US History Unit 5 - SSUSH 11-13

In Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the US Supreme Court established that "separate but equal" laws did not violate the US Constitution. This decision allowed stated to enact

• zoning laws

• Jim Crow laws

• immigration quotas

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

In response to the growth in the railroad industry, large steel mills were built in Pennsylvania and Ohio during the 1870s. Growth in the railroad and steel industries led to the development of

• gold mines in California

• the cotton industry

• monopolies and trusts

• western ghost towns

What was the purpose behind the formation of the American Federation of Labor, led by Samuel Gompers, in 1881?

• to plan social gatherings for laborers

• to improve labor relations with management

• to create small unions specific to each trade

• to fight for better working conditions in America's industries

What was the result of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• the book was banned from libraries

• the federal government began oversight if the meat-packing industry

• there was backlash against labor union organizers

• there were further restrictions placed on civil liberties

Muckrakers like Ida Tarbell hoped to

• oversee the Tennessee Valley Authority

• stop ratification of the 18th Amendment

• expose abuses in business and corruption in politics

• improved methods of mass production

How did inventions such as Thomas Edison's phonograph and electric light bulb change American life?

• They inspired such inventions as the John Deere plow

• They affected American leisure activities and industry

• They resulted in an expanded railroad network

• They encouraged the building of canals

What role did Jane Addams play in the Progressive Era?

• She provided nursing care to tenement dwellers in New York City

• She helped lobby for the 17th Amendment

• She focused on the needs of poor people living in Chicago

• She formed the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL)

Chinese and Irish immigrants are remembered for

• their contributions to the steel industry

• their contributions to building the nation's railroads

• there refusal to work for giants of big business

• working together to found the nation's first trusts

What was the difference between Angel Island and Ellis Island in terms of immigration?

• Ellis Island turned away more immigrants

• Angel Island received Asian immigrants and Ellis Island received European immigrants

• Angel Island rejected more immigrants

• People did not change their name when they came to Ellis Island

His electric light bulb allowed people to work after sunset.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Hobbes