History 2057 LSUE test 1
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Plains Indian culture? - ✔✔ correct answer Indians
believed in private ownership of land
Of all the factors leading to the Indian Wars, which of the following is the most important? - ✔✔ correct
answer Killing of the buffalo
Which of the following is correct regarding George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn? -
✔✔ correct answer Custer had been given a direct order, by General Terry, not to attack them
Under Dawes Act of 1887 - ✔✔ correct answer The head of each Indian family was given a tract of 160
acres
By the 1870's, the major mineral being mined in the west was - ✔✔ correct answer Silver
The biggest boost to the cattle industry in the late nineteenth century was the - ✔✔ correct answer
Movement of the railroad westward
This historian in 1893, declared the West closed - ✔✔ correct answer Frederick Jackson Turner
This American invented the typewriter - ✔✔ correct answer Christopher Sholes
Which of the following groups did not benefit from America's economic growth of 1865-1900? - ✔✔
correct answer Workers and Farmers
The first oil wells were in - ✔✔ correct answer Pennsylvania
This individual ruthlessly built up his steel company by driving all competition out of buisness - ✔✔
correct answer Andrew Carnegie
Which is a true statement about forms of business organization? - ✔✔ correct answer The trust was a
device to enlarge corporate power by jointly controlling and managing once competing firms through a
central board of directors
, History 2057 LSUE test 1
In 1901, J.P. Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the - ✔✔ correct answer Northern
Pacific Railroad
Wealthy individuals justified their privileged positions by arguing the theory of - ✔✔ correct answer
Laissez faire
This individual argued that poverty was the result of rising land values, and proposed taxing it - ✔✔
correct answer Henry George
Immigrations changed after 1880 by - ✔✔ correct answer More immigrants from England and Ireland
Which of the following advocated what was called "Social Darwinism" - ✔✔ correct answer Hebert
Spencer
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of pre-industrial America? - ✔✔ correct answer
Familiarity with the boss
The Molly Maguires can best be described as - ✔✔ correct answer A secret organization of Irish miners,
members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who killed managers and owners of mines over working
conditions
A "bobtail" check referred to - ✔✔ correct answer A miner paycheck in which the deductions equal the
pay
This union attempted to create one big union for all workers, craft and industrial alike - ✔✔ correct
answer Knights of Labor
In the late 19th century, wealth, power and influence were - ✔✔ correct answer increasingly
concentrated among the largest financiers
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Plains Indian culture? - ✔✔ correct answer Indians
believed in private ownership of land
Of all the factors leading to the Indian Wars, which of the following is the most important? - ✔✔ correct
answer Killing of the buffalo
Which of the following is correct regarding George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn? -
✔✔ correct answer Custer had been given a direct order, by General Terry, not to attack them
Under Dawes Act of 1887 - ✔✔ correct answer The head of each Indian family was given a tract of 160
acres
By the 1870's, the major mineral being mined in the west was - ✔✔ correct answer Silver
The biggest boost to the cattle industry in the late nineteenth century was the - ✔✔ correct answer
Movement of the railroad westward
This historian in 1893, declared the West closed - ✔✔ correct answer Frederick Jackson Turner
This American invented the typewriter - ✔✔ correct answer Christopher Sholes
Which of the following groups did not benefit from America's economic growth of 1865-1900? - ✔✔
correct answer Workers and Farmers
The first oil wells were in - ✔✔ correct answer Pennsylvania
This individual ruthlessly built up his steel company by driving all competition out of buisness - ✔✔
correct answer Andrew Carnegie
Which is a true statement about forms of business organization? - ✔✔ correct answer The trust was a
device to enlarge corporate power by jointly controlling and managing once competing firms through a
central board of directors
, History 2057 LSUE test 1
In 1901, J.P. Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the - ✔✔ correct answer Northern
Pacific Railroad
Wealthy individuals justified their privileged positions by arguing the theory of - ✔✔ correct answer
Laissez faire
This individual argued that poverty was the result of rising land values, and proposed taxing it - ✔✔
correct answer Henry George
Immigrations changed after 1880 by - ✔✔ correct answer More immigrants from England and Ireland
Which of the following advocated what was called "Social Darwinism" - ✔✔ correct answer Hebert
Spencer
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of pre-industrial America? - ✔✔ correct answer
Familiarity with the boss
The Molly Maguires can best be described as - ✔✔ correct answer A secret organization of Irish miners,
members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who killed managers and owners of mines over working
conditions
A "bobtail" check referred to - ✔✔ correct answer A miner paycheck in which the deductions equal the
pay
This union attempted to create one big union for all workers, craft and industrial alike - ✔✔ correct
answer Knights of Labor
In the late 19th century, wealth, power and influence were - ✔✔ correct answer increasingly
concentrated among the largest financiers
