LEAP 2025 Industrial Revolution Review

The theory of Laissez-faire economics was used during the late 1800s to...

• justify unregulated business growth

• call for more consumer protection

• support progressive programs

• achieve equal distribution of income

Many reformers who opposed (were against) the laissez-faire attitude of the late 19th century argued that

• the National Government should not interfere in the activities of big business …big business

• national wealth could best be assured by the accumulation of gold

• the idea of rugged individualism is vital to the nation’s economic growth

• government should protect society through the regulation of business

Why did the United States follow a policy of unrestricted immigration for Europeans during most of the 1800’s?

• business and industry depended on the foreign capital brought by immigrants

• the American economy needed many unskilled workers

• most Americans desired a more diverse culture

• The United States wanted to help European nations by taking in their surplus population

From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• the United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional urban lifestyle

• population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South

• restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture

• the percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased

Which 19th-century business practice does this cartoon illustrate?

• forming cooperatives

• establishing trade zones

• creating monopolies

• expanding global markets

The cartoonist would most likely support federal government attempts to...

• pass antitrust legislation

• limit government regulation of businesses

• establish high tariffs

• stop industrial polution

Which generalization about population growth is supported by information in this chart?

• for every census listed, rural population exceeded urban population

• by 1920, more people lived in cities than in rural areas

• the Civil War significantly slowed the rate of population growth

• most urban population growth was due to people migrating from rural areas

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• the discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

• in the deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

• small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural coporations

Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?

• the deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest

• the recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest

• the fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants

• the lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants

Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?

• the need for immigrant workers

• the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed

• Communist radicals joined labor unions in the United States

• Irish families immigrated to the United States