change native americans was by
b.requiring them to farm individual plots
c.finding them jobs on the railroads
d.requiring them to move to growing cities
16.in their platform,the populists included provisions for
a.free silver,a progressive income tax,and an eight-hour day
c.private ownership of communications and transportation systems
d.excluding african americans from populist party membership
17.frederick jackson turner's thesis held that the frontier
a.destroyed the west and the americans who went there
b.helped create the strong,individualistic american spirit
d.had a little effect on the american character
19.what created the mining boom that started with the california gold rush
a.offers of free land
b.miners' desire for a peaceful life
c.the lure of quick wealth
20.which of the following contributed to the cattle ranching bust?
b.falling crop prices
c.expansion of the railroads
d.dry farming
22.how did working conditions affect the health of workers in cigar factories?
a.there was no effect
c.all workers suffered from the smell of tabacco
d.the entire nation suffered from the smell of tabacco
a.captain of industry
b.philanthropists
c.robber barons
d.anarchists
3.The goal of the sherman antitrust act was to
a.encourage industries to form cartels
b.promote fair industrial competition
c.place higher taxes on business profits
d.encourage the growth of business monopolies
8.without the bessemer process,americans might not have been able to create
a.train engines
b.sewing machines
d.the brooklyn bridge
12.many agreements between native americans and the federal government fell apart because
a.native americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership
b.native americans wanted to work as tenants farmers or sharecroppers
d.most of the treaties were never signed
13.the interstate commerce act was passed to
a.end the cattle boom
c.regulate railroad rates and practices
d.tax business profits made in interstate trade
14.most african american exodusters migrated west to
a.work as sharecroppers on bonanza farms
b.escape racial violence in the south
c.find relatives who had fled during the civil war
15.one way the government sought to change native americans was by
b.requiring them to farm individual plots
c.finding them jobs on the railroads
d.requiring them to move to growing cities
16.in their platform,the populists included provisions for
a.free silver,a progressive income tax,and an eight-hour day
c.private ownership of communications and transportation systems
d.excluding african americans from populist party membership
17.frederick jackson turner's thesis held that the frontier
a.destroyed the west and the americans who went there
b.helped create the strong,individualistic american spirit
d.had a little effect on the american character
19.what created the mining boom that started with the california gold rush
a.offers of free land
b.miners' desire for a peaceful life
c.the lure of quick wealth
20.which of the following contributed to the cattle ranching bust?
b.falling crop prices
c.expansion of the railroads
d.dry farming
22.how did working conditions affect the health of workers in cigar factories?
a.there was no effect
c.all workers suffered from the smell of tabacco
d.the entire nation suffered from the smell of tabacco