APUSH Chapter 18 Quiz

One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was 

• Elimination of as much competition as possible
• Supporting a centrally planned economy
• Funding research on new technologies
• Elimination of the tactic of vertical integration

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded Age
• Roaring Twenties

During the Gilded age, workers came together under ___________________________ to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours.

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

Due to the period of increased corruption from railroad companies, the U.S. government created the ___________________________  to regulate railroad companies.

• Interstate Commerece Act
• Dawes Act
• Transcontiental Act
• Laissez Faire Act 

What is the theory suggests that the wealthy are superior and society promotes survival of the fittest? 

• Materialism
• Gospel of Wealth
•  Social Darwinism
• Manifest Destiny

How did the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson have a major impact on the lives of African-Americans? 

• A.  It made segregation illegal in educational institutions
• A.  Voting became a right guaranteed by the Constitution
• A.  Separate but equal facilities were Constitutional
• A.  It made military occupation of the South Constitutional

The innovation of ________ helped open up the national market in the 1800s.

• boats
• railroads
• automobiles 
• horse drawn carriages 

Which immigrant is credited for inventing the light bulb?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell

The increase in new immigrants allowed for the following religions to take hold in the US

• Protestantism & Catholicism
• Catholicism & Judaism
• Judaism & Islam
• Judaism & Protestantism

Plessy v. Ferguson settled the issues in society that arose from what new cultural phenomenon?

• commercial domesticity
• eight-hour work day
• deskilling of labor
• separation of powers