Final Exam Part 1 Review

Following the Civil War, which growing industry had the most significant impact on the growth of the economy and big business? (DOK 1)

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Banks

Which of the following industries benefited the most from the growing railroad industry? (DOK 2)

• Banking/Steel

• Steel/Oil

• Oil/Automobile

• None of these above

The political cartoon above is depicting which big business during the Gilded Age? (DOK 1)

• Carnegie Steel

• Standard Oil Company

• Vanderbilt’s Railroad

• J.P. Morgan’s Bank

Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the “new” immigrants came from: (DOK 1)

• Northern and Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Canada and Latin America

• China and Southeast Asia

From 1892 to 1940, Ellis Island was primarily used to: (DOK 2)

• Permanently hold immigrants

• House poor immigrants coming to America

• Process immigrants coming to America

• Jail suspected criminals

What did the American Federation of Labor try to achieve in the late 1800s? (DOK 2)

• Control of decision making in the market

• Higher wages and better working conditions

• Employee ownership of factories and mines

• Elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace

In the 1880s, Samuel Gompers helped found the American Federation of Labor, which focused on the interests of skilled workers. Which statement describes an early success of the American Federation of Labor? (DOK 2)

• It forced business owners to improve working conditions

• It negotiated with business owners to provide health benefits

• It gained federal government protection for striking workers

• It convinced the federal government to establish social programs

The list above describes industrial working conditions in the United States during the Gilded Age. Which tactic was effective in changing these conditions? (DOK 2)

• Organizing labor unions

• Staging factory riots

• Urging public boycotts

• Supporting monopolistic practices

How were the lives of many Chinese immigrants affected by the transcontinental railroad? (DOK 2)

• They were given jobs to plan the transcontinental railroad, but they were underpaid

• They were employed to build the railroad tracks, but they also suffered from discrimination

• They used factories to manufacture railroad tracks and ties, and they became economically and politically powerfu

• They used the transcontinental railroad to travel west to search for gold, but they had to leave their families behind

What was the largest impact of western settlement on the Plains Indians?

• Created jobs and opportunities

• Increased political participation with the United States

• Plains Indians migrated back to lands East of the Mississippi River

• Plains Indians lost their land to encroaching white settlement