Changing Society: Great American Facts Set 2

Which event brought attention to poor working conditions and led to the passage of laws that created safer working conditions?

• Haymarket Riot
• Pullman Strike
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• break-up of Standard Oil monopoly

Which statement best describes US economic history during the period 1865-1900?

• industrialization increased at a rapid rate
• factories imported most of their raw materials
• the lack of immigration tended to decrease industrial production
• American industrial production was limited by the Civil War

From (1915-1970), which factor was the major cause of the migration of many African Americans to the North?

• the start of the Harlem Renaissance
• increased job opportunities in Northern cities
• laws passed in Northern States to end racial discrimination
• Federal Government job-training programs

A major goal of reformers during the Progressive Era was to

• end segregation in the South
• correct the abuses of big business
• limit immigration from Latin America
• enact high tariffs to help domestic industry grow

The slogan “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will” was used in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of

• farmers
• politicians
• industrialists
• labor unions

A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford’s development of

• the assembly line
• electric-powered vehicles
• the first holding company
• a new process for making steel

Business leaders John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were referred to as robber barons primarily because they

• bought titles of nobility from foreign governments
• were ruthless in dealing with competitors
• stole money from state and local governments
• gained all of their wealth by illegal means

At the turn of the century, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in cities?

• Jobs were readily available.
• Government relief programs required immigrants to settle in cities
• Labor union leaders encouraged unrestricted immigration.
• Immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland.

“Upton Sinclair Publishes the Jungle” “Jacob Riis Photographs Tenement Residents” “Ida Tarbell Exposes Standard Oil Company” These headlines represent efforts by muckrakers to

• advance their own political careers
• make Americans aware of problems in society
• support business monopolies
• provide entertainment for readers

The United States government opened up Ellis Island (1892) and Angel Island (1910) primarily to

• process immigrants arriving from overseas
• defend the United States from attack
• chack the safety of imported products
• serve as federal prisons