Unit One/Two Test Review

What was the goal of labor unions?

• To help increase factory production.

• To protect employer interests.

• To protect worker interests.

• To assist political goals.

What was the shared goal of the "Homestead: and "Bread and Roses" strikes?

• To increase corporate profits.

• To organize workers for better conditions.

• To introduce new and exotic technologies from Asia.

• To promote the increased immigration of Chinese labourers.

Which factor in the mid-to-late-1800s led directly to the growth of large industries, such as Standard Oil?

• Lack of government regulation.

• Employee ownership.

• Unionization.

• The importation of overseas resources.

Which best describes race relations in the United States following the ratification of the 13th Amendment?

• White Americans found had a new respect for Black Americans, and all was well.

• Systems such as sharecropping and convict leasing led to the continued oppression of Black Americans.

• New freedmen left the North to return to the South.

• Property and business ownership was widely practiced among Black Americans.

During the 1800s, which was a major impact of industrialization?

• Most factory jobs became service industry jobs.

• Membership in labor unions declined.

• Many workers moved from urban areas to rural ones.

• Skilled craftsmen were often replaced by unskilled machine operators.

Which of the following wrote/spoke about how his wealth and success was "God-given", especially in relation to his "Gospel of Wealth" ideology.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What was an issue some people had with the philanthropic (charitable) actions by the uber-wealthy?

• They believed it made people dependent on handouts.

• They believed it made society soft.

• The believed it was wrong for a businessman to underpay his workers just to finance charitable donations.

• They believed states should limit personal charitable donations.

Answer explanation

Many people felt it defeated the point to give charitably if that money was made through underpaying your employees to the point of poverty.

Essentially, "Thanks for the libraries, but my family can't eat books."

Which measure would nativists have most likely supported?

• Settlement houses to assist new immigrants.

• The Chinese Exclusion Act.

• Anything that enticed more people to move to the United States.

• The assimilation of Native Americans into wider American society.

In the late 1800s, disputes between Labor and Capitalists was often marked by...

• The use of violence on both sides.

• Gentle, productive, cooperative discussion.

• Government support for striking workers.

• Negotiations by the federal government.

Which of the following is a positive contribution of Andrew Carnegie?

• Carnegie helped his workers obtain better working conditions.

• Carnegie was renowned for paying his workers the most.

• Carnegie used his wealth to finance a number of philanthropic activities, such as library building.

• Carnegie obtained near-monopoly of his industry, rather than engaging in multiple endeavors at once.