Unit 8 Test- Industrialization of America

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Which factor would have been MOST likely to influence someone to move to a city like Pittsburgh or New York in the years following the Civil War? Options: The desire to live near the coast, the availability of factory jobs, the availability of agricultural jobs, the availability of jobs in the federal government, the entertainment opportunities available there.

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the availability of factory jobs

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Why did most of the immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century settle in major cities?

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Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.

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Ellis Island and Angel Island were ___________.

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Major points of entry to the United States from Europe and Asia.

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In the second half of the 19th century, the US government allowed more immigrants into the country MAINLY because ______

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industries needed an increasing amount of cheap labor.

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In the 19th Century, John D Rockefeller was MOST associated with the company named

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Standard Oil

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How did John D Rockefeller change the way that oil is transported around the world today?

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He built pipelines to let the oil flow from place to place.

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Rockefeller eventually bought out and owned almost all oil refineries in the United States. This control over an entire step in the industrial process is known as ____.

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horizontal monopoly

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Andrew Carnegie became a giant in the steel industry by first using it to build the Eads Bridge across _____?

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The Mississippi River

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One way in which Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller are similar that they both _____

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eliminated economic competition through the formation of monopolies

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Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and others like them would have been called _____ by those who respected their contributions to the growth of American business.

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Captains of Industry