Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Can someone tell me if I have these wrong or right?

What I think is the answer I will put a x.



Which was NOT a major success of Reconstruction in the South?

an end to racist government policies

the transformation into an industralized, urban region

an end to tensions between the North and South

x all of the above



The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to

prevent African Americans from exercising their rights

xgain control of the state legislatures

restore the Confederacy

improve the conditions for poor whites



The Fourteenth Amendment was part of a series of laws that

changed the way a President could hire government officials

xensured the civil rights of African Americans

restored the balance of power between the President and Congress

shifted the balance of power in favor of the Supreme Court



Reconstruction succeeded in rebuilding many of the South's

plantations

forts

xrailroads

banks



The expansion of American industry was sparked mainly by

x public welfare programs

technological advances and financial investments

a decline in productivity in Europe

government involvement in the economy



One thing a person could do in 1900 but not in 1865 was

ride on a train

sew a dress

x play a phonograph

read at night



How did John D. Rockefeller gain control of the oil industry?

x He formed a trust.

He practiced vertical consolidation.

He joined a cartel.

He practiced free trade.



The nation's first major labor strike was begun by

x railway workers angered about wage cuts and unsafe trains

steel workers upset by the use of scabs

women protesting lack of advancement in factories

Pinkerton agents who threw a bomb at policeCan someone tell me if I have these wrong or right?
1 true

2 - rather A

3 true

4 true

5 i would have picked B, but A also played a part

6 true

7 true

8 true

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