U.S. History Mid-term

Which of the following is not an result of laissez-faire during the industrial age in the United States?

• unsafe working conditions

• low wages

• sick leave and workers compensation

• union strikes

which industrialist came close to monopolizing the oil industry?

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John d. Rockefeller

Which best describes the Industrialization period?

• Flappers and the Harlem Renaissance

• World War I years

• transcontinental railroad

• progressive reforms

Which is not an example of immigration pull factors?

• Political freedom

• oppressive governments

• economic freedom

• employment opportunities

The strongest survive and dominate the weak. This best describes the idea of :

• Nativism

• Social Gospel

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• Social Darwinism

Which of the following was not a Progressive era president?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Grover Cleveland

• Woodrow Wilson

Sam owns a large boot company. He recently purchased stocks in other boot companies which, effectively gives him control of the boot industry. W?hat business model did he use to gain control

• Monopoly

• vertical integration

• laissez-faire

• horizontal integration

Why were the Pinkerton men hired by Andrew Carnegie steel industry?

• as arbitrators between management and labor

• To enforce breaking the strike at any cost

• To tear down the barricade around the steel mill

• To join the workers in protesting low wages and dangerous working conditions.

Reasons for Sherman Anti-trust act:

• Stop restraint of trade; to hold back or interfere with business

• Stop the creation of illegal trusts

• to promote competition

• to protect laissez-faire

Which of the following promoted more involvement in the democratic process?

• the initiative

• the referendum

• the recall

• the 16th Amendment