What was President Taft's official attitude towards trusts?
Question 12 options:
A)
He refused to break up trusts.
B)
He passed a law outlawing trusts.
C)
He broke up even more trusts than Roosevelt did.
D)
He supported the building of trusts.
Question 13 (5 points)
What technology brought about the end of the open range and large cattle drives in the American west?
Question 13 options:
A)
Barbed wire
B)
TNT
C)
Bessmer Process
D)
Gatling guns
Question 14 (5 points)
What book exposed abuses in the meatpacking industry?
Question 14 options:
A)
The Jungle
B)
The Grapes of Wrath
C)
The Great Gatsby
D)
The Meat Files
Question 15 (5 points)
What American socialist ran for president while in jail during World War I?
Question 15 options:
A)
Karl Marx
B)
Vladimir Lenin
C)
Woodrow Wilson
D)
Eugene V. Debs
Question 16 (5 points)
What name was given to territory set aside for Native Americans displaced from their traditional lands?
Question 16 options:
A)
Plains
B)
Barracks
C)
Reservation
D)
Homeland
Question 17 (5 points)
What name was given to journalism that focused on eye-catching stories and not necessarily the truth?
Question 17 options:
A)
Yellow journalism
B)
Blue journalism
C)
Fake news
D)
Propaganda
Question 18 (5 points)
Which of the following was an economic spinoff of the success of automobiles?
Question 18 options:
A)
Coal industry
B)
Railroads
C)
Clothing stores
D)
Motels
Question 19 (5 points)
What was the Red Scare?
Question 19 options:
A)
The start of the communist party in the United States
B)
The fear of communism spreading within the United States
C)
The fear that communism would fail in the United States
D)
The end of the settling of the American west
Question 20 (5 points)
Which business tycoon was involved in the oil industry with his Standard Oil Company?
Question 20 options:
A)
Bill Gates
B)
J. P. Morgan
C)
Andrew Carnegie
D)
John Rockefeller