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Mr. Potter - U.S. History
Chapter 17 Quiz
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History
8th Grade
02/21/2013

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What legislation did Congress pass in 1890 to try to stop the formation of trusts?
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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What term denotes an economy in which businesses are owned by private citizens who are free to make profits on their investments?
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capitalism
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What great American inventor developed many important electrical devices but is perhaps most remembered for his light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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What important invention resulted from the work of Alexander Graham Bell?
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telephone
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Name two natural resources that aided America's industrial growth in the 1800s.
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mineral deposits (gold, silver, copper, iron ore), petroleum, coal, water power, or timber
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One right that labor unions were eager to acquire was...
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collective bargaining
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To regulate railroad rates, Congress passed the...
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Laissez-faire policies are closely associated with...
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capitalism
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Under pure capitalism all of the following conditions occur except that...
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businesses are totally regulated by government
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The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the last spike was driven in the line at...
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Promontory Point, Utah
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The first transcontinental railroad linked the Union Pacific line with which other line?
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the Central Pacific
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Consolidation was an important process in...
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the railroad industry
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for...
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consolidating railroads
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The Exclusion Act of 1883 was passed because of the large influx of immigrants from...
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China
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Many immigrants entered the United States by way of...
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Ellis Island
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