Unit 2B: Gilded Age

Which goal was shared by both the Knight of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

• promote immigration of skilled workers from Asia
• to organize workers to demand better conditions from employers
• help large corporations to increase their productions
• introduce new and innovative techniques to factories

In the late nineteenth century, critics of big business claimed that monopolies in the US harmed the economy by-

• decreasing the urban growth rate
• prevenenting technological innovations
• unfairly limiting competition
• failing to keep pace with European industries

During the late 1800s, what was the major effect of industrialization on American workers? 

• skilled craftsmen were often replaced by unskilled machine operators
• workers migrated to rural regions
• membership in labor unions declined
• most factory jobs became service industry jobs

In the late 1800s which factor directly contributed to the growth of the American steel industry?

• government regulation
• formation of labor unions
• employee ownership
• new production techniques

Which best describes a positive contribution of Andrew Carnegie?

• Carnegie obtained near monopoly control of one part of the national industry, rather than engaging in several related activities.
• Carnegie obtained secret rebates from railroad companies shipping his products
• Carnegie showed how to organize large-scale production as well as how to use profits in philanthropic activities
• Carnegie helped workers obtain better conditions in his factories

In the late nineteenth Century, the “bosses” of urban political machines often---

• wasted money on militias
• discriminated against migrant workers
• accepted bribes in return for favors
• denied voting rights to the poor

Nineteenth century nativist organizations advocated – 

• conserving natural resources through the creation of natural parks
• promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration
• limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
• globalizing the economy through participation in free trade agreements

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Anti-trust Act? 

• influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
• businesses were required to pay fees to overseas locations
• workers secured a greater share of company profits
• federal government could dissolve business monopolies

Nativists in California in the 1880s would most likely supported the ---- 

• passage of Chinese Exclusion Act
• continuation of contract labor system
• assimilation of Native Americans
• creation of settlement houses to aid immigrants

Between 1880 and 1900 most immigrants coming to the United States settled in cities because-

• most immigrants came from large cities in Europe
• city laws afforded special rights and protections for immigrants
• factory and workshop jobs were available there
• city laws afforded special rights and protections for immigrants