Chapter 1--Industrial Revolution/Gilded Age 2022-23

The point of view expressed in this political cartoon is sympathetic to which of the following groups

• capitalists

• workers

• entrepeneurs

• government leaders

Bankers supported deflation because this policy would

• increase the value of money

• end the gold standard

• increase the money supply

• enable farmers to pay off their debts

Most immigrants who entered the United States through Angel Island were from

• Britain

• Mexico

• China

• Russia

Many children left school to work in factories because

• the wages were high.

• the work was easy and safe.

• their families needed the money to survive.

• there were no public schools.

THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS!! Employers fought the power of unions by

• improving working conditions.

• paying higher wages.

• use of yellow dog contracts.

• firing union organizers.

Q. 

Samuel Gompers opposed letting women join the AFL because he believed that...

• employers would not negotiate with a union having women members.

• women in the work force would drive the wages down.

• women would get better jobs than men.

• women were not capable of holding jobs outside the home.

William Jennings Bryan lost the election of 1896 because he could not

• make a persuasive speech.

• accept the policy of free silver.

• carry the western farming districts.

• carry the urban and industrial centers.

As settlers moved west in search of more land, many Native American nations

• formed the Indian Territory.

• settled east of the Mississippi.

• settled in farming villages.

• were weakened and destroyed.

Why did many immigrants support city political machines?

• Political machines were free of corruption.

• Political machines provided them with jobs.

• Political machines put powerful "bosses" out of business.

• Political machines fought against crime in the slums.