APUSH Period 6 Review

Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jay Cooke

• Thomas Edison

As American industry expanded in the late nineteenth century, its energy source shifted from

• electric to steam

• water to coal

• coal to iron

• steam to water

Why did so few African American men hold factory jobs in the US in 1890?

• there were almost no factories in the South, where the majority of African Americans lived at that time

• white-dominated labor unions generally refused to allow blacks to join and seek industrial employment

• factory owners could satisfy labor needs with immigrant workers, so they rejected most black applicants

• black workers intensely disliked factory work and preferred agricultural or casual urban labor

During the 1800s, an adult male immigrant from which of the following locations would most likely be a skilled worker?

• Poland

• Wales

• Italy

• Greece

During the Gilded age, workers came together under ___________________________ to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours.

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

William Graham Sumner, a researcher during the Gilded Age,  believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because people had a certain place that could not be changed.  This philosophy was called...

• Evolution
• Monetary Policy
• Social Darwinism
• Welfare Capitalism

Based on your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?

• The federal government was placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.
• The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.
• The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
• Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.

Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?

• Very crowded
• Spreading sickness and disease
• No windows, heat, or plumbing
• All of the above

What did the steelworkers do when Henry Clay Frick tried to bring in replacement workers?

• Barricaded the mill
• Opened their own factory in Ohio
• Pleaded to Andrew Carnegie
• Threw a dynamite bomb at police

The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of

• Jay Gould
• Henry Bessemer
• J.P. Morgan
• Thomas Edison