Which industry had a direct impact on the growth of the oil industry in the late 1800s?

• airplanes

• cattle

• fashion

• railroads

Which of the following did Samuel Gompers consider an important benefit of creating a labor union for workers?

• It gave workers a united front to bargain with management.

• It encouraged a union between men and women who were members of the working class.

• It set up a network of workers of the same craft, in order to learn more and better skills in their own craft.

• It united people from different cultures into one work force, so that the united members could share ideas from the different cultures.

Which statement reflects a significant contrast between the operations of Ellis Island and the operations of Angel Island immigration centers?

• Ellis Island had been operational for over sixty years when Angel Island was established, and therefore operated more efficiently.

• Immigrants through Ellis Island would experience limited delays while immigrants through Angel Island would often experience unreasonable delays and harsh treatment.

• The geographical distance between the two immigration centers and the regional differences between their respective staffs made each center’s operational protocol unique, one Eastern and one Western.

• The massive number of immigrants through Ellis Island as compared to the relative low number through Angel Island created more frustration among Ellis Island staff and immigrants and extensive waiting lists.

An immigrant who entered the U.S. through Angel Island between 1910 and 1940 would MOST LIKELY have been a member of which of the following groups?

• British, Irish, Scottish, French

• Italian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish

• Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean

• Mexican, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Columbian

Samuel Gompers founded this labor union in the late nineteenth century, attempting to organize skilled workers to resist abuses by management: (SSUSH11e)

• The Knights of Labor

• The National Labor Union

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Congress of Industrial Organizations

The majority of the immigrants to the United States at the turn of the 20^th century, new immigrants, arrived from which areas of the world? (SSUSH11d)

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Eastern and Northern South America

• Northern and Western China

• Western and Southern Philippines

Why are Americans able to build skyscrapers that were now safer and higher than previous generations: (SSUSH11c?)

• Titanium

• Harden Iron

• Steel

• Wood

According to Document 19 this photograph at the Indian Glassworks in 1908 the photographer Christopher “The Mack” Galm noted the picture was at midnight. What invention allowed for you to see this photo? (SSUSH11c)

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Phonograph

• Light Bulb

Which of the following BEST describes how the steel and oil industries were instrumental in the development of other industries?

• The steel and oil industries were primarily focused on supporting one another, to the detriment of other industries that were trying to catch up.

• The combination of industries led to new inventions and innovations such as the internal combustion engine and the electric lightbulb.

• The oil industry decimated the whaling industry and thus led to the demise of the wooden ship industry and the rise of metal ships.

• For the most part, industries remained separate from one another due to competition between the “Captains” of industry.

What led to new inventions that enabled people

to rapidly communicate over long distances and

allowed factories to operate after dark in the

nineteenth century?

• the discovery of nuclear energy

• the development of steam engines

• the discovery of electric current

• the development of labor specialization