Unit 5 Test Review-Industrialization

Why was the Standard Oil Trust MOST likely pictured as an octopus with many tentacles in the cartoon?

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a danger to the traditional American way of life.

• The Standard Oil Trust killed many different types of wildlife with its drilling practices.

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a monopoly that influenced government and other industries.

• The Standard Oil Trust built pipelines crossing the entire United States that endangered people and resources.

Which of these helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865?

• California Gold Rush

• Abolition of Slavery

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution at the end of the nineteenth century in the United States?

• women's suffrage

• rural population growth

• an economic boom in the Northeast

• laws guaranteeing rights for labor unions

What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?

• Chinese

• Irish

• Japanese

• Mexican

In the late-1800s, immigrants from ___ faced discrimination, especially on the west coast. The United States government even prevented them from immigrating into the country.

• China

• Japan

• Germany

• Mexico

In the second half of the 19th century, the U.S. government allowed more immigrants into the country MAINLY because

• more soldiers were needed in the American military.

• industries needed an increasing amount of cheap labor.

• the World War in Europe was causing millions to flee their homelands.

• western territories needed more settlers to explore for gold and silver.

The most important reason for the growth of labor unions in the latter half of the 19th century was

• the passage of the Sherman Anti-trust Act.

• the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

• the forceful leadership of the newly arriving immigrants.

• the way the workers were treated by big business and big industry.

Widespread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late-1800s resulted in

• native-born Chinese-Americans having their citizenship revoked.

• Congressional action aimed at prohibiting further Chinese immigration.

• legal segregation of all Chinese-Americans into separate urban districts.

• deportation of all Chinese-Americans living in California, Oregon, and Washington.

This political cartoon was published in the 1890s and points to the growing

• power of unions in the United States.

• concern regarding factory working conditions.

• spiraling inflation caused by economic panics.

• disparity in wages between laborers and industrialists.

What invention effectively ended the era of the "long drives" of the late 19th century?

• barbed wire

• the cotton gin

• the steel plow

• the refrigerated box car