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Industrialism and The Last Frontier American Republic

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 52mins

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Class
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1.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Used to stop a strike

a)

Injunction

b)

Partnership

c)

Trust

d)

Materialism

e)

Sole Proprietorship

2.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Business owned by two or more people

a)

Injunction

b)

Partnership

c)

Trust

d)

Materialism

e)

Sole Proprietorship

3.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


a supersized corporation of combined companies

a)

Injunction

b)

Partnership

c)

Trust

d)

Materialism

e)

Sole Proprietorship

4.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Focus on money and possessions

a)

Injunction

b)

Partnership

c)

Trust

d)

Materialism

e)

Sole Proprietorship

5.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


a one-owner business

a)

Injunction

b)

Partnership

c)

Trust

d)

Materialism

e)

Sole Proprietorship

6.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


people are free to invest and make profits

a)

Corporation

b)

Partnership

c)

Capitalism

d)

Holding Company

e)

Sole Proprietorship

7.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


gained control of companies by buying their stock

a)

Corporation

b)

Partnership

c)

Capitalism

d)

Holding Company

e)

Sole Proprietorship

8.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


formed when a business gains investors by selling stock

a)

Corporation

b)

Partnership

c)

Capitalism

d)

Holding Company

e)

Sole Proprietorship

9.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Used his fists more than his guns

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse James

c)

Wyatt Earp

d)

William Bonney

e)

Allan Pinkerton

10.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


modern day "Robin Hood"

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse James

c)

Wyatt Earp

d)

William Bonney

e)

Allan Pinkerton

11.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


gunfighter at the O.K. Corral

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse James

c)

Wyatt Earp

d)

William Bonney

e)

Allan Pinkerton

12.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


fought in the Lincoln County cattle wars

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse James

c)

Wyatt Earp

d)

William Bonney

e)

Allan Pinkerton

13.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Established a "rouges' gallery"

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse James

c)

Wyatt Earp

d)

William Bonney

e)

Allan Pinkerton

14.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


led the Sioux at Little Big Horn

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Geronimo

e)

Black Bart

15.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Chief of the New Perce

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Geronimo

e)

Black Bart

16.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Chief of a rebel band of Apaches

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Geronimo

e)

Black Bart

17.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


"the gentleman bandit"

a)

Harry Tracy

b)

Bat Masterson

c)

Dalton Gang

d)

Bill Tilghman

e)

Black Bart

18.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Subject of a great manhunt

a)

Harry Tracy

b)

Bat Masterson

c)

Dalton Gang

d)

Bill Tilghman

e)

Black Bart

19.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


Later became a sportswriter in New York

a)

Harry Tracy

b)

Bat Masterson

c)

Dalton Gang

d)

Bill Tilghman

e)

Black Bart

20.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice


All but one member was killed

a)

Harry Tracy

b)

Bat Masterson

c)

Dalton Gang

d)

Bill Tilghman

e)

Black Bart

21.

Many immigrants entered the United States by way of . . .

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Promontory Point

c)

Johnstown

d)

Washington. D.C.

e)

Atlanta

22.

The Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed because of the large influx of immigrants from . . .

a)

Africa

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Ireland

e)

France

23.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for . . .

a)

building a transcontinental railroad

b)

organizing a trust

c)

organizing a labor union

d)

consolidating railroads

24.

Consolidation was an important process in the . . .

a)

Generation of electricity

b)

Growth of labor unions

c)

Railroad industry

d)

Telephone industry

25.

The first transcontinental railroad linked the Union Pacific line with which other line?

a)

Atlantic and Pacific

b)

Central Pacific

c)

Northern Pacific

d)

Southern Pacific

26.

The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the last spike was driven in the line at . . .

a)

Omaha, Nebraska

b)

Promontory Point, Utah

c)

Sacramento, California

d)

St. Joseph, Missouri

e)

St. Louis, Missouri

27.

James J. Hill was noted for his association with the . . .

a)

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

b)

Central Pacific Railroad

c)

Great Northern Railroad

d)

Texas & Pacific Railroad

28.

The partnership form of business organization was used with great success by . . .

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John D. Rockefeller

29.

Under capitalism, all of the following conditions occur except that . . .

a)

competition may drive weak competitors out of business

b)

people are free to invest in businesses and make profits on their investments

c)

businesses are totally regulated by government

d)

private citizens are allowed to go into business

30.

Laissez-faire economics are closely associated with . . .

a)

capitalism

b)

consolidation

c)

incorporation

d)

materialism

31.

The Interstate Commerce Act did all of the following except . . .

a)

direct railroads to set "reasonable and just" rates

b)

prevent railroads from changing more for short runs than for long runs

c)

form the Interstate Commerce Commission

d)

bring many railroads to conviction in the courts under its terms

32.

A business consolidation that buys stock to control several separate businesses in an an industry and then makes decisions in the interest of the entire group is a . . .

a)

Holding Company

b)

Sole Proprietorship

c)

Trust

d)

Corporation

33.

Samuel Gompers was known for his organization of the . . .

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Great Northern Railroad

c)

Interstate Commerce Commission

d)

Knights of Labor

34.

One right that labor unions were eager to acquire was . . .

a)

collective bargaining

b)

consolidation

c)

incorporation

d)

injunction

35.

Materialism is . . .

a)

the freedom of people to invest in private businesses

b)

the combination of small units into a larger entity

c)

placing a higher value on possessions than on God and Christlikeness

d)

gaining a legal charter to sell stock to investors

36.

The outer fringe of American settlement was . . .

a)

where many ghost towns were built

b)

maintained as a reservation

c)

known as the frontier

d)

an area known as Indian Territory

37.

