Chapter 1 - American History

The Homestead Act of 1862 offered settlers

• relief from their debts.

• loans to expand their farms.

• free public education.

• western public land at a cheap price.

THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS!! During the late 1800s many farmers complained about

• the activities of the Grange.

• high tariffs on farm equipment.

• rising crop prices.

• unfair railroad rates that favored big companies.

THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS!! The Populist Party fought for

• use of the silver standard.

• government ownership of railroads.

• a law forbidding workers from striking.

• lower taxes for industrialists.

Critics of powerful industrialists felt that they should have been called...

• captains of industry

• robber barons

• anarchists

• philanthropists

A monopoly is...

• to carry or move from one place to another.

• complete control by one person or group of the sale of a product or service.

• to discover, or come upon, a new device or process.

• workers joined together to work for a shared purpose.

Employers fought the power of unions by...

• improving working conditions.

• giving union leaders better jobs.

• paying higher wages.

• firing union organizers.

The federal government responded to large strikes by...

• using federal troops to end strikes.

• ignoring them.

• passing laws against unions.

• forcing employers to raise wages.

The development of the Bessemer process led to...

• refrigeration in every home.

• the development of Morse Code.

• the first commercial telephone exchange.

• a new age of American construction.

How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of the steel industry?

• by giving away his money

• by buying all the other steel mills.

• by becoming a partner of Edwin Drake.

• by practicing vertical consolidation.

Supporters of social Darwinism believed that if the government did not interfere with business...

• all workers would be able to find jobs.

• society as a whole would suffer.

• there would be an unfair distribution of wealth.

• the smartest and strongest members of society would grow rich.