US History Unit 7 Quiz 2

Which of the following describes a business that has complete control of a commodity, business, or product?

• Monopoly

• Vertical Integration

• Horizontal Integration

• Multinational

Who is credited with inventing air brakes for trains and popularizing AC electricity?

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

What act of Congress was most responsible for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains?

• Transcontinental Railroad Act

• Homestead Act

• 14th Amendment

• Dawes Act

What gov't policy created a number of wars & conflicts between Native Americans of the Great Plains & the US government between 1850 & 1880?

• A policy of land removal of tribes to the West of the Mississippi River

• An attempt to destroy tribal allegiance through education

• The opening up of Oklahoma for 'American' settlement

• The US gov’t forced American Indians onto reservations

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

• Thomas Edison

• George Westinghouse

• Isaac Singer

• Alexander Graham Bell

Popular culture's depiction of the Wild West was accurate

• True

• False

The attempts at regulating big business in the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) & Sherman Anti-trust Act (1890) were immediately effective at reducing the power of big business

• True

• False