Test Questions Flashcards

1
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Who developed the frontier thesis in an attempt to explain westward expansion into American History?

A

Frederick Jackson Turner

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2
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The railroad company that had the job of building eastward from California?

A

Central Pacific

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3
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Most popular sport in America during the 19th century?

A

Baseball

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4
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For which tribe do you associate Geronimo?

A

Apache

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5
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What was the countries first regulatory agency?

A

The Interstate Commerce Commission

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6
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Who helped establish General Electric?

A

Thomas Edison

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7
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Whose work helped derive synthetic products from soybeans and legumes and saved agriculture in the south?

A

George Washington Carver

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8
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What law is considered most responsible for encouraging westward expansion by offering land for a very little if at all amount of money?

A

The Homestead Act

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9
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Who established Standard Oil?

A

John D. Rockefeller

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10
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Who popularized the ghost dance?

A

Wovoka

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11
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Who founded the American Federation of Labors?

A

Samuel Gompers

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12
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Which of these presidents was assassinated while in office?

A

Garfield

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13
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What book possibly attempted to highlight the populist movement and monetary profits of the farmers?

A

The Wizard of Oz

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14
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Who invented Barbed Wire?

A

Joseph Glidden

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15
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What law attempted to end the spoils system awarding government jobs by merit?

A

The Pendleton Civil Service Act

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16
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Where was George Armstrong Custer killed?

A

Little Big Horn

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17
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Did industrialization promote the western passage of settlers?

A

NO

18
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Who was the prominent American Socialist that was involved in some of the labor unrest in the 1890’s?

A

Eugene Debs

19
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Did Drake help promote the Granger laws?

A

NO

20
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Which of the following do you associate with settlement houses?

A

Jane Addams

21
Q

Which of the following was not a fact in economic success in the late 19th century?

A

Government Regulations

22
Q

Who won the support from the populist and the democrats for his views on his three points of a sword?

A

William Jennings Bryan

23
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What year did the US census bureau claim there was no longer a discernible frontier line?

A

1890

24
Q

Which of the following would associate with the efforts of trying to improve nutrition?

A

Charles W. Post

25
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Who opened an inventive factory in Menlo Park Jew Jersey that became the first modern research lab facility?

A

Thomas Edison

26
Q

Wounded Knee was a huge victory for the Sioux?

A

False

27
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The passage of the Morill act resulted in the establishment of time zones across the United States?

A

False

28
Q

The first transcontinental railroad was completed is Utah?

A

True

29
Q

The first grocery store in America was the great A and P Tea Company?

A

True

30
Q

The new immigration brought immigrants predominately from western Europe?

A

False

31
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James J. Hill invented sod houses for farmers on the plains?

A

False

32
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The Carlisle school was a school for Indians who were willing to abandon the Indian way of life?

A

True

33
Q

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1890?

A

False

34
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Richard W. Sears pioneered the mail order catalog business?

A

True

35
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Henry Ford pioneered the assembly line?

A

True

36
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Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in more freedom for the Indians?

A

False

37
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Railroads received some of the largest government subsidies to ever exist?

A

True

38
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Yellow journalism became to refer to sensationalism in the media?

A

True

39
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Though many Indians fought the building of railroads, they supported the building of the Bozeman trail?

A

False

40
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Grover Cleveland was the first democratic president since before the Civil War?

A

True