Chapter 6 American History HR 7
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- 1.
In 1871 who was the inventor who made the telephone?
- A.
Alexander Graham Bell
- B.
George Bush
- C.
Rutherford B. Hayes
- D.
Tomas Edison
Correct Answer
A. Alexander Graham Bell -
- 2.
What did Thomas A. Edison invent?
- A.
Phonograph
- B.
Car
- C.
Electricity
- D.
Chair
Correct Answer
A. Phonograph -
- 3.
Who put the patent on the telegraph?
- A.
Samuel F.B.Morse
- B.
Edwin Drake
- C.
Brent Price
- D.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Correct Answer
A. Samuel F.B.Morse -
- 4.
Who had made the standard oil company in 1870?
- A.
Andrew Caregie
- B.
J.r. Ewing
- C.
Barack Obama
- D.
John D Rockefeller
Correct Answer
D. John D Rockefeller -
- 5.
Why were were patents established?
- A.
The right to put an inventor name on an invention.
- B.
Licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention in set period.
- C.
To make a lot of money.
- D.
To be famous.
Correct Answer
B. Licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention in set period. -
- 6.
Most piecework was performed in what came to be known as a sweatshop, what is a sweatshop?
- A.
A working establishment were men worked out for a living.
- B.
A house like a sauna.
- C.
A shop where employees worked long hours at low wages and under poor working conditions.
- D.
A place in the work that is over 100 degrees
Correct Answer
C. A shop where employees worked long hours at low wages and under poor working conditions. -
- 7.
What did the Sherman antitrust act outlaw?
- A.
Any combination of companies that would allow interstate trade Or commerce happen.
- B.
Allow any companies joining with over sea companies.
- C.
Don't trust men named Sherman.
- D.
Any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
Correct Answer
D. Any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce. -
- 8.
What does the ideal of socialism mean?
- A.
It is an economic and political philosophy that favors public instead of private control of the means of production.
- B.
When to groups merge.
- C.
Where to groups do not talk to each other.
Correct Answer
A. It is an economic and political philosophy that favors public instead of private control of the means of production. -
- 9.
On May 3, at Chicago's McCormick reaper factory, police broke up a fight between strikers and scabs. What are scabs?
- A.
A work that high ranking employers have?
- B.
Positive term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers.
- C.
A nickname for the youngest worker at a job.
- D.
Negative term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers.
Correct Answer
D. Negative term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers. -
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