US History Practice Test #3

n the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?

• expansion of political machines

• growth of American cities

• development of tenement housing

• increase in crime

Many of the business trusts created in the late 1800s were eventually declared illegal primarily because they

• eliminated competition by forming monopolies

• combined companies that manufactured different products

• donated large sums of money to political candidates

• allowed children to work under unsafe conditions

In the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to

• encourage the passage of compulsory education laws

• explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor

• urge Congress to end immigration

• support the growth of new political parties

During the late 1800s, many United States farmers believed their economic problems would be solved if the federal government would

• raise interest rates

• outlaw strikes by labor unions

• put more money into circulation

• regulate the amount of grain that was produced

Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of

• the 14th and 15th amendments

• the Freedmen’s Bureau

• Black Codes

• tenant farming and sharecropping

Which statement best expresses a common belief among nativists in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.”

• “The streets are paved with gold.”

• “All immigrants strengthen America.”

• “America is for Americans.”

During the late 1800s, an open immigration policy was most strongly supported by

• abolitionists

• conservationists

• yellow journalists

• industrialists

In the late 1800s, the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they

• favored free trade

• eliminated competition using ruthless methods

• opposed the formation of corporations

• provided workers with high wages

Which statement best describes an attitude shared by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan?

• Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful.

• Strong labor unions are essential to the health of the economy.

• Natural resources belong to all citizens and should not be used for private gain.

• Concentrating economic power in the hands of a few individuals is a threat to the country

A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they

• were better educated than native-born Americans

• had a higher standard of living than most Americans

• adapted easily to American culture

• competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers