S2 Test 1: Chapters 20-26

Question 1

___ invented the sewing machine, which was popularized by ___.

Answer 1

Elias Howe; Isaac Singer

Question 2

discovered the secret of wireless telegraphy

Answer 2

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 3

the greatest leader in the iron and steel industry and was a famous philanthropist

Answer 3

Andrew Carnegie

Question 4

The founder of Standard Oil who monopolized the oil industry

Answer 4

John D. Rockefeller

Question 5

The founder of the greatest “money trust” that controlled a dozen banks and numerous corporation

Answer 5

J.P. Morgan

Question 6

a London–born Jew who created the A.F. of L.

Answer 6

Samuel Gompers

Question 7

Labor leader and organizer/head of the Socialist party

Answer 7

Eugene Debs

Question 8

Of the 35 million immigrants who came to the U.S. between 1850 and 1930, the largest number came from ___, ___, and ___.

Answer 8

The U.K., Ireland, Germany

Question 9

the inventor of barbed wire

Answer 9

J.F. Glidden

Question 10

The two railroads that linked to form the first transcontinental railroad line

Answer 10

Union Pacific and the Central Pacific

Question 11

The seventh Cavalry and its general, ___ were massacred in 1876 at the battle of the ___ by the Sioux Indians, led by ___ and ___.

Answer 11

George Custer; Little Big Horn; Sitting Bull; Crazy Horse

Question 12

The three valuable minerals that were extensively mined in the western U.S.

Answer 12

gold, silver, copper

Question 13

The 20th President, ___ was assassinated by ___ in 1881. His Vice President, ___ because President and surprised everyone by ___.

Answer 13

James Garfield; Charles Guiteau; Chester A. Arthur; eliminating corruption and fraud in the administration

Question 14

Grover Cleveland was the first ___ elected President since before the Civil War. He is remembered for getting much-needed ___ ___ legislation passed by Congress.

Answer 14

Democrat; tariff reform

Question 15

___ was the 23rd President and the grandson of ___.

Answer 15

Benjamin Harrison; William Henry Harrison

Question 16

During the 1870s, 80s, and 90s, many senators and congressmen were unduly influenced by the powerful ___.

Answer 16

railroads

Question 17

the main inventor of the reaper

Answer 17

Cyrus McCormick

Question 18

The son of slaves, ___ was a famous botanist who found more than 300 uses for the ___.

Answer 18

George Washington Carver, peanut

Question 19

___ was a Populist who ran unsuccessfully for President and advocated the silver standard. His nickname was ___.

Answer 19

William Jennings Bryan; the Great Commoner

Question 20

The third President to be assassinated was ___. His assassin was ___.

Answer 20

William McKinley; Leon Czolgosz

Question 21

The three great writers of the 1865-1910 period in America

Answer 21

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Henry James

Question 22

published his Origin of Species in 1859

Answer 22

Charles Darwin

Question 23

Known as “The Great Dissenter,” ___ was a pragmatist and one of America’s best-known Supreme Court Justices.

Answer 23

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Question 24

Hearst and Pulitzer practiced sensationalism in their newspapers, often using loaded words. This practice is known as ___.

Answer 24

yellow journalism

Question 25

the dramatic event which pushed the U.S. into war with Spain

Answer 25

the sinking of the Maine

Question 26

The Spanish American War was fought in the country of ___ for the most part during the year ___.

Answer 26

Cuba; 1898

Question 27

Commodore ___ sank the Spanish fleet in ___ (place).

Answer 27

Dewey; Manila Bay

Question 28

Theodore Roosevelt led his troops, known as ___, in a famous charge up ___ during the Spanish American War.

Answer 28

Rough Riders; San Juan Hill