Industrial US and Immigration 1870-1910

Which of the following always occurs during a period of rapid industrialization?

• A) An increase in manufacturing.

• B) The annexation of a new territory.

• C) An increase in population.

• An increase in immigration.

What did the idea that American streets were "paved with gold" mean to immigrants?

• A) Americans were rich.

• B) America was full of opportunities.

• C) American provided many jobs to bricklayers.

• D) Streets in America were literally paved with gold.

Which event directly contributed to the growth of American industries in the mid 1800s?

• A) The passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese Immigrants.

• B) The passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which helped prevent businesses from forming monopolies.

• C) The development of the Bessemer process, which made it easier to produce STEEL.

• D) The development of settlement houses to aid impoverished immigrants and city dwellers.

Which of the following would early UNION workers have valued the most?

• A) Productivity in the workplace.

• B) Meeting people from all different backgrounds

• C) Cooperation with other people to improve worker safety.

• D) The freedom to work whenever they wanted to.

What was the strong ideal held by people working towards reforms during the Progressive Era?

• A) Efficiency at home and in the factory.

• B) Wealth

• C) Artistice Beauty

• D) Fairness in society and industry

When workers strike it is

• A) When they refuse to work, usually protesting and wanting more money or safer work places.

• B) When they take all their money and put it together to invest in stocks for their retirement.

• C) When they move up in the factory, get promoted to a better position.

• D) When they hit all the bowling pins down at the bowling alley.

When a company gets so big that it controls all of the making and selling of a product it is called a

• Corporation

• Union

• Monopoly

• Industry