Unit 2 Quiz US History

What is the Dawes Act?

• An attempt by the US Government to "Americanize" Indians by selling land to them as an individual.

• An act selling land to Southern Farmers.

• An act that allowed US soldiers to be put into the houses of citizens.

• The act that placed higher taxes on imported goods.

What was the Homestead Act?

• An attempt by the US Government to "Americanize" Indians.

• An act placing high taxes on imported goods.

• Offered free or cheap land to settlers willing to go out West.

• An act that allowed Southern plantation owners to buy land in the North.

What was the Farmers Alliance?

• Allowed farmers to not pay taxes on imported goods.

• Gave farmers a tax reduction in order to buy more farming equipment.

• A group of farmers trying to move back East.

• A group of farmers coming together to help fight the economic crises they faced.

What is Vertical Integration?

• Owning several steps in the production process.

• Buying out competition in the same industry.

• Long working hours for factory workers.

• Factories that use child labor.

What is horizontal integration?

• Owning several steps in the production process.

• Buying out the competition in the same industry.

• The use of child labor in factories.

• The process of making steel.

What Industry was Andrew Carnegie in?

• Oil.

• Construction.

• Steel.

• Candle making.

What industry was John Rockefeller in?

• Oil.

• Steel.

• Construction.

• Railroads.

What is a Robber Barron?

• A person who made money in way that helped the United States.

• A person who made money in immoral ways.

• A person who supported shorter working hours.

• A person who supported labor unions.

What is a Captain of Industry.

• A person who made money in immoral ways.

• A person who supported labor unions.

• A person who made money in a way that helped United States citizens.

• A person who supported shorter working hours.

Who invented the telephone?

• Thomas Edison.

• John D. Rockefeller.

• Nikola Tesla.

• Alexander Graham Bell.