Mid term review part 1

“ We mean to make things over, we are tired of toil for naught, with but bare enough to live upon, and never an hour for thought; We want to feel the sunshine, and we want to smell the flower, we are sure that God has will’d it, and we mean to have eight hours. We’re summoning our forces from the shipyard, shop and mill, Chorus. Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will! Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will! – I.G. Blanchard, “Eight Hours,” 1878Which group’s goals were expressed in the lyrics of this song? (a)  

• Labor union member
• Native Americans
• Government Officials
• Business owners

Which goal was shared by both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

• To help large corporations to increased their production

• To introduce new and innovative techniques to factories

• To promote immigrants of skilled workers from Asia and Europe

• To organize workers to demand better conditions from employers

In the late nineteenth century, critics of big business claimed that monopolies in the United States harmed the economy by –

• unfairly limiting competition

• decreasing the urban growth rate

• preventing technological innovation

• failing to keep pace with the European industries

What social issue was raised by the philanthropic activities of many American business leaders during the Gilded Age?

• Should private industries be taken over by worker organizations?

• Were American businesses charging too much for their products?

• Should state government limit the philanthropic activities of private citizens?

• Was it right for business owners to pay low wages to their workers to finance philanthropic activities?

One factor that furthered industrialization in the US between 1877 and 1900 was the— (a)  

• mass production of automobiles
• expansion of railroads
• widespread use of steamboats
• development of the airplane

Nativists in California in the 1880s would most likely have supported the –

• Creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants

• Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• Continuation of the contract labor system

• Assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

After 1880, where did the majority of “New Immigrants” to the United States come from

• Northern and Western Europe

• Canada and Latin America

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• China and Southeast Asia

During the last part of the nineteenth century, most immigrants to the United States found work as

• Skilled factory workers

• Educated professionals

• Scientists and technicians

• Unskilled factory and sweatshop workers

In the late nineteenth century, the “bosses” of urban political machines often

• Denied voting rights to the poor

• Accepted bribes in return for favors

• Wasted money on military spending

• Discriminated against migrant workers

What major trend occurred to the population of the United States during the industrial expansion of the late nineteenth century?

• Farm population increased

• Migration to rural areas increased

• Immigration increased

• Urbanization increased