Unit 5 review

The growth of Big Business was both a cause and effect of 

• increased immigration
• decreased immigration
• increased monopolies
• decreased monopolies

Less expenses help business owners make more

• profits
• goods
• services
• monopolies

This man controlled the steal industry.

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Upton Sinclair

This man controlled the oil industry.

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Upton Sinclair
• Teddy Roosevelt

The monopolies in the oil and steel industries

• Kept wages low and limited labor unions' power
• increased wages and limited labor unions' power
• kept wages low and increased labor unions' power
• increased wages and increased labor unions' power

As industries grew, the US shifted from an _____ to an ____ society.

• agrarian, industrial
• agrarian, mechanical
• industrial, agrarian
• mechanical, agrarian

Farmers were able to produce more crops because of _____.

• mechanization
• industrialization
• agrarian
• urbanization

Many farmers lost their farms and moved to the cities in search of jobs because

• they could no longer make a profit on their crops
• they got tired of working so hard on their farms
• they were unable to grow enough crops to sell
• none of the above

Crowded living conditions led to

• problems with sanitation
• water and housing issues
• opportunities for corruption
• all of the these answers

Progressives  were concerned about unsafe conditions in ____ and about the long ____ expected to work.

• factories, hours
• homes, trips
• ships, hours
• monopolies, hours