Settling the West/Industrialization/Urbanization/Populism

What is the main idea of the political cartoon above?

• Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.

• The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.

• The best way to develop major industries was to consolidate power.

• Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.

This diagram provides details about the late 19^th-century America. Which title completes the diagram

• Goals of the Populists

• Factors promoting immigration

• Activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

• Programs for Americanization/assimilation

According to the theory of laissez faire, the economy functions best when the government ....

• subsidizes business so that it can compete worldwide

• does not interfere in business

• owns major industries

• regulates businesses for the good of the majority

Railroad companies raised most of the money they needed to build their railroads from

• private investors

• selling government land grants

• subsidies from tax revenues

• hauling freight to market

According to the timeline above, which of the following describes how an important invention would eventually enable factories to produce higher quantities of goods by extending hours of production?

• Edison perfecting the light bulb made it possible to consistently light spaces

• Northrup increased production of woven material with an automated loom

• The invention of the ice machine would enable workers to be more productive

• Implementation of Bell’s telephone opened lines of communication between suppliers and the factories

Why did Congress pass the Interstate Commerce Act?

• Only the federal government had the right to regulate economic activities within a single state

• Congress wanted to save natural resources by discouraging shipments over long distances

• The Supreme Court had overruled state laws prohibiting unjust practices by interstate railroads

• Political machines influenced Congress to pass legislation favoring some companies over others

Which of the following was not a tactic used by companies to prevent the formation of unions?

• Blacklist

• Oaths and contracts not to unionize

• Strikebreakers

• Collective Bargaining

Which act encouraged the settlement of the Great Plains by allowing an individual to claim a plot of land and receive a title for that land after paying a $10 registration fee and living there for five years?

• Dawes Act

• Landman's Act

• Cash Crop Act

• Homestead Act

William M. Tweed was .....

• The leader of the Workingman’s Party

• A corrupt party boss in a political machine

• The architect who designed America’s first skyscraper

• An engineer who invented the electric trolley car

“…the man who owns eight or nine hundred thousand dollars will want a hundred thousand dollars more to make it a million, while the man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.” – Samuel Gompers. Based on this quote, Samuel Gompers ...

• supported unregulated capitalism

• wanted just compensation for workers

• was arguing for laissez faire economics

• wanted everyone to be a millionaire