U2 History

What were reasons people immigrated to the United States?

• push factors
• pull factors

Which of the following were NOT issues faced during the Gilded Age?

• Child Labor
• rapid growth of cities
• growth of a prosperous middle class 
• unsanitary living conditions

What did the 19th amendment do?

• allowed citizens to directly elect Senators
• granted women the right to vote
• established a graduated income tax
• established freedom of religion

Upton Sinclair - 

• published photos showing slums.
• started the Hull House movement.
• defended immigrant workers.
• wrote The Jungle

Who composed a book of photographs showing poor living conditions titled How the Other Half Lives?

• Upton Sinclair

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Jacob Riis

• William Taft

Which law was passed because of Upton Sinclair?

• Meat Inspection Act

• 19th Amendment

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Dawes Act

A dislike and distrust of foreigners is

• stupid

• nativism

• gilded

• laissez-faire

A network of people that demanded favors in exchange for votes and bribes was known as -

• Political Machines

• Washington D.C.

• Bessemer Process

• free enterprise system

John D. Rockefeller asked the railroad companies to give a discount for shipping his oil and a kickback for his competitors. He was trying to

• create a monopoly
• create a more competitive markets 
• against the trust
• make railroad companies against each other so that he could benefit from a cheaper shipping fee

Andrew Carnegie made a fortune by 

• Producing steel
• Refining oil
• Investing in the railroad
• Doing eveyrthing that Tom Scott told him to do