US History 1877 to Present

Which of the following factors led to rapid population growth in urbanized areas?

• Increased profits by farmers led many to seek jobs in urban areas 
• The arrival of immigrants and people leaving rural areas for the cities 
• After the Civil War, northern cities strongly encouraged freed slaves to move north
• Nativists encouraged immigration which increased the population quickly 

Why did many US citizens resent immigrants and want to restrict immigration?

• They feared that immigrants would not be willing to work hard and would contribute to unemployment 
• They believed that most immigrants migrated to the South and would contribute to the persecution of African Americans 
• They believed that most immigrants would take their jobs and did not trust their strange customs 
• Most US citizens were Catholics and were suspicious of the Protestant beliefs immigrants brought with them

A Jewish family from Poland immigrates to the Untied States in 1899 primarily to escape religious persecution. The religious freedom this family expects to find in the United States is 

• A Push Factor 
• A Pull Factor 
• An Economic Opportunity 
• Evidence of Urbanization

Think of the living and working conditions experienced by poor immigrants in the US during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Which does not belong?

• Tenements 
• Ghettos 
• Sweatshops 
• Corporations 

How did monopolies and trusts enable businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller to become among the richest and most powerful men in the world?

• They restricted immigration, thereby limiting the number of industrialists who could compete with them
• They eliminated competition and allowed certain businessmen to control entire industries 
• They loaned large amounts of money to businessmen, thereby enabling them to invest in new industries 
• They paid large amounts of interest to finance capitalists in exchange for business loans  

What industry was impacted by the Bessemer process?

• Oil
• Banking 
• Finance Capitalism 
• Steel

How did corporations encourage business investments?

• They allowed producers to build the first factories 
• They limited production
• They provided limited liability 
• They protected consumers' rights 

What did the inventions of Samuel F. Morse and Alexander G. Bell have in common?

• They both allowed factories to stay open after sunset, thereby producing more goods for consumers 
• They both relied on an innovative new kind of assembly line 
• They both enabled individuals and businesses to communicate on a broader scale 
• They both helped to make JP Morgan one of the richest men in US history 

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of cultural pluralism 

• Italian immigrants arrive in the US and immediately begin to learn English so that they can assimilate to US society 
• Polish immigrants stay within their own ethnic ghetto because they prefer to be with people who speak the same language and practice the same custom as themselves 
• A Russian woman says hello to her Irish friend in from of a Jewish synagogue while on her way to an orthodox church 
• A Hispanic man leaves his homeland to come to the United States

Which of the following most accurately describes the plight of immigrant factory workers in the late nineteenth century 

• They often lived in overcrowded apartments, worked long hours, and labored in dangerous working conditions 
• They slowly migrated out of ethnic ghettos and into the suburbs as the 20th century grew closer 
• They tended to drive native born citizens out of the inner city thereby greatly reducing the US urban population in the late 1800s
• Since many of them came from Europe, they tended to be Protestants who were persecuted for their beliefs once they arrived in the United States