Unit 2 Review

Multiple Choice

Mounting resentment led ________ to limit immigration through the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921. 

• Executive 
• Supreme Court
• President
• Congress

Multiple Choice

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

Immigrants from Southern & Eastern Europe arrived on what coast of the U.S.?

• Gulf

• East

• West

• Northern

Multiple Choice

People who moved to the US after 1880 seeking economic opportunity or political or religious freedom were called

• old immigrants

• nativists

• new immigrants

• steerage

Multiple Choice

Under a free enterprise system, businesses in the U.S. are allowed to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• decide what products to sell

• decide how to operate their business

• price their products

• they're allowed to do all of the above

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of being an entrepreneur?

• You have more control over your work

• You have a more flexible schedule

• You do not always receive a regular paycheck

• Your work schedule is always predictable

Multiple Select

What are 2 examples of pull factors?

Choose 2 answers!

• freedom of speech

• more opportunities

• drought

Multiple Choice

Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust to

• protect small oil firms
• increase competition among oil refining companies
• control prices and practices in the oil refining business
• distribute donations to charitable causes

Multiple Select

What are 2 examples of pull factors?

Choose 2 answers!

• freedom of speech

• more opportunities

• drought

Multiple Choice

John Rockefeller made a fortune in which industry?

• Railroads

• Oil

• Steel

• Finance

Multiple Choice

Who invented the electric lightbulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Thomas Edison
• Orville Wright

Multiple Choice

A monopoly is when:

• One seller/business dominates an industry.

• A few sellers/businesses dominate an industry.

• Supply exceeds demand.

• A business offers special gifts and coupons.

Multiple Choice

Which reason BEST explains the change in the number of cars sold between 1910 and 1925?

• Cars became more available because of the passage of antitrust laws.

• Cars became more affordable because of the removal of wartime price controls.

• Cars became more affordable because of the introduction of the assembly line.

• Cars became more available because of the removal of tariffs after a global conflict.

Multiple Choice

How did the process shown in this photograph enhance the automobile industry?

• By speeding up production of automobiles at lower costs.

• By requiring only licensed workers to produce the automobiles.

• By ensuring high-quality automobiles for consumers at higher prices.

• By developing new designs to test automobile safety standards.

Multiple Choice

Why did cities grow larger in Europe and the US during the Industrial Revolution?

• people moved from rural to urban areas to work in factories
• people moved to the cities to become farmers
• governments forced people to move to cities to make it easier to control them
• people sought better protection from roving bands of marauders

Multiple Choice

In 1903, the Wright brothers invented the first airplane. On its longest flight, it flew how many feet?

• 79 ft.

• 476 ft.

• 640 ft.

• 852 ft.

Multiple Choice

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

• Large monopolies

• small private business

• political machines

• labor unions

Multiple Choice

What was one benefit of the electric light bulb?

• Allowed people to work after sunset
• Allowed people to work during the day

Open Ended

Why do you think so many immigrants were drawn to America between 1865 and 1920?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a 'pull factor' for immigration?

• Religious freedom and job opportunities in a new country

• War and famine in the home country

• Disrupted family structures

• Political persecution

Multiple Choice

The Sherman Antitrust Act, passed in 1890, aimed to:

• Promote the interests of labor unions

• Restrict the power of large corporations and monopolies

• Encourage the formation of trusts and monopolies

• Decrease federal regulation of businesses

Multiple Select

Which of the following were reasons immigrants came to the United States, according to the text and map?

• Social crises in their home countries

• Economic opportunities in America

• The American Dream

• To escape compulsory military service

Fill in the Blank

Immigrants arriving in America often went through processing at ___ Island before being allowed entry.

Multiple Choice

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

Multiple Choice

What does this image say about the control of Stand Oil?

• Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

• Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

• Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

• Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

Open Ended

Explain how the Statue of Liberty served as a symbol for immigrants arriving in New York Harbor in the late 19th century.

Multiple Choice

Rockefeller and Vanderbilt came to control nearly everything in the railroad and oil industries. As a result, they were able to set prices high for their products and services. Control over an entire industry is known as having a ....

• integration.

• oligarchy.

• monopoly.

Open Ended

Compare the experiences of European and Chinese immigrants coming to America in the late 1800s. What challenges did each group face?

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• To halt new Chinese immigration to the United States

• To encourage Chinese workers to build the railroad

• To promote cultural exchange between China and America

• To provide citizenship to Chinese immigrants

Multiple Choice

An experience shared by most “new immigrants” in the 1890s was that they

• A. met with some local hostility
  
• B. settled in farm areas where cheap land was available
  
• C. rapidly became part of the majority lifestyle
  
• D. enrolled in American universities to get an education
  

Multiple Choice

Immigrants from Southern & Eastern Europe arrived on what coast of the U.S.?

• Gulf

• East

• West

• Northern

Multiple Choice

How did government policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and immigration quotas impact the U.S. economy and labor market?

• They increased the labor supply and reduced costs.

• They restricted immigration, leading to labor shortages and increased costs.

• They encouraged more immigrants to enter the country.

• They had no effect on the labor market.

Multiple Select

What is an example of a push factor?

Choose 2 answers!

• lots of opportunities

• no food

• no freedom of religion

Open Ended

Summarize one key takeaway you learned about the "New Immigration" to America between 1865 and 1920.

Open Ended

Explain how ethnic enclaves in cities influenced the social and economic experiences of immigrants in the United States.

Multiple Choice

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

Multiple Choice

What monument symbolized hope and freedom for immigrants?

• Washington Monument

• Statue of Liberty

• St. Louis Arch

• Mt. Rushmore

Multiple Choice

Mounting resentment led ________ to limit immigration through the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921. 

• Executive 
• Supreme Court
• President
• Congress

Multiple Choice

Because so many people moved west during the gold rush, what happened?

• no one lived on the east coast anymore
• everyone got rich
• mining towns appeared where ever gold was found
• every Native American was killed

Multiple Choice

I am the railroad that connects the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. What am I?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Pony Express

• covered wagons

• the Oregon Trail

Multiple Select

Choose 3 hardships the pioneers faced during their westward journey.

SELECT 3!

• little food

• blockades

• many people got sick or died

• rough roads

• no video games

Multiple Choice

Where in the U.S. was a better market for cattle?

• Hawaii

• California

• Northeast

• Mexico

Multiple Choice

In the late 1800s, about 1/3 of American cowboys were either Mexican or ______________?

• African American

• Irish

• Canadian

• Native American

Multiple Choice

The ________________ was a law in 1860 that offered acres of land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years.

• Dawes Act
• Meeting at Promontory Point
• Homestead Act
• boom town

Multiple Choice

Which term  is the name of a restriction on immigration passed by Congress?

• Melting Pot Act
• Nativism Act  of 1902
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the data?

• During the late-19th century, immigration to the US increased at a declining rate.

• During the late-19th century, most immigrants to the United States settled in cities.

• During the late-19th century, the immigrant population in the US more than doubled.

• During the late-19th century, immigration to the US dramatically declined.

Multiple Choice

Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question make in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined

• The government passed laissez-faire laws

• People moved from rural to urban areas

• Settlement houses lost federal funding