Connexus - Lesson 2: The Civil War–The Gilded Age Test
1. C
2. B,D
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. A,C
8. The SHARECROPPING system often locked poor farmers into a cycle of debt. Under the system, a SHARECROPPER would farm a rented section of land and pay the LANDOWNER after the harvest. Poor farmers often purchased tools and supplies on credit as well, further extending their debt to a MERCHANT.
9. D
10. C
11. Iaissez faire - Supported lack of ... Interstate commerce act- regulated railroads , Sherman anti-trust act- banned business practices
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. D
16. D
17. A
18. D
19. D.
20. B
21. A
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. A, D
28. A
29. C
30. The cartoon depicts tweed as being immune from the justice system , but behind him is the shadow of justice, waiting and plotting, The criminal actions by william Tweed and Tammy Hall, had finally attention by the public eyes, Even after his removal, Tweeds wealth and power seemed to safeguard him from prosecution. Tweeds first trial was thrown out, making the politician to boast that he would never be imprisoned.
31. In the mid 1800s to late 1800s, there were no laws that gave unions the right to exist. Business owners had all the power, and they rarely gave unions what they wanted. Labors unions werent very effective in completing their goals.
