SDC American History: Unit 1 and 2 Review

Which amendment abolished slavery

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

Name the American General who died at the Battle of Little Big Horn

• Custer

• Lee

• Grant

Who was the inventor of the telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

• Thomas Edison

Who was the inventor of the typewriter ?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

• Thomas Edison

Who was the inventor of the light bulb ?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

What year was the Transcontinental railroad completed?

• 1869

• 1769

• 1871

• 1867

What is capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without  government intervention?

• laissez-faire

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• monopoly

What made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• laissez-faire

• monopoly

What do you call a company with complete control over an industry’s production, wages, and prices?

• monopoly

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• laissez-faire

What group was angered by the expansion of railroads?

• Farmers

• Miners

• Railroad Workers