Industrialization

What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?

• Monopolies

• Local Business

• Corporations

• Competitors

What did Union workers do when negotiations with their employers failed?

• They set factories on fire

• They went on strike

• They used collective bargaining

• They gave up and went home

The sometimes unethical business practices of some industrialists led them to be given this nickname

• Captains of Industry
• Tycoons
• Fat Cats
• Robber Barons

Which characteristics of the Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of labor unions?

• The influence of political machines on company towns.

• The results of mass production on agricultural prices.

• The working conditions found in many factories.

• The competition created by immigrant workers.

According to the graph, which was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural Areas?

• 1860

• 1890

• 1920

• 1930

The increase in US population caused by immigration in the late 1800s led to new types of construction, which included:

• dumbbell tenements

• boarding houses

• skyscrapers

• all of these

How did the trend in this graph impact immigrants who entered the United States in the last decade of the century?

• They moved to rural areas to farm rather than settling in cities.

• They got higher paying jobs than previous immigrants since the nation had industrialized.

• They were more accepted into American society because they spoke English.

• They faced greater challenges assimilating into American culture.

The author of this cartoon would best identify with the ideas of which group?

• farmers

• muckrakers

• nativists

• suffragists

Why did most immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• to avoid being subject to the discriminatory laws adopted in the South

• to live in areas with warmer climates

• to be in areas where there were factory jobs for unskilled labor

• to be isolated from other immigrants

How did the government's laissez-faire practices affect industrialization in the late 19th century?

• A lack of regulation allowed industry to grow with very few restrictions.

• Low interest government loans increased the number of businesses in the United States.

• Strict regulations about working conditions encouraged more immigrants to seek jobs in America.

• Laws promoting competition led to lower prices and higher quality products.