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Test 7 - 11th grade Abeka US History

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  • What city was known for her steel industry?
    Pittsburgh
    Chicago
    Milwaukee
  • The former Confederate states became known as ____ because of the rapid & numerous changes in the Southern economy.
    New South
    South
    Confederacy
  • Who opposed the Tammany Hall political machine as New York governor?
    William Jennings Bryan
    John D. Rockefeller
    Grover Cleveland
  • What American discovered the Bessemer process?
    William Kelley
    William Kepler
    William Kremlin
  • What was the name of the movement supported by miners and farmers looking to pay off loans?
    Free Bronze Movement
    Free Gold Movement
    Free Silver Movement
  • Who was pastor whose sermons were published in 3,500 newspapers?
    T. DeWitt Talmage
    T. David Talmage
    T. DeSalle Talmage
  • One of Nikola Tesla's greatest inventions was the _____ which was used in early radio transmitters.
    Tesla car
    Tesla coal
    Tesla coil
  • What did the Stalwarts steadfastly oppose?
    civil service bill
    civil service commission
    civil service reform
  • Who organized the Standard Oil Company?
    John D. Rodgers
    John D. Rockwell
    John D. Rockefeller
  • What movement started after the conference at Mt. Hermon?
    Student Volunteer Movement
    Chautauqua Movement
    Sunday School Movement
  • What act created the cooperative extension service within the Department of Agriculture?
    Smith-Lever Act
    Kelly-Smith Act
    Smith-Edison Act
  • Who has been called one of the greatest inventors in history?
    Alexander Graham Bell
    George Westinghouse
    Thomas Edison
  • Who was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge that died before construction was complete?
    John A. Reedy
    John A. Robinson
    John A. Roebling
  • Who established the first modern scientific laboratory?
    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edict
    Thomas Edwards
  • What was the first state in which women could vote?
    California
    Neveda
    Wyoming
  • Who was a German immigrant who advocated civil service reform?
    Carl Schiiller
    Carl Savoy
    Carl Schurz
  • What farmers' organization promoted regulation of the railroads?
    Gilded
    cooperative
    Grange
  • William Jennings Bryan's ___ speech helped him win the Democratic presidential nomination for the election of 1896.
    Cross of Gold
    Golden Cross
    Cross of Jesus
  • Who was a leader in the women's suffrage movement?
    Susan B. Anthony
    Sharon B. Anthony
    Suzanne B. Anthony
  • Who was a steel entrepreneur?
    Andrew Carthage
    Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carter
  • Who was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?
    Walter McKinley
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Grover Cleveland
  • What Southern city became a major steel center?
    Atlanta
    Savannah
    Birmingham
  • What innovation in farming prevented soil from being depleted too quickly?
    contour plowing
    crop rotation
    irrigation
  • Which of the following is not a crop for which George Washington Carver is known?
    peanut
    soybean
    pecan
  • Who was the leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union?
    Frances Willard
    Frances Williams
    Frances Warshaw
  • To spread charity with the gospel, William Booth founded what organization?
    Goodwill Army
    Salvation Army
    Booth Army
  • Which first lady was known for serving lemonade rather than alcohol at the White House?
    "Lemonade" Jane Adams
    "Lemonade" Martha Rutherford
    "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes
  • Who developed a variety of a thornless cactus?
    Luther Bush
    Luther Burke
    Luther Burbank
  • In response to the Supreme Court's ruling aginst Granger laws, the first federal regulatory agency was what?
    Interstate Agriculture Commission
    Interstate Commerce Commission
    Interstate Road Commission
  • Who founded Hull House
    Francis Addams
    Susan Addams
    Jane Addams
  • Who drilled America's first oil well?
    Edwin Drake
    Edward Drake
    Eramus Drake
  • Who was a populist presidential candidate?
    James B. Williams
    James B. Wallace
    James B. Weaver
  • What speaker of the House of Representatives improved the efficiency of the House?
    "Czar" Thomas B. Rutherford
    "Czar" Thomas R. Rutledge
    "Czar" Thomas B. Reed
  • Who invented basketball in 1891?
    Jonathan Naismith
    James Naismith
    John Naismith
  • Who was a financier who organized the U.S. Steel Corporation?
    J.P. Morgan
    J.P. Morse
    J.P. Monet
  • What missionary introduced reindeer to Alaska?
    Sheldon Jone
    Sheldon Jackson
    Sheldon Johnson
  • Who patented the first telephone?
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Ben
    Alexander Graham Benedict
  • Who imported wheat from Russia?
    Mark Cheka
    Mark Carter
    Mark Carleton
  • Who was Moody of the South?
    Sam Jackson
    Sam Jones
    Sam Johnson
  • Which tariff set an important precedent for later trade policies with its reciprocity clause?
    McRush Tariff
    McKinley Tariff
    McKinney Tariff
  • What craze swept over American cities after the invention's safety and awkwardness was addressed?
    baseball
    wrestling
    bicycling
  • What movement began as a way to train Sunday school teachers?
    Chautauqua Movement
    Sunday School Movement
    Temperance Movement
  • What is a business that operates to save its members money rather than to profit?
    cooperative
    coomodus
    convocation
  • What rural institution served as a meeting place and records hall?
    local church
    family farmhouse
    general store
  • Who was the author of Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    Lewis Willard
    Lewis Williams
    Lewis Wallace
  • In what year was the telephone patented?
    1886
    1876
    1890
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