Unit 6 Industry and Immigration

In the period from 1860 to 1890, which experience was shared by most Native Americans living in western states?

• They maintained control of their traditional lands.

• They benefited economically from government policy.

• They became farmers and small business owners.

• They were forced to live on reservations.

The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the

• rise of organized labor

• building of the Erie Canal

• northern migration of African Americans

• westward expansion

The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by

• providing free land to settlers

• granting land for construction of transcontinental railroads

• allowing slavery to spread to the territories

• placing Native American Indians on reservations

Which two philosophies dominated the thinking of most political and business leaders during the late 19th century in the United States?

• social Darwinism and laissez-faire

• utopian socialism and the social gospel

• populism and pragmatism

• communism and anarchism

After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by

• forming monopolies or trusts

• developing overseas markets

• increasing the prices of their products

• paying high wages to their workers

From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional market economy.

• Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South.

• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture.

• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they

• robbed from the rich to give to the poor

• made unnecessarily risky investments

• used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

• stole money from the federal government

The major purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was to

• reduce the role of the courts in labor disputes

• declare unions illegal

• restrict the growth of monopolies

• introduce civil service reforms

Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by

• hostility toward immigrant workers

• the need to reduce overcrowding in western states

• cultural conflicts with Native American Indians

• the migration of African Americans to northern cities

At the turn of the century, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in cities?

• Jobs were readily available.

• Government relief programs required immigrants to settle in cities.

• Labor union leaders encouraged unrestricted immigration.

• Immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland.