Unit 1 - U.S. History Review

Which of the following helped fuel economic growth by encouraging people to buy American goods?

• laissez-faire

• protective tariffs

• patents

• monopolies

Cartels, monopolies, trusts, horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of

• combining resources

• decreasing profits

• raising wages

• eliminating competition

In what field did significant technological innovation occur in the late 1800s?

• transportation

• communications

• building materials

• all of the above

Most new immigrants lived in cities

• because cities were welcoming

• to abandon their traditions

• to meet many Americans

• to be close to industrial jobs

Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?

• suburbs

• zoning laws

• elevators

• mass transit

Urban leaders counted on schools to

• develop new forms of popular entertainment

• support art and history museums

• Americanize new immigrants

• train professional police officers

As farms became mechanized,

• farm workers became rural entrepreneurs

• farmers moved to urban areas

• more people became farmers

• immigrants bought more land

In the late 1800s, industrial workers

• increased the amount of time they had available for recreation and leisure

• collaborated with employers to reform labor laws

• took control of the factories in which they worked

• faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions

During most immigrants travel to the United States, conditions

• were spacious and inexpensive

• were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy

• allowed them to bring many belongings

• were in first class steamship cabins

Which of the following was an effect of the transcontinental railroad?

• Industrial development was stalled.

• The population of the West increased.

• Utah and Nevada became heavily settled.

• The buffalo population increased.