16. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1877

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 16.1 Horace Taylor, What a Funny Little Government, 1900

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 16.1: Horace Taylor, What a Funny Little Government, 1900

Choose the best answer to the question.

1. According to Horace Taylor, who did Rockefeller “hold in his hand”?

Congress

The Federal Reserve

The Treasury

The White House

2. What imagery in the cartoon indicates an anti-oil industry stance?

The name on his collar

The pollution in the air

The money in the White House

The monocle in Rockefeller’s eye

3. What message does the image of Rockefeller convey in the cartoon?

His size implies he is more powerful than the government.

His monocle expresses a message of investigation.

His stance suggests that he is trying to help the president.

His posture implies that he wants to be a part of the administration.

4. What do the smokestacks on the Capitol and the Treasury Buildings imply about the relationship between the government and big business?

The government was part of the machinery of corporations.

Washington, D.C., was increasingly industrialized.

Corporations helped the government run more efficiently.

The Treasury Department heavily taxed the oil industry.

5. What does the artist imply about Rockefeller’s character by the smudges on his hands and cuffs?

Taylor insinuates that Rockefeller represents the working class.

Taylor suggests he is a hard worker.

Taylor implies he is guilty of corruption.

Taylor hints that the government is polluting Rockefeller.

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