Westerners were especially hopeful of getting the government to use money . . .

a)

called "greenbacks"

b)

made of gold

c)

made of nickel

d)

backed by silver

38.

Cowboys on cattle drives followed all of the following trails except the . . .

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

c)

Homestead Trail

d)

Sedalia Trail

39.

All of the following people would be found on a cattle drive except the . . .

a)

point men

b)

trail boss

c)

ward

d)

wrangler

e)

Swing men

40.

The cattle drives came to an end for all of the following reasons except . . .

a)

Overgrazing

b)

Falling meat prices

c)

Severe weather

d)

Use of by-products

41.

Conflicts developed between the cattlemen and all of the following groups except . . .

a)

Homesteaders

b)

Indians

c)

Miners

d)

Sheepherders

e)

Point men

42.

Indian Territory was the future state of . . .

a)

Arizona

b)

Colorado

c)

Kansas

d)

Oklahoma

e)

New Mexico

43.

The lack of trees on the western prairies affected all of the following things used by the homesteaders except their . . .

a)

fuel

b)

dry-farming techniques

c)

house construction

d)

fencing

44.

All of the following were characteristics of the Great Plains of the American West except that it(s) . . .

a)

climate was extremely hot in summer and cold in winter

b)

received only small amounts of rainfall

c)

was the home of many Indians

d)

was covered with vast forests

45.

The first practical barbed wire was designed by . . .

a)

Philip Armour

b)

George Custer

c)

Jospeh Glidden

d)

Gustavus Swift

46.

Which of the following helped the prairie farmer establish links to the outside world?

a)

the Grange

b)

mail-order businesses

c)

rural free delivery

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

47.

All of the following men were famous outlaws of the West except . . .

a)

Billy the Kid

b)

Jesse James

c)

Bat Masterson

d)

Black Bart

e)

Philip Armour

48.

All of the following men furthered industries that aided the development of the West except . . .

a)

Philip Armour

b)

George Custer

c)

Joseph Glidden

d)

Gustavus Swift

49.

Which Indian was not involved in the Battle of Little Big Horn?

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Gall

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Sitting Bull

50.

America's policy toward the Indians in the late 1800s included all of the following tactics except . . .

a)

encouraging them to join the Grange

b)

assimilating them into mainstream American life

c)

forcing them onto reservations

d)

making the wards of the federal government

51.

What country provided many immigrants who worked on the western sections of the transcontinental railroad and founded many service businesses on the West Coast?

a)

China

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Germany

e)

Italy

52.

What man consolidated the railroads in the Northeast in order to create a railroad empire stretching from Nee York City to the Great Lakes states?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

e)

James Buchanan Duke

53.

What two railroads met to form the first transcontinental railroad?

a)

Atlantic Union

b)

Central Pacific

c)

Northern Pacific

d)

Southern Pacific

e)

Union Pacific

54.

What great American inventor developed many important electrical devices but is perhaps most remembered for his light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

J.P. Morgan

55.

What man built a huge steel empire in the United States with the help of multiple partners?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

J.P. Morgan

56.

What legislation did Congress pass to protect against unfair rates of for railroad transportation?

a)

Railroad Transportation Act

b)

Cheaper Train Tickets Act

c)

Interstate Commerce Act

d)

Fair Commerce Act

57.

Name two labor unions that arose after the Civil War.

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Great Northern Railroad

c)

Interstate Commerce Commission

d)

Knights of Labor

58.

What town was wrecked by a catastrophic flood from a dam break in 1889?

a)

Phoenix, Arizona

b)

Denver, Colorado

c)

Topeka, Kansas

d)

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

e)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

59.

What was the world's single richest gold mine?

a)

Homestake Mine

b)

Deadwood

c)

Denver

d)

South Pass

e)

Butte

60.

What was the famous western cattle trail that had an eighty-mile stretch with no water?

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

c)

Homestead Trail

d)

Sedalia Trail

61.

What form of transportation most helped to bring about the settlement of the Plains?

a)

Automobile

b)

Plane

c)

Railroad

d)

Wagon

e)

Boat

62.

What new industry developed to process the beef raised in the West?

a)

Electricity Industry

b)

Shipping Industry

c)

Railroad industry

d)

Telephone industry

e)

Meat-packing industry

63.

Cattlemen were angered when what other animal was brought to pasture on the open range of the West?

a)

Sheep

b)

Cows

c)

Bulls

d)

Mustangs

e)

Armadillos

64.

What three groups of Americans "conquered" the frontier?

a)

Homesteaders

b)

Cowboys

c)

Miners

d)

Sheepherders

e)

Point men

65.

By what name was Oklahoma known before it was opened to settlement?

a)

Ghost Towns

b)

Reservation

c)

Frontier

d)

Indian Territory

e)

Range

66.

What kind of dwelling became common and practical on the western Plains?

a)

Teepee

b)

Pueblos

c)

Yurts

d)

Sod House

e)

Casas

67.

What important invention helped the farmers of the Plains built fences?

a)

Barbed wire

b)

Windmill

c)

Telephone

d)

Nails

e)

Hammer

68.

What invention helped the prairie farmers pump their water from a well?

a)

Barbed wire

b)

Windmill

c)

Lever

d)

Irrigation

e)

Well House

69.

Who invented the first practical barbed wire?

a)

Philip Armour

b)

George Custer

c)

Jospeh Glidden

d)

Gustavus Swift

70.

Who was the lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Cavalry that was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

a)

Philip Armour

b)

George Custer

c)

Jospeh Glidden

d)

Gustavus Swift