POP QUIZ 2/7/24

What did farmers hope to gain from the subtreasury plan?

• economic relief from the debt that was continuing to grow

• a second treasury that they would be able to run

• a farmers' department within the national treasury

• new tariffs to protect them from foreighn crops

Which business tycoon was responsible for bailing out the federal government by exchanging gold for government bonds?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

Why did oil/petroleum industry not collapse when electric lights replaced kerosene for lighting?

• Consumers began using kerosene as a household cleaner.

• Refiners learned to make gasoline from the waste of refining kerosene.

• Electricity was dangerous and electric lights were slow to catch on.

• Kerosene was used to fuel industrial machines.

The temperance movement gained political influence during the Progresive Era. Which other movement was empowered by the temperance movement during the Progressive Era, having many of the same members?

• the civil rights movement

• women's suffrage

• labor unions

• the Niagara movement

Which of the following industries is believed to have resulted in the MOST significant environmental damage?

• ranching

• banking

• transportation

• mining

How did Manifest Destiny impact the westward expansion of the United States?

• Americans believed they had a right to all of the land to the western coast.

• Americans believed they needed to share the riches of the land with all who had inhaited it before them.

• Americans were afraid that they were destined to die in the wilderness and avoided expanding.

• Americans wrote a manifest of all of their desires for the western land and then made it come true.

What is the 13th Amendment?

What is the 14th Amendment?

What is the 15th Amendment?

Which of the following would be considered a technological innovation that increased the impact of railroads westward expansion?

• the hiring of immigrants to build the railroad

• the use of a golden spike to join railroad lines

• the invention of the refrigerator car

• the invention of electricity