Birth of Modern America

What did the Homestead Act do?

• Created Land Grant Colleges

• Divided reservations into small family plots

• Allowed people to apply for a homestead

• Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In the mid 1800s states were given large amounts of land by the federal government, what did they have to do with part of the land?

• Create a state park

• Start a college

• Lease it to homesteaders

• They were allowed to do whatever they wanted with the land

What group of people were killed at Wounded Knee?

• United States Calvary

• Cherokee

• Lakota

• Navajo

What happened because of the Dawes Act

• Created Land Grant Colleges

• Divided reservations into small family plots

• Allowed people to apply for a homestead

• Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

Laissez-faire economics called for large amounts of government interference

• True

• False

The Wright Brothers made the first manned flight in Columbus, Ohio

• True

• False

Andrew Carnegie wrote the Gospel fo Wealth

• True

• False

What is a person that does whatever it takes to get rich and stay rich even when it is illegal?

• Caption of Industry

• Robber Barron

• Monopoly

• Nonprofit

What is it called when on company controls a whole industry?

• Monopoly

• Trust

• Holding Company

• Saloon

When a group of entrepreneurs control several companies in an industry without combining them?

• Monopoly

• Trust

• Holding Company

• Saloon