Unit 5: SSUSH 11, 12 & 13

Which development explains the change in the data shown in the graph? (11a)

• the expansion of railroads
• the invention of the automobile
• the increased regulation of businesses
• the growing threat of foreign invasion

>Huge amounts of capital were needed
>Large professionally trained managerial staffs were needed
>New means of accounting were created
>Internal organization led in turn to consolidation
The above describes how: (11a)

• the railroad industry changed the way businesses were organized.
• the steel industry changed the way businesses were organized. 
• the oil industry changed the way businesses were organized. 
• the coal industry changed the way businesses were organized. 

The use of Chinese labor to build railroads in the west had which unintended consequence? (11b) 

• The Chinese took control of social and political power. 
• China refused to trade with the United States. 
• There was a major social backlash against the Chinese. 
• Only Chinese citizens could get jobs in the west.

How did Standard Oil attain its immense wealth? (11c)  

• It encouraged unions in order to keep the most competent and productive workers.
• It consolidated power by taking over its competitors and becoming a monopoly. 
• It acted for several years as the only oil company to export oil to other countries. 
• It was the first oil company to drill for oil in the Northeastern United States.

Which is a Thomas Edison invention that had an impact on American lives? (11d) 

• telephone
• telegraph
• phonograph
• cotton gin

How did the immigration into the United States change in the late 19^th century? (12a) 

• Most immigrants now came from unstable parts of Southern and Eastern Europe.
• A growing number of immigrants were wealthier, as they could afford to travel. 
• The largest percentage of immigrants now came from poor South and Latin America. 
• Most immigrants settled into countryside farms because of the newly available land.

>New York Harbor
>Over 12 million immigrants during late 1800’s-early 1900’s
>Intense health inspections

The list above BEST describes which location? (12a)

• Jamestown 
• Fort Sumter 
• Ellis Island
• Panama Canal

Samuel Gompers was important to the growth of labor unions as the leader of the (12b) 

• NAACP. 
• Pullman Strike. 
• Seneca Falls Conference. 
• American Federation of Labor.

Sitting Bull greatly affected relations between Native Americans and the United States by (12c) 

• attacking miners and battling Custer at Little Bighorn. 
• gathering Native American support for the Dawes Act. 
• resisting federal troops as they carried out the Trail of Tears. 
• negotiating the surrender of the Nez Perce after their military victories.

What was the main cause of the Pullman strike of 1894? (12d)

•  President Cleveland’s use of armed force to break up strikes, which this strike protested 
• The arrest of Eugene V. Debs for advocating labor unions and better working conditions 
• Pullman’s policy of hiring cheap immigrant labor to construct their railroads 
• Pullman’s reducing workers’ wages without reducing prices in the company